Emily Wood has been appointed the new executive director of the Door County Land Trust by their board of directors.

Wood has been the executive director of the Indiana Wildlife Federation for the past five years.  She has been involved in conservation efforts in the Midwest, including the Great Lakes invasive-carp strategy and Indiana’s monarch butterfly conservation plan.

Having served as a wildlife and natural resource conservation advocate working at all various levels, Wood helped pass the Great American Outdoors Act.  She also was instrumental in passing the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, the reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act.

Wood starts her new position on August 1st and will be  replacing Tom Clay, who announced his departure as the executive director last January and left in March.   The Door County Land Trust protects about 8,800 acres of land throughout the peninsula.

(Photo  courtesy of Indiana Wildlife Foundation)