Shannon L. Adams, Yakama Nation

Shannon L. Adams is an enrolled Yakama with Yakama Nation. She has over 25 years of experience in natural resource management with Yakama Nation and is currently the Fisheries Resource Management Technical Service Coordinator. She has worked on habitat improvements for steelhead, lamprey, sturgeon, and other at risk species in the Columbia River. Shannon is on the Pacific Fisheries Resource Management serving on the habitat committee working to improve habitat along the Pacific Northwest. Her goal as a director of the Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board is to work collaboratively with all groups involved and communicate the Yakama Nation’s interests in salmon, lamprey, sturgeon and other at risk species recovery in the Columbia Basin. She is optimistic that the region’s collective efforts will lead to healthy riverine ecosystems for key species to thrive. Shannon holds a zoology degree from the University of Washington. In her free time, she enjoys horseback riding with her 3 grandchildren and beading.