• Supervised an interagency timber marking crew working on ponderosa pine restoration; compiled and reported data collected.• Inspected the work of thinning contractors; recommended re-work as necessary and reported findings.• Managed forest inventory data, mapping, precommercial marking, and treatment cost assessments for a watershed restoration project.• Collected pre-and post-treatment inventory data on thinning projects for private landowners.• Assisted with pile burning… Show more • Supervised an interagency timber marking crew working on ponderosa pine restoration; compiled and reported data collected.• Inspected the work of thinning contractors; recommended re-work as necessary and reported findings.• Managed forest inventory data, mapping, precommercial marking, and treatment cost assessments for a watershed restoration project.• Collected pre-and post-treatment inventory data on thinning projects for private landowners.• Assisted with pile burning, mop-up, and post-burn inspection activities.• Surveyed units to be underburned for a joint Forest Service project; identified and mapped resource concerns and assessed fuel conditions. Show less

• Supervised planting contractors to ensure quality work was performed and specific resource considerations of planting units were addressed. Maintained inventory of trees for our planting projects.• Supervised contractors on road-clearing and post-pile burning mop-up activities.• Created unit maps using ArcGIS, and performed survival and establishment surveys on young plantations. Reported results and recommended follow-up treatment as necessary.• Assisted with pile burning… Show more • Supervised planting contractors to ensure quality work was performed and specific resource considerations of planting units were addressed. Maintained inventory of trees for our planting projects.• Supervised contractors on road-clearing and post-pile burning mop-up activities.• Created unit maps using ArcGIS, and performed survival and establishment surveys on young plantations. Reported results and recommended follow-up treatment as necessary.• Assisted with pile burning activities on recent harvest units.• Was the lead notifier to Oregon Department of Forestry on planned aerial and ground herbicide spray activities, and developed written plans and maps for spray units.• Prepared maps for large aerial fertilization project using ArcGIS and assisted contractors during project implementation. Show less

• Established permanent plots and collected data on young plantations for Hancock Forest Management in eastern Oregon.• Post-precommercial thinning auditing for Weyerhaeuser included measuring and assessing health of residual crop trees, looking for errors in thinning work performed by the PCT crew, and mapping areas where low tree density or unit boundary errors were encountered.• Herbicide spraying for scotch broom control along roads and within units on Weyerhaeuser property involved… Show more • Established permanent plots and collected data on young plantations for Hancock Forest Management in eastern Oregon.• Post-precommercial thinning auditing for Weyerhaeuser included measuring and assessing health of residual crop trees, looking for errors in thinning work performed by the PCT crew, and mapping areas where low tree density or unit boundary errors were encountered.• Herbicide spraying for scotch broom control along roads and within units on Weyerhaeuser property involved monitoring weather conditions and stream locations as well as maintenance of daily spray records and basic repairs of roadside spray equipment.• Performed planting inspections for Hancock Forest Management and Weyerhaeuser. Hot inspections involved overseeing a crew of up to 17 tree planters; effective, frequent communication with the crew foreman to correct planting errors; and mapping where different stock types were planted on a unit.• Located plots and collected establishment data on handheld data collector for Weyerhaeuser on 2- and 5-year old plantations.• Performed pile burning using drip torches and propane torches for several of our clients. Show less

• Collected tree, understory, and large woody debris measurements on fixed radius plots on the Pringle Falls thinning study. Also collected air and soil temperature readings at measurement stations and entered/formatted this data in Microsoft Excel.• Collected tree neighborhood measurements on a separate physiology study on fixed and variable radius plots.

• Organized and processed soil samples that had been collected on the LTEP WA-DNR project site (see below). Prepared soil composite sub-samples for trace mineral analysis for a project collaborator.

• Located permanent mensuration plot monuments on experimental units using aerial photographs, GPS unit, and metal detector.• Collected soil samples on 23 experimental units to assess post-treatment soil characteristics.

• Assisted PhD candidate in locating and establishing measurement plots to collect post-fire understory, canopy, and ground fuels measurements. Also collected litter/duff samples and tree cores for laboratory processing.

• Surveyed understory vegetation and downed wood.• Located permanent measurement stations and collected air and soil temperature readings.• Took hemispherical canopy photographs to assess transmission of solar radiation.

• Long Term Ecosystem Productivity (LTEP) project fieldwork included surveying and harvesting vegetation to develop biomass estimates, collecting soil samples, and surveying understory vegetation plots. Lab work included processing vegetation and soil samples, preparing soil sub-samples for carbon and nitrogen analysis, and dissecting snag sample discs.• Tanoak project fieldwork consisted of collecting stand measurements and sampling harvested trees. Lab work involved processing tanoak… Show more • Long Term Ecosystem Productivity (LTEP) project fieldwork included surveying and harvesting vegetation to develop biomass estimates, collecting soil samples, and surveying understory vegetation plots. Lab work included processing vegetation and soil samples, preparing soil sub-samples for carbon and nitrogen analysis, and dissecting snag sample discs.• Tanoak project fieldwork consisted of collecting stand measurements and sampling harvested trees. Lab work involved processing tanoak samples for biometric equation development. Show less

• Field work consisted of collecting tree measurements, taking hemispherical canopy photographs, and collecting data for other concurrent projects (e.g. sampling lysimeters, measuring soil respiration, and collecting seeds for phenology studies).• Lab work involved sorting and weighing leaf litter samples and recording data.

Riparian restoration and property management:• Managed invasive weeds on riparian-area sites.• Planned and performed baseline vegetation surveys at a new Natural Area park.• Planned and executed a tree planting project.• Monitored restoration sites and prepared project reports.Recreation management:• Led a site assessment of trail conditions at a rural county park, collected GPS data for trail locations, and mapped out potential re-routes to address erosion… Show more Riparian restoration and property management:• Managed invasive weeds on riparian-area sites.• Planned and performed baseline vegetation surveys at a new Natural Area park.• Planned and executed a tree planting project.• Monitored restoration sites and prepared project reports.Recreation management:• Led a site assessment of trail conditions at a rural county park, collected GPS data for trail locations, and mapped out potential re-routes to address erosion concerns.• Planned and executed the rebuilding of an equestrian trail bridge.• Used a GPS unit to survey trails at a new Natural Area park property, designed a trail map in ArcGIS and an accompanying educational poster, and built a trailhead information kiosk.Volunteer coordination:• Led volunteers at several events throughout the year, including an Earth Day event with the regional public utility agency.• Performed an AmeriCorps Community Action Project in which I coordinated with a contractor and Forest Service employees and recruited volunteers to dismantle and replace 30 single-log walkways on the Monon Lake Trail. Show less