The departing SkeenaWild Executive Director will support our expanding, partner-led work across the province.
Wild Salmon Center is excited to announce the hiring of Greg Knox to serve as the organization’s first program director for British Columbia.
Knox has worked for more than two decades in the Skeena River watershed, and has partnered with Wild Salmon Center for 10 years as the Executive Director of SkeenaWild Conservation Trust.
He will direct our expanding work to bolster wild fish, protect key salmon habitats, and limit damaging development across wild salmon and steelhead strongholds in the region, including in the Skeena, Babine, and Dean Rivers.
“Greg has deep experience working on the front lines of wild fish conservation in British Columbia,” says WSC President & CEO Guido Rahr. “He’s a strong collaborator, which makes him a great fit for leading the next phase of our partner-based work in the region. He’s also a wild fish policy expert and a trusted colleague in Victoria. We’re very fortunate that he’s at the point in his career where he’s willing to take on a province-wide role.”
Knox helped found SkeenaWild in 2007 and has led the organization for the last 18 years. He is currently working with SkeenaWild’s board and staff to hire its next executive director and transition the organization to new leadership in the coming few months.
As part of his new role at Wild Salmon Center, Knox will work to support the long-term stability of SkeenaWild, a WSC strategic partner since 2014. He will also strengthen WSC’s other core allies in British Columbia, including the Coastal Rivers Conservancy, Babine River Foundation, First Nations partners, and other NGOs.
“I see this as a tremendous opportunity to drive more investment and better policy decisions that both benefit B.C. communities and further the missions of Wild Salmon Center and its local partners,” said Knox. “I take on this job with the intention of raising all boats, in terms of conservation partnerships in B.C. We have a lot of work to do on wild fish management, protected areas, and defending strongholds across the province from megaprojects. I’m excited to join WSC’s outstanding team with this renewed purpose and vision for B.C.”
Knox, who is based on Vancouver Island, previously worked with the Nisga’a Nation as a fisheries biologist and ran his own wildlife guiding service. He’s also a member of the Northern Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission, which oversees joint wild salmon management between the United States and Canada.
For more on the SkeenaWild executive director transition, visit SkeenaWild’s announcement.
“Greg has deep experience working on the front lines of wild fish conservation in British Columbia. He’s a strong collaborator, a wild fish policy expert, and a trusted colleague. We’re very fortunate that he’s at the point in his career where he’s willing to take on a province-wide role.”
Wild Salmon Center President & CEO Guido Rahr
