e-mail: rk@oregonwild.org
phone: 503.283.6343 ext 210

Wildlands & Wildlife Advocate Robert Klavins joined the Oregon Wild team in 2008. After growing up hiking, fishing, and exploring the Midwest, Rob was moved to action by seeing the destruction of once intact landscapes.

After earning his bachelor's degree in biology & ecology from Lawrence University, he was drawn to the big wild places of the Pacific Northwest and took a job teaching outdoor education with OMSI. He then spent a year travelling the country working on local environmental campaigns as a community organizer with Green Corps. The highlight was working with the Sierra Club and local citizens in Midland, Michigan to successfully stop a pair of new dirty coal plant proposals.

After spending two years teaching young people about Oregon’s environment and a year organizing on environmental issues in other places, Rob wanted to start fighting for the things he cared most about – preserving our wild places for future generations – in the place he cared most about – Oregon.

Rob works on a number of issues including roadless area protections, wolf & wildlife recovery, and public lands policy. He also still gets folks outdoors and engages his organizing roots by coordinating Oregon Wild’s outdoors program.

Rob has dual citizenship with Australia. He is an avid hiker, traveler, wildlife watcher and is a rabid fan of the Portland Timbers and Super Bowl Champion Green Bay Packers.