Camp Fire Alaska | Light the Fire Within

Will Burke

Senior Site Director, Ravenwood

 

Will has been with Camp Fire Alaska since 2024 in various roles at Eagle River schools and at Camp Fireweed in the summers. Will was born and raised in Michigan and has a B.A. in Environmental Biology from Michigan State University. He previously worked in an outdoor education role and loves to bring his passion for nature and the outdoors to program. Will has a mini golden retriever and a tortoise that live at his parents’ house while he adventures in Alaska. During his free time, he loves to be outside as often as possible hiking and birdwatching. When the weather doesn’t cooperate, Will enjoys watching sports and playing board games.

The Camp Fire Alaska main office operates on the ancestral land of the Dena’ina people. Camp Fire Alaska runs programing on the lands of the Athabascan, Yup’ik, Chup’ik, Sougpiaq, and Inupiaq peoples. We value and thank them for their current and historic commitment to and protection of this land. We pledge to assist, in partnership, in the environmental stewardship of these lands. We strive to learn more about the history of the Native peoples of Alaska and the historic trauma they have suffered. We commit to being an active ally through activities, actions, and organizational decisions and practices. We understand that this is a dynamic process through which our Land Acknowledgement practices, and statement will evolve as we receive feedback from tribal partners and acquire a deeper understanding of and from the Native peoples of Alaska..  (v2)