SARA VICKERMAN

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
DIRECTOR, WEST COAST OFFICE
1880 Willamette Falls Drive, Suite 200
West Linn, Oregon 97068
503 / 697-3222 l FAX 503 / 697-3268
Email Svickerman@defenders.org

Sara Vickerman is director of the West Coast office of Defenders of Wildlife. Based in West Linn, Vickerman directs the Oregon Biodiversity Project and Biodiversity Partnership. She is the author of a report called Stewardship Incentives: Conservation Strategies for Oregon's Working Landscape, published in 1998 as part of the Oregon Biodiversity Project and later revised for a national audience.

Vickerman served two terms on the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission. She was the vice chair of the Governor's Willamette River Basin Task Force, currently serves on the Board and Executive Committee for the Governor's Willamette Restoration Initiative. She was a member of the Northwest Council of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, and serves on the Forest Assessment Policy Advisory Group established by the Oregon Department of Forestry. She was appointed by Governor Kitzhaber to serve on the Oregon Sustainability Board.

1988, Vickerman facilitated the creation of the Oregon wildlife viewing network by producing the Oregon Wildlife Viewing Guide. To date, the process has been replicated in 35 states, all building on the Oregon model. In 1998, Vickerman helped secure 15% of Oregon's lottery revenue for parks and fish and wildlife habitat through a statewide ballot measure. The 2001 Oregon Legislature approved sustainability and incentives legislation proposed by Defenders and partners. In 2002, the Washington Legislature approved biodiversity legislation, also promoted by Defenders.

Vickerman has received several awards including the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology in 1991. The office received the National Award for Sustainability in 1999 for the Oregon Biodiversity Project and Conservation Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior. She was also the recipient of the 2000 Earl Chiles award for the Oregon Biodiversity Project, and the Associated Oregon Industries Environmental Award in 2002. In 2003, she received an award from the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

Her background includes an M.S. in biology, geography and education from Southern Oregon State College, a B.S. in anthropology from California State University at Fullerton, and an A.A. in art from Fullerton Junior College.