Jason Wilmot, M.E.M., Executive Director

Jason was raised in Montana and South Dakota. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Geography from the University of Montana and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Jason spent over 10 years living in the Glacier National Park area, where he worked in various capacities for the National Park Service. He helped develop and initiate the Glacier Wolverine Ecology Project, a partnership between the U.S. Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service. Jason also helped the Nature Conservancy of Montana and the Blackfeet Indian Land Trust develop a conservation and stewardship plan for the Flatiron Creek Ranch on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front, and worked as a backcountry ranger in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Jason is a Doris Duke Conservation Fellow and is also the lead field coordinator for the Absaroka-Beartooth Wolverine Project. Contact Jason (at) nrccooperative.org.

Lydia A. Dixon, M.E.M., Associate Director

Lydia grew up in eastern Pennsylvania. She earned her A.B. in environmental studies from Dartmouth College and a Master of Environmental Management (M.E.M.) degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. At Yale, Lydia focused on western forest science and management and worked on a project looking at ecotourism as a means of sustainable development in La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in Panama and Costa Rica. In addition to her work with NRCC, Lydia edited a forthcoming volume of the Journal of Sustainable Forestry at Yale. Lydia designed and maintains NRCC's webpage, collaborates on design and layout for NRCC News, and is responsible for several NRCC in-house project collaborations, including the Greater Yellowstone Conservation Organization Inventory. She lived in Utah and Idaho prior to settling in Jackson and enjoys writing, skiing, climbing, and traveling. Contact Lydia (at) nrccooperative.org.

Rebecca Watters, M.E.Sc., Project Manager

Rebecca grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She has a BA in anthropology from St. Lawrence University, and a Masters of Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Rebecca has worked and done research in countries around the world, including Kenya, India, and Bosnia. She spent two and a half years in Mongolia, where she helped create an ecology curriculum for local schools, and worked with the national park system to monitor snow leopards, argali, ibex, and migratory birds. She subsequently spent a year and half in Cambodia working as an environmental education consultant. Her masters’ research focused on the social implications of wolf reintroduction in the northern Rockies, and she remains interested in the intersections of culture, human rights, and conservation. Rebecca is a writer and an artist, and uses these skills to draw attention to the diverse and dynamic stories and issues surrounding conservation work. Contact Rebecca (at) nrccooperative.org.