Susan Abele

Nevada State Coordinator
Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (USFWS)

susan_abele@fws.gov

Susan Abele works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Nevada State Coordinator. She grew up in Arkansas but moved West to complete her undergraduate degree in biology at the University of Oregon before discovering that people were actually paid to go into the woods to study wildlife. On that fateful day, she applied for her first wildlife technician job with the Bureau of Land Management and later with the U.S. Forest Service in western Oregon. After spending a few glorious years spending most days outside, she obtained her M.S. at the University of Idaho. In 2004, she moved to Reno, Nevada and worked as a Conservation Planner for The Nature Conservancy until she moved into her current position in 2011. Susan loves the rich culture and history of the ranching community. Working with them and other private landowners to find win‐wins for landowner objectives and conservation has been a dream job for her. “Serving as a co‐chair of the Intermountain West Joint Venture State Conservation Partnership has been a highlight of my career. It’s been a perfect opportunity to learn about what others are doing across the West and bring some of those lessons back to Nevada.” Susan enjoys traveling with her family, trail running, hiking, telemark skiing, and getting outside with her dogs.