Background: As Senior Conservation Advisor for The
Nature Conservancy’s Washington Chapter David works closely
with scientists, private landowners, and public land managers to develop
and implement conservation strategies for forested landscapes throughout
Washington. A major focus of his current work is managing the science
program for the Conservancy’s 7,500 acre Ellsworth
Creek forest and watershed restoration project in Willapa Bay.
David has worked for the Conservancy since 1988 in both Washington
and on Molokai, Hawaii. Prior to his positions with the Conservancy,
David worked for the U.S. Forest Service investigating wildlife and
forest habitat relationships in Pacific Northwest old-growth coniferous
forests and aspen forests of the Rocky Mountains, and studying bald
eagles in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. He received a Master’s
degree in Forest Resource Management from the University of Washington
and is a board member of the Washington State Forest Stewardship Coordinating
Committee. |
