ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the appointment of Linda Miller as the agency’s Deputy Wildlife Refuge Manager for the Southwest Arizona National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex, under the direction of Elaine Johnson, the Complex manager, which includes the Kofa, Imperial, and Cibola NWRs. She will be working closely with Refuge staff to administer Refuge programs and assist in broad scale conservation efforts.
“This new assignment is a good opportunity for her, our team in Yuma, and for all of us in the Southwest Region as she is a valuable asset,” said Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, Southwest Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “We’re very fortunate to have someone of Linda’s caliber to fulfill this role. She has been an outstanding conservation leader throughout her career in the Fish and Wildlife Service and I’m confident that she will continue to contribute to our mission.”
Miller is a career Service employee who brings a wealth of experience, serving nearly thirty years within the Service’s Refuge system. Her areas of expertise include desert ecosystems, conservation issues, planning and policy, threatened and endangered species, land acquisition and easement programs, human dimensions of conservation, and stakeholder outreach. Miller has worked with federal and state agencies and county governments to develop conservation plans for protected wildlife species, issues entailing conservation design and management, and environmental contaminants. The Service congratulates Linda on her new appointment and welcomes her to the Southwest Arizona NWR Complex.
