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The University of Montana - College of Forestry and Conservation

The University of Idaho - Moscow - College of Natural Resources

USDA Forest Service

Steering Committee


Michael Wood -- Program Coordinator

Mike Wood holds an M.S. in Resource Conservation from the University of Montana School of Forestry and a J.D. from the University of Montana School of Law. He lived and worked in western Montana for over 15 years. Following law school, Mike worked within the environmental community as staff attorney of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, based in Missoula, MT. For several years, Mike participated in appealing and litigating Forest Service projects that included elements counter to the interests of the environmental community. Mike eventually left the Alliance to work more proactively on redefining how/when/where forestry is implemented on National Forest lands in our region. He also began to recognize the critical need to include rural community interests within the process but saw that these interests were too often left behind. In 2001, Mike founded the Northern Rockies Chapter of the Forest Stewards Guild. The Guild is a national collective of progressive foresters who promote sustainable forestry. Mike has also served as board member of the National Network of Forest Practitioners. During the past three years, Mike has coordinated and facilitated several collaborative efforts intended to bring together various community interests, including timber and environmental as well as others, to promote National Forest management that recognizes the needs of rural communities for active forest management, but also protects environmental interests as well.

Mike has coordinated the Natural Resources Leadership Development program since its inception, through the Universities of Montana and Idaho. More recently, Mike was also hired on a contract basis as an Environmental Liaison with the Lolo National Forest. Through his work over the past decade, Mike is well respected within the environmental and timber interest communities for his ability to bring a balanced approach to these difficult issues. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Sustainability Education through Prescott College, while continuing to coordinate this leadership program.

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Perry J. Brown

Dr. Brown is Dean and professor, College of Forestry and Conservation, and Director of the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, at the University of Montana-Missoula. He has considerable expertise in natural resource social science, policy and planning, in recreation behavior and planning, and in wilderness studies. His Ph.D. is from Utah State University and emphasized outdoor recreation and social psychology. A life-long westerner, he has served on the faculties of Utah State University, Colorado State University, and Oregon State University in addition to his current assignment in Montana. He has served in formal advisory appointments with both the USDA Forest Service and the USDI Bureau of Land Management, including a recent leave assignment with the International Programs Office of the USDA Forest Service. He is a Past-President of the National Association of Professional Forestry Schools and Colleges (NAPFSC) and currently is Chair of NAPFSC's McIntire-Stennis ATR Committee. He served as a member of the National Research Council's Committee on Forestry Research Capacity and Chair of the Pinchot Institute's National Panel on Wilderness Stewardship. He is a member of the executive/advisory boards of NAPFSC, the International Union for Forest Research Organizations, the Center for the Rocky Mountain West, the Ecosystem Management Research Institute (a private non-profit research institute), the National Forest Foundation, the National Forest Service Historical Museum, and he chairs the Executive Committee of the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. He has published over 100 scientific papers, books, and book chapters and graduated 48 masters and 11 Ph.D. students.

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Dr. Alton Campbell

Associate Dean and Professor
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844-1142
Phone: 208-885-6017, E-mail: altonc@uidaho.edu

Education
Current & Previous Positions
Academic and Student Support Activities

As Associate Dean, Dr. Campbell oversees the undergraduate academic and student support programs for CNR. Pertinent activities include:

Selected Teaching Activities in his role as Associate Dean
Honors and Awards
Publications

Dr. Campbell has authored 27 refereed manuscripts, 23 non-refereed manuscripts, and 3 book chapters, and made 63 presentations at national and regional meetings.

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Debbie Austin

Forest Supervisor, Lolo National Forest

Debbie was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Management with emphasis areas in Range Management and Outdoor Recreation, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology with a Minor in Botany.

Debbie began her Forest Service career as a firefighter on the Tahoe National Forest in 1978. She has worked on eight National Forests in four of the western Regions of the Forest Service. Her jobs have included Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Range Conservationist, District Resource Assistant, and District Ranger. In 1995 Debbie took the position of Forest Supervisor on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest where she served until 1999. She then became the Forest Supervisor on the Lolo National Forest headquartered in Missoula, Montana where she currently works.

Throughout her career Debbie has had an interest in leadership and the future of the National Forests. She has been involved in the development of a Leadership Succession model that the Forest Service is now implementing. Debbie believes that good natural resource management begins with good leadership. She feels that working collaboratively with people to find common goals and interests results in better management on the ground.

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Orville L. Daniels

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Gerald Evans

Warren and Betsy Wilcox Faculty Fellow
Professor of Management and Information Systems
School of Business Administration
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

Dr. Evans earned his Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate University School of Behavioral and Organizational Studies. His undergraduate degree is from The University of Great Falls and he earned two Masters Degrees from Montana State University. He currently teaches in the areas of Information Systems, Leadership, and The Contemporary Organization. He has won several teaching awards including the department undergraduate teaching award in 2002-2003 and 1991-1992, and the Outstanding MBA Faculty Award in 1998-1999, 1996-1997, and 1995-1996 His research areas include technology leadership and information systems evaluation. Additionally, Dr. Evans is active in consulting in the business and professional community. Recent activities include leadership training for the US Forest Service, strategic planning for several healthcare organizations, and negotiation training for the Montana Department of Transportation. Dr. Evans serves on the Board of Directors of the Montana Chamber of Commerce Foundation whichsponsor the Montana Governors' Cup Golf Tournament, the Montana High School Business Challenge, and Leadership Montana.

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Lynn Roberts

Lynn is Deputy Regional Forester for Operations of the Northern Region in Missoula, Montana. She has broad experience in natural resource management and skill in working with a variety of people and vocations. Lynn began her career with the Forest Service in 1979 at Boxelder Civilian Conservation Center on the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota where she was the Principal Teacher, Deputy Director and Center Director. In 1986, she moved to the Pacific Northwest Region as the Director of Civil Rights. Interim acting assignments included the Assistant Station Director for the Pacific Northwest Research Station and the District Ranger at Waldport Ranger District in Oregon.

From 1990 to 1997 she managed the Mount St. Helens Volcanic National Monument in Washington State. Before moving to Missoula, Lynn was the Forest Supervisor of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin. Lynn holds a bachelor's degree in English literature, and a master's degree in linguistics. She also did post baccalaureate course work in forest management at Oregon State.

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Gordon Sanders C.F.

Resource Manager
Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc.
PO Box 549
Seeley Lake, MT 59868
(406) 677-2201 ext 27
(406) 239-3145 - Cell

Education
Employment
Involvement

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