Joel Reynolds joined the staff of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) Los Angeles office as a Senior Attorney in 1990. He currently specializes in issues of coastal protection, land use, marine mammal protection, environmental justice, and transportation. Joel is Co-Director of NRDC’s Urban Program and director of the Marine Mammal Protection and Southern California Ecosystem projects.

As an expert on marine mammals, Joel regularly speaks to conventions and groups across the country on marine mammal protection. He has contributed opinion pieces to The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and is quoted frequently on marine mammal issues by publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is also widely quoted on issues about environmental justice, and has appeared on the Bill Rosendahl Show, Lawson Live, and Life and Times.