Experience

Land Stewardship, Inc.

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Operations Manager

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Thoroughly searching for invasive plant species for observation and removal. Using a combination of chemical, mechanical and physical means of removing these species. Overseeing work done by field technicians, looking for thoroughness and accuracy in treatment application. Conducting site visits of perspective clients. Writing work proposals and project budgets. Thoroughly searching for invasive plant species for observation and removal. Using a combination of chemical, mechanical and physical means of removing these species. Overseeing work done by field technicians, looking for thoroughness and accuracy in treatment application. Conducting site visits of perspective clients. Writing work proposals and project budgets.



U.S. Forest Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Forest Technician Timber Stand Improvement and Silviculture

  • Apr 2021 - Nov 2021

  Inspected contracted tree planters, looking for quality and quantity of planted seedlings. Survival surveys of planted units, looking at growth, quantity and vigor of planted and natural regeneration and competing vegetation. Picked and sorted cones from a seed orchard. Wildland firefighting as needed as a militia crew member. Inspected contracted tree planters, looking for quality and quantity of planted seedlings. Survival surveys of planted units, looking at growth, quantity and vigor of planted and natural regeneration and competing vegetation. Picked and sorted cones from a seed orchard. Wildland firefighting as needed as a militia crew member.



LandVest

• United States
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Operations Forester

  • Nov 2018 - Mar 2020

  Marked and cruised hardwood timber and pulp on primarily private forestland. Compiled data and generated reports of timber and pulp volumes. Collected GPS data for logging unit boundaries, streamside management zones and ephemeral stream buffers. Managed active logging jobs in compliance with Pennsylvania state and Sustainable Forestry Initiative BMPs. Marked and cruised hardwood timber and pulp on primarily private forestland. Compiled data and generated reports of timber and pulp volumes. Collected GPS data for logging unit boundaries, streamside management zones and ephemeral stream buffers. Managed active logging jobs in compliance with Pennsylvania state and Sustainable Forestry Initiative BMPs.



Shultz Forest Management and Consulting

• Lambertville, New Jersey

• Wetland and Forest Restoration Technician

  • Apr 2018 - Oct 2018

  Control invasive plant species with herbicide in wetland and forested sites in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Maintain planted trees in restoration sites. Cruise and mark trees for forest management purposes. Cut trees for timber stand improvement. Control invasive plant species with herbicide in wetland and forested sites in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Maintain planted trees in restoration sites. Cruise and mark trees for forest management purposes. Cut trees for timber stand improvement.



U.S. Forest Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Timber Sale Preparation Team Member

  • May 2017 - Nov 2017

  Mark leave trees in logging units, using written stand prescriptions. Variable basal area and trees per acre are used in determining leave trees of favored species and genetics. Cruise timber volume using a Spiegel relaskop, diameter tape and clinometer. Information is written on paper cruise cards. Paint unit boundaries for logging units, following the flagged in boundary. GPS unit boundaries using a Trimble GPS unit. Reforestation surveys (seedling survival surveys). Fire Fighter Type II on an as needed basis. Prescribed fire management work as needed.



Missouri State Parks

• Bonne Terre, Missouri

• Seasonal Park Aide (Stewardship Crew)

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2017

  Travel to various state parks in the Eastern Parks District to perform a variety of natural resource and recreational work. Prepare fireline, prescribed fire, wildland fire fighting, woodland restoration (thinning, girdling and herbicide treatment), glade restoration (cut and burn eastern red cedar) and install trail markers. Travel to various state parks in the Eastern Parks District to perform a variety of natural resource and recreational work. Prepare fireline, prescribed fire, wildland fire fighting, woodland restoration (thinning, girdling and herbicide treatment), glade restoration (cut and burn eastern red cedar) and install trail markers.



U.S. Forest Service

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Timber Sale Preparation Team Member

  • May 2016 - Oct 2016

  Mark leave trees in logging units, using written stand prescriptions. Variable basal area and trees per acre are used in determining leave trees of favored species and genetics. Cruise timber volume using a Spiegel relaskop, diameter tape and clinometer. Information is written on paper cruise cards. Paint unit boundaries for logging units, following the flagged in boundary. GPS unit boundaries using a Trimble GPS unit. Reforestation surveys (seedling survival surveys). Fire Fighter Type II on an as needed basis. Prescribed fire management work as needed.



Chippers, Inc.

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Turf and Landscape Technician

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  Landscape Division: Plant trees and shrubs, prune dead limbs with hand shears, spread bark mulch, set up irrigation lines for newly planted trees and stone wall and walkway construction. Turf Division: Aerate lawns with a Lesco drum aerator and Lesco tow-behind aerator with a John Deere 955 model tractor. Overseed lawns with a high wheel spreader and top dress and seed lawns. Aeration average 9-10k sq ft with the drum aerator and 15-16k sq ft with tractor aerator attachment. Train people on aeration and overseeding. Maple Division: Produce maple syrup commercially, check tubing for leaks in vacuum pressure and maintain the sugarhouse. Land Enhancement Division: Chip and haul brush and limbs, create burn piles, clean up work sites, split and stack wood.



Idaho Department of Lands

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Resource Technician

  • Apr 2014 - Oct 2014

  I marked and cruised timber mainly in seed tree prescriptions using a relaskop to determine basal areas, doing regeneration plots, burning slash piles and boundary line maintenance. I marked and cruised timber mainly in seed tree prescriptions using a relaskop to determine basal areas, doing regeneration plots, burning slash piles and boundary line maintenance.



Idaho Department of Lands

• United States
• Government Administration
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Resource Technician

  • Apr 2013 - Dec 2013

  An 8 month position where I did a variety of jobs like tree planting inspecting, survival and regeneration surveys, set up of direct sales of timber, fire fighting, timber marking and cruising. An 8 month position where I did a variety of jobs like tree planting inspecting, survival and regeneration surveys, set up of direct sales of timber, fire fighting, timber marking and cruising.



Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Foresry and Stewardship Technician

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Performed boundary line maintenance on properties managed by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, used a chainsaw to clear bush and establish view openings, created and installed wooden trail signs, worked with volunteers at Mt. Monadnock Trails Week, rock work on trails, trash clean-up and girdling and cutting of common and glossy buckthorn. Performed boundary line maintenance on properties managed by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, used a chainsaw to clear bush and establish view openings, created and installed wooden trail signs, worked with volunteers at Mt. Monadnock Trails Week, rock work on trails, trash clean-up and girdling and cutting of common and glossy buckthorn.



New England Forest Products

• United States
• Building Materials
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lumber Stacker

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Stacked lumber by length and grade as it was processed at a hardwood sawmill that sawed around 100 logs a day. Strapped finished packs of lumber. Cut off defects on boards with a circular saw. Assisted in ripping and planning of retail lumber. Cleaned various areas of the sawmill. Stacked lumber by length and grade as it was processed at a hardwood sawmill that sawed around 100 logs a day. Strapped finished packs of lumber. Cut off defects on boards with a circular saw. Assisted in ripping and planning of retail lumber. Cleaned various areas of the sawmill.