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Steve Cohn’s love of Alaska and the North goes back more than three decades, beginning as a researcher/writer for the backpacker’s guide Let’s Go: Alaska in 1991.  Following that experience, Steve spent several years in Washington D.C. working in the Sierra Club’s public lands program on western states and Alaskan wilderness issues.  Returning to graduate school in 1994, Steve spent the better part of the next seven years engaged in First Nation land claims and self-government issues.  Living and learning in Mayo, in the heart of Canada’s Yukon Territory, Steve was able to gain a deeper appreciation for the complex relationship between Indigenous peoples, their land, and the governmental agencies impacting their sovereignty and way of life.  After finishing graduate school, Steve embarked on a 20-year federal career with the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service, including several stints in Washington D.C. and postings in Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, and Alaska.  Along with his wife Sara and sons Ben and Ari, Steve enjoys spending time outdoors camping, fishing, and hiking.  His family’s favorite trip every year is a Labor Day weekend canoe exploration of the Tangle Lakes, a place teeming with migratory birds, grayling and lake trout, caribou and moose, as well as world-class blueberry picking.  Steve received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California at Berkeley, College of Natural Resources, and a B.A. in Government from Harvard University. (Steve terms off the Alaska Board in Fall 2031.)