Chris Little

Chris is The Conservation Fund’s Alaska Field Representative for Conservation Acquisition. Joining the Fund’s staff in 2013, Chris has in-depth understanding and experience with conservation real estate transactions and financing. He has led successful collaborative projects with Alaska Native corporations, private individuals, public agencies and nonprofit partners throughout Alaska. With extensive experience in wetland mitigation, grant writing and private fundraising, Chris is skilled at securing conservation funding to complete various types of land conservation projects.

Prior to coming to Alaska, Chris worked as a preserve manager for The Nature Conservancy in east Idaho, a wildlife biologist on the California Channel Islands and a forester for the California State Parks in Lake Tahoe. Chris has a B.A. in Environmental Science and Anthropology from Saint Lawrence University and an M.S. in Recreation Resource Management from Oregon State’s College of Forestry.

In his free time, Chris enjoys hiking, fishing, skiing, foraging and exploring Kachemak Bay and the surrounding forests with his family.