• Manage all facets of complex restoration projects involving numerous funding sources, contracts, partners and stages. • Design restoration projects for Midwestern wetlands, prairies, savannas, forests and barrens habitat types.• Negotiate acquisition of conservation interests in land to expand Conservancy and partner preserves.• Transfer preserves to Conservancy partners • Maintain annual easement monitoring and landowner relations for nearly 30 different… Show more • Manage all facets of complex restoration projects involving numerous funding sources, contracts, partners and stages. • Design restoration projects for Midwestern wetlands, prairies, savannas, forests and barrens habitat types.• Negotiate acquisition of conservation interests in land to expand Conservancy and partner preserves.• Transfer preserves to Conservancy partners • Maintain annual easement monitoring and landowner relations for nearly 30 different properties.• Other skills include GIS mapping, environmental hazard reviews, visual storytelling, federal grant applications and on-the-ground land management including application of prescribed fire. Show less

• Develop ecological assessments and management plans• Conduct prescribed burns of prairies, savannas, woodlands and wetlands• Install custom-designed seed mixes for land restoration• Control invasive brush and weeds through cutting, spading and herbicide application• Design informational park kiosks for the City of Middleton and other clients

• Create GIS maps for analysis of citizens’ proximity to city amenities • Provide research and support for city planning director & associated projects

• Conducted restorations of wetlands, prairies, savannas & woodlands • Controlled invasive species and reintroduced native species • Monitored endangered species for research & grant funding purposes • Wrote in-depth report on the program, its partners, work sites & methods

• Prepared a variety of grants for State Natural Areas project funding • Documented State Natural Areas acquisition, study & preservation • Expanded a pilot State Natural Areas information system

• Managed hundreds of member relationships • Recommended & sold appropriate financial products to meet members’ needs • Provided expertise ranging from credit counseling to retirement planning

• Visited 45 U.S. National Parks, Monuments & UNESCO World Heritage Sites • Overall travel has reached 30 countries including China & India

• Produced digital news & editorial photography on deadline • Maintained relationships with nearly a dozen local & national publications

• Taught photography as a vehicle to empower under-priviledged youth • Designed the program’s early promotional materials

• Created award-winning photography & digital panoramas for targeted University products • Administered online photo database, managed files & handled inquiries

• Staff photographer for 14 weekly newspapers in the Baltimore/D.C. region • Created award-winning photography exhibited in the Maryland State House