SCA's 2008 Conservation Commencement speaker is Gloria Flora on Wednesday, August 13th at SCA’s headquarters in Charlestown, New Hampshire. All SCA members, alumni, partners, supporters, staff and friends are invited to attend.
 
Gloria is a true environmental hero. In her 22-year career with the U.S. Forest Service, Gloria Flora became nationally known for her leadership and for her courageous principled stands. When she was in charge of the Lewis and Clark National Forest, she made a landmark decision to prohibit natural gas wells along the spectacular 356,000-acre Rocky Mountain Front, a place often described as an American Serengeti for its abundant populations of elk, deer, grizzly bears, and fish-filled streams.

In 2000, she made national headlines again when she resigned as Forest Supervisor for the largest national forest in the lower 48 states - the Humboldt-Toiyabe - to call attention to antigovernment zealots engaged in the harassment and intimidation of Forest Service employees. For her courageous stewardship, she received the Murie Award from the Wilderness Society, the Environmental Quality Award for exemplary resource decision-making from the Natural Resources Council of America, and the Environmental Hero Award from Sunset Magazine. In 2004, she was selected as one of the nation's top environmentalists by Vanity Fair Magazine.

Today Gloria is the Director of Sustainable Obtainable Solutions, a nonprofit dedicated to the sustainability of public lands and of the plants, animals and communities that depend on them. Read Gloria Flora's full bio.

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