Dave Stricklan is the Rewilding and Lands Director for Rewilding America Now and the leader of the Birch Creek Rewilding Project. Previous to that, he worked for the Sagebrush Habitat Conservation Fund. Prior to working in these positions he was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Animal and Range Science Department at New Mexico State University. He also worked for fourteen years as Biology faculty member at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Before working at BYUI he was employed by the USDA Forest Service for twelve years as a wildlife biologist/range conservationist. He is a former Board Member of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He also served as President of the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society and of The Friends of Camas National Refuge.