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Gloria Tom is the Director of the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife, serving in that role since 1998, and she has worked for the department for over 35 years in total. Previously, Gloria served as the Director for the San Carlos Apache Recreation and Wildlife Department in Arizona and the District Supervisor for the US Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services in New Mexico. Gloria earned her degree in Wildlife Management from the University of Arizona.
Since its inception in the 1960's, the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife has managed fish, game, and non-game species across the 18-million-acre reservation, and is one of the most significant tribal wildlife management programs in North America. The Department manages and conserves threatened, endangered, and culturally important species across the reservation and on tribally-owned private ranches in Colorado as well. In her presentation, Gloria will highlight both the successes and challenges in building such a large organization over the last 30 years, from the early days with little funding to the current day that involves large-scale collaboration with state, federal, and academic partners.
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