Marisa Martin Joins Staff

by Christine Lichtenfels

University of Michigan Photo

In September, WOC welcomed Marisa Martin as our new Greater Yellowstone Program coordinator.

Marisa recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a J.D. from its Law School and an M.S. in Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management from the university's School for Natural Resources & the Environment.

At Michigan, Marisa was a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow, a Joseph Sax Environmental Fellow and a Morris K. Udall Environmental Scholar. During her summer breaks from law school, she was a North Star Sierra Club environmental intern at a law firm in Minneapolis, a legal intern at the New Mexico Environmental Law Center in Santa Fe and a legal clerk at Earthjustice in Hawaii. Marisa's master's opus was a spatial projection of future gray wolf habitat in Michigan and Wisconsin once the states' wolves are delisted from the Endangered Species Act, a topic very relevant to Wyoming as we move toward wolf delisting.

"It's great to be in Lander," Marisa says, "and I'm excited to be part of WOC's important work protecting Greater Yellowstone's remarkable wildlife and wild country." An outdoors enthusiast, Marisa is also looking forward to hiking, backpacking and exploring Wyoming.

We're delighted that Marisa's on board, and are confident that her exceptional skills and admirable commitment will bolster our success in safeguarding the GYE's rich natural treasures.