My Life

 

I have been a consultant in soils, water and natural resource issues since 1979. My career has been spent entirely in the private sector, either as an individual consultant/contractor or as a soil scientist/principal in a small corporation. I’m a Certified Professional Soil Scientist with ARCPACS (#2200) and a Registered Professional Soil Scientist with the National Society of Consulting Soil Scientist (#89). My experience spans a wide range of projects concerning irrigation & drainage, agriculture development, soil survey, natural resource assessment, land use planning, soil salinity, water quality, crop production and water rights. My responsibilities have ranged from soils mapper to field scientist on research projects to project management on complex, interdisciplinary water resource issues. The clientele I work for include federal, state and municipal governments; foreign country ministries; small and large land developers; mining, oil and gas industries; water and power entities; and individual land owners. I’ve worked extensively in Colorado and Wyoming but have had projects in most of the 11 western states. I’ve also had the privilege to work overseas on projects focusing on agriculture development, irrigation and drainage in Egypt, Pakistan, Senegal and Zimbabwe.

My professional experience is not just limited to soil science but is wide-ranging and includes additional expertise in environmental impact assessment, aerial photo/imagery interpretation, technical writing and editing, and natural resource damage assessment.

Education and Training

M.S., Agronomy-Soil Science, Colorado State University, 1981

B.S., Agronomy-Soil Conservation, Colorado State University, 1979

Specialized Training:

“Advanced Problems in Hydric Soil Evaluation”, 1999“NEPA/Section 4(f) Applied to Transportation Projects”, 1997

“Preparing NEPA Documentation for the U.S. Army COE”, 1994

“Jurisdictional Delineation of Wetlands in the American West”, 1990

Professional Affiliations

National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists (NSCSS); member since 1991

Professional Soil Scientists Association of California; member since 2000

Soil Science Society of America; member since 1979

Certified Professional Soil Scientist (ARCPACS—#2200); certified in 1982

Registered Professional Soil Scientist (NSCSS—#89); registered in 2000

 

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