Jesse Rock Email & Phone Number

I work with private landowners to help them follow ecologically sound forestry practices tailored towards wildlife management and habitat diversification. For my love of hunting and fishing, I thank my father and for the appreciation of the principles of ecology, Aldo Leopold. The first time I read "A Sand County Almanac", I was enthralled with the concept of finding the obscured connections of the natural world. To think that understanding every possible detail of the smallest woodland flower was akin to comprehending the breadth of the cosmos in its complexity, fascinated me to no end. My take on conservation can be defined also through the words of Leopold as “A conservationist is one who is humbly aware that with each stroke [of the axe] he is writing his signature on the face of the land.” Every action we take in nature has a domino effect of impacts with the course of those impacts influenced by the biases that drive our decisions. Even those decisions that are deemed good can result in some form of negative effect. In taking any action, we must recognize that each choice is influenced by our own personal bias; our opinion of what is best. For example, by choosing to manage between aspen and balsam, I may choose the aspen if my mind’s concerns are with grouse. However, if they be with hare, I may spare the balsam. I strongly feel that recognition of both sides of the ecological coin allows for a deliberate approach to management success. In my free time you will most often find me on adventures with my wife and our two dogs getting "lost" amongst the many rivers, lakes, ponds, and mountains of the Adirondack wilderness.