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Julia Natvig

Julia Natvig

Julia Natvig has bachelor's degrees in biology and nursing, along with a master's in health education, and has taken two graduate courses in toxicology: target organ toxicology and environmental toxicology. She worked for more than 30 years in occupational health nursing before retiring. She participates in several local organizations, including Common Grounds Indivisible of SD, SoDak 350 and Dakota Rural Action.

COMMENTARY
Sioux Falls as seen from Falls Park, on the Big Sioux River. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight)

Will the state’s biggest city be small-thinking or visionary on the climate?

By: - April 8, 2023

Have Sioux Falls voters elected leaders with narrow minds and small thinking, or visionaries with strategic plans and goals for a better Sioux Falls?   In February, Mayor Paul TenHaken announced that the detailed, carefully considered, and widely vetted city Sustainability Plan with clear goals and objective measures was being replaced by a framework of phony […]