Seabird and Waterbird Recovery Coordinator
Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife
Afsheen Siddiqi is the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) Seabird and Waterbird Recovery Coordinator. Afsheen provides broad program coordination for avian conservation, specifically with regards to efforts to recover seabirds, waterbirds, and owls. She is responsible for grant and budget management, program review and development of recovery plans and project implementation and works collaboratively with a diversity of partners.
Afsheen is dedicated and passionate about conservation issues in Hawaiʻi and has worked on endangered species issues with the DLNR since 2011. She received her M.S. in Environmental Sciences focusing on Ecology from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2004. Prior to working at DLNR, she completed an Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellowship with the East West Center with a focus on avian conservation efforts in Southeast Asia, field work on fire management in Hawaiʻi and Lesser Prairie Chicken monitoring in New Mexico.
