Paul Parker, MLA

Paul Parker has always been drawn to and fascinated by the beauty and mysteries of the natural world. He grew up on a small farm in Cache Valley, Utah. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Utah State University and went on to earn a master’s degree in the same subject from Harvard University.

After graduate school, Paul served as Deputy State Planning Coordinator in the Utah Governor’s office, where he helped coordinate state policies for natural resources and environmental conservation. For over 30 years, Paul worked as a non-profit organization executive focused on natural resource conservation through stakeholder collaboration, research, and education. At the Center for Resource Management, he led projects such as a joint research collaboration on climate change with US and Russian scientists and stakeholder efforts to protect the Bering Sea and the Porcupine Caribou herd in Alaska from oil and gas development. For over ten years, he worked closely with the golf industry and the environmental community to make golf courses more environmentally sustainable.

Most recently, Paul served as Executive Director of Hawkwatch International, which works to monitor and protect birds of prey. Paul enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends hiking, bird watching, camping, fishing, and gardening.