Michael Powelson
Consultant
Michael has extensive experience in federal natural resources conservation and energy policy, focused primarily on conservation of western public lands, energy development and species conservation. Michael has served as the North America Director of Energy Programs for The Nature Conservancy, creating the first comprehensive energy program for the organization. Michael also worked as the Conservancy’s Director of Government Relations for the western United States and Director of Agency Relations for its Northwest and then Pacific & Rocky Mountain regions. Michael is a native Oregonian, attended the University of Oregon and the University of California at Berkeley, and is an avid outdoorsman and fly fisherman.