Wildlife Protection

Executive Director

Tim is PEER’s Executive Director, leveraging more than 30 years of experience working on environmental issues with governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. Prior to joining PEER, he was a senior attorney at the United States Environmental Protection Agency and was head of the Law and Policy Program at the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a consultant for companies on environmental compliance issues, and with nonprofit organizations focusing on clean energy issues. Most recently, he was executive director of Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility, a health advocacy group working to address climate change, toxics pollution, and nuclear disarmament issues. Tim’s interest is in the intersection of science, policy, and civil service. He believes in protecting employees who raise concerns about their workplace and in exposing undue influence on government for private gain. He holds a JD and BA from Emory University and an MA from New York University.

PETITION | Save the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery Program at Padre Island

by Susan Sargent | September 1, 2020
Petition to Secretary of Interior to save the Sea Turtle Science and Recovery program at Padre Island by eliminating cutbacks and staffing changes ...

PEERMail | Saving Rare Sea Turtles

by Tim Whitehouse | July 31, 2020
International recognized Turtle Science and Recovery Program helps rescue loggerhead and green sea turtles but is being threatened by cuts to program funding ...

New Federal Licenses May Sink Lobster Fleets 

by Susan Sargent | July 29, 2020
NOAA’s Past Accommodations of Lobster Industry Come Back to Bite It ...

Park Service Slashes Sea Turtle Rescue Program

by Susan Sargent | July 16, 2020
Hatchling Releases, Stranding Response, and Research Cut at Padre Island ...

Plan for National Cormorant Slaughter Nears Takeoff 

by Susan Sargent | July 15, 2020
Permits Would Quintuple Double-Crested Cormorant Kills to 123,000 Yearly ...

PEERMail | NOAA is Choosing Extinction

As the North Atlantic right whale careens toward extinction, NOAA leaders refuse to act on the findings of the agency’s own scientists to protect them ...
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