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.

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.
• 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.

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.

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.

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.