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Judy Boshoven
Living Lands Manager
Areas of expertise: Protected lands and conservation planning, conservation easements, habitat restoration, private landowner incentive programs for wildlife-friendly projects.
Judy is the Manager of the Living Lands program, an initiative aimed at connecting land trusts to financial and technical resources that will assist them in making strategic decisions about where to work to conserve high priority native species and habitats, and how to use effective land stewardship, partnerships and major funding resources to restore and manage native habitats for long-term benefit.
Judy comes to Defenders from the Yolo Land Trust in California where she was the Executive Director, overseeing easement and fee-title acquisition of lands protected for their agricultural and habitat conservation values. Prior to this she worked for Audubon California as the founding Director of the Landowner Stewardship Program, where she assisted private landowners in creating and restoring habitat on their properties, including wetlands, riparian habitats, oak woodlands, and grasslands.
Judy has her undergraduate degree in Landscape Architecture from University of California Davis, and she has her Masters in Urban Planning from MIT.
Contact Information
Phone: 202-682-9400 x101
Email: judy.boshoven@defenders.org
