Dave Dempsey

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Dave is Communications Director for Conservation Minnesota in Minneapolis. He recently published a conservation novel, Superior Shores.  He served as environmental advisor to Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard from 1983-89. President Clinton appointed him to serve on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission in 1994, where he served until 2001. He is the author of four published books on the environment: Ruin and Recovery: Michigan’s Rise as a Conservation Leader, and On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century, Great Lakes for Sale and The Waters of Michigan. Dave has also authored a biography of Republican William G. Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor and a champion of the environment.

Dave has a bachelor of arts degree from Western Michigan University and a master’s degree in resource development from Michigan State University, and has served as an adjunct instructor at MSU in environmental policy. He enjoys the outdoors as a hiker, birdwatcher, summertime swimmer and in-Great Lakes basin tourist; he has special affection for the Great Lakes shoreline, including sand dunes, and the great forests of the upper Great Lakes region.

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Minneapolis, MN

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