WGLBBO is pleased to welcome our newest board members Julia Robson and Zoe Finney.

Julia Robson has been the Assistant Natural Areas Coordinator for the Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas Program since 2013. Her previous roles were with the Parks Department as a Wildlife Monitoring Technician (2011-2013) and with the Urban Ecology Center as a Wildlife Technician (2011-2013). She currently assists with the direct oversight of the 10,000-acre Natural Areas Program, and has been the lead on a variety of projects including county-wide baseline wildlife assessments (birds, herptiles, invertebrates, mammals), ephemeral wetland monitoring, citizen-based monitoring programs, development of ecological restoration and management plans, as well as community education and outreach with the Program’s 70+ partner organizations. Julia has also served on several other conservation-based Boards and Advisory Committees including the Timber Wolf Information Network (2014 – present), the Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium (2012-2016), Wisconsin Partners in Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (2013-2014), the Professional Advisory Committee for the Urban Ecology Center’s Research and Citizen-science program (2015-present), and the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative (alternate, 2013-present). She received a B.S. in Biological Sciences and in Conservation and Environmental Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2012. Julia is an avid birdwatcher, and enjoys discovering the hidden gems of birding spots in Milwaukee County’s urban natural areas – she will never forget the day she saw her first male Scarlet tanager that perched on a branch above her while she was pulling Garlic Mustard at Jacobus Park!

Zoe Finney is the graphic designer at Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Milwaukee where her passion for birds, good design, illustration and bird photography naturally intersect. She is an active participant in the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II, a member of Wisconsin Society of Ornithology, and has completed Schlitz Audubon's Master Naturalist Course. Originally from Ohio, she moved to Milwaukee in 2010 for an internship with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Zoe and her husband now call Shorewood home. She graduated from Ohio University with a B.S. in Visual Communication. Besides birds, she is enthusiastic about bicycling, reading, and the color orange.