Drew Anderson

"I’ve had the privilege of exploring public lands across the United States, backpacking under craggy peaks in the Wind River Range and skiing across mountain meadows in Yellowstone, trekking the canyons near Bears Ears, and canoeing on mountain lakes in the Adirondacks. I’ve lived among fragile ecosystems, carefully navigating the biological soil crust that holds together the Colorado Plateau, and I’ve choked on wildfire smoke while paddling in the Boundary Waters. Yet time spent in the wilderness helped teach me that ‘the environment’ is not just a bunch of inaccessible, far-away public lands. It is right outside our front doors every day. It is the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil that grows our food. The environment can’t take polluters to court or tell state agencies how to protect it. It takes all of us to defend it. It's a privilege for me to work at an organization dedicated to protecting Minnesota’s precious lands, resources, and peoples."

Drew holds a B.A. in Government from Hamilton College. Before joining MCEA, he worked as a paralegal at a big law firm in Minneapolis, interned with Rep. Dean Phillips in Congress, and was an Assistant Director for the Adirondack Adventure Program and DC Program at Hamilton College. Drew loves to bike, ski, and run around the Twin Cities, and he is training to be a certified Minnesota Water Steward with Freshwater Society and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.