Royal Ramey
Chief Royal Ramey is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP). Chief Ramey founded FFRP to help individuals who are formerly incarcerated and worked in fire camps overcome the barriers that prevent them from entering the professional field of fire fighting. To him, FFRP represents a pathway for […]
David Michener
David C. Michener is a faculty curator at the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. He is best known publicly for his co-authored book Peony, which made the New York Times Best Summer Reads the year it was published. He established the sister-garden relationship with the Central Botanical Garden – Minsk – […]
Roger LaBine
Roger LaBine is an enrolled member of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (LVD) and employed in the Environmental and Planning Department as a Water Resource Technician. He is the current tribal delegate on the Michigan Wild Rice Initiative, Co-Chairman of the Native Wild Rice Coalition, was a member of the Michigan […]
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Evan Larson
Evan Larson is a father, husband, teacher, scientist, and enthusiast of wild places. Evan’s childhood took place in the woods of central Minnesota, helping his parents tend 80 acres of mixed hardwood forests. Drawn by mountains, oceans, and forests, his formal education includes an Environmental Science bachelor’s degree from Willamette University, degrees in geography from […]
Priya Nanjappa
Priya Nanjappa is the Vice President of Conservation Programs for the National Parks Conservation Association. She has spent over 20 years in the world of conservation science and policy following her Master’s degree in Biology with an emphasis in wildlife ecology and conservation. Her experience ranges from federal and state government to nonprofit management, most […]