Bill Sapp Email & Phone Number

"There is nothing more fun than being knee deep in the rich black goo of a bog while hunting for an uncooperative frog—that is, except for being next to your daughter who is thigh deep in the same goo and is wearing a grin as wide as her face."Since joining SELC in 2007, Bill has been fighting to protect and preserve wetlands throughout SELC’s region. He led the Georgia Coast Initiative, and heads the work there related to resilience and coastal permitting. “I want to protect the natural world for future generations, as well as make it more accessible so people learn to enjoy it and appreciate it more,” Bill says when asked what motivates his work. A major achievement in Bill’s career involves the largest blackwater wetland in North America: the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. Five years ago, Bill built a coalition of 52 local, state, and national environmental organizations, which collectively has more than 5 million members. This Okefenokee Protection Alliance advocates for long-term protection for the 438,000-acre Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The National Wildlife Refuge Association recently awarded the Alliance the "Advocate of the Year" award for its campaign to stop an Alabama company constructing an 8,000-acre mine next to the Refuge. The swamp ecosystem is a long way from the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, where Bill grew up and was a competitive cross country skier. It was in those mountains that Bill cross country skied, mountain biked, hiked, and canoed, as well as cut hiking, skiing, and water trails so others could enjoy the outdoors as much as he does.

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