Winner: Vuntut Gwitchin elder Lorraine Netro from Old Crow, Yukon, awarded Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
More so today with threats to our Sacred places and traditional way of life, the challenges of Climate Change and living in pandemic.
- More so today with threats to our Sacred places and traditional way of life, the challenges of Climate Change and living in pandemic.
- Our voice, our work is not done until we have permanent protection for our Sacred places.\xe2\x80\x9d\nSandra Schwartz, National Executive Director of CPAWS, says:\n"CPAWS is thrilled to recognize Lorraine Netro for this year\xe2\x80\x99s Glen Davis Prize.
- Lorraine is a respected Vuntut Gwitchin elder who has been working tirelessly for more than 20 years to protect the Arctic Refuge and the Porcupine caribou herd.
- She has never been paid for her conservation work but has done it for the good of her community.