I bring more than four decades of natural resource planning and management experience involving project- and landscape-level assessment, environmental analysis, planning, implementation, and administration. This work has required turning complex resource conditions, management objectives, and operational constraints into practical, workable actions. My experience includes:
Process
- Clarify landowner goals, concerns, priorities, desired conditions, and resources.
- Assess property conditions, forest health, wildfire exposure, habitat, and access.
- Document field observations, measurements, maps, photographs, and supporting information.
- Identify management priorities, limitations, and specialized assistance requirements.
- Compare management options, costs, timing, benefits, maintenance, and contractor needs.
- Develop recommended actions, treatment methods, specifications, schedules, and expected results.
- Organize projects and divide complex work into affordable, manageable phases.
- Compile findings and recommendations into a flexible written management plan.
Deliverables
- Clearly defined landowner goals and desired conditions.
- Assessment of property conditions, resource concerns, opportunities, and limitations.
- Maps identifying resource features, access, treatment areas, and project locations.
- Photographs documenting representative conditions and management concerns.
- Field observations, measurements, and supporting resource information.
- Recommended practices, treatment methods, priorities, and schedules.
- Project specifications, maintenance requirements, and monitoring measures.
- Documentation supporting conservation or cost-share applications.
