DGHEYEY KAQ’/ANCHORAGE, Alaska (July 15, 2024)—Nationwide Audubon Society has named David Krause as the brand new Vice President for Alaska. Krause first joined Audubon in 2021 as Director of Conservation for the Alaska workplace and has most just lately served as Interim Government Director of the Alaska workplace. He brings greater than fifteen years of expertise in conservation coverage, neighborhood engagement, and artistic drawback fixing to assist obtain options for nature and other people.
“David is a powerful chief with deep information of conservation and a confirmed dedication to the folks, landscapes, and wildlife of Alaska,” mentioned Marshall Johnson, Audubon’s Chief Conservation Officer. “His function as Vice President, Alaska will probably be very important to advancing Audubon’s hemispheric work to reverse the decline of birds.”
With its intact ecosystems and international significance for greater than 500 chook species, Alaska is vital to reaching Audubon’s formidable new strategic plan. As Vice President for Alaska, Krause will assist make sure that Audubon continues to advance significant habitat conservation efforts, additional constructive and truthful local weather motion, and middle Indigenous and native communities’ voices, information, and views in resolution making. This work will assist Audubon make vital progress in the direction of its Flight Plan conservation milestones.
“I’m excited to steer conservation efforts in Alaska, which incorporates a number of the world’s most wild and irreplaceable landscapes and serves as an important haven for birds and different wildlife,” Krause mentioned. “Working collaboratively with companions, authorities businesses, and Alaska Native communities will probably be crucial in conducting our objectives.”
Previous to becoming a member of Audubon, Krause labored on federal land administration and vitality coverage for The Wilderness Society, on distant Yukon River tributaries for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and for the Wild Salmon Heart in Oregon and Alaska. For 3 years, he additionally served as an appointed member of the Bureau of Land Administration’s Alaska Useful resource Advisory Council. Krause holds a bachelor’s diploma from Cornell College and a Grasp of Environmental Administration and Grasp of Public Well being from Yale College.
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The Nationwide Audubon Society protects birds and the locations they want, right now and tomorrow. Audubon works all through the Americas utilizing science, advocacy, schooling, and on-the-ground conservation. State applications, nature facilities, chapters, and companions give Audubon an unparalleled wingspan that reaches hundreds of thousands of individuals annually to tell, encourage, and unite various communities in conservation motion. A nonprofit conservation group since 1905, Audubon believes in a world through which folks and wildlife thrive.