Richard Halsey
Richard Halsey is the Director of the California Chaparral Institute, a non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to the preservation of California's native chaparral ecosystem and supporting the creative spirit inspired by Nature. The Institute promotes an understanding of California’s chaparral ecosystem, the preservation of shrubland habitats, and the critical role nature can play in creating fire-safe communities in a fire-prone environment.
Halsey works with the San Diego Museum of Natural History and teaches natural history throughout the state. He taught biology for over twenty years in both public and private schools, was honored as the Teacher of the Year for San Diego City Schools in 1991, and was awarded the Christa McAuliffe Fellowship in 1994. He is the author of Fire, Chaparral, and Survival in Southern California. Halsey has also been trained as a Type II wildland firefighter.