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National Council

The Conservation Fund's National Council is comprised of individuals who help us establish partnerships between the public and private sectors to advance conservation in the United States.

Gerald W. Adelmann
Illinois 

Cecil D. Andrus
Idaho

William C. Baker
Maryland

Thomas A. Barron
Colorado

Mrs. Sally Lyons Brown
Kentucky

Barbara Brunckhorst
Florida

Jessica Hobby Catto
Texas

William C. Coleman
Massachusetts

Samuel A. Cooke
Hawaii

Lavinia M. Currier
Virginia

Henry L. Diamond
District of Columbia

Jean W. Douglas
District of Columbia

Susan Feith
Wisconsin

Clayton W. Frye, Jr.
New York

James S. Gilliland
Tennessee

Richard N. Goldman
California

S. Gunnar Klarr
Michigan

The Honorable L. W. Lane, Jr.
California

Christopher B. Leinberger
District of Columbia

Robert A. Marston
New York

Edward T. McMahon
Maryland

John C. Oliver
Pennsylvania

Gilman Ordway
Wyoming

Carlton N. Owen
South Carolina

Dale A. Petroskey
New York

Nathaniel P. Reed
Florida

William K. Reilly
California

Jon Roush
Oregon

Andrew W. Sansom
Texas

John M. Seidl
Colorado

Truman T. Semans
Maryland

Leonard L. Silverstein
Maryland

Mrs. William I. Spencer
Florida

George P. Stamas
Maryland

Edmund A. Stanley, Jr.
Maryland

Alfred H. Taylor, Jr.
Maryland

Douglas P. Wheeler
District of Columbia

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