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<br />Experience
<br />Environmental Specialist I February 2004 — Present
<br />Florida Park Service, St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, FL
<br />Outline restoration priorities and implement upland and wetland restoration. Prepare, plan,...
<br />and implement prescribed fire activities. Respond to wildland fires. Directly manage and
<br />monitor a variety of protected species including Florida scrub -jay, Red -cockaded woodpecker,
<br />Brown -headed nuthatch, Bald eagle, and Gopher tortoise. Prioritize invasive plant eradication
<br />strategy and directly treat. Develop and coordinate mitigation projects. Write management
<br />plans, grants, land management reviews, and other reports. Participate in public meetings and
<br />forums. Develop and implement interpretive programs, public events, guided hikes, ranger
<br />talks, and produce various educational materials. Develop and maintain contracts, grant
<br />proposals, joint participation agreements, memorandums of understanding and provide
<br />budgetary oversight for the above. Help repair and maintain park facilities and public use
<br />areas. Provide protection, visitor safety and other visitor services. Maintain equipment such
<br />as UTV's, ATV's, fire trucks, chainsaws, tractors, swamp buggies, herbicide pumps/sprayers,
<br />and fire pumps. Operate heavy equipment: Supervise 2-4 employees, AmeriCorps teams and
<br />members, a robust volunteer program, and all resource management related contractors.
<br />Maintain GIS data base and produce various maps using ArcMap. Work closely with other
<br />conservation related agencies, non -profits, and cooperators to foster relationships and work
<br />toward common goals through teamwork.
<br />Volunteer Chairperson 2018 — Present
<br />Central Florida Prescribed Fire Council
<br />Serve as chairperson for the largest prescribed fire council in the country, a certified 501 c.
<br />Develop long term goals, objectives, and facilitate strategic planning. Plan and execute a
<br />variety of prescribed fire related trainings, conferences, webinars, festivals, and workshops for
<br />both wildland fire practitioners and the public. Supervise and organize fellow officers and
<br />steering committee members. Oversee the preparation of IRS documents. Sponsor and
<br />provide an annual meeting, usually drawing between 225-600 participants, with content that
<br />meets the requirements to maintain prescribed burn manager certification, Society of American
<br />Forester, and Continuing Forestry Education credits. Solicit sponsorships, and raise funds
<br />through raffles, T shirt sales, and other fundraising strategies.
<br />Certified Prescribed Burn Manager 2012 — Present
<br />Participated in prescribed fires and wildfire response since 2002, initially with the Brevard
<br />County Environmentally Endangered Lands Program and currently with the Florida Park
<br />Service. Obtained Prescribed Burn Manager Certification in 2012. Burn throughout the state
<br />in all fire type communities with a special focus on flatwoods, scrub, scrubby flatwoods,
<br />sandhill, and prairie. Served as crew for 52 prescribed fires, line boss for 84, and burn boss
<br />for 7, totaling well over 50,000 acres. Responded to 27 wildfire incidences and served as
<br />Incident command for 9 of those responses.
<br />Environmental Specialist I April 2003 — February 2004
<br />East Coast Florida Aquatic Preserves, FLDEP, FL
<br />Monitored submerged aquatic vegetation and other benthic habitats in the Indian River
<br />Lagoon. Conducted restoration activities on spoil islands throughout the IRL and Mosquito
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