Mike Matz

Mike Matz, Director, Campaign for America’s Wilderness.

"Mike formerly headed the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance in Salt Lake City, where he spearheaded the successful effort to achieve the establishment of the 1.9-million acre Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument by presidential order. Matz spent six years with the Sierra Club, four of those as a director of its public lands program in Washington, D.C. He served for four years as chairman of the Alaska Coalition. He has also worked as associate director of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. In addition to running the Campaign for America’s Wilderness, Matz serves as treasurer of the board of directors for the Alaska Wilderness League, an organization he helped found. Based in Durango, CO, Matz spends part of his time in the Washington, DC office."