Emily is an Inupiat elder and activist living in Elim, Alaska. As Vice President, she represents the Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (NBITWC) and has over 10 years of experience campaigning, writing and advocating. Her topics of expertise include subsistence, land and water resource protection.
Murray is the lead for research and writing on the Norton Bay Climate Action Plan. She is also on the Planning Committee for the Norton Bay Climate Risk Assessment, and advises staff and consultants on multiple topics related to climate change, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, risk assessments and land use planning, specifically as it affects fish & wildlife habitat. She shares that NBITWC is working on similar projects as the Arctic Rivers Project including drafting a risk assessment to address temperature increases in rivers and streams on the Seward Peninsula.