Fish & Wildlife Biologist for the Alaska Region
Kaitlyn Demoski
Kaitlyn Demoski is the Alaska Fish & Wildlife Biologist for the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society (NAFWS). She is Koyukon Athabascan and Lower Tanana Dené with family roots from Galena (Louden) and Nenana, and is the youngest daughter of Roberta Brooks and Victor Demoski. She has spent most of her life in Palmer, Alaska where she continues to live and work on unceded Dena’ina homelands. Kaitlyn has 11 seasons of field experience in Alaska working in parks and recreation, trails, forestry, forest inventory analysis, and various conservation projects including leading youth crews, invasive plant management, habitat restoration, and streambank restoration. In 2018 she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Fort Lewis College. More recently Kaitlyn served for two years as a NAFWS employee on the Alaska Tribal Resilience Learning Network supporting Tribes with their climate adaptation and community resiliency projects. Kaitlyn has spent her life observing, appreciating, and serving our lands here in Alaska. She is passionate in her work supporting Alaska Native Tribes with their fish and wildlife programs and educating our native youth on conservation related career pathways. In her free time Kaitlyn says, “I do my best to recharge my batteries by spending time with my family, reading books, hiking, kayaking, fishing, beading, walking through the woods and along our braided rivers, or playing video games at home with my cat, Nero.