Stewardship Begins on the Land
Julie Sibbing
Vice President of Land Stewardship Programs
Jennifer Wehunt
Editorial Director, National Wildlife® Magazine
Recorded on October 15, 2026
Land stewardship covers so much ground. Join the Federation's Julie Sibbing and Jennifer Wehunt as they sit down to discuss what land stewardship means for the Federation's work and to Julie personally. What's the big picture? How can working lands and sustainable agriculture play a role in conservation? What are some of the biggest pressures facing America's lands right now? Find the answers to these questions and more in this video or by reading this related article in National Wildlife® magazine.
ABOUT JULIE
Julie M. Sibbing is the Vice President of Land Stewardship Programs. Sibbing has been a member of the National Wildlife Federation team since 2000. During her time with NWF, she has led the organization's work to improve the sustainability, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage of working agricultural and forest lands. Before starting NWF's private lands work, she worked extensively on wetlands and clean water policy.
Prior to her work at NWF, Julie worked for the National Audubon Society, the Manomet Observatory, and the U.S. Peace Corps in Honduras. Julie holds a B.S. in Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution and an M.S. in Forest Ecology from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana. She lives with her wife in Falls Church, Virginia and spends most of her weekends hiking, biking, and fishing at her cabin in West Virginia.
ABOUT JENNIFER
Jennifer Wehunt is the editorial director of National Wildlife® magazine, an award-winning publication that hundreds of thousands of subscribers receive as a benefit of membership in the National Wildlife Federation. Published four times a year, National Wildlife® is the only national magazine devoted exclusively to wildlife and habitat conservation in North America, covering wildlife science, environmental justice, nature education, wildlife gardening, and more. Wehunt previously spent five years as the editorial director of the Appalachian Mountain Club and another five as a staff editor at Chicago magazine. Directly before joining NWF in 2023, she served as the Webby Award-winning digital editor of the PBS series FRONTLINE. A former Ranger Rick® subscriber, Wehunt received her bachelor's from Trinity University and her master's from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she subsequently taught undergraduates as an adjunct faculty member.
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