Allen E. Smith

Allen E. Smith is a writer and consultant on Alaska public land issues. He served on The Wilderness Society for eighteen years as the Alaska Senior Policy Analyst, Alaska Regional Director and Vice President. He was President of Defenders of Wildlife for four years and Executive Officer Land and Natural Resources Division for the U.S. Department of Justice for three years. At the Mesa Refuge, Allen wrote about Alaska as seen through the stories of the land and its people their dependence on wildlands for economic sustainability and Alaska’s connections to the lower 48.