Keynote Speakers

Amy Gulick is an acclaimed photographer, writer, author, and speaker. She is the recipient of the Daniel Housberg Wilderness Image Award from the Alaska Conservation Foundation, the Voice of the Wild Award from the Alaska Wilderness League, the Conservation Voices Award from Washington Wild, and the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation. From the North American Nature Photography Association she has received the Environmental Impact Award, Philip Hyde Award, and Mission Award.

Her award-winning books include Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest and The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind. Her images and stories have been featured in Smithsonian, Audubon, National Wildlife, Sierra, and Outdoor Photographer. 

Amy is a founding Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers, and a senior Fellow of The Safina Center. View her work: www.amygulick.com.

Dr. Anne Shaffer is the lead scientist and executive director of the Coastal Watershed Institute (CWI). She has published over 50 scientific papers on coastal ecosystem conservation and restoration. Her work has been featured in Scientific American, National Geographic, and PBS. Born and raised in eastern Washington, she and her husband of over 40 years live in Port Angeles Washington. Dr. Shaffer holds a PhD in Marine Ecology from the University of Victoria which she earned when she was 60.