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Mauricia Baca

The Nature Conservancy

 

Member profile details

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First name
Mauricia
Last name
Baca
Employer
The Nature Conservancy
Bio
Mauricia Baca's (She/Her/Hers) first outdoor experiences were with her dad, who hiked with her on his back in the mountains of Mexico. Ms. Baca has 30 years of experience working across a wide range of environmental issues. Mauricia Baca returned to The Nature Conservancy in Nevada in November 2020 to serve as State Director for the Nevada Chapter after previously serving as the chapter’s Truckee River Project Director and Southern Nevada Project Director from 2005-2009.

From 2010 through November 2020 she served as the Executive Director of Get Outdoors Nevada, formerly known as the Outside Las Vegas Foundation. Mauricia has served on numerous committees as part of her commitment to public service, most recently serving on the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s Nonfunctional Turf Removal Advisory Committee. In June 2020, she was appointed to serve as a member of the State of Nevada's Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation. She has served as chair of the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council, as a member on the Transportation Resource Advisory Committee for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, on the City of Henderson's Park and Recreation Board, as part of the Transportation Task Force for Southern Nevada Strong, Vice-Chair for the Las Vegas Healthy Communities Coalition Natural & Built Environment Committee, and on the Bureau of Land Management's Mojave-southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Committee.

Prior to coming to Nevada, Baca served as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division for four years. While in law school, she interned for groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Defense Fund. She has worked as a community organizer advocating for mass transit with the New York Public Interest Research Group, and she served a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon after graduating from Vassar College.

In 2017, Mauricia was honored with the Carolyn M. Sparks Founders Award by the Nevada Chapter of the International Women's Forum. In 2016, she was honored as Citizen Planner 2016 by the American Planning Association, Nevada Chapter. Mauricia is also a proud alumnus of the Vegas Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program, Class of 2013.
 

All About Me

Current Position
State Director, Nevada Chapter, The Nature Conservancy
Previous Positions
OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS FOUNDATION, DBA Get Outdoors Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (January 2010 November 2020 )
Executive Director

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, Las Vegas, NV (October 2006 – December 2009)
Southern Nevada Project Director

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, Reno, NV (January 2005 – October 2006)
Truckee River Project Manager

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C. (October 2000- December 2004)
Trial Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division

NEW YORK LAWYERS FOR THE PUBLIC INTEREST, New York, NY (September 1999 – March 2000)
Legal Intern

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, New York, NY (June 1999 – September 1999)
Legal Intern

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND, New York, NY (June 1998 – September 1998)
Legal Intern

NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP, STRAPHANGERS CAMPAIGN, New York, NY (August 1995 – August 1997)
City-wide Community Organizer

UNITED STATES PEACE CORPS, Cameroon, West Africa (April 1993 – April 1995)
Peace Corps Volunteer, Aquaculture Extension Agent

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, Bishop & Lone Pine, CA (June 1991-August 1991, June 1992 – November 1992)
Resources Crew, Mt. Whitney and White Mountain Ranger Districts
Not for Profit Boards (Past)
Nevada Conservation League
Elected Positions/Government Appointed Boards & Commissions (Current)
State of Nevada Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation (Appointed June 2020)
Member, Henderson Parks & Recreation Advisory Board (2018 to present)
Elected Positions/Government Appointed Boards & Commissions (Past)
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Transportation Resource Advisory Committee
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Advisory Council, Chair
City of Henderson Comprehensive Planning – Healthy Communities Stakeholder Group
Las Vegas Healthy Communities Coalition Natural & Built Environment Committee, Vice-Chair
Southern Nevada Strong Transportation Task Force
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Southern Great Basin – Mojave Resource Advisory Council (RAC)

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