Members of IJNR's Board of Trustees serve staggered, three-year terms to ensure continuity of leadership. IJNR's bylaws provide that half the trustees must have backgrounds in journalism, while the other half must have backgrounds in natural resources, natural sciences or the environment. The eight current members:

Frank Edward Allen is president and executive director of IJNR. For nearly 30 years, he has been a reporter and editor of economic and environment news, working for daily newspapers and wire services in Oregon, Arizona and Minnesota before joining The Wall Street Journal. At hat paper, he was a features editor for Page One and the Second Front, a bureau chief and the first environment editor. Later, he became the journalism-school dean at the University of Montana, where he carried a full teaching load and spent summers running expedition-style learning programs for mid-career journalists that grew to become IJNR. He has also taught journalism courses at the University of Maryland and the University of Oregon.

Reese Cleghorn is currently a distinguished professor of journalism ethics at the University of Maryland in College Park, where he was dean of the College of Journalism for two decades. While dean, he led efforts that buildt Maryland's journalism program into on the the nation's very best. The College publishes American Journalism Review and operates the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, the Casey Journalism Center and the Hubert H. Humphrey Journalism Fellowships Program.

Mary Hager is former correspondent and contributing editor for Newsweek who has covered issues of science, medicine and the environment since 1978. As one of the most respected journalists ever to work on the environment beat, she helps IJNR to identify and recruit well-qualified journalists and speakers for its learning programs and to ensure that program content addresses the needs of news professionals. She also serves as IJNR treasurer.

Diane Hawkins-Cox is a senior producer for science, technology and environment at CNN in Atlanta. She developed "Earth Matters," an award-winning weekly "magazine" program devoted to the environment. In addition to being a member of the Board of Trustees, she serves on IJNR's 15-member Council of Advisors.

Ned Massee is vice president of corporate communications for MeadWestvaco Corporation in Stamford, Connecticut. MeadWestvaco is known widely for its record in resource conservation, including creation of the first public-private wildlife refuge in Kentucky. Mr. Massee's organizational skills and natural-resources community contacts support IJNR's outreach efforts. He also serves as vice chairman of IJNR's Board of Trustees.

Paul Rogers is the resources and environment reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, where he has worked for about 14 years. In 1990, he was part of the Mercury News team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake. He covers a broad range of issues that affect everything from old-growth forests, public grasslands and urban parks to fishereies and coastal development. He also has taught journalism courses at UC-Berkeley and UC-Santa Cruz. He is chairman of IJNR's Board of Trustees.

Bill Snape is vice president for law and litigation at Defenders of Wildlife. He joined Defenders in 1990 as a legal fellow, later advancing to wildlife counsel and then legal director. He has written extensively about endangered species law and has testified before Congress on economic, trade and ecological issues. He oversees a large litigation docket and supervises a staff of attorneys, policy analysts and conservation biologists. He is also an adjunct professor at American University's School of Law. Mr. Snape serves as IJNR secretary.

Larry Wiseman has been president of the American Forest Foundation (AFF) since 1982. AFF is a non-profit, forest-education organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its programs include the American Tree Farm System and Project Learning Tree, which promote sustainable-forestry verification and conservation education, respectively.