Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle is a conservation planning biologist and co-director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program based in Whitehorse, Yukon and an adjunct professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She works closely with First Nation communities, governments, and other partners throughout Yukon to collaborate on meaningful research projects and land-use planning initiatives that reflect Indigenous and environmental values. Chrystal specializes in understanding the impacts and interactions of climate and land-use change on biodiversity, and translating the implications into conservation planning.