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Theresa Fiorino
Alaska Representative
Areas of expertise: Environmental Policy, Protected Areas Management, Wildlife Management
Key aspects of Theresa's work focus on securing sound scientific management of Alaska's wildlife. This effort includes working on federal lands issues such as ensuring the continued protection of National Wildlife Refuges from developmental threats, and preventing expansion of the State's predator control programs onto federal lands. Theresa is also working to strengthen relationships with Alaska Natives, and continues Defenders' work promoting the protection of Alaska's wolves and bears from aerial gunning as well as other threats to their conservation.
Theresa joined Defenders' after completing her graduate study. Prior to this, she worked as a field biologist in the Sierra Nevada - participating in long term research on Mountain Yellow-legged frogs. While completing her undergraduate education Theresa spent her summers acting as a Trail Crew Supervisor in Kings Canyon National Park.
Theresa received her B.S. in Wildlife Management with an emphasis in Conservation Biology from Humboldt State University in 2004 and her M.S. in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Northern Arizona University in 2009. She is currently revising a manuscript based on her thesis research which analyzes the effects of institutional instability on protected areas management in the Russian Federation.
Contact Information
Email: theresa.fiorino@defenders.org
