Shawn Clem

Shawn Clem, PhD

Director of Conservation

BS, Marine Science and Mathematics; minor, Chemistry: Eckerd College, 1998

PhD, Biology: Florida International University, 2004

Shawn Clem, PhD, is the Director of Conservation and leads Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary’s land stewardship and research teams. Dr. Clem is a community ecologist with more than twenty years of experience conducting research and describing the ecology, hydrology, and impacts from environmental stressors on our region. She has worked on research projects throughout the Greater Everglades from Everglades National Park and the Florida Keys to Big Cypress National Preserve and the Picayune Strand.

Helping establish the Western Everglades Research Center in 2013, Dr. Clem is focused on using science to guide land stewardship activities and answering critical questions to maximize conservation and restoration efforts. Under her direction, Audubon’s conservation team is focused on managing the Sanctuary’s native flora and fauna communities, seeking hydrologic restoration for Sanctuary wetlands, restoring marsh and wet prairie habitat, using Wood Storks as a metric for regional conservation success, and engaging with partners to advance conservation within the boundaries of Corkscrew, throughout the Western Everglades, and beyond.

Dr. Clem is the founder and leader of the annual Corkscrew Watershed Science Forum, a Trustee with the CREW Land & Water Trust, and adjunct graduate faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU).

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Articles by Shawn Clem, PhD

June Rainfall Restores Water Levels in the Swamp
News

June Rainfall Restores Water Levels in the Swamp

— Staff recorded 11 inches between June 11 and 13, 2024.
Hurricane Ian's Rainfall Resulted in Record Water Levels
News

Hurricane Ian's Rainfall Resulted in Record Water Levels

— Rainfall and Water Level Data: September 2022
Wood Stork Nest Monitoring for 2022 Season Underway
Marsh And Prairie Restoration

Wood Stork Nest Monitoring for 2022 Season Underway

— No nest activity was spotted in the Sanctuary on the first overflight of the season on 12/8.
Restoration Update
Marsh And Prairie Restoration

Restoration Update

— From mid-April to early June of 2019, we cleared 229 acres of important marsh and prairie habitat, bringing this restoration project to a total of 570 acres.
Glimpses from the Trail Camera
Conservation

Glimpses from the Trail Camera

— These data serve a variety of purposes, from providing information about how wildlife respond to land management activities, to documenting prey populations prior to the establishment of Burmese pythons or other injurious non-native reptiles.