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The following is a list of contributors to this draft environmental impact statement. Numerous other people have also contributed in many ways to this document. Their help is greatly appreciated.

Interdisciplinary Team

Suraj Ahuja – Air Resources Specialist Dr. Ahuja is currently a Province Air Quality Specialist for the Forest Service supporting air program for the eight northern national forests in . He has worked for the Forest Service for twenty years in the Southwest and Pacific Southwest Region in various positions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. He also has Air Quality Certification from University of California (Extension) Davis. He has written various technical documents and papers for Forest-wide and Region-wide use.

David Arrasmith - Planner Graduated UC Davis - 1981 B.S. Agricultural Economics & Management Socio-Economic Planner - 1980 - 1987 Economist/Analyst - Tongass Land Management Planning Team - 1987-1989 Assistant Team Leader - Tongass Land Management Team 1989 - 1991 Socio-Economic Planner - Northern Spotted Owl EIS Team 1991-1992 Planning Staff Officer - - 1992-1999 Administrative Officer - Tongass National Forest - 1999 - 2000 Planner - Framework - 2000-2001

John Babin – GIS Coordinator/Analyst John holds a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resource Management from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He did graduate work in Forest Business Management at the University of . John most recently served as GIS Analyst on the interdisciplinary team for the Herger- Feinstein Quincy Library Group EIS. He has been the GIS Coordinator on the for the last 8 years. John has worked for the Forest Service for 19 years in positions in land management planning, forest inventory, and silviculture.

Berni Bahro – Fire/Fuels Specialist Berni received his A.S. in Forestry from the University of New Hampshire’s Thompson School of Applied Science in 1979. He graduated in 1989 with a B.S. in Science Education from Oregon State University. In 1993 he graduated from Technical Fire Management, an advanced study program in Wildland Fire Science that is accredited through Colorado State University. Berni has been working for the U.S. Forest Service for twenty-one years, with the last twenty years in wildland fire suppression. He has worked in three regions, on three National Forests and at a Forest Service Experiment Station. He also participated in the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project as an Associate Contributor and co-authored two publications. Berni is currently the District Fire and Fuels Specialist on the Placerville Ranger District, Eldorado National Forest.

Klaus Barber – Analysis Core Team Coordinator Education: BS in Forest Management from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from University of . Experience: Klaus has 34-years with the Forest Service as District Timber Management Officer, Timber Planner, Forest Land Use Planner, Regional Biometrican, and presently Regional Operational Research and Management Science specialist. He has worked on special projects, such Redwood Park Expansion, Gang-of -Four Spotted-Fisheries Analysis, FEMAT, and Cal Owl. He is the co-developer of CIA, ELMO, and RELM computer models.

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Tim Biddinger – Hydrologist Tim obtained a B.S. in Forestry from UC Berkley in 1973. He has worked for the Forest Service for 23 years as a timber sale planner, silviculturist, sale administrator and hydrologist. He is currently the west zone hydrologist for the Tahoe National Forest.

Steve Bishop – Regional Range Program Manager Steve has a BS degree in Range Management from Humboldt State University. He has been with the Forest Service 26 years. He started his career as a Range Conservationist (3 years), District Resource Officer, with range mgmt. responsibilities (7 years), District Ranger on two different Districts, each with strong range programs (12 years), Regional Range Program Manager (4 years). He is an active member of the Society of Range Management.

Kris Boatner – Wildlife Biologist Kris Boatner is currently the District Wildlife Biologist and Biological Resources Officer for the Amador Ranger District of the Eldorado National Forest. She holds a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from the University of California at Davis, and has worked as a wildlife and natural resources biologist for the Forest Service for 10 years.

John S. Bradford – Assistant Interdisciplinary Team Leader and NEPA Specialist John has a BS degree in Forestry and Business Management from the University of Nevada, Reno. Zone NEPA Specialist/Planner, Tahoe National Forest (1996-1998), Acting Forest Silviculturist, Tahoe National Forest (1995-1996), Wild & Scenic River Planner, Tahoe National Forest (1994), NEPA Specialist, Tahoe National Forest (1993), Supervisory Forester/Planner, (1991-1992), District Silviculturist, (1989-1991), Assistant Resource Officer, (1986-1989), District Culturist, (1980-1986), District Culturist, Shasta- (1978-1980). John is a Certified Silviculturist in Regions 3 and 5.

Lisa Bryant – Forest Soil Scientist Lisa has worked as a soil scientist for the last 12 years. She is currently the Forest Soil Scientist on the and has also worked in Sacramento for US Bureau of Reclamation (1992- 1995), the Tahoe National Forest (1989-1992), and for the Plumas National Forest (1988). She has a MS Soil Science from University of California, Davis and a BA in General Agriculture from Washington State University.

Annie Buma – Forester Annie is co-owner of the ACT 2 enterprise team. ACT 2 wrote responses to public comments. Annie has been employed by the Forest Service since 1973. Prior to becoming co-owner of the ACT2 Enterprise Unit, Annie spent eight years as Planning Forester Staff for the Happy Camp Ranger District, one of five Districts within the . Her responsibilities included planning and coordination of environmental analysis, supervision of seven resource management specialists, and budgeting ($150,000-600,000 program). Other responsibilities included Endangered Species Act compliance and management of the Wildlife Program on the District.

Steven D. Clauson – Interdisciplinary Team Leader BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley 4 years as Engineer, Plumas National Forest 4 years District Resource Officer, San Bernardino National Forest 12 years, District Ranger, Cleveland and Shasta Trinity National Forests 4 Years, Forest planner, Plumas, Cleveland, and Shasta-Trinity National Forests 4 years, Regional Forester assistant, Northwest Forest Plan coordination 1.5 years, Interdisciplinary Team Leader, Sierra Nevada Framework project

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Joanna Clines – Botanist Joanna has Bachelor of Arts degree in biology from California State University, Fresno. She earned a Master of Arts degree in plant ecology from CSU Fresno, and completed a thesis on the reproductive ecology of the rare shrub Carpenteria californica. Prior to joining the Forest Service as a seasonal botanist in 1988, Joanna gained experience in wildlife and fisheries biology working for California Department of Fish and Game and Conservation District, and in botany with the California Energy Commission. Joanna has worked as the Forest Botanist for the for 10 years. Other duties on the Sierra National Forest include coordination of the noxious weed program and the research natural area program.

Kent Connaughton – Project Manager Bachelor of Arts degree in biological sciences from Stanford University; Master of Forestry degree from Oregon State University; PhD in forest economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, Supervisor of the , Susanville, California (1996-1998); Assistant Director for Economic Assistance in the U.S. Office of Forestry and Economic Assistance, Portland, Oregon (1994-1996); Research Scientist and Research Team Leader, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon (1978-1994).

Yvonne Cougoulat – Wildlife Biologist Yvonne Cougoulat is a Wildlife Biologist for the Kings River/Pineridge Ranger District of the Sierra National Forest. Yvonne has a B.S. in Conservation Biology from University of Nevada, Reno and has been with the Forest Service for 12 years.

Michael D. Dunn – Minerals and Geology Education: Master of Science (w/honors) Geology, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington, 1981; Bachelor of Science (w/honors) Geology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 1976; Assoc. of Science (w/high honors) Conservation of Natural Resources, Delta Community College, University City, Michigan, 1974. Positions held: 2/1996 - present, Mining Geologist/Mineral Examiner, Region 5, Minerals Management, Eldorado National Forest, Placerville, CA. 10/1988 - 2/1996, Physical Scientist, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Spokane, Washington. 1/1993 - 4/1993, Program Manager (Temporary Detail), U.S. Bureau of Mines, Headquarters, Washington D.C., 3/1979 - 10/1988, Geologist/Physical Scientist, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Spokane, Washington.

Tom Durston – Engineer Current job: Transportation Planner/Logging Engineer on Stanislaus National Forest, since 1988. Previous jobs: 1986-1988 Advance Technical Training, USFS @ Oregon State Univ, Road Management @ . 1985-1986, Monument Transportation Planner, Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 1982-1984, Tom has been with the Forest Service for 24 years. Education: Associate of Science, Technical Forestry, Lassen College, 1974; BS, Civil Engineering, UC Davis, 1980; MS, Forest Engineering, Oregon State Univ, 1988.

Holly Eddinger – Fisheries Biologist Holly Eddinger is currently the Fisheries and Aquatic Biologist on the Kings River and Pineridge Ranger District's on the Sierra National Forest. She has worked for the USDA Forest Service.

Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman – Ecologist Jo Ann has a PhD in Forest Ecosystems at the University of Washington, a M.S. in Forest Resources at the University of Georgia, and a B.S. in Biology at Humboldt State University. She has worked for the Forest Service for 13 years as a botanist, vegetation ecologist and fire ecologist in .

Joseph Furnish – Aquatic Ecologist Joseph is currently the Forest Service's Regional Aquatic Ecologist in Region 5 (California). He earned a M.A. in Biology from Humboldt State University and a Ph.D. in Entomology from Oregon State University. He has worked for federal land management agencies for 12 years and specializes in bioassessment of water quality.

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Michael J. Furniss – Hydrologist B.S. Soils and Plant Nutrition, M.S. Soil Science, UC Berkeley. Forest Service hydrologist since 1979, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers National Forests. Forest Hydrologist, Six Rivers National Forest. Currently on long-term detail to Rocky Mountain Research Station, Stream Systems Technology Center, working on water-road interactions, watershed analysis systems, small streams investigations, and development of watershed monitoring techniques. Specialties include: water-road interactions, fish passage through culverts, native plant revegetation; large-scale monitoring; software development, and watershed communications. Recently co-authored a wide variety of technical publications on water-road interactions for the San Dimas Technology and Development Center; and “Roads analysis: Informing decision about managing the national forest transportation system; Forest Roads: A synthesis of scientific information, and; Water and the Forest Service.”

Judy Hahn - Landscape Planning Support Specialist – Writer/Editor Judy is co-owner of the ACT 2 enterprise team. ACT 2 wrote responses to public comments. The Forest Service has employed Judy since 1971. In 1999 she became co-owner of the ACT2 Enterprise Unit. From April 1993 through August 1998 she was a member of the Klamath National Forest Ecosystem Analysis Team (FEAT). Her responsibilities on the team included conducting analysis and producing, writing, and editing final documents. Her team analyzed an average of three landscapes per year that ranged from 30,000 to over 100,000 acres. Her responsibilities also included all aspects of public involvement.

Karen Hayden – Wildlife Program Manager Karen Hayden graduated with a B.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from UC Davis. Her 19 years with the Forest Service have included working on five national forests in California. Positions included experience on a Fire Lookout Tower, in fire suppression and fuels management, Recreation Technician, wildlife and range technician, law enforcement, fire prevention and investigation, District Biologist (wildlife, fish and plants), and current position (7 years) as the Wildlife Program Manager for the Tahoe National Forest.

Mollie Hurt – Wildlife Biologist Mollie is currently the Forest Wildlife Biologist on the Basin Management Unit. Mollie has also worked on the Stanislaus National Forest and the Tahoe National Forest in California, the in Arizona, and the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. Mollie received her B.S. degree in Natural Resources from the University of California, Davis, and received her M.S. degree in Wildlife Biology from Humboldt State University.

Mike Gertsch – Wildlife Biologist Mike has a B.S. in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University. He is the Forest Service liaison to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He has also worked as a district biologist on the and zone biologist on the Idaho Panhandle NF and served as Klamath Province FWS/FS liaison for implementation to the Northwest Forest Plan. He is the Acting Regional TES Program Manager. He has been with the Forest Service for 26 years.

Catherine Hibbard – Biologist for the US Fish and Wildlife Service Degrees: B.S. Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca NY. M.S. Wildlife Management, Frostburg State University, Frostburg MD. Certified Wildlife Biologist by The Wildlife Society. Employment: Naturalist/Interpreter Appalachian Mountain Club (Mt. Greylock, MA) 5 years. Associate Wildlife Biologist/ Conservation Plan Coordinator, Simpson Timber Company (Korbel, CA) 7 years. Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office Endangered Species Division, Forest and Foothills Branch 1.5 years.

Susan J. Husari – Fire/Fuels Sue was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She received a BA degree in Botany from Humboldt State University. She has spent her career in fire management and has worked for the Bureau of Land Management, the and the Forest Service. Her current position is Assistant Director for Fire and Aviation Management in the Pacific Southwest Regional Office. She has specialized in fire behavior, fire management applications of research and integration of fire and fuels management with land and resource management.

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Chris Iverson Chris holds a BS from Central Michigan University and an MS from Oklahoma State University. Since 1992, he has been the Regional Ecology and TES Program Leader for the Alaska Region. Accomplishments include work on the wildlife and species viability components of the Tongass Land Managmenet Plan Revision, and revising the NFMA Planning Regulations, specifically the Ecological Sustainability Section, as part of the Rule Writing Team. Chris assisted in the design of the viability analyses and facilitated crafting the owl/old forest associated species conservation strategy for the Sierra Nevada Framework Plan Amendment EIS.

Dawn Lipton – Avian Biologist Dawn Lipton is currently the Forest Wildlife Biologist on the Eldorado National Forest. She has B.S. in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University. She has worked as a wildlife biologist for the Forest Service for 20 years.

Diane Macfarlane – Mammalian Biologist Diane has 15 years of management and research experience in the Forest Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Her work was conducted in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, New Mexico and California. She has also been employed for a total of 2 years by the Oregon Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and the Washington Department of Fisheries. Prior to her SNFP assignment, she served as the Pacific Southwest Region program leader for Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Species. Specialty areas include habitat relationships of reptiles, amphibians, and medium to large sized mammals. Diane holds B.S. degrees in both wildlife science and rangeland management from Oregon State University.

David C. McMorran: Landscape Architect David has a Bacherlors Degree in Achitecture from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with graduate work in Landscape Architecture and Computer aided Land Use Planning. He has worked in National Forest planning in Regions 1, 4, 5, and 9 and is presently the Ecosystem Planning and GIS Analyst for central Nevada on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Elizabeth Norton – Recreation Specialist Elizabeth has a BA in Spanish/Anthropology from SUNY Brockport and a MS in Forest Management from Syracuse University, New York. Her positions in the Forest Service include four years as sale preparation forester on Plumas NF, six years recreation specialist on Green Mountain NF, three years land management planner on Lassen NF, and six years Assistant Forest Supervisor on the Lassen NF.

Dale Oberlag – Wildlife Biologist Dale Oberlag currently is the District Wildlife Biologist on the Goosenest Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest. Dale has worked as a wildlife biologist with the Forest Service for the last 8 years. He has an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of New Hampshire, and a B.S. in Environmental Biology from Eastern Illinois University.

Laurie Perrot – Writer/Editor Degree: B.S. in forestry, University of California, Berkeley. Work Experience: Past 10 years (since 1989) Laurie has worked on the Plumas National Forest as a NEPA Planner, preparing environmental analyses and leading interdisciplinary teams. The previous 4 years (from 1985 through 1989), she worked for the U.S, Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office in San Francisco as an environmental specialist in the pesticides regulatory program.

Lynda Philipp - References Lynda has a B.A. in geography from California State University, Northridge and has been with the Eldorado National Forest for 10 years. She handles special use permits and some editing for the forest.

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Catherine Phillips – Woodland Ecologist Catherine has her Bachelors of Science degree from Humboldt State University where she studied range management, soils and botany. She earned her Master of Science degree in range ecology from University of California at Berkeley. Catherine began work with the Forest Service in 1990 as an intern for the Ecology Program. She held a liaison position between the Pacific Southwest Research Station and the Forest Service's Regional Office as the Research Natural Area coordinator for two years. In 1993 she transferred to the Stanislaus National Forest to her current position as Assistant Province Ecologist.

Lorrie Planas – Tribal Relations Lorrie has a BA and MA in Anthropology. Her BA is from California State University, Fresno (1986) and her MA is from California State University, Sacramento (1990). She has been working for the Forest Service (Sierra NF) since 1991. She is the Kings River/Pineridge Ranger Districts' Heritage Resources Program Manager and the Sierra NF Tribal Relations Program Manager. Prior to working for the forest, she worked as a private consultant/contractor in Cultural Resources Management or Tribal Relations.

Tom Rickman – Wildlife Biologist Tom Rickman is currently the District Wildlife Biologist on the Eagle Lake Ranger District of the Lassen National Forest. He holds a BS in Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University and has worked as a wildlife biologist for the Forest Service for approximately 15 years.

Brent Roath – Forest Soil Scientist Brent has a B.S. in Soil Science from Oregon State University. He has a total of 24 years experience as a Soil Scientist on the Angeles, Boise, Six Rivers and Sierra National Forests. He has been on the Sierra National Forest since 1987.

John C. Robinson - Regional Avian Coordinator John has a Bachelor's Degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, Iowa State University with a specialty in Ornithology. His current job is a Wildlife Biologist on staff with the Regional Office of the Forest Service in Region 5. He is the author of "An Annotated Check-list of the Birds of Tennessee." University of Tennessee Press at Knoxville, 1990.

Bob Rogers – Silviculturist (retired) Experience: 1999 to 2000: Interdisciplinary Team silviculturist on the Sierra Nevada Framework Project for Region 5 of the Forest Service. 1993 to 1999: He was Staff Specialist for Giant Sequoia management on the . His job was to advise the Public Affairs/Giant Sequoia Staff officer on technical aspects of giant sequoia ecology and management. 1982 to 1993: He was the Staff Specialist for Silviculture on the Sequoia National Forest. His job was to advise the Forest Timber Management Officer on the technical aspects of tree growth and cultural practices needed to manage timber for commercial crops and amenity values. 1968 to 1982: He held a number of jobs at a number of locations within the Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service. He engaged in variety of technical and administrative aspects of timber management and general forestry practices. Education: Holds a B.S. Degree in Forestry from the University of California, Berkeley (1968) and a B.S. Degree in Engineering from the University of California, (1957). He is a Registered Professional Forester in the State of California (#943). In 1977, he completed Forest Service Silviculture Certification in Region 5.

William Slater - Archaeologist William has a BA in History from the University of California. He has worked for the Forest Service since 1987. He was the Assistant Forest Archaeologist, Big Horn NF, 1989-1990; also the Assistant Forest Archaeologist, Cleveland NF, 1990. His present assignment is District Archaeologist, Tahoe NF, 1990-present. He has 15 years experience in contract archaeology.

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Alan Smart– Hydrologist Alan has a BS degree in Forest Management from the University of Montana and completed graduate course work in Forest Hydrology at Oregon State University. He has 23 years experience as a professional hydrologist, 3 years with the US Geological Survey, 20 years with the Forest Service serving 3 years as a forestry water quality specialist with Region X, EPA, Seattle, (states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington). Other Forest Service assignments included, Forest Hydrologist, Santa Fe NF, 6 years, also serving on the Forest Planning Team, Westside Zone Hydrologist, Siskiyou NF, 3 years, also serving on the Silver Fire Recovery Project Team, and 7 years as Principal Hydrologist for the Bull Run Watershed, Mt. Hood NF that provides the primary drinking water supply for Portland, OR. Alan served on the SNFP EIS Interdisciplinary Team, 12/98 to 11/99 with primary responsibility for the physical and water quality aspects of the Aquatic, Riparian, and Meadow ecosystems problem area.

John Stephenson – Avian Biologist Education: B.S in Wildlife Management, Humboldt State University, M.A. in Geography, San Diego State University. Current Job: Fish & Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad, CA - 1 year Past Job: Wildlife Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service - 10 years. Areas of Expertise: Avian Ecology; Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Species Management

Robert Sutton – Engineer Bob is Forest Engineer on the Sierra National Forest. He has been with the Forest Service for 28 years. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1971, from CalPoly in Pomona California, also an M.S. in Transportation Engineering, 1976, from UC Berkeley.

Kurt B. Teuber - GIS Specialist Kurt works at the Remote Sensing Lab, Region 5, USDA Forest Service, in Sacramento California. He has a BS in Forestry from the University of Montana, 1979; and a MS in Forestry (Remote Sensing) from the University of Montana, 1983. He is responsible for assembling, processing, and archiving various GIS layers for the project area and conducting geospatial analyses in support of the EIS Team.

Julie Tupper – CALFED Liaison Currently, Forest Service Liaison to the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (since January 1998),15 years as Forest Service employee including Watershed Program Manager and Forest Hydrologist on Tahoe NF; Forest Hydrologist, Coconino NF, Arizona; Assistant Hydrologist, Santa Fe NF, New Mexico; Water Quality Hydrologist, Bull Run WS, Mt Hood NF, Oregon. Also have worked for private sector consulting engineering firms as groundwater modeler. Education: BS Biology (Field Biology and Ecology emphasis) 1977 Seattle Pacific University. Graduate work in Water Resource Engineering and Hydrologic Modeling, Humboldt State University and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Marlena Villar – Administrative Records Specialist Marlena began a career in the Forest Service in 1989. She worked in silviculture-mapping, fire/fuels, GIS, and database management. She has six years on the Sierra National Forest and four years on the . She graduated from Fresno High School, and Fresno City College with a 2- year degree in, Millcabinetry. Worked in custom furniture builder/cabinetmaker before joining the Forest Service.

David Watkins – GIS Specialist I received bachelor's degrees in Forestry Resource Sciences and Wildlife Management from Humboldt State University in 1993. Since then I have worked for the Forest Service in botany, wildlife, forestry, and GIS. I am currently the GIS coordinator on the Lassen National Forest. Jim Weigand – Economist Jim has a MF (1989) in tropical forestry from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science, and PhD (1997) in forest science from Oregon State University. Worked for Forest Service from 1990- 1997 at Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, Oregon, in the Social and Economic Values Program. From 1998-present, at Sierra Nevada Framework Project in Sacramento.

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Kenneth A. Wright - Forest Analyst Ken is the Forest Analyst, from 1992 to present, on the Six Rivers National Forest. He has a B.S. in Forest Science, 1976 and an M.S., Watershed Management, 1987. He has additional courses in NEPA, modeling and soil and water monitoring. Relevant experience: Forest Analyst on the North West Forest Plan; Six Rivers National Forest Plan and California Spotted Owl Plan, two years as research hydrologist; six years as planning hydrologist concurrent with seven years as district earth scientist; one year as Forest Planner.

Marty Yamagiwa – Fisheries Biologist Marty Yamagiwa is currently the Forest Fisheries Biologist on the Modoc National Forest. He holds a B.S. in Wildlife Management (Fisheries Emphasis) from Humboldt State University. He has worked as a wildlife (6 years) and fisheries (9 years) biologist for the Forest Service since 1980.

Kathy Van Zuuk - Tahoe National Forest Botanist and Noxious Weed Coordinator B.S. Biology, Chemistry, Northern Michigan University (1973) M.A. Plant Ecology, Northern Michigan University (1978) Experience: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, botany teacher, Assistant planner on Lower Tahoe Basin Management Unit (1987-88), Planning on Tahoe National Forest (TNF) 1988, TNF Botanist (1989 to present), TNF Noxious weed coordinator (1997 to present), TNF RNA coordinator (1997 to present), TNF special forest products coordinator (1997 to present).

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Collaboration Team

Rick Alexander – Collaboration Team Leader A California native, Rick has over 25 years experience with the Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest where he was a certified Silviculturist, land management planner, and public affairs specialist. He has served with the Sierra Nevada Framework Project since early 1998. His education includes: Master of Science in Forest Ecology, Oregon State University; Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, San Francisco State University; and Associate of Arts, Business Administration, Bakersfield College.

Martha Ayala – Collaboration Assistant Martha graduated from California State University at Fresno with a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture Business and has been working with the Forest Service since the Spring of 1999.

Mike Chapel – Interagency Team Coordinator Mike has bachelors and masters degree in biology from CSU Fresno. He has been the Regional Foresters Representative since 1991.

Teresa (Teri) Drivas - Collaboration Team Leader Teri started her career as a co-op ed student on the Plumas National Forest and is currently the Recreation and Lands Officer on the Sierra National Forest. She has a AS degree in Forestry from College and a B.S. degree in Forest Management from University Nevada Reno. Her 18 years with the Forest Service have included working on four national forests in California and Washington. She also served as the representative for USDA agencies at CSU, Fresno. Previous Positions included Forestry Technician, Assistant Culturist, Silviculturist, Ecosystems Program Manager, District Ranger, USDA Liaison, and Collaboration Team Leader.

Frank Mosbacher - Framework Interim Collaborative Team Leader Accredited Public Relations PRSA; BA History UC Davis; Eldorado National Forest Public Affairs Officer (1980 - Current); Interagency Visitor Center Director, Inyo national Forest (1977 - 1980); Fire Prevention Education Task Force Leader (1974 - 1977) and Youth Conservation Corps Camp Director (1976), Los Padres National Forest.

Christine Nota – Interagency Team Coordinator Christine’s current position is the Regional Forester's Representative in Sacramento. She has a BS from Humboldt State, 1976, Natural Resource Management, and a BA, also from Humboldt State, 1975, in Sociology. She is a Forester and has worked on various national forests and in various positions throughout California and Oregon. She was a District Ranger on the Sierra National Forest for 10 years.

Robin Renteria – Collaboration Team Robin has a Bachelors of Science degree from UC Davis in Environmental Planning and Management (emphasis in Park Administration and Interpretation) plus several Forestry classes from Oregon State University. She has worked for the Forest Service for 9 years for the Intermountain Research Station in Ogden, UT, the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in South Lake Tahoe, CA and currently part of the collaboration team for the Sierra Nevada Framework Project.

Gail Wright – Public Involvement Specialist Gail Wright joined the U.S. Forest Service regional office in 1990 after working for a variety of other federal agencies. In 1994 she became the Public Affairs Officer on the Angeles National Forest. Education includes a BA degree in Psychology from Sacramento State University, and advance studies in Public Administration at Golden Gate University.

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Science Team

Helen Bombay – Wildlife Biologist Helen received a bachelor's of science in wildlife biology and a minor in botany from U.C. Davis in 1991. She completed a master's of science in Biology from C.S.U Sacramento in 1999. Her master's research explored habitat selection and reproductive success for willow flycatchers in the Sierra Nevada. She has worked off and on for the Forest Service as a wildlife biologist since 1991, and in recent years has developed bird monitoring research in the Sierra Nevada in association with C.S.U. Sacramento and C.S.U. San Francisco.

Jim Bouldin – Research Ecologist Jim is a Postdoctoctoral research plant ecologist. He has a BS in Wildlife Management, Ohio State University and a PhD in Plant Biology, University of California at Davis. He has worked for the Forest Service for five months on this project and previously as a botanist. He has also been a biology instructor at various colleges.

Lori Campbell - Research Wildlife Biologist Lori is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. A graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Lori received a Masters of Science degree from Washington State University and is currently a PhD candidate in Ecology at the University of California, Davis. Lori’s research interests focus on the ecology and conservation of wildlife in managed landscapes. Her current research addresses the distribution, habitat associations and ecology of carnivores in the Sierra Nevada. Lori has worked with the Forest Service since 1996.

Larry Costick – Research Hydrologist Larry has a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis, a MA in Physical Geography form Kent State University in Ohio and a BA in Geography/Geology from the same institution. After a career in forestry and land management Larry return to Davis to finish his doctorate in 1994 as a member of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) science team and joined the Framework science team in March of 1999. He brings skills in cumulative watershed effects (CWE) analysis, aided by remote sensing and geographic information systems to the project.

Ann Denton – Science Team/IDT Coordinator Ann has a BA in Economics, with honors, from Stanford University ('72); MS (highest honors) in Agriculture, Soil Science Emphasis, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo ('78). Temporary jobs on the Lassen and Plumas National Forests as a Soil Scientist; and became a permanent employee on the Eldorado NF as a Soil Scientist in 1978, where she remained until 1985. While there, she also worked as Interdisciplinary Sale Administrator and as a Computer Specialist. She moved to the Regional Office in 1985 where she worked as a Communications Specialist and a Management Analyst until 1989. In 1989, she became the Assistant District Ranger on Shasta Lake RD, Shasta-Trinity National Forest. In 1991, she became Mi-Wok District Ranger on the Stanislaus National Forest. Work on the Sierra Nevada Framework has included assisting the Collaboration Team and Science Team - organizing the response to a Congressional Inquiry, organizing the field trips, setting up scientific meetings, and facilitating Forest Supervisor meetings.

Bret Harvey – Research Fish Biologist B.S. Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, U.C. Davis M.S. Ecology, U.C. Davis Ph.D. Zoology, University of Oklahoma Bret has about 20 years experience in research on stream fishes and invertebrates.

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Sallie Hejl – Research Wildlife Biologist Sallie is a Research Wildlife Biologist who has worked for the Forest Service since 1978, primarily in California, Montana, and Idaho. Sallie received her bachelor and masters degrees from University of California, Davis and doctorate from Northern Arizona University. She studied birds in foothill oak woodlands and true fir forests in the Sierra Nevada for her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. Her current research focuses on the effects of land management practices on birds in old-growth, second-growth, and post-fire forests, and how these treatments differ from natural disturbances in their effects on birds.

John Keane – Wildlife Ecologist John Keane is a Research Ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station and has worked for the Forest Service since 1995. A graduate of San Francisco State University, John received his masters degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his doctorate from the University of California, Davis. His work with the Forest Service has focused on wildlife ecology and conservation biology issues in the Sierra Nevada Bioregion. His research interests focus on wildlife inventory, monitoring, habitat relationship models, demography, ecology, and conservation.

Danny C. Lee – Research Ecologist Dr. Lee joined the Pacific Southwest Research Station in 1998 after working for seven years as a research biologist with the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Boise, ID. While in Boise, Dr. Lee was the co-leader of the aquatics group within the science integration team working on the Interior Columbia River Basin project. Before joining the Forest Service, he was a research fellow with Resources for the Future in Washington, DC. A specialist in systems analysis, quantitative ecology, and population dynamics, Dr. Lee earned a Ph.D. in wildlife and fisheries sciences from Texas A&M University, a Masters of Applied Statistics degree from Louisiana State University, and B.A. and M.S. degrees in zoology and ecology from the University of Tennessee.

Amy Lind – Research Aquatic Ecologist/Hydrosphere Leader Amy is an aquatic ecologist (emphasis in herpetology) with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. She received a B.S. degree from Cornell University in natural resources management. She also has an M.S. degree in wildlife biology from California State University at Humboldt, where she focused on the foraging behavior and habitat use of an aquatic garter snake. She is currently working on a PhD in ecology at the University of California at Davis. Her primary research interests are amphibian and reptile conservation, monitoring, and management. During her 15-year career with the Forest Service, she has conducted research on the effects of forest and water management on amphibians and reptiles.

Constance I. Millar– Plant Geneticist Education: Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1985, Genetics. M.Sc. University of California, Berkeley, 1979, Forest Genetics. B.Sc. University of Washington, Seattle, 1977, Forest Science, with Honors. Experience: 1987-present; Research Plant Geneticist, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Berkeley, Albany, CA. 1985-1987; Project Leader and Research Geneticist, California Forest Germplasm. Conservation Project, Wildland Resources Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA.; 1979-1985; Research Associate, Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, CA.; 1984, Instructor, Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Mark Nechodom – Research Social Scientist Mark is a Research Social Scientist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station, and lead scientist for the Social and Policy Sciences on the Sierra Nevada Framework Science Team. He led the socioeconomic and institutional analysis team for the Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment (published March 2000) and is an author of the Adaptive Management Strategy for the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program. Mark has been with the Forest Service since September 1998. Mark holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with an emphasis in geography and democratic political theory.

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Pamela E. Padgett – Plant Biologist Education: Ph.D. in Botany from the University of California, Riverside, 1993. B.S. in Agronomy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1988. Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of California, Riverside, 1993-1996. Research Plant Biochemist, Atmospheric Deposition Unit, Riverside Fire Lab, USDA Forest Service, 1996 to present. Research topics include: Mineral nutrition of native and agricultural plants, plant community ecology, physiological and metabolic responses by individual plants and plant communities to air pollution and other human disturbances, biophysical drivers of atmospheric deposition of nitrogenous pollutants. Joined the SNFP Science Team in May, 1999 and have worked principally on the issues related to hardwoods and landscape analysis.

Sean Parker – GIS Specialist Sean is a Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist who received his Bachelor of Science at the University of California, Davis. His knowledge was obtained as a student, as a researcher at the University of California and with the US Forest Service on the Sierra Nevada Framework Project Science Team. His research interests include species extinctions and biogeography.

Teresa Ritter – Wildlife Biologist Degree: B.S. Wildlife Biology and Forestry 1989; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She has 13 years experience in wildlife biology. Other experience in botany (10 years). Current job title: Wildlife Biologist - Cannell Meadow and Greenhorn Ranger Districts; Sequoia National Forest

Hal Salwasser – Certified Wildlife Biologist Current Position: Director, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 10/97 - present. Previous Positions: Regional Forester, USDA Forest Service, Northern Region 6/95 - 10/97, Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Montana 10/92 - 6/95, Director of New Perspectives, USDA Forest Service 1/90-10/92, Deputy Director of Wildlife and Fisheries, USDA Forest Service 11/85-1/90, Senior Analyst for Natural Resources, President's Commission on Americans Outdoors 1/86-10/86, National Wildlife Ecologist, USDA Forest Service 6/82-11/85 and Regional Wildlife Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region 11/78-6/82. Education: B.A. Biology (Summa Cum Laude) 1971: California State University, Fresno with emphasis in freshwater biology and a minor in geology/oceanography, Ph.D Wildland Resource Science 1979: University of California, Berkeley majoring in Wildlife and Range Ecology and Management with a minor in Natural Resource Policy and Economics, and Research Methods.

Rosemary Stefani – Research Ecologist Rosemary received her doctorate in ecology from the University of California, Davis and a Bachelor of Arts degree in zoology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her dissertation focused on factors influencing avian diversity, site selection, and population declines in riparian areas of the Sierra Nevada. Dr. Stefani has served as a consultant for the national forest service, USGS Biological Resources Division, National Park Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and California Department of Food and Agriculture. She has been employed for the past year as a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Sierra Nevada Framework Project.

Peter A. Stine – Science Integration Team Leader B.S. in Forestry and Conservation from U.C. Berkeley in 1975, M.S. in Wildland Resources Science from U.C. Berkeley in 1977, and Ph.D. in Geography from U.C. Santa Barbara in 1995. Two years with the National Park Service in Florida, 16 years with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Oregon, Hawaii, and California, and 5 years with the USGS in California. Recently joined the Pacific Southwest Research Station of the Forest Service. Primary work and academic experience is in wildlife ecology, biogeography, conservation planning and geographic analysis.

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Scott Stephens – Fire Ecologist Current Position: Assistant Professor of Fire Sciences, Forest Science Division, Department of Environmental, Science, Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley. Previous position: Assistant Professor of Fire Sciences, Natural Resources Management Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. Education: Ph.D. Wildland Resource Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1995. Graduate study, Departments of Land, Air and Water Resources and Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, 1988-1991 (hydrology, soil science, plant sciences). M.S. Bio- Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 1988. B.S. Electrical Engineering, California State University, Sacramento, 1985.

Neil G. Sugihara – Regional Fire Ecologist Neil has a B.A. in Botany from Humboldt State University, an M.A. in Biology, also from Humboldt State University, and a Ph.D. in Wildland Resource Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He has spent five years as Fire Ecologist, five years as Ecologist (both with the Forest Service), three years as Research Specialist at U.C. Berkeley, and nine Years as botanist/ecologist at Redwood National Park. He has authored about 20 publications in plant ecology, mycology and ecosystem restoration.

Ryen Tarbet – GIS Ryen holds a B.S. in Environmental Biology and Management, and an MA in Geography, both from UC Davis. He has been a part of the Science Team since July of 1999. He has performed GIS analysis to support the species viability efforts, as well as analysis of the alternatives with respect to impacts on Old Growth Forest. As a researcher, his focus is on the spatial patterns of outdoor recreators.

William Zielinski – Wildlife Biologist B.S. Biology, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point M.S. Wildland Resource Science, Univ. CA - Berkeley Ph.D. Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC William has been a Research Wildlife Ecologist with the Pacific Southwest Research Station, USFS for 9 years. He works at the Redwood Sciences Laboratory in Arcata, CA but has conducted extensive research on forest carnivores in the Sierra Nevada.

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Monitoring Team

Mike Arbaugh - Statistician Mike received a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s degree in statistics from the University of California in Riverside; he received a Ph.D. in forest ecology from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins. Mike has worked as a statistician from 1986 – 1994 for the USDA Forest Service, and since 1995, he has worked as a Forest Ecologist for the Atmospheric Deposition Effects Project at Riverside Fire Laboratory. His research interests include landscape scale development and testing of air pollution monitoring techniques, estimation of regional air pollution effects on vegetation, and simulation modeling of prescribed and wildland fire tradeoffs on vegetation and smoke emissions in the western .

Neil Berg - Hydrologist Neil is a Hydrologist who is presently the National Coordinator for Cumulative Watershed Effects Assessment for the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station in Albany, California. Neil has also served as the National Water Quality Liaison to the Environmental Protection Agency, and, for a period of six years, was the Supervisory Hydrologist and Project Leader of Cumulative Effects of Resource Management on Forested Watersheds, Aquatic Ecosystems and Fish Communities in California’s Inland Mountains Research Work Unit for the Pacific Southwest Research Station. Neil received his Ph.D. in physical geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder, his master’s degree from the University of California, Davis, and bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. His areas of expertise include water quality (monitoring, management effects), assessment of cumulative watershed effects, in-channel woody debris, surface water hydrology, fish habitat relationships, and snow hydrology.

Aaron Bilyeu – Wildlife Biologist/Data Analyst Aaron, a Wildlife Biologist who received his bachelor’s degree from Humboldt State University, has been working as a Wildlife Data Analyst for the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team since 1997. His primary responsibilities have included designing and refining the Sierran All Species Database. Aaron works for the SPAM Team from his office in Camino, California. Prior to working with the SPAM Team, Aaron worked as Wildlife Biological Technician and a Wildlife Biologist involved in field surveys of Threatened and Endangered Species, compiling NEPA documentation, data entry and database management.

Anne Bradley – Regional Botanist Anne Bradley is the Regional Botanist for the Pacific Southwest Region, where she is responsible for management of federally listed and Forest Service designated sensitive plant species for the Region. She has worked in the Region since 1991 in a variety of roles, primarily in developing policy and direction related to the management of wildlife and rare plant resources. Prior to here assignment in California, Anne was the botanist/ecologist for the Prescribed Fire and Fire Effects Research Unit at the Rocky Mountain Station (formerly the Intermountain Research Station). She is the primary author of two publications describing the fire ecology of forest habitat types in the intermountain region. Anne has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Colorado College and a master’s degree in botany from the University of Montana.

Cathy Brown - Wildlife Biologist Cathy Brown is a Wildlife Biologist stationed at the Pacific Southwest Research Station, in Albany, California, where she is specializing in herpetology. As part of the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team, she is currently Monitoring Team Leader for the Aquatic, Riparian, and Meadow Problem Area. Previously she served as Data Team Leader as well as provided terrestrial and aquatic biological expertise. Ms. Brown has a multi-disciplinary background with expertise in both ecology and computer programming. She has a Master’s Degree from Oregon State University where she investigated associations between habitat heterogeneity and the population structure of a montane, pond breeding amphibian, the Cascades frog (Rana cascadae), at multiple spatial scales.

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Ann Carlson - Fisheries/Aquatic Biologist Ann is a Fisheries/Aquatic biologist. Ann, who has worked for the USDA Forest Service since 1989, is the Forest Fisheries Program Manager for the Tahoe National Forest in Nevada City, California. She received her masters degree in aquatic ecology from Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

James W. Frazier - Hydrologist James is a Hydrologist for the Stanislaus National Forest; he has 24 years experience as a District and Forest Hydrologist. James received his bachelor’s degree from California Sate University, Long Beach and his master’s degree from Humboldt State University.

Tom Frolli – Rangeland Manager Tom is a state certified Rangeland Manager with the Sierra National Forest. Tom has extensive experience with conservation and management of western rangelands relative to livestock and wildlife grazing ecology. He has worked on several different national forests and Bureau of Land Management Districts in the High Plains, Rocky Mountains, Great Basin and west slope Sierra Nevada's. Tom's primary work has been as a grazing permit administrator and NEPA planner for twenty years. His emphasis has been on resolving environmental impacts from grazing activities and supporting viable ranch operations. He has contributed to the development and applied use of grazing standards, guides, effectiveness monitoring and ecological scorecards at the watershed, landscape and bioregion levels. Tom received his bachelor's degree from Humboldt State University in 1979. He returned to California from the Intermountains in 1994. His next assignment will be to the Tahoe National Forest as Province Rangeland Manager.

Alan Gallegos - Geologist Alan is a Geologist for the Southern Sierra Province (Sierra, Sequoia and Stanislaus National Forests), located in Clovis California. Alan has worked for the Forest Service, since 1980 with prior experience in Central Utah and Northern California. Alan has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Southern Colorado. His area of expertise is watershed analysis, with special emphasis on fluvial and mass wasting processes. Alan has worked on several multidisciplinary teams including the President’s Ecosystem Management Assessment Team, and Disaster or Emergency Assessment Teams for Fire and Floods. Alan is a member of the Geologic Society of America and the Association of Engineering Geologists.

Mary Grim - Fisheries Biologist Mary is a Zone Fisheries Biologist who works on the Tahoe National Forest. Prior to working on the Tahoe, Mary was a cooperative education student with the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests in Virginia. She also worked as a Fisheries Management Specialist with the National Marine Fisheries Service where her duties included summer flounder quota setting, multi- permit vessel review system and overfished stock review. Mary received her bachelor’s degree in biology from West Virginia University and did her graduate studies in fisheries at Virginia Tech.

Linnea Hanson - Botanist Linnea is a Botanist who has worked on the Plumas National Forest for more than 18 years. Currently she is the Feather River District Botanist and Forest Botany Program Manager for the Plumas National Forest. Prior to 1999, she was the Forest Botanist, Program Manager for Special Status Plants, Noxious Weeds, Revegetation, Air Quality, Research Natural Areas and Special Interest Areas. Linnea received a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton; she received her master’s degree from California State University, Sacramento with an emphasis in plant ecology.

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Erik Holst - Wildlife Biologist Erik is a Wildlife Biologist for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit who has worked intermittently with the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team while serving as a member of the Biodiversity Team for the Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment Project. As a member of the Biodiversity Team, he was responsible for constructing the invertebrate, fungi and lichen, and non-vascular plant databases; he also authored several Focal Species and Ecologically Sensitive Area accounts. Erik, who received his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Sacramento, is a native of Northern California who has worked for the Forest Service for over 20 years in various capacities in Southern California, Costal Oregon, and the Sierra Nevada.

Carolyn Hunsaker – Landscape Ecologist Dr. Hunsaker started with the Forest Service in 1998. Previously she was a research staff member in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee for 16 years. As a Forest Service Research Ecologist, Carolyn is designing an instrumented watershed study to evaluate current uneven-aged harvesting and intensive prescribed fire on aquatic ecosystems in the Sierra Nevada. Attributes being evaluated include nutrients, flow, sediment, temperature, and macroinvertebrates. The watershed work is part of the Kings River Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Project for which Carolyn is the lead scientist. She is helping with plans for Forest Service ecological monitoring under the Sierra Nevada Conservation Framework. Carolyn received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles; she has authored or co-authored over 49 research publications and participated in the development of 22 other assessment reports. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and Utah State University in Logan where she currently serves on the committees for two Ph.D. students.

Christine M. Mai - Hydrologist Christine has worked in Placerville, California as a Hydrologist on the Eldorado National Forest for the last 10 years. Christine received her bachelor’s degree in watershed management from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Prior to coming to the Forest Service Christine worked for the USDA, Agricultural Research Service on the Watershed Erosion Prediction Project. As part of the WEPP team Christine helped to conduct rainfall simulations over much of the southwestern United States and was responsible for the synthesis of much of the data for the rangeland portion of the simulations. Her area of expertise is cumulative watershed effects analyses. Christine frequently participates on Burn Area Emergency Rehabilitation teams and recently presented the methods and models used for predicting increases in peak flows and erosion associated with wildfire at a National Burn Area Emergency Rehabilitation conference in Reno, Nevada. While working on the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team Christine is also serving on a team that is developing a regional protocol for assessing watershed condition for all forests in California.

Pat Manley – Monitoring Team Leader Pat is a Wildlife Ecologist for the Pacific Southwest Region of the Forest Service and the leader of the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team for the SNFP. She is also a member of the Watershed Assessment Science Team for the Lake Tahoe basin, where she has been studying the relationship between biological diversity and disturbance in the Lake Tahoe Basin. She began working for the USDA Forest Service in California in 1984. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Humboldt State University, and is nearing completion of her Ph.D. at the University of California at Berkeley.

Michelle McKenzie – Wildlife Biologist Michelle McKenzie has been a member of the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team since May 1997. She has primarily been responsible for building the terrestrial and aquatic vertebrate database (Sierran All Species Database) that was used to select focal species for the Sierra Nevada. Based in Arcata, in northwestern California, Michelle has been a field biologist with Redwood Science Laboratory since 1990. She worked as a seasonal employee while attending Humboldt State University, participating in research projects that ranged from amphibians to neotropical migratory birds. As a full time employee, Michelle’s fieldwork has expanded to include bats, spotted owls, goshawks, herpetofauna, small mammals, forest carnivores, and salmonid fish.

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Sylvia R. Mori - Mathematical Statistician Sylvia is a mathematical statistician who provides statistical consulting, data analysis and reviews of manuscript and study plans for Pacific Southwest Research Station. She also collaborates with scientists from several research groups within the Forest Service and Pacific Southwest Research Station in disciplines such as silviculture, wildlife, soil, entomology, range, plant ecology, urban forestry, genetics, and hydrology. Sylvia received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, Chile. She also has a master’s degree in mathematics from the Universidad Tecnica del Estado in Santiago, Chile and a master’s degree in statistics from the University of California in Berkeley. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in statistics at University of California, Davis.

Carolyn O. Napper - Forest Soil Scientist/Lithosphere Leader Carolyn received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. She is the Forest Soil Scientist, for the Lassen National Forest. She is the program leader for the soils and hydrology program on the Lassen. Ms. Napper has worked for the USDA Forest Service since 1989. Before working on the Lassen, she worked on the Stanislaus National Forest as the District soil scientist, hydrologist and range program leader for the Calaveras Ranger District.

Peggy O’Connell – Assistant Team Leader Peggy O’Connell, an Ecologist, is the Assistant Team Leader of the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team for the SNFP. Peggy’s areas of expertise are resource management, environmental laws and regulations, and forest planning. She has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from Humboldt State University. In her career with the USDA Forest Service, Peggy has held the positions of Forester, Assistant Planner and NEPA Coordinator, NEPA and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission expert, Lands and Engineering Officer, Forest Resource Officer, Province Ecologist, and Ecosystem Program Manager. She has worked for the Forest Service for 24 years.

Beth Pymale – Atmosphere Leader Beth, an Air Quality Specialist who received her bachelor’s degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Louis Obispo, is presently working or her master’s degree in planning. She has been a Forest Service employee since 1989; her areas of expertise include Recreation, Wilderness and Air Quality.

Linda Reynolds - Archaeologist Linda has worked as an archaeologist and applied anthropologist with the USDA Forest Service since 1978. Currently, she is the Heritage Resources and Tribal Relations Programs Manager on the Inyo National Forest. Linda received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1996. Her dissertation research investigated the interplay of cultural and environmental change through 8,000 years in the of eastern California. Linda’s engagement with American Indian issues in the larger Sierra Nevada bioregion began with authorship of “The Role of Indian Tribal Governments and Communities in Regional Land Management” for the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project’s final report to Congress. She has since worked to directly involve tribes in the Sierra Nevada Framework Project through organizing the first Tribal Summit Meeting in 1998 and the Eastside Tribal Summit in 1999, as well as participating in other subregional tribal meetings. In addition to her work with the SPAM Team, Linda is a member of the Framework Interdisciplinary Team, providing expertise in tribal relations and heritage resources.

Adam C. Rich - Wildlife Biologist Adam works for the Stanislaus National Forest. He has a B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University, 1988 and an M.S. in Biology, also from Rutgers University, 1992. He has worked for the Forest Service for six years.

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Chris Riley - Fisheries Biologist Chris is a Fisheries Biologist who works on the Inyo National Forest. Chris, who has worked for the USDA Forest Service for over 20 years, received a bachelor’s degree from Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan and a master’s degree from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Prior to working on the Inyo, Chris worked on the Hoonah Ranger District of the Tongass National Forest, the , the Wenatchee National Forest, the Deschutes National Forest, and the Tahoe National Forest.

Ken Roby - Fisheries Biologist Ken has over 25 five years experience in aquatic resource and watershed management. Experience has been obtained as an aquatic ecologist, fisheries biologist and hydrologist in positions with the Pacific Southwest Research Station, the Lassen, Plumas and Six Rivers National Forests and the East Bay Regional Park District. His areas of expertise include monitoring of stream systems with an emphasis on macroinvertebrates, watershed and landscape analyses and aquatic and watershed restoration. He has authored several publications which document effects of wildland resource management on stream systems. He assisted in development of the regional Best Management Practices Evaluation Program, Stream Condition Inventory, and monitoring plan for the Quincy Library Group Forest Health Pilot. Ken earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Conservation of Natural Resources and Aquatic Ecology from the University of California, Berkeley. For the past 10 years, he as taught classes in stream survey and stream ecology at Feather River Community College.

Rema Sadak - Wildlife Biologist Rema is a Wildlife Biologist who joined the Six Rivers National Forest in northwest California in 1991, working in forest planning, threatened, endangered, and sensitive species, and watershed assessment. She began working for the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team in 1999. Before working on the Six Rivers National Forest, Rema worked on the Siskiyou National Forest in Oregon, where she helped develop the Forest Service’s New Perspectives program, and developed a sensitive species program on the Gold Beach Ranger District. She has given presentations throughout the northwest on incorporating biological diversity, ecosystem management, and integrated resource analysis in project planning. Rema worked in Washington, D.C. for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Hydropower Licensing, evaluating environmental effects and developing mitigation for wildlife and riparian resources, focusing on projects in the western US. She has also worked for the Huron-Manistee National Forests in Michigan with the endangered Kirtland’s Warbler, and for the Forest Service’s Northeast Experiment Station. Rema received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, and her master’s degree from Humboldt State University.

Matthew Schlesinger - Wildlife Biologist Matthew is Wildlife Biologist who has worked as a member of the Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment project and the Sierra Nevada Monitoring Team. For the Lake Tahoe Watershed Assessment, Matt helped conduct an assessment of species, ecologically significant areas, and aquatic ecosystems in the Lake Tahoe basin. Matt has also assisted in the development of the monitoring plan for the National Forests in the Sierra Nevada. Prior to starting with the Forest Service in April of 1997, he worked for the National Park Service and the Biological Resources Division of United States Geological Survey as a Biological Science Technician performing field surveys. Matt has a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan.

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Gary J. Schmitt - Soil Scientist Gary, who received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado State University, first started working seasonally for the Forest Service in Region 2 while in college. These seasonal jobs supported timber, range, and watershed functions. In 1972 Gary accepted a temporary Range Conservationist position with the Bureau of Land Management in Grand Junction, Colorado to work on watershed condition surveys. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a permanent position with the Soil Conservation Service in Alamosa, Colorado. Gary mapped soils in south central Colorado from 1973 to 1976. From 1976 through 1979, he was the Forest Soil Scientist for the Routt National Forest in Region 2. Gary has been a Zone Soil Scientist on the Sierra National Forest since 1980. In this position, Gary has Regional Office responsibilities for quality control on soil surveys and management services on the Southern Sierra Zone Forests that include the Sierra, Stanislaus, Sequoia, and Inyo National Forests. He also has responsibility for the soils program on the Sierra National Forest. Gary has been a Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation Team Leader on six major fires and a Soil Specialist on 10 other major fires since 1987.

Claudia Stuart - Sociocultural Leader Claudia has led the Sociocultural work group of the Monitoring Team since 1997. Claudia holds a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and a Master’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. While at the University of California, she was awarded the Thomas Church prize for her “Vision Plan for East Palo Alto.” Claudia began working for the Forest Service in 1991. During her first two years with the agency, she served as a Landscape Architect on the Mendocino National Forest. From 1993 to 1994, Claudia worked in Eastern Europe as a resident consultant on democracy and participatory planning to the city of Budapest, Hungary. She returned to the Forest Service in 1994, serving for three years as a community planner conducting watershed analysis under the President’s Northwest Forest Plan. Her work abroad during this period included interpretive planning at Tikal National Park, Guatemala.

Trent Proctor - Air Resource Specialist Trent Procter is currently the Air Resource Specialist serving the Sierra Nevada National Forests from the Sequoia to the Lake Tahoe Basin. He attended Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo studying natural resource management and has 21 years of experience with the Forest Service. His experience includes development of monitoring programs to detect air pollution impacts on forest resources, air quality NEPA analysis, and development of Forest Service air quality regulatory compliance programs.

Wally Woolfenden - Paleoecology Wally received his Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Arizona with a research emphasis in paleoecology. During his studies at the university, he was a Graduate Associate in Research with the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and developed a 6,000-year old climatic chronology from lower forest border tree-ring series, White Mountains, California. His dissertation research, completed while a member of a United States Geological Survey study team analyzing an 800,000- year core retrieved from Owens Lake, was the analysis of pollen and spores deposited over the past 155,000 years to reconstruct the terrestrial and aquatic vegetation history of the southern region, to correlate climatically sensitive pollen taxa with marine oxygen isotope and other chronostratigraphies, and to model the response of vegetation to climate change during the past glacial cycle. Wally has worked for the Forest Service for over 20 years, primarily in heritage resource management.

Dave Weixelman - Botanist Dave has worked the past 10 years as Forest botanist for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. He has developed on a riparian ecological type classification for the Humboldt-Toiyabe. He has also developed socrecards to assess ecological health in riparian areas based on plant species occurrence, rooting characteristics, and ground cover. Dave has also worked on prescribed fire and moose habitat studies in Alaska on the . Dave graduated from the University of Alaska with a B.S. in botany and an M.S. in wildlife management.

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Adrienne Wright - GIS Analyst Adrienne has been a GIS analyst for the Forest Service Research Station Redwood Sciences Lab since 1994, working with scientists on habitat analysis research for the Wildlife Unit. She is currently a GIS consultant on Northern Spotted Owl habitat research for the Northwest Forest Plan. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Humboldt State University, California in Natural Resource Planning and a certificate in GIS and Remote Sensing in 1994.

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Project Support

Alison M. Baptiste – Web Developer Employer: Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Division: Design and Construction Education: B.S. - Mechanical Engineering, CSU-Sacramento, Minor: Physics. M.S. - Computer Science, CSU-Sacramento (in progress)\

Taylor Bradley – Computer and Network Assistant Taylor has a BS from NorthWestern in Clinical Psychology, an AA in Computer Science from Masters Institute. He has worked the past two years for Teksystems at Sutter Hospital, and two years prior to that at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto. His job title is System Engineer.

Cherryl Ann Bryant – Computer and Network Manager Cherryl manages and maintains the Sierra Nevada Frameworks servers, network, laptops and PCs. She holds a BS Degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine. Other education includes College of the Sequoias - Visalia, California 1998, Sierra College - Rocklin, California 1989 - 1993, College - Sacramento, California 1981 – 1989 and Consumnes River College - Sacramento, California 1987. Cherryl has been with the Federal Government and in the computer field for 19 years.

Gary Chase – FEIS Layout Gary has an A.A. degree in Forestry from Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon. He has worked for the Forest Service for 26 years…mostly on the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. His current work revolves around web site development and document publishing.

Yolanda Durston – Collaboration Team Administrative Records Specialist Yolanda started her Forest Service career on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in 1978. She has worked as an Engineering Technician on the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. Yolanda is currently a Geographic Information Systems Technician on the Stanislaus National Forest where she has also served as the Administrative Assistant. Yolanda is presently working on her AS and GIS Certificate.

Alex Mandel – Computer and Network Specialist

Charly Price – Visual Information Specialist Charly has been a Visual Information Specialist on the Tahoe National Forest since 1990. Prior to that, he was an Illustrator on the Eldorado National Forest from 1978 to 1990. He has a certificate in Graphic Design from the University of California at Davis.

Marty Robles – Administrative Assistant Marty has an A.A. Degree in Liberal Arts from Lassen Community College in Susanville, CA. He has worked for the Forest Service for twelve years. During this time, he has worked on four Forests (Eldorado, Plumas, Lassen, and Modoc) and four Ranger Districts (Georgetown, Quincy, Milford and ). He has 24 total years as a government employee.

Shimon B. Schwarzchild - Writer/Editor Shimon was technical publications editor for 10 years with the Pacific Southwest Range and Experiment Station in California before retiring in February 2000. He graduated from the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.

Phil Sexton – Web Developer Phil has worked for the Forest Service since 1977, on the Tahoe, Inyo, and Sequoia National Forests, as well at the National Park Service at Redwood NP. He has a B.Sc. from Humboldt State University in Resource Planning & Interpretation, and has done graduate work at Humboldt State and Cal State Bakersfield in River Morphology and Geology. He is currently the Forest Interpreter for the Tahoe National Forest.

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Fran Smith – Wildlife Biologist Fran is a member of the ACT 2 enterprise team. ACT 2 wrote responses to public comments. Fran has been employed by the Forest Service since 1990. She has a Bachelors Degree in Entomology from the University of California, Riverside and has completed coursework in fisheries at Humboldt State University. She joined ACT2 after being a member of the Klamath National Forest Ecosystem Analysis Team (FEAT) for over five years. Fran’s responsibilities included completing riparian and aquatic species analyses, cumulative watershed effects analyses, Endangered Species Act Biological Assessments, consultation with National Marine Fisheries Service, and serving as interdisciplinary team leader.

Yvonne Stanley – Administrative Assistant/Publishing Team Yvonne attended the University of Alaska from 1988 to 1990. She started with the Forest Service through an internship with the University of Alaska in 1989. She came to the Framework from the Tongass National Forest and has worked for the Forest Service for 12 years.

Emily To – Computer and Network Assistant Emily is working toward a BS in Computer Science, University of California, Davis, which will be awarded in June 2000. Experience: Programmer in various languages including C and C++, Web Designer, Systems and Network Support. Current job: technical support at the Graduate Studies Department, University of California, Davis.

Joan Wood – Computer and Network Specialist

Wendy Yun – Executive Assistant and Administrative Liaison Wendy joined the ranks of the Forest Service in the summer of 1992. Before accepting her current position with the Sierra Nevada Framework for Conservation and Collaboration, she worked as a hydrologist on the Tahoe National Forest. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley.

FEIS Volume 1, List of Preparers