Lance Christie

Richard Lance Christie received his undergraduate and postgraduate training in behavioral psychology at UCLA, where he did psychoacoustical research for the U.S. Air Force, and psychopharmacological research at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He was Planner Director with the New Mexico Health and Environment Department for nine years, then administered a $14 million annual budget as state alcoholism program director. Lance was a founding member of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the incorporators of the Earth First! Foundation, and served for six years on the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Board. Since 1985 Christie has done environmental and civic volunteer work from half to full time. He is a coauthor of Wilderness At the Edge, the Utah Wilderness Coalition's published BLM wilderness proposal, the basis for H.R. 1500 "America's Redrock Wilderness Act." In 1998, Lance co-founded the Association for the Tree of Life and is currently President, pursuing ecological preservation and restoration projects including the Colorado Plateau Ecosystem Heritage Plan Project. In addition to environmental activism, Lance has been active for many years in local and regional planning. He served 9 years on the Grand County Planning and Zoning Commission, on both the Grand County and Moab City Board of Adjustment, has directed several environmental and land use task forces for local and regional government in Southeast Utah, and is currently Grand County Regional Water Planning Administrator.

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