Wes Brunson Email & Phone Number

Alcolu, Sc, Us

Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States

Currently working within the Encroachment unit within the Right of Way Management department. Responsible for managing transmission easements for permissible and non permissible encroachments.

Manning, South Carolina, United States

• Provides logistical and administrative support for herbicide maintenance activities that utilize contract service resources. • Responsible for overseeing contract crews performing herbicide maintenance operations assigned to selected transmission rights-of-way.• Ensures daily/weekly progress reports are completed and signed by appropriate personnel.• Responsible for creating spray schedule for upcoming season.• Inspect transmission rights-of-way vegetation and ground conditions for atypical growth situations and/or special maintenance requests. Recommend the most effective vegetation maintenance practice necessary to complete the work.• Reviews applicable transmission easements to determine any access and/or vegetation maintenance restrictions.• Interact with property owners as required by the easement and/or through prior commitments. Responds to property owner issues and provides a detailed assessment to supervision.• Monitors contractor(s) performance based on quality, production, and work/contract specifications adherence. Reports deficiencies to supervision and makes recommendations to mitigate any found issues.• Assist supervision with developing a high-level integrated management plan for ground floor maintenance. This includes input on the ground floor portion of the annual TVMP an NPDES permit.

Kingstree, Sc

• Provide management advice and plans to landowners in Williamsburg and Georgetown County’s. • Assist Landowners with contacts for timber harvests. (Timber buyers/Consultants/ Site Prep contractors)• Assist and monitor landowners involved in cost share arrangements. (CRP, FRP, EFRP, SPB)• Conduct/Assist with prescribed burning.• Assist in wildland fire suppression.• Represent the Forestry Commission at local government and landowner association meetings

Florence, South Carolina Area

• Recorded forest inventory and health monitoring data on forest inventory plots with a degree of accuracy as required by the U.S. Forest Service. • Worked on a two-person forestry-crew locating forest inventory plots and recording inventory and health monitoring data. • Assisted in determining ownership and obtaining permissions from the owner to enter property where plots are located.

Camden, Sc

• Cruised Timber to value timber before bid sale• Locate/ mark(paint) property lines• Mark cut trees for harvest• Check in on loggers/tree planters

Billings, Montana Area

• Collected annual forest fuels data (FIREMON). Responsibilities consisted of a continuous forest inventory on the Crow Indian Reservation and four other reservations throughout Montana. • The work task involved: locating pre-established fifth-acre plots with GPS units, taking tree heights and diameter measurements, obtaining growth increments and ages, determining damaging agents, and identifying tree classification and desirability.

Georgetown, Sc

• Conducted annual fire research on nine fire research plots at Hobcaw Barony in Georgetown, SC. Study was conducted to study the different effects of fire with different treatment options.• Identified tree/shrub species• Measured tree heights and diameters• Estimated amount of litter within transect area• Dried and weighed data that was collected

Bachelor'S Degree, Forestry Management

Minor In Business Administration - Bba, Business Administration And Management, General

Associates In Forestry Management, Forest Management/Forest Resources Management