Alan Walker

Alan and his wife Robin are graduates of the University of Tennessee. On football weekends, you can find the Walker family enthusiastically supporting the Tennesse Volunteers.

Alan Walker
Project Manager
Resource Institute
Waynesville, NC

Alan Walker holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Alan served 36 years with USDA, NRCS. He started as a Soil Conservationist and culminated with 6 years as the Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations in Waynesville, NC. His significant duties included: providing supervision, guidance, and assistance to the 33 western counties in North Carolina as well as supervising the district conservationists at the field office level, serving as a coach and advisor to the area support staff, coordinating a well-balanced resource conservation program. He was instrumental in forming a pilot project with federal, state, and a nonprofit partner to accelerate EQIP assistance in western North Carolina. Alan is continuing to restore streams and wetlands as project manager for Resources Institute, a nonprofit based in Winston-Salem, NC. He is instrumental in managing the Western NC Stream Initiative.