Carin High has served as Co-Chair of the Citizen’s Committee to Complete the Refuge (CCCR) since 2016. She was Vice Chair from 2008-2015 and has been the organization’s Newsletter Editor since 2005. Carin began volunteering with CCCR in 1994.
Prior to joining CCCR, Carin worked as an environmental scientist for the Regulatory Branch of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, where she performed jurisdictional delineations, permit compliance and enforcement of the Clean Water Act.
Carin earned her M.S. in Biology from California State University, Hayward (now East Bay)/Moss Landing Marine Labs with an emphasis in marine/estuarine ecology and invertebrate zoology. She earned her B.S. in Biology with an ecology emphasis from CSU Hayward.
Carin has been a life-long advocate for the protection of wetlands and endangered species. Through her efforts with CCCR, she has worked tirelessly to further the group’s goal of “completing” the Refuge by helping secure additional properties identified within its expansion boundaries and fighting to ensure development on the shores of San Francisco Bay adheres to sound environmental principles.
In addition to her work with CCCR, Carin serves as Conservation Co-Chair for the Ohlone Audubon Society and is a member of the Sierra Club’s 3-Chapter Bay Alive Committee.
In her spare time, Carin enjoys hiking, tide-pooling, camping, bird watching, nature photography and reading.