Christopher Sands Email & Phone Number

Chris is a Licensed Landscape Architect in the State of Utah and a Certified Planner who serves as Principal and Senior Planner at BIO-WEST, Inc., in Logan, Utah. BIO-WEST is a 60-person, multi-disciplinary environmental consulting firm serving Federal, State, and local government agencies, as well as private companies, throughout the western United States. BIO-WEST has been providing context sensitive environmental services since 1976. BIO-WEST’s corporate offices are located in Logan, with satellite offices Salt Lake City, Utah and in Austin and Houston, Texas.Chris's studies and work experience emphasize natural resource analyses, resource management planning, recreation planning, land-use planning, habitat restoration, and site design throughout the North American west. He possesses over 25 years of work experience, including 21 years with BIO-WEST. Prior to moving to Utah in pursuit of his Master’s degree, Chris spent 12 months over three summer seasons with the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska implementing visual resource management and recreation planning projects on the Tongass National Forest. While living in Georgia, he owned and operated a successful landscape design and property maintenance business for over 9 years while obtaining his high school and B.L.A. degrees.Chris currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Cache County Planning Commission (2007) and as Secretary of the Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (LAEP) Advancement Board (2003) at Utah State University. He previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Stokes Nature Center in Logan Canyon from 2003 to 2010 and was a founding member of the Cache County Agricultural Advisory Board (2002).Chris is an avid international traveler and enjoys white-water rafting, backcountry skiing, and backpacking when not working. He is also an entrepreneur and owner of several local business ad-ventures.

Listed skills include Environmental Planning, Land Use Planning, Landscape Architecture, Nepa, and 16 others.

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  Principal And Senior Planner

  Bio-West, Inc

  Oct 1991 - Present