07/16/2026
Please join us for our weekly meeting this Friday, July 17th. We meet at the Seattle Yacht Club at noon.
Our program speaker this week is Dan Wilson with Conservation NW.
Dan is the Community Partnerships Manager for Conservation Northwest, a nonprofit working to protect, connect, and restore wildlife and wildlands across Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
Conservation Northwest focuses on practical, community-driven conservation that includes restoring forest and shrub-steppe habitats, improving wildlife connectivity, and supporting collaborative stewardship of public lands. Dan works across Washington to build the partnerships that make this work possible, bringing together tribes, local communities, agencies, and the
decisionmakers who shape Washington’s landscapes.
His work centers on advancing wildlife habitat restoration, improving landscape connectivity, and developing cross-sector partnerships that balance ecological and community needs.
In Washington’s conservation community, Dan serves in a range of leadership and advisory roles, including chairing the state chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. He also contributes to state and federal advisory groups such as the Recreation and Conservation Office’s Land and Water Conservation Fund
committee, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Budget and Policy Advisory Group, the Colville National Forest Resource Advisory Committee, and the Northeast Washington Forest Coalition. Across these roles, he focuses on habitat restoration, wildlife connectivity, and collaborative stewardship of
Washington’s public lands.
Dan lives in Spokane with his wife and children and enjoys sharing Washington’s outdoor heritage with them through kayaking, fishing, and time spent in the backcountry.
