Alaska’s ‘Voice’ to Defend Wildlife — The Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Affiliation

Washington D.C.— July twentieth, 2022

In Alaska, there could also be no larger voice than David Raskin in terms of making certain thriving wildlife populations and safety for the locations they name residence. For David’s ardour and years of service in his position as co-founder, Associates of Alaska Nationwide Wildlife Refuges, a bunch that helps all 16 of Alaska’s nationwide wildlife refuges, he has just lately been named the Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Affiliation’s 2022 Refuge Advocate Awardee. 

The Wildlife Refuge Awards dinner will happen on Wednesday, September 14 on the Mayflower Lodge in Washington, DC at 6 p.m. Media is welcome to attend and canopy this system.

“David has developed robust relationships with refuge managers and different refuge workers all through Alaska and has efficiently developed many connections with the general public and influencers to assist alleviate threats to refuges,” mentioned Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska Program Director, Defenders of Wildlife. “He offers well timed and pertinent updates to colleagues and companions relating to refuge points and has additionally revealed educated opinion items with key data that helped him and the Associates turn out to be trusted assets for refuge points.”

A few of David’s main accomplishments embody:

• Growth and serving as chair of Associates of Alaska Nationwide Wildlife Refuges’ Advocacy Committee, influencing programming and insurance policies for Alaska’s refuges.

• Engagement on the Arctic, Izembek, and Kenai Nationwide Wildlife Refuges.  These refuges have endured many vital and ongoing threats, and the previous few years have been essential for all three.

• By means of David’s oral and written feedback, opinion items, Congressional testimony, litigation actions, declarations, volunteer organizing, media communications and different actions, David has considerably contributed to the quite a few wins skilled through the years for a lot of of Alaska’s refuges.  These embody repeatedly staving off Arctic Refuge oil and fuel drilling for a few years and reaching a 12-million-acre wilderness suggestion for the Arctic Nationwide Wildlife Refuge.

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The Nationwide Wildlife Refuge Affiliation is a non-profit completely targeted on defending, selling, and enhancing the 850-million-acre Nationwide Wildlife Refuge System, the world’s largest community of lands and waters put aside for wildlife conservation.

For all media inquiries and questions please contact Eden Taylor, Communications Affiliate at etaylor@refugeassociation.org.