
JOEY LEIBRECHT – SEABIRD TECHNICIAN, MEDIA SPECIALIST
Joey brings a diverse skill set to ARC as a multimedia designer. With 20 years of experience as a professional artist, multimedia designer, and web developer, he transitioned to conservation biology. With fifteen years of wildlife field research and management, Joey has worked with various species, including endangered birds of the Hawaiian Islands, the Northern Spotted Owl, the Black-backed Woodpecker, New World Warblers, the Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Canada Goose, Pheasant species, and various small mammals.
He is an active member of the Wild Lens Collective, a non-profit artist collective focused on the intersection of creative storytelling and environmental conservation. Joey has co-directed and edited several short films, including "Aikhag – A Personal Journey," "A New Message for Smokey," and "Souls of the Vermilion Sea: Searching for the Vaquita."