Station: San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Years Served: 2018-2019

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

Pre-Fellowship Education:

• Masters of City and Metropolitan Planning, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning from University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning
• Bachelor of Arts in Geography from University of Oregon

Bio: Dylan Corbin served as the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex fellow. Prior to the fellowship, he spent several years working as an interpreter and educator for the National Park Service in Yellowstone and for the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Among the many remarkable experiences, he had in Yellowstone, he narrowly survived a close encounter with a grizzly bear, receiving a bite in the leg and claws to the head. His work experience with the National Park Service led him to a research interest in the planning issues faced by National Parks and their associated gateway communities. Through the University of Utah’s Ecological Planning Center, he joined a team working on studying the complex and interconnected social, environmental, and transportation related issues in the region surrounding Zion National Park in Southwest Utah. This work culminated in the formation of the Zion Regional Collaborative, an ongoing collaborative effort involving local communities, relevant land-management agencies, and other interested groups, on which Dylan presented case study research at the 2017 George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites.

Current Position (2024): Senior Commuter Benefits Consultant at Brown and Brown

Other Post-Fellowship Education/Job(s):

• Supply Chain Manager, Amazon Logistics