Bryant served as one of RPL’s founding members of the Board of Directors. After six years on the Board, Bryant became the organization’s first Director of Advocacy and Education in late 2025. He was previously the Director of Conservation & Research at Los Padres ForestWatch, where he worked to protect lands along California’s Central Coast for nearly a decade. In addition to being a public land advocate, Bryant is a GIS analyst and cartographer who has co-authored several peer-reviewed papers on landscape ecology and management. His maps and analyses have been featured by the Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, San Diego Tribune, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Montana Free Press, and many other media outlets. Bryant is also an avid naturalist and an award-winning photographer whose work on California native plants and ecosystems has appeared in books, magazines, and newspapers. He considers himself a “casual” trail runner who frequently stops to look at plants. Despite the last name, Bryant is not related to RPL’s Executive Director.
