Program Night: Siberia's Sacred Sea: Lake Baikal

For the past year, Nina Carter as been the Executive Director of Audubon Washington. Prior to this, she was Audubon's lobbyist and policy director in Olympia and Washington DC. Her background is a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelor's in Political Science from the Evergreen State College.  She worked for various state agencies (Ecology, Fish and Wildlife, State Parks, Oil Spill Prevention) and has taught graduate courses on environmental policy and management. Nina and her husband Tom Rainey traveled to Siberia last summer with other Audubon members from Washington, California and the East Coast to experience the world's largest fresh water lake.

Tom and Nina have worked over the past 15 years to save Lake Baikal from various environmental threats -- the most recent was just last year when an oil pipeline was proposed within 300 yards of the Lake's shore. Nina’s presentation features the 5 most important lessons about Eco-Tourism as well as showing photos of Russia, Siberia and the Lake's birds and wildlife. 

Closer to home, Nina helps chapters, donors, foundations and elected officials understand how important it is to conserve habitat along the Pacific Flyway (from Alaska to Argentina) for birds and for humans.  Nina enjoys birding (of course!), gardening, reading and traveling.  She and her husband live in Olympia next door to a beaver pond that is home to Cedar Waxwings, one Kingfisher, and many Mallards. Their cat, Rex The Wonder Cat, watches the birds from the living room window!

We will have plenty of time to ask Nina questions about both Lake Baikal and about her work for Audubon Washington.

Please join us Thursday, November 16  (1 week early because of Thanksgiving), for Nina’s delightful program on birds and wildlife of Lake Baikal.  Come at 6:30 for the social hour.  Enjoy a brief monthly meeting and refreshments from 7:00 to 7:45, followed by Nina’s presentation.