As a Canopy Quest consultant and canopy ecologist, Phil has worked in the jungles of the tropics ranging from South America to Australia. A Research Associate with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, FL, he is active locally in central Florida, assisting in Prescribed Fires with The Nature Conservancy, in plant surveys with the Florida Native Plant Society and even as a volunteer with the Sea Turtle Nest Protection Program of Canaveral National Seashore. He is a the newest member of Canopy Construction Associates. Dr. Wittman also travels to present lectures and to give talks to interested groups and organizations.