Michael Zigler Email & Phone Number

Santa Rosa, California

• Plan, develop, and facilitate workshops and presentations for youth ages 14-24.• Develop and facilitate environmental science and safety lesson plans for Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps (SCYEC) youth Crew Members and adult Crew Leaders.• Represent SAY and give presentations at Sonoma County high schools, community events, and hiring fairs.• Two-time Emcee for the countywide Summer Kick-Off Event.• Lead interpretive tours for the public of SAY’s Dream Center campus.• Compose interpretive materials for newsletters and brochures.• Compile data and compose written material for annual reports. • Create physical and social media based recruitment and public outreach material.• Communicate effectively and develop working relationships with SCYEC project hosts, site supervisors, funders, and sponsors.• Evaluate project safety and feasibility for proposed SCYEC projects.• Negotiate project agreements with SCYEC project hosts.• Write, edit, and submit required written material for the SCYEC program to the Sonoma County Human Services Department.• Establish strategies with SCYEC project hosts to increase project host satisfaction and project efficacy.• Create and manage spreadsheet databases for a variety of youth development and information data.• Coordinate logistics of environmental science lessons with SCWA educators for SCYEC crews.• Recruit, hire, train, and supervise SCYEC Crew Members and Crew Leaders.• Design and implement staff development strategies and workshops for SCYEC Crew Leaders.• Assess youth development and learning goals in the SCYEC program.• Collaborate with SAY staff to evaluate program efficacy in regards to improving youth development outcomes. • Lead SCYEC crews in riparian restoration and water conservation projects throughout Sonoma County.• Organize transportation logistics for Crew Members for countywide SCYEC education events.

Elderidge, Ca 95431

• Managed the daily operations of the Native Plant Nursery with a growing capacity of 40,000 container stock plants.• Managed restoration projects, including creating project timelines; creating plant palettes, planting plans, and maintenance plans; procuring/coordinating tools, materials, and proper legal documentation for projects; project implementation; site maintenance and monitoring in compliance with the Sonoma Ecology Center’s best management practices.• Developed and facilitated environmental science lesson plans and presentations for high school students; focused on riparian restoration and water conservation.• Collaborated with the education department to develop and lead water conservation and flood control projects for high school interns.• Created press releases and outreach material for volunteer restoration events.• Led interpretive naturalist tours of SEC-managed preserves and properties.• Represented SEC at high profile media outlets, including NBC Bay Area’s OpenRoad with Doug McConnell and KSVY 91.3 FM in Sonoma Valley.• Cooperated with the Sonoma Biochar Initiative to develop water conservation educational material.• Generated and implemented vegetation management plans using a variety of techniques in urban areas, wildland areas, and riparian habitats.• Surveyed project sites prior to project proposals and implementation for biotic and abiotic conditions.• Implemented erosion control projects in urban and backcountry settings.• Consulted landowners regarding large woody debris removal in neighborhood creeks.• Managed restoration contracts and composing monthly progress and budget reports. • Developed budget proposals for restoration and plant propagation projects. • Coordinated vegetative and seed propagule collection and processing.• Supervised high school interns, volunteers, and 2 restoration technicians.

Santa Rosa, Ca 95401

• Managed a 1-acre hop yard using organic and low-impact farming methods.• Propagated, planted, harvested, and processed hops to be used at a local brewing company.• Tracked and analyzed data on crop yields by locale and cultivar to improve growing efficiency.• Installed and maintained the drip irrigation system for the hop yard. • Erected and maintained a large trellising system.• Managed operations of a small organic garden used in the menu at a local brewing company.• Hired, trained, and supervised a 5-member culinary team.

Geyserville, Ca

• Properly harvested and processed seasonal vegetables used in menu items. • Supervised a 5-member seasonal culinary team, following corporate service standards and training of new staff.• Time track and cost management, regular attendance at staff meetings, and adherence to corporate protocols.

Santa Rosa, Ca

• Collected, entered, and quality controlled cold water tag (CWT) data used in managing salmonid populations in California.• Properly handled, identified, measured, and documented salmonid species found in Northern California.• Performed quality control checks on data entered into Visual FoxPro database program.• Prepared weekly reports from the field data. • Tracked expenses for the Santa Rosa office of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Tiburon, Ca

• Planned and led the restoration program on the 9-acre Audubon Center site as well as on a 17-acre island in Richardson Bay. • Organized and supervised the Youth Nursery Volunteer Program.• Supervised 3 high school interns fulfilling their public service hours for graduation. • Created and implemented environmental education lessons plans for Marin elementary and middle school students from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. • Coordinated and led volunteer restoration workdays with local companies and community groups. • Led an extensive English Ivy removal and subsequent native-plant restoration with youth volunteers on the 3-acre riparian corridor at the Audubon Center.• Collaborated with North Bay contractors and ecologists regarding the revegetation component of a $2.5 million island restoration project. • Manage the daily operations of the Native Plant Nursery Program. • Safely handled and maintained hand and power tools such as power weed cutters and brush mowers.

Santa Rosa, Ca

• Collected, entered, and quality controlled cold water tag (CWT) data used in managing salmonid populations in California.• Collected fishery data from recreational fishermen through onsite interviews to be used in the management of fished species. • Properly handled, identified, measured, documented, and released finfish and shellfish species along the Northern California Coast.• Worked individually at remote fishing sites and onboard fishing vessels while properly managing time at each fishing site to provide the highest possible quality and quantity of data.• Prepared weekly reports from the field data. • Tracked expenses for the Santa Rosa office of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Sonoma County, Ca

• Worked collaboratively on a trail crew during long and physically strenuous days to create one mile of new trail in one of Sonoma County’s most historic landmarks.• Used safe rockwork techniques to split and move rocks as well as to create rock walls on edges of trail.• Created long-lasting trails using proper erosion control techniques.• Safely handled and maintained hand and power tools in a wilderness setting.