Phyllis M. Faber

Phyllis M Faber has worked as a wetland field biologist monitoring wetlands in San Francisco Bay for over thirty years and has written two wetland field guides for plant identification. She has also worked as an educator, as a founder of the Environmental Forum of Marin , and as an instructor at both the college of Marin and the University of California Extension program. She currently serves as Series Editor for the Natural History Series for the University of California Press and has authored several books including California’s Wild Gardens (1997). Phyllis is the co-founder of the Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), which has protected over 40% of Marin’s farm land through conservation easements that run in perpetuity. She currently serves on the MALT Board.