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Clients, Projects, and Employment
1996 - 2011 Registered Professional Forester
Consulting on certifiable sustainable forest management plans and forest restoration
for non-industrial forest landowners. Consulting on issues between and among
the forestry, grassroots environmental, and/or practitioner communities.
2010 Angeles Forest, Valleys, & Lakes FSC Green Valley, CA
Communities of the Angeles Forest, Regional Wildfire Planning Overview
2009-2010 Malibu West Fire Safe Council Malibu, CA
Created public draft of regional Santa Monica Mountains Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
2008-2009 County of Lake Lakeport, CA
Principle author of Lake County Community Wildfire Protection Plan
2007 - 2009 Hostería ¡École! Pucón, Chile
Managing partner for one of South America's first ecotourist hostels and restaurant.
2007-2008 Community Forestry Team Eureka, CA
Executive Committee
Member of community coalition to ensure the results of the Pacific Lumber bankruptcy met the needs of both the community and the forest.
2006 - 2007 Sierra Community Conservation & Wildfire Protection Plan Guidebook
Developed Conservation Principles for fire planning and prevention, a Conservation CWPP Guidebook, and a Landowner Brochure for California's Sierra Nevada region.
2006 - 2007 Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
Eureka, CA Executive Director
Part-time management of national nonprofit "blue-green" alliance of grassroots labor and environmental individuals and organizations.
2005 Klamath Restoration Council Orleans, CA
Provided
development and planning assistance.
2004 - 2005 Humboldt County Community Development Services Dept. Eureka, CA
Humboldt Master Fire Protection Plan Community Outreach Program
Facilitated
24 meetings throughout the county on fire prevention and planning.
2004 - 2005 Illinois Valley
Fire District Cave
Junction, OR
Illinois Valley Fire Plan Consultant
Developed and wrote the
Illinois Valley Fire Plan, through a series of seven community meetings.
2004 - 2005 Del Norte County
Fire Safe Council Crescent City, CA
Del Norte Fire Safe Plan Consultant
Developed and wrote the
Del Norte County Fire Safe Plan, through a series of nine community meetings.
2003 - 2004 Mattole Restoration
Council Petrolia,
CA
Upper Mattole Fire Plan Coordinator
Developed and wrote the
Upper Mattole Fire Plan, through a series of ten community meetings.
2003 California Fire Plan Workgroup Monterey,
CA
Consultant, Monterey Fire Safe Council
Authored the California
Community Fire Plan Template and other education materials to support community
fire planning through local Fire Safe Councils statewide.
2002 Mattole Restoration Council Petrolia,
CA
Lower Mattole Fire Plan Coordinator
Wrote the Lower Mattole
Fire Plan and co-organized the Lower Mattole Fire Safe Council, together
one of most effective consensus-building processes in this remote community.
2001 - 2002 Alliance for Sustainable
Jobs and the Environment Portland, OR
North Coast Restoration Jobs Initiative Startup Coordinator
Brought
together Humboldt County labor and environmental leaders to form a Steering
Committee to explore development of a restoration economy in Humboldt and
the North Coast.
1998 - 2005 Various Organizations Petrolia, CA
Fundraising and Development Consultant
Wrote and developed
foundation-based fundraising strategies for grassroots conservation organizations
including the Middle Mattole Conservancy and the Mattole Restoration Council.
1998 - 2001 Ancient Forest
International Redway,
CA
Fundraising and Development Consultant
Coordinated fundraising
and facilitation of the Redwoods to Sea Stewardship Project, and assisted
with forest protection campaigns and conservation geographic information systems (GIS) in Patagonia Chile.
1998 - 2000 Gondwana Forest Sanctuary
Campaign Punta Arenas, Chile
Training and Development Consultant
Assisted in project development,
including fundraising, networking, and campaign planning in Chile and Argentina.
Coordinated introduction of conservation GIS to southern Patagonia region,
especially in Punta Arenas, Chile and Tierra del Fuego.
1994 - 1997 Trees Foundation Redway, CA
Media Project Coordinator
Oversaw program to train grassroots environmental
activists in media and public relations skills, including desktop publishing,
electronic networking, and press relations, especially using Macintosh computer
systems.
Headwaters Forest Stewardship Plan Coordinator
Coordinated the
Headwaters Forest Stewardship Plan, a citizen alternative to Maxxam Corp.
management of the controversial Headwaters ancient redwood forest. Included
supervision of award-winning GIS, and ecological forestry and community
economic development prescriptions.
1991 - 1993 Institute for Sustainable
Forestry Redway, CA
Executive Director
Helped found organization and implement
ecological forest products certification program and local forest-based economic
development strategies.
1989 Rainforest Action Network San
Francisco, CA
Tropical Timber Campaign Researcher
Assisted in campaign development,
especially the economic aspects of tropical timber in the US economy and
the role of US companies in international markets.
Education
1992 University of California, Berkeley
Master of Science, Wildland Resource Science Program, Department of Forestry
and Resource Management.
1985 University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science, Department of Conservation and Resource Studies.
With UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Arnold Schultz.