Our Team

Prairie Protection Colorado Board

Board President – Deanna Meyer

Deanna is a long time environmental activist. Born and raised in Colorado, she gained a deep appreciation for the land and living communities and recognized that everyone she loved was under attack. In 2015, she began her fight for prairie dog colonies up and down the Front Range as she launched a campaign to protect a large prairie dog colony from extermination in Castle Rock. She has been campaigning and advocating for numerous colonies and prairie communities ever since and intends to do whatever it takes to save this keystone species and the communties they support.

Derrick Jensen- Prairie Protection Colorado Board Treasurer

Hailed as the philosopher poet of the environmental movement, Derrick Jensen is the author of more than 25 books, including A Language Older Than Words, Endgame, and The Myth of Human Supremacy. He holds a degree in creative writing from Eastern Washington University, a degree in mineral engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines, and has taught at Eastern Washington University and Pelican Bay State Prison. He has packed university auditoriums, conferences, and bookstores across the nation, stirring them with revolutionary spirit.

Lierre Keith- Prairie Protection Colorado Board Secretary

Lierre Keith is the author of seven books, including The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability, which has been called “the most important ecological book of this generation.” She is coauthor, with Derrick Jensen and Max Wilbert, of Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It. She lives in the redwoods with an enormous pack of enormous dogs.

Prairie Protection Board

Michaela Hinnerman – Prairie Protection Board

Michelle is a passionate animal advocate that has been with Prairie Protection since it’s early days.

Non-Board Team Members

Heather Valey – Communications

Heather Valey has a bachelors degree in Technical Communications and a Masters Certificate in Conservation Communications. She’s a conservation photographer, writer and certified Master Naturalist.

David Lane – Legal Team

Mr. Lane has represented numerous individuals in First Amendment freedom of speech cases. His civil rights practice includes lawsuits against the police, prisons and jails alleging police brutality, lack of medical care and other constitutional violations of human rights. He represents plaintiffs who have alledged race, age, sex, disability and religious discrimination in the workplace. Mr. Lane has been an adjunct professor of law at both the University of Colorado School of Law and the University of Denver School of Law, having taught Criminal Trial Advocacy, Professional Responsibility, and Death Penalty Jurisprudence for many years. Mr. Lane has appeared in the national news media as an expert commentator on civil rights and criminal defense issues. He has received many awards for his work.

Michael Brandana – Legal Team

Mr. Frandina’s litigation practice includes representing clients in environmental, tribal and natural resource practice areas, as well as litigating general civil matters such as breach of contract and other business claims, health and employment law matters, and regulatory issues. He is also committed to representing pro bono clients. Mr. Frandina is authorized to practice law in Colorado and New York.

Prairie Protection Colorado

Prairie Protection Colorado is a registered 501(c)(4) nonprofit corporation.

Prairie Protection is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit

Contact Us:

Phone: 720-722-1691

Email: prairieprotectioncolorado@gmail.com

Mailing Address: PO Box 497, Sedalia, Colorado 80135 USA