Amaroq Weiss

Experience

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  Grimes and Warwick

  Aug 1991 - Nov 1992

  Trial Attorney / Private Criminal Defense Practice

  Represented criminal defendants in state and federal court cases.

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  Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.

  Jan 1993 - Sept 1995

  Trial Attorney / Federal Public Defender

  Represented indigent criminal defendants in federal court, from trial through the appeals process.

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  Court-appointed counsel for indigent defendants+

  Sept 1995 - Aug 2002

  Appellate Criminal Defense Attorney

  Represented indigent criminal defendants in state court and federal court appellate cases. Researched and wrote appellate briefs and gave oral arguments in court.

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  California Wolf Center

  Oct 1997 - Jul 1999

  Wolf education, care and outreach

  Gave public presentations on wolves, tabling events to inform the public on wolves and the wolf center, engaged in wolf care at the wolf center, represented the wolf center at agency meetings

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  Defenders of Wildlife

  Jul 1999 - Oct 2007

  Oversaw policy development and field work for conservation of wolves, grizzlies and mesocarnivores in Pacific West, northern Rockies and Alaska. Public education and advocacy for wolves; Conservation work on other threatened and endangered species including Channel Islands fox, Southern sea otter and San Joaquin Valley Kit Fox; Collaborative community work to prevent and resolve black bear / human conflicts in the Lake Tahoe area.

  • Director of Western Species Conservation

    Sept 2002 - Oct 2007

  • Wolf Outreach Coordinator; then California Species Associate

    Jul 1999 - Sept 2002
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  Self-Employed

  Nov 2007 - Dec 2011

  Independant consultant

  Conduct research, writing, editing, analysis and analysis on a contractual basis for wolf-related products, including website content, field manuals, grant proposals and reports. Clients included Defenders of Wildlife, California Wolf Center and the Mexican Wolf Conservation Fund.

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  California Wolf Center

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Northern California Representative

  Wolf education and outreach to county boards, agencies, the media and public; Activated the public to participate in wolf-related state processes; Provided comments and testimony at wolf-related hearings; Established networks with conservation groups, agencies and the public in northern California to elevate the profile and participation of the organization throughout the state.

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  Center for Biological Diversity

  Jan 2013 - now

  Senior Wolf Advocate

  Amaroq Weiss is the Senior Wolf Advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity. A biologist and former attorney, Amaroq has worked in wolf recovery and conservation advocacy for the northern Rockies, Alaska, the Southwest, Pacific West and at the federal level, for the past 25 years. At present her work focuses chiefly on wolf issues in West Coast states, the Northeastern U.S., and at the federal level. Amaroq was an appointed representative in the two separate processes in Oregon and California to draft those states’ wolf conservation and management plans; is frequently interviewed for print, radio and television coverage of wolf issues; and is the author, co-author and editor of multiple publications on wolf conservation, wolf recovery and state wolf planning processes. The organization for which she works -- the Center for Biological Diversity -- is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.7 million members and supporters, that works to protect endangered species and wild places. Show less