Brad Ryan is the new executive director of the Takshanuk Watershed Council, replacing Emily Cowles, who held the job about a year.
A former federal fisheries biologist in Oregon studying salmon survival in the Snake and Columbia rivers, Ryan has worked for the Chilkoot Indian Association since February. He starts on his new job in January.
Ryan’s experience at the tribe included writing grants, which should help him in his new position, said Norman Hughes,…
