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We have some exciting news to share!

We are restructuring some staff positions to improve collaboration, create efficiencies, and better serve our partners.

We’re transitioning to a Program Director/Program Officer structure for our regional/place-based conservation programs, and we’re adding Grants Officer and Grants Administrator positions to increase our grants management capacity. These changes will enable our program teams to increase their focus on partner relationships and strategic priorities and will enable our grants management team to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in our work. Over time, our current Program Officers will move into the new Program Director roles, and our Program Associates will become our Program Officers and our Grants Officer. We’ll let you know when those changes occur.

This restructuring also means that we are seeking new colleagues!

In the coming weeks, we’ll post two job openings: A Program Officer to work with our Alaska-British Columbia Program Director and a Grants Administrator to be part of our grants management team. Keep your eye out for those announcements and please share with anyone you think may be interested in applying for either position.

Thanks for bearing with us as we go through this “under construction” phase – and please know that Wilburforce’s mission, values, and commitment to wildlife, communities, and wild places remains unchanged.

In partnership,

The Wilburforce Team

Photo of Yellowstone wolves courtesy of the National Park Service.

Along with many of our fellow biodiversity funder colleagues and over 100 environmental organizations. we applaud the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement proposing protections for our nation's old growth forests.

In a joint statement with other funders, our Executive Director Birch Beaudet said, "We applaud the Biden Administration’s recognition of the irreplaceable value of current and future old growth forests to both wild and human communities: clean water, clean air, carbon storage, biodiversity, and essential fish and wildlife habitat, as well as healthy and robust local economies. We are highly supportive of the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge systems alongside western science as a means to ensure the highest standards of stewardship of our shared natural systems. We look forward to working with the
Administration to advance forest and wildlife habitat protections and resilience throughout the West."

You can read the joint statement here: http://tinyurl.com/4nfxpv7y

And the White House Press Brief here: http://tinyurl.com/3vwj9mpr

Today, we are celebrating President Biden's declaration of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints Grand Canyon National Monument, almost 1 million acres of the ancestral homelands of the Tribes of the Colorado Plateau, doubling the amount of protected lands around our iconic Grand Canyon National Park. The President took this action on behalf of the 13 Tribes of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition (who will co-manage the Monument with the Federal Government), their allies in the NGO community, and political leadership in the state of Arizona.

These new protections are the culmination of decades of patient work by the Tribes and their allies, and will permanently withdraw toxic uranium mining from the new Monument's lands, protect wildlife habitat and connectivity from southern Nevada through northern Arizona to southern Utah, and prevent degradation of springs and riparian systems on the Canyon’s north rim.

We are beyond grateful to the Tribes and our grantee partners for their creativity, patience, and perseverance to protect this incredible landscape.

We Still Keep Watching Over This Land The entire Grand Canyon region has been a cultural homeland since time immemorial. Native peoples are the canyon's original stewards, and they are still here…

We are delighted to welcome Desiree Pena as our new Office Manager. Desiree is responsible for supporting the entire Wilburforce team by undertaking core administrative functions. She holds an Associate’s degree in Business from Tacoma Community College, and joins us as an experienced Office Manager with time at corporations of various sizes.

When she's not working hard to support our mission, she enjoys day trips to the mountains, paddle boarding in the summers, and exploring different dessert spots. Originally from Florida, Desiree made her cross country trek to Seattle in 2018, and has been here ever since. She hopes to one day convince her entire family to make the trip and settle in the PNW!

We couldn't be happier to have her on board!