The Talking Talons Youth Advisory Council (YAC) consists of youth ages 16+. At the summit youth will answer questions posed by guest speakers who came to YAC meetings from Nov. 2018 – Feb. 2019. This year’s guest speakers include: Sarah Hurteau, Director of The Nature Conservancy, Mark Dixon, Director of Isleta Pueblo’s Natural Resources, Maya Higgins, Storyteller for New Mexico’s Gila River, Sara Van Note and Sue George, Educator and Director of New Mexico Wild Friends, Robert Mariano, Program Coordinator for Ancestral Lands

Program, Teresa Skiba, Education Specialist for Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge, and Katelyn Driscoll, T
Research Ecologist for U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.