Walter is a biologist with a deep soft spot for this special part of the Northeast. He has worked in the nonprofit conservation sector for many years in Connecticut, New York, Minnesota and Vermont. He has served previously as the executive director/publisher of the Center for Northern Woodlands Education and the executive director of the International Wolf Center in Minnesota, the NorthWoods Stewardship Center and the Adirondack Mountain Club in New York. While in New York, he became an Adirondack 46er by climbing all the peaks over 4,000 feet. He has travelled to the Northwest Territories and backpacked several times on Ellesmere Island is search of arctic wolves. In addition to his strong background in management of non-profit organizations, Walter Medwid brings with him a variety of accolades including the Silver Eagle Award, the highest award given by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to an individual outside the agency, and the Cooperative Conservation Award given by Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne. He has a keen interest in natural history and has identified over 150 avian species in Orleans County. Walter currently works as the coordinator for Orleans County Restorative Justice Center, coordinating the reparative justice panels and lives in Derby, Vermont with his wife Mary Beth. The Orleans County NRCD is honored to welcome Walter to the board for a one year trial term and we look forward to working with him to address local soil and water quality natural resource concerns.