Yadkin Riverkeeper

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Description
Dean Naujoks (pronounced: Now-yucks) has 20 years of environmental non-profit experience in North Carolina. He began his non-profit career with the NC Wildlife Federation for eight years from 1991-1999. After graduating cum laude from NC State University, with a self created degree in Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, he started the first Upper Neuse Riverkeeper from 2001 to 2008. As of 2008, he has become the first Riverkeeper on the Yadkin River with Yadkin Riverkeeper, Inc where he also serves as the Executive Director.
About "Waterkeeper Alliance"
Founded in 1999 by environmental attorney and activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and several veteran Waterkeepers, Waterkeeper Alliance is a global movement of on-the-water advocates who patrol and protect over 100,000 miles of rivers, streams and coastlines in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa.