About Liz Crandall

Liz Crandall (she/her) is CLF’s Digital Advocacy Associate Director. Her passions consist of protecting nature and the environment, standing up for underrepresented groups and individuals, and collaborating with a diverse array of people. Liz has immense experience in working with wildlife, rural communities, park and forest rangers, Indigenous communities, and conservationists. 

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Tourism, Recreation, and Adventure Leadership with a minor in Natural Resources from Oregon State University - Cascades. She earned the “Most Distinguished Student Award” in her graduating class. 

Liz worked in Recreation, Fire, and Natural Resources for the U.S. Forest Service for nearly a decade. During her time in federal service, Liz graduated from the National Emerging Leader Program class of 2024, reported and fought numerous wildfire incidents, earned her Leave No Trace Instructor Level 1 certification, and is a Wilderness First Responder.

Following her time in the U.S. Forest Service, Liz became an active advocate for public lands and the people who protect them. In March 2025, Liz attended the State of the Union in Washington D.C. as a congressional guest and returned three months later to further advocate for environmental protections of public lands. She is currently a member of Deschutes Land Trust’s Emerging Conservationists of Central Oregon 2026 cohort. 

During her free time, Liz runs her podcast called “Rangers of the Lost Park” and enjoys backpacking, rockhounding and foraging fungi around the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Bend, Oregon with her fiancée and two cats, Lion and Linky, in their converted school bus named Linda.

Liz Crandall

Digital Advocacy Associate Director

“All lands are ancestral lands. I live and work in Bend, Oregon, the unceded ancestral lands of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla peoples. I hope this land acknowledgment inspires others to stand in solidarity with Native nations.”

— Liz Crandall, Digital Advocacy Associate Director