Clay Bolt is WWF’s Manager of Pollinator Conservation and Great Plains Communications.

In his role as Manager of Communications for WWF’s Great Plains Program, Clay provides strategic communications guidance and support for the NGP Program's goal of protecting the grasslands of the Great Plains, restoring plains bison and black-footed ferrets, and supporting partnerships with Indigenous Nations.

As the Manager of Pollinator Conservation for WWF-US, Clay focuses on raising concern and protections for North America’s native bees and other pollinators by restoring habitat, offering education, and working to reduce our dependence on neonicotinoids and other ubiquitous pesticides.

Additionally, Clay is an award-winning Natural History and Conservation Photographer specializing in native bees and many of the world's other smaller creatures. His photography appears in publications such as National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, and National Wildlife Magazine. He is a Senior Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a past president of the North American Nature Photography Association, and the recipient of multiple awards including two highly commended honors in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. From 2015-2017, he was a leading voice in effort to place the rusty-patched bumble bee under the protection of the Endangered Species Act, which became North America's first native bee to achieve this status. In 2019, he was the first photographer to document a living Wallace's Giant Bee—the world's largest bee—as part of a four-person exploration team to rediscover the species in the Indonesian islands of North Maluku.