Alison Long

Alison Long is a Conservation Scientist at Nature United, where she has worked since 2024. She leads collaborative research, develops data tools and maps and provides science advice to internal teams and external partners. Her current focus is on grasslands, leading an analysis to reconcile differences among the many ways grasslands are mapped and that limit sound decision-making about conservation of native and "tame" grasslands in Canada. This mapping is foundational to a large research effort to forecast future grasslands change and implications for carbon stocks and biodiversity in the Canadian Prairies.

Prior to joining Nature United, Alison was a Science Fellow with The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, where she led grassland monitoring and climate adaptation planning. Alison holds an undergraduate degree in psychology from Muhlenberg College and a master’s degree in environmental and conservation sciences from North Dakota State University.