Family. Friendship. Spirituality. Connector. Science. Policy. Communication (and social media). Community. Collegiality. All around outdoorsman. Homebrewer. SCUBA diver. Fisherman and hunter. Political junkie. All mashed up together. Co-owner/founder of Feather River Consulting. Masters of Public Policy at Oregon State University. PhD candidate at CU-Boulder in Environmental Studies. Lead teacher for the CU Boulder Graduate Teacher program. Thinking about whole systems and connections and relationships. Exploring systems transformations and the harmony between people and the rest of the natural world. I speak from my heart.

There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land. ~Aldo Leopold

ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9239-7436

"In a nutshell" - my (perhaps) not-so-normal distribution curve

Forever a fisherman.

Old school naturalist and educator.

Son of a tree planter, farmer, doulah.

Former boat builder turned landscape ecologist.

18+ years in research science (State, Fed, private industry, NGO).

Longtime science communication, technology and policy evangelist.

Classically educated in fisheries and landscape ecology. Recently in public policy.

Active in professional organization/societies. Meeting planner. Session organizer.

Default statistician and lover of numbers.

Blogger, tweeter, community organizer.

Evangelist of and for life fully alive.

Award winner. Honors degree.

Friend to many.

From the heart.

Family man.

Connector.

Writer.