Shelley Silbert

Shelley Silbert runs the Durango-based conservation group Great Old Broads for Wilderness. The women-led organization works nationally at the grassroots on wilderness advocacy, education and stewardship projects on public lands. Silbert has made a career out of working for various environmental organizations and nonprofits throughout the West, including the Nature Conservancy and the San Juan Citizens Alliance. As director of Great Old Broads, Silbert sets the wild lands advocacy agenda.