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News - Dale Holiday Joins Board

Dale Holiday, Port Angeles, is the newest member of North Olympic Land Trust’s Board of Directors.

Currently an Associate Planner with Clallam County, Dr. Holiday also leads workshops for businesses, organizations and  individuals on teambuilding and effective communication. She has taught in Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment on the Peninsula, Antioch University’s Seattle campus, and Chapman University’s Fort Lewis campus Masters Program in Organizational Leadership. She was currently selected to participate in the PEAK Leadership Program sponsored by Team Jefferson County and the Peninsula College Foundation.

She said she believes her passion for good planning and environmental protection began through the influence of her grandmother, whose native American roots included love of nature and sensitivity to the importance of protecting it.

“I grew up in a rural environment of farmland and the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. Over time I watched residential development gobble it up. As the habitat disappeared, so did the songbirds and many of the small mammals that I had come to respect and enjoy during my childhood and beyond,” she said. “One of my life’s missions has been to preserve the environment, doing as little harm to it as I can, and teaching others about the value of nature. This mission is reflected in my choices for degrees, career and personal lifestyle.”

She said helping the Land Trust accomplish its mission fits well with these goals.

She completed a doctorate at the University of Washington, with emphasis on environmental planning and ecotourism after a master’s degree in community planning from the University of Rhode Island and undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut.

Her professional background in Olympia, where she lived just prior to moving to Port Angeles about two years ago includes conducting research on community health issues for the Department of Community Development, and policy development and environmental staff training for the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Her hobbies include cooking heart healthy meals from a variety of countries, birding and writing. Her essay about personal travel in remote areas of the western U.S. was included in the book Go Girl! The Black Women’s Book of Travel and Adventure, with acclaimed authors Maya Angelou and Alice Walker among other contributors. She wrote and narrated a radio essay broadcast for the National Public Broadcasting radio station KPLU on diversity issues and the environment and has authored nature appreciation columns for regional newspapers.

North Olympic Land Trust has protected special qualities of land on more than 1,400 acres in Clallam County since local citizens established the nonprofit organization in 1990. Those qualities include habitat for salmon and other wildlife, farmland, commercial timberland, clean water and air, scenic vistas, open space and cultural heritage. More information is available from www.nolt.org and its office, 360-417-1815.

Posted December 12, 2008