Farewell to Caroline Byrd

by Nancy Debevoise

Caroline Byrd, WOC staff attorney and director of its Greater Yellowstone Program for three and a half years, left WOC in November to start a new life in Colorado, as the San Miguel River Program Manager for the The Nature Conservancy in Telluride. Her responsibilities include overseeing three preserves and numerous conservation easements, arranging new easements and land purchases and overseeing fundraising, outreach and public education projects.

Caroline returned to Lander for her wedding on New Year’s Eve to Garry Edson, District Ranger for the Norwood (CO) District of the Grand Mesa Uncompahgre Gunnison National Forest.

 "I will miss the tremendous challenges and rewards of working for such an effective and dynamic organization with such a dedicated and talented staff," Caroline says. "Wyoming has the best wildlands, wildlife, water and air quality in the lower 48 states, yet it is besieged with ill-conceived and damaging development proposals. WOC has a difficult job but Wyoming is worth it; our state is a much better place because of WOC’s work."

"We will all miss Caroline," says executive director Dan Heilig. "She is a good friend as well as a remarkably talented and hard-working professional. Colorado’s gain is Wyoming’s loss, and we wish her all the best in her new life."