Margaret Fields is the GIS Manager at the North Carolina Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, doing spatial analysis to support various projects around the state. Most recently she has performed a model to examine nutrient inputs in the Cape Fear River, mainly in the coastal plain. This area is dominated by agriculture, as well asContinue reading “Margaret Fields”
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Chad Ellis
Chad Ellis is a pasture and range consultant for the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation assisting agricultural producers and land stewards in attaining their financial, quality-of-life and stewardship goals by educating and counseling them on the adoption of sustainable, research-proven practices. Before coming to the Noble Foundation in 2012, Ellis was a Regional Grazing Lands ConservationContinue reading “Chad Ellis”
Quentin Cole
Quentin Cole is an environmental engineer and creative systems designer. As President and co-founder of Forage Pierce County in Tacoma WA, last year Quentin led the community driven cooperative in introducing examples of sustainable food production through the environmental remediation of disturbed ecosystems on public and private land; utilizing methods of permaculture and agroforestry. ThisContinue reading “Quentin Cole”
Mark Schaffer
Project Hydrologist, Copper Environmental Consulting, Anaconda MT, 2012 – Present Collection and analysis of data and documents to assist liable parties with long term planning for the remediation of Superfund sites in the Upper Clark Fork Basin. This research requires coordinating and interacting with subcontractors, regulatory agencies, and private entities. Copper Environmental is an establishedContinue reading “Mark Schaffer”
Kate Fitzpatrick
Kate Fitzpatrick is a Program Director at the Deschutes River Conservancy where she leads strategy development and implementation to restore streamflows and water quality in the Deschutes Basin of Oregon. The DRC uses market-based incentives and a collaborative community-based approach to reallocate water rights to restore instream flows to dewatered streams. Previous to Kate’s nine yearsContinue reading “Kate Fitzpatrick”
Matthew Davidson
Matthew Davidson BSc., P.Ag., EP., AScT. Environmental Scientist Matthew is a partner and consultant at Valhalla Environmental Consulting Inc. in British Columbia. His practice is focused on environmental land management and includes environmental assessment and the management of habitats, agricultural land and the built environment. Industries that Matthew has practiced in include; oil and gas,Continue reading “Matthew Davidson”
Patrick Beary
Patrick Beary is an associate partner at Ecosystem Capital, LLC. Based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he manages the firm’s Latin American operations as well as leading and supporting several projects back in the United States. He works with corporate partners, mostly in the energy, manufacturing and agricultural industries, as well as property investors, NGOsContinue reading “Patrick Beary”
Dave Wager
Dave Wager is the owner, artisan, and forester for Tree Ring Pens LLC. Tree Ring LLC, was founded in 2010 to manufacture and sell fine writing instruments (and other goods) that commemorate milestones of individuals, society, and natural history through the growth rings of a tree. It is a goal of Tree Ring to promoteContinue reading “Dave Wager”
Julie Witherspoon
Julie brings knowledge of land use patterns and environmental management to Bio-Logical Capital’s strategic decisions and investment analysis. She helps the team evaluate and communicate business models that integrate social, ecological and economic systems on the land. Previously, as a project coordinator at Urban Villages, she helped with planning and pre-development activities for a modelContinue reading “Julie Witherspoon”
Andy Fischer
Andy works to restore streamflows to creeks and rivers in Western Montana. He partners with water right holders and irrigation groups on projects that benefit both fish and farmers. These types of projects include water conservation measures such as canal piping, water leasing and diversion reduction agreements. He works closely with water users and otherContinue reading “Andy Fischer”