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Nancy Lin

Nancy Lin

NYC Urban Park Ranger's Education Coordinator - Staten Island

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    President 2024-2025, Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program Retired - Outreach and Training Manager/Wetlands Circuit Rider Coordinator/Environmental Analyst at MassDEP

  • Education

    • New York Botanical Garden

      -
      Ethnobotany

    • Stony Brook University

      1978 - 1982
      B.S. Environmental Science

      Activities and Societies: Outing Club

  • Experience

    • New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

      Jan 1982 - Jan 1986
      NYC Urban Park Ranger's Education Coordinator - Staten Island

      Created and designed natural history/environmental education lessons to integrate with NYC Board of Education curriculum. Trained city-wide ranger staff to implement lessons in NYC Parks.

    • City of Cambridge Conservation Commission

      Jan 1986 - Apr 1988
      Director

      Implemented Mass. wetlands regulations for the City of Cambridge's conservation commission. Liaison with other city, state and federal agencies on environmental issues. Wrote and implemented grants.

    • Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection

      Jan 1988 - Aug 2024
      Environmental Analyst/Wetlands Circuit Rider Coordinator/Chief of Outreach and Training

      Senior Professional Wetlands Scientist, Society of Wetlands Scientist Certification Program.

    • Society of Wetland Scientists - Professional Certification Program

      Jul 2024 - now
      2024-2025 President. Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program

      I am proud to serve as the current President of the Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program. We are the only professional wetland certification program of its kind internationally.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Unconscious Bias

      LinkedIn
      May 2021
      View certificate certificate

    • Time Management: Working from Home

      LinkedIn
      Sept 2020
      View certificate certificate

    • Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2021
      View certificate certificate

    • Professional Wetland Scientist

      Society of Wetland Scientists - Professional Certification Program
      Apr 1996

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Nancy Lin
      2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions Feb 2024 This is an award for extraordinary accomplishments to natural resource protection for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • Awarded to Nancy Lin
      2017 Educator of the Year Network for Social Justice Mar 2017 Honored for my 20 years of volunteer work in Winchester Trails, a local volunteer organization that provides the district public schools with nature walks that tie the Mass. Science Curriculum and STEM criteria to experiential education in local conservation lands.
    • Awarded to Nancy Lin
      Outstanding Public Service Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions Mar 2004 Created the innovative statewide Wetlands Circuit Rider Program and obtained and managed millions of dollars of federal and other grants to support local conservation commissions and wetlands protection efforts throughout Massachusetts.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Environmental educator and former co-president

      Issued by Winchester Trails on Sept 1997
      Winchester TrailsAssociated with Nancy Lin

    • President

      Issued by Society of Wetlands Scientists Professional Certification Program on Jul 2024
      Society of Wetlands Scientists Professional Certification ProgramAssociated with Nancy Lin