This is very, very interesting:
https://www.eenews.net/articles/nature-conservancy-official-who-led-group-into-oceans-work-has-died/
Nature Conservancy official who led group into oceans work has died
By Jennifer Yachnin | 09/01/2021 12:48 PM EST
Nancy Kelley, a longtime leader at the Nature Conservancy in Long Island, N.Y., who helped the organization expand into marine restoration, died on Saturday. She was 65.
The Nature Conservancy New York announced Kelley’s death yesterday. The Southampton Press reported that Kelley died from complications of multiple system atrophy.
Kelley, who worked with the Nature Conservancy for nearly 22 years, led the South Fork-Shelter Island and Long Island chapters of the group. She was promoted to become the organization’s New York learning and development manager in late 2020.
New York Executive Director Bill Ulfelder recalled Kelley’s role in expanding the organization’s focus to include oceans and water quality.
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Ulfelder also pointed to Kelley’s work to conserve the 822-acre Plum Island, a one-time federal animal disease research facility in the Long Island Sound that had been slated for the auction block (Greenwire, Dec. 23, 2020).
"This was a culmination of a decade of work on her watch, and something I know she was immensely gratified by," Ulfelder said.
But Kelley’s work also extended beyond New York to the conservation group’s efforts to protect lands globally, in places like Belize.