Chapter 5 - List of Preparers

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3 5.0. List of Preparers Chapter 5 - List of Preparers The following is a list of contributors to this EIS. Numerous other Forest Service employees contributed to the completion of this document through their assistance in review and support functions, and/or by providing US Forest Service level data and other information needs. Their help was greatly appreciated and recognized. The members and roles of the interdisciplinary team are listed below and short biographies follow for each person. Role Project Coordinator / Recreation Specialist IDT Leader / NEPA Specialists Writer/Editor Soil Scientist Hydrologist / Air Quality Specialist Fish Biologist Wildlife Biologist Botanist / Invasive Species Heritage Resource Specialist Law Enforcement Officer Fire Specialist Roads Engineer Motorized Mixed Use Specialist Social Scientist GIS Specialist IDT Member Malcolm Hamilton Jennie O Connor Card Michelle Lombardo John Dodd Mark Kreiter Gary Asbridge / Tracii Hickman Alan Dyck Lance Holmberg Rick McClure Frank Aguilar Scott MacDonald Serena Helvey Stewart Fletcher Elisabeth Grinspoon Kim Vieira Frank Aguilar. Law Enforcement Officer, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Zigzag Ranger District, Zigzag, Oregon. Experience: Law Enforcement Officer for eight years; worked as an OHV Manager and Assistant Recreation Planner with the Forest Service for seven years. Gary Asbridge. Fisheries Biologist, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Hood River Ranger District, Parkdale, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Biology, Zoology emphasis; M.S. in Fishery Resources. Experience: Barlow Ranger District fisheries biologist for 4 years, Barlow and Hood River Ranger Districts fisheries program manager for 15 years. Fisheries technical support and analysis for a wide variety of Forest projects, including timber sales, silviculture, watershed restoration, road building/management, and recreation, as well as the design and implementation of watershed restoration projects and fish population/habitat surveys. John Dodd. Soil Scientist, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Barlow Ranger District, Dufur, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Soil Science, Land Use Emphasis. Experience: Provide technical soils information to managers to assist in making informed decisions. Types of projects information has been provided for include timber sales, ski area management, other recreation-related, grazing allotments, engineering, on and off-forest small and large scale restoration projects through local watershed councils, irrigation districts, local municipal watersheds, etc. Monitoring projects for implementation and effectiveness. Experience with the US Forest Service since June of 1988, 20 of those years on the Mt. Hood National Forest. Chapter 5 3

4 OHV Management Plan, Including Forest Plan Amendment #17 Chapter 5 4 Alan Dyck. Wildlife Biologist, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Sandy, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Wildlife Management Humboldt State University. Experience: Nine years as Forest Wildlife Biologist on the Mt. Hood National Forest; three years as a Wildlife Biologist with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service; nine years as Wildlife Administrator for the US Army at Fort Pickett; and an additional seven years as a biological technician for the Army, USDA Forest Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service. Worked in a variety of jobs dealing with fish and wildlife habitat and population management on public and private lands. Recent experience in analyzing the effects of Forest projects on wildlife habitat and management. Stewart Fletcher. Civil Engineer, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood, Willamette and Siuslaw National Forests and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Hood River Ranger District, Parkdale, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Forest Engineering 1981 Michigan Technological University. Experience: 28 years working in various positions in road and bridge survey, design, construction, maintenance, inspection and program management in Alaska, Washington and Oregon. Designated: qualified engineer to perform engineering analysis of motorized mixed use proposals, 9/10/2007. Elisabeth Grinspoon. Social Scientist, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, Oregon. Education: B.A. in East Asian Studies; Master of Forestry; Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. Experience: Participatory Rural Appraisal Specialist with United Nations Volunteers, Consultant to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Program Specialist and Social Scientist with the US Forest Service since 2002 Malcolm Hamilton. Recreation Program Manager, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Sandy, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Forest Resource Management, and graduate studies in silviculture and forest ecology. Experience: 34 years in silviculture and recreation management with National Forests in Oregon, California, and Arizona. Serena Helvey. Roads Engineer, Project Development, USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Clackamas River Ranger District, Estacada, Oregon/Sub region Engineering Member(Mt. Hood/Siuslaw/Willamette N.F.). Education: A.A.S. in Civil Engineering, A.A.S. in Forestry, Certificate in Natural Resources. Experience: One season as a Wildlife Technician, Three season as a Timber Pre-sale Technician, Two years experience in the Engineering and Road Management Department. Road decommissioning projects, road maintenance design work. Tracii Hickman. Fish Biologist and Willamette Fish Level 1 team representative, USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Walla Walla, Washington (telecommuter). Education: B.A. in Biology Lewis and Clark College with graduate work in Fisheries Oregon State University. Experience: Project effects assessments, watershed restoration and ESA consultation with the USDA Forest Service since 1988; five years with the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station in Juneau Alaska and Corvallis Oregon as a fisheries technician monitoring habitat use by anadromous fish. Lance Holmberg. Botanist, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Barlow Ranger District, Dufur, Oregon. Education: M.A. in Biology with botany emphasis from Humboldt State University (1969), B.S. in Natural Resources from Humboldt State University (1967), and an A.A. in Forestry from Fullerton Community College (1965). Experience: 17 years as botanist for the forest service on Bear Springs and Barlow Districts. Taxa expert on bryophytes. Mark Kreiter. Hydrologist, US Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area and Mt. Hood National Forest, Hood River, Oregon. Education: B.S. and graduate work in Geology, A.A.S. in Water Resources. Experience: Project effects assessments, watershed restoration and monitoring with the US Forest Service since Michelle Lombardo. Natural Resource Planner, USDA Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Sandy, Oregon. Education: B.S. in Natural Science, emphasis in Geology; M.S. in Geography, emphasis in Natural Resource Management. Experience: Forest Plan implementation and NEPA coordination and writing with the Forest Service since Scott MacDonald. Assistant Fire Management Officer, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Barlow Ranger District, Dufur, Oregon. Education: Graduated in 2003 from the Technical Fire Management program, and is currently a qualified TFLD, STEN, RXB2, FALC, WHSP, and a trainee DIVS & ICT3 with the NW Oregon Type 2 team. Experience: Began with the Forest Service in 1985, working in fire/fuels management on the Goosenest Ranger District, Klamath National Forest, and continued in fire suppression on engines and hand crews thru In 1991,

5 Chapter 5 - List of Preparers moved to the Winema National Forest, Chiloquin Ranger District, as an Engine Boss, and spent 13 years as a Engine Supervisor and as a Crew Boss for type 2 crews; also worked as an Ignition specialist, Prescribed fire Burn Boss, and as a Fuels specialist for Interdisciplinary Teams. From 2000 thru 2003 used fire behavior skills for local Type 3 incidents as a Type 3 Fire Behavior Specialist. In 2004, became the AFMO and has served as the Fire/Fuels specialist on three Wildlife Urban Interface Fuel Reduction Project teams in that time. Rick McClure. Archaeologist/Heritage Program Manager, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood and Gifford Pinchot National Forests, Mt. Adams Ranger District, Trout Lake, Washington. Education: B.A. with Anthropology specialty, The Evergreen State College; M.A. in Anthropology, Washington State University. Experience: Contract archaeologist, 3 years; District Archaeologist, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10 years; Forest Archaeologist, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 13 years; Forest Archaeologist, Gifford Pinchot and Mt. Hood National Forest (combined) 5 years. Jennie O Connor Card. Natural Resource Planner, US Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest, Hood River Ranger District, Parkdale, Oregon. Education: B.A. in Biological Basis of Behavior and Environmental Studies; Master of Environmental Management, emphasis in Resource Ecology; Master of Forestry, emphasis in Silviculture Duke University. Experience: Forest Plan implementation, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) coordination and writing, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and Forest Management with the Forest Service since Kim Vieira. GIS Services Specialist, Data Resources Management, US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland, Oregon. Education: High School Diploma. Experience: Engineering Tech Fremont NF 1980 to Engineering Tech: Mt. Hood National Forest 1981 to Engineering Tech: Umpqua NF 1991 to GIS and Computer Specialist: Umpqua National Forest 1994 to GIS Trainer: R6 Information Resource Management 2000 to R6 Data Resource Management GIS Data Services Specialist: Located at the R6 Regional Office 2004 to Present. Fully qualified GIS for incidents. Major Incidents: Tiller Complex Fire , Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery Incident , Florida Hurricanes Charley, Francis, Ivan and Jean Chapter 5 5

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