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FRIENDS OF YOUTH AND NATURE
P.O. Box 634
Hotchkiss, CO 81419
friendsofyouthandnature@gmail.com

Meet our Board!

Anita Evans
Chair
asevans54@gmail.com          (970) 901-1459
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Recently retired as an educator and founder of The Nature Connection environmental education center, Anita’s passion for environmental education now continues as a Colorado Certified Environmental Educator and co-founder of Friends of Youth and Nature. She and her husband of 34 years raised their two children in Western Colorado in the canyons, mountains, and their backyard gardens.

Anne Janik
Web/Public Information
ajanik@gmx.com       (970) 210-1791
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Retired United States Forest Service Public Relations officer responsible for over $100,000 in environmental education funding for youth across the Grand Mesa Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests, Anne now spends her time as a beekeeper and outdoor enthusiast exploring the many treasures of our public lands.

Lynea Schulta-Ela
Vice Chair/Treasurer
lyneaschulzela@gmail.com     (970) 250-5715
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A lifelong outdoor enthusiast and mother of two, Lynea is recently retired from a career in business and entrepreneur consulting work in the retail food industry, specifically focused on natural and organic development.
                                

Abram Herman 
Board Member
abram.herman@gmail.com       970-402-4292
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As an avid climber, skier, mountain biker, and lover of the outdoors, Abram knows how to play hard on the Western Slope. After growing up on the Front Range and then migrating across the mountains to enjoy the lifestyle and beautiful setting of the Grand Valley, he is now a small business owner and a happy, civic-minded resident of Grand Junction.