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Nalini Nadkarni re-elected to Nature Conservancy board of trustees

Seattle—Nalini Nadkarni, a professor at The Evergreen State College in Olympia and renowned forest canopy specialist, has returned to the board of trustees for the Washington chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

Nadkarni, who served on the Nature Conservancy’s board from 1998 to 2004, is an ardent believer in the value of forest conservation. In 1994 she co-founded the International Canopy Network, a non-profit organization designed to facilitate communication among researchers, educators, and conservationists concerned with the welfare of forest canopies.

Appearing on the National Geographic Emmy Award-winning documentary, “Heroes of the High Frontier,” Nadkarni has long sought new ways to educate the general public, children, and policymakers about the ecological significance of forest canopies and forest conservation. Her latest project, the Forest Canopy Walkway, can be found on The Evergreen State College campus.

Nadkarni has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to help support her efforts to communicate the importance of forest canopy research to non-scientists.

The Nature Conservancy looks forward to Nalini Nadkarni’s continued presence on the board of trustees and the passion, experience, and knowledge she offers.

About the Conservancy

Over the past 40 years, the Conservancy has collaborated to conserve more than 500,000 acres of irreplaceable natural lands in Washington state, including 50,000 acres owned by the organization. With the completion of a new five-year plan, the Conservancy is poised to take that work to a new level, working with communities and civic leaders around the state to protect and restore tens of thousands of additional acres and the waters that tie them together.

The Conservancy is currently working actively to protect the Skagit River and the forested basin that surrounds it, the coastal rainforests of the Willapa Hills, the imperiled prairies of the South Puget Sound region, and several other signature landscapes. It uses scientific discipline and thoughtful planning to set conservation priorities, then works collaboratively with a wide range of people to bring these priorities to fruition.

The Conservancy has chapters in all 50 states and works around the world. To date, the Conservancy and its nearly one million members have been responsible for the protection of more than 12 million acres in the United States and have helped preserve more than 80 million acres in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific.