Shyamala Rajan, Ph.D.

Dr. Rajan has a Master’s in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. She teaches Environmental Science at Trinity Washington University.

The Society for Biodiversity Preservation (SBP) provides Comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52)

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On January 8, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Proposed Defense Training Facility (Permit Application No. NAB-2025-60845-M52). SBP made the case that  the proposed facility would cause devastating and permanent damage to critical wetland and stream ecosystems. Specifically, the project would permanently destroy 149,390 square […]

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SBP provides comments to U.S. EPA on the Proposed Rule Revising the Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket Id: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322)

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On January 5, 2026 The Society for Biodiversity Preservation provided comments to US EPA on the  Proposed Rule Revising the Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket Id: EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322).The Society for Biodiversity Preservation argued that this proposed WOTUS rule would significantly weaken national water safeguards in direct contradiction to the Clean Water Act’s objective

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Maryland Master Naturalist

SBP Co-founder Dr. Shyamala Rajan becomes a Certified Maryland Master Naturalists Volunteer

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SBP is pleased to announce that Dr. Shyamala Rajan, one of its co-founders, became a Certified Maryland Master Naturalist Volunteer.  She achieved the certification after completing a rigorous program administered by the University of Maryland Extension (UME). Dr. Rajan completed 60 hours of training as well as volunteering 40 hours per year.   More information on

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SBP Provides Input to Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards

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Today, SBP member  Shyamala Rajan, Ph.D., participated in a virtual public hearing held by EPA on August 19-22, 2025 for interested persons and entities to provide oral presentation of data, views, or arguments on “Proposed Rule: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards.” Dr. Rajan said that “Climate change is a health

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Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis)

Northern Long-Eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) – native to Washington, DC

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Conservation Status: Threatened. The Northern Long-Eared Bat, as the name implies, has long ears unlike other species in this genus, and is also more solitary in its roosting and hibernating habits. These bats are strongly associated with large blocks of older forests and they forage along wooded hillsides and ridgelines. White-nose syndrome disease and human

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Hay’s spring amphipod (Stygobromus hayi)

Hay’s spring amphipod (Stygobromus hayi) – native to Washington, DC

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Conservation Status: Endangered. This very small fresh water crustacean resembling a tiny shrimp measures only one centimeter in length. The diet of these crustaceans consists mainly of decaying leaves and other organic debris from the woods around them. They spend most of their life underground, deep in small crevasses and cracks of small freshwater springs.

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