Washington D.C.— July twentieth, 2022
In Alaska, there could also be no greater voice than David Raskin relating to guaranteeing thriving wildlife populations and safety for the locations they name residence. For David’s ardour and years of service in his function as co-founder, Pals of Alaska Nationwide Wildlife Refuges, a bunch that helps all 16 of Alaska’s nationwide wildlife refuges, he has not too long ago 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 sturdy 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,” stated Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska Program Director, Defenders of Wildlife. “He supplies well timed and pertinent updates to colleagues and companions relating to refuge points and has additionally printed educated opinion items with key data that helped him and the Pals grow to be trusted assets for refuge points.”
A few of David’s main accomplishments embody:
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Growth and serving as chair of Pals of Alaska Nationwide Wildlife Refuges’ Advocacy Committee, influencing programming and insurance policies for Alaska’s refuges.
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Engagement on the Arctic, Izembek, and Kenai Nationwide Wildlife Refuges. These refuges have endured many important and ongoing threats, and the previous few years have been crucial for all three.
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By way 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 gasoline drilling for a few years and attaining 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 solely centered 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.