Matt Pelikan

Matt Pelikan

Martha’s Vineyard Atlas of Life, BiodiversityWorks

Naturalist and writer, Matt has been involved in conservation on Martha’s Vineyard since he moved there in 1997, as a volunteer, board member, contractor, and employee. He has written extensively on natural history and ecology for regional publications and has led or participated in a wide range of biological survey and “citizen science” projects. His current interests include butterflies, tiger beetles, and flies; his ten-year effort to catalog Orthoptera on Martha’s Vineyard has documented 50 species on the Island. A firm believer that conservation is as much a social issue as a scientific one, Matt looks forward to helping the Foundation build resilient human and biological systems on the Vineyard and farther afield.