Advisory Team
Advisory Team
In order to ensure that the Landscape Toolbox is scientifically sound and fits within our partners’ management systems, we assembled a project advisory team composed of individuals with a range of professional skills and perspectives. All committee members have strong backgrounds in rangeland science or management. About half of the committee consists of scientists specializing in monitoring, inventory and assessment techniques. Other members bring to the committee an understanding of how the Landscape Toolbox can be most useful to land managers in meeting practical needs. The project advisory team helps guide the general execution of the project, provides technical guidance on integration of the Toolbox components, and ensures that the Toolbox ultimately meets the needs of both public and private rangeland managers. The Advisory Team also helps ensure that the Landscape Toolbox complements rather than duplicates other rangeland assessment efforts.
| Name | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Lee Vierling | Assistant Professor | Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, University of Idaho |
| Mike Pellant | Great Basin Restoration Initiative Coordinator | Bureau of Land Management |
| Kevin Church | Program Coordinator | Idaho Department of Fish and Game Idaho Conservation Data Center |
| Warren Ririe | Rangeland Management Staff Officer | Boise and Sawtooth National Forests, U.S. Forest Service |
| David Pyke | Rangeland Ecologist | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey |
| Paul Makela | Wildlife Biologist | Bureau of Land Management |
| Karen Launchbaugh | Department Head | Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, University of Idaho |
| Kate Kitchell | Deputy Center Director | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey |
| Susan Giannettino | Deputy State Director for Resources | Bureau of Land Management |
| Wally Butler | Range and Livestock Specialist | Idaho Farm Bureau |
| Lori Armstrong | Shoshone Field Office Manager | Bureau of Land Management |
| David Pilliod | Research Ecologist | Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey |
| Shane Rosenkrance | Ranch Manager | Mountain Springs Ranch, LLC |
| Joe Hinson | Natural Resource Consultant | Northwest Natural Resources Group |
| Margaret Soulen Hinson | Rancher | Soulen Land and Livestock |
| Heather Swartz | SE Oregon Program Manager | The Nature Conservancy |
| Tess O’Sullivan | Manager of Conservation Science Programs | Lava Lake Land & Livestock, L.L.C. |
| David Hoover | Idaho State Soil Scientist | Natural Resources Conservation Service |