Diana Craig
Diana L. Craig is the Regional Wildlife Ecologist for the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) of the U.S. Forest Service, covering 18 National Forests on 20 million acres throughout the State of California. Diana has been involved with the California LCC since its inception in 2010.
During her 22 years with the U.S. Forest Service, Diana has served in various technical and managerial positions at the forest and regional levels, including Tahoe National Forest Wildlife Biologist, Regional Partners in Flight Coordinator, Sierra Nevada Forests MIS Amendment Team Leader, California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project Technical Advisory Group member, and Acting Deputy Director for Ecosystem Management. In her current position, Diana is responsible for providing guidance and assistance to national forest and regional staffs in wildlife habitat-relations, monitoring, management, and NEPA analyses, with an overarching focus on the application of scientific information to inform management. Diana is currently serving on the Region 5 Climate Change Integration Team, which assists the national forests in meeting defined climate change objectives, and is a member of the California Fish and Wildlife Strategic Vision Stakeholder Advisory Group and the Pacific Southwest Region Recreation Fee Board.
Diana has a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife zoology and a Master of Science degree in biology, both from San Jose State University. Diana and her husband of 26 years have a 17-year-old son, a very large Bernese mountain dog, and a much smaller cat; in addition to spending time with her family, Diana enjoys traveling, birding, walking, reading, and watching movies and plays with her son.