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Marlies Wierenga, Former Pacific Northwest Conservation Manager, WildEarth Guardians
Marlies Wierenga was the Pacific Northwest Conservation Manager for WildEarth Guardians, serving under the Wild Places Program Director, and formerly served as WA/OR Coordinator for Wildlands CPR until their merger with WildEarth Guardians in 2013. Marlies has over a decade of experience using her technical, policy and public involvement skills to address watershed and water quality challenges throughout the Pacific Northwest. She has analyzed environmental conditions and developed numerous shoreline, watershed and water quality plans for local and state jurisdictions. Marlies has an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Arizona and a Master’s in Environmental Studies from the Evergreen State College, where her thesis analyzed the dual mandate of National Parks in Alaska to meet conservation goals and support the subsistence practices of local people (focus was Wrangell-St. Elias National Park).
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Guardians goes to Washington
Marlies Wierenga | Jul 04, 2018
Read moreThe women of Guardians travel to D.C. to make our voices heard
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“The river calling me…”
Marlies Wierenga | May 22, 2018
Read moreSurrendering to the flow of the Colorado River and the majesty of the Grand Canyon
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What the heck is rewilding?
Marlies Wierenga | Jan 25, 2018
Read moreAsk this question at your next coffee, dinner, or campfire gathering, and get a deeper look at our public lands.