J W Associates Inc

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Our Senior Staff Brad Piehl Brad Piehl has 24 years of environmental consulting experience. Brad’s specialty is in developing innovative approaches to landscape level assessments that result in prioritizing projects at the watershed and subwatershed level. He is considered a NEPA expert by several public agencies. He has also served as a facilitator and public involvement lead on many natural resource projects. He has managed projects at the regional, landscape, and project level, as well as, policy analysis for federal and state agencies and private clients. He works with clients to develop effective interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving for watershed and landscape-level issues typically dealing with natural resource issues. Education MS Forest Engineering, Forest Hydrology, Oregon State University BS Forest Resources, Forest Hydrology, University of Minnesota Brad’s Resume Jessica Wald Jessica has 19 years of experience in environmental consulting. Her expertise includes project and technical management/coordination of large complex interdisciplinary projects and public involvement. She has been the public involvement lead on many large natural resource management projects involving complex issues and diverse stakeholders. Jessica also has served as the technical manager of many natural resource projects that has provided her with technical familiarity with many environmental analyses such as; air quality, cultural resources, ecology, fisheries, forestry, geology, recreation, soils, threatened, endangered and sensitive species, vegetation, visuals, wetlands and wildlife. Education MS Water Resources Engineering, University of Colorado BS Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota Jessica’s Resume John Baas Dr. Baas has 21 years of experience in natural resource planning and outdoor recreation planning. His expertise is in conducting recreation user studies in support of resource management planning, and conducting studies to estimate impacts of recreation use on special status species' habitats. Dr. Baas has prepared recreation studies for: California State Parks, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Northern California Power Agency, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas and Electric, and the California Department of Water Resources. Prior to becoming an environmental consultant, Dr. Baas worked for the USDA Forest Service as a social scientist researcher and a recreation planner, and conducted research as an Assistant Professor at Colorado State University. Dr. Baas currently serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the National Association of Recreation Resource Planners and is preparing a book on best practices in recreation resource planning. Education Oregon State University, Ph.D., Forest Resource Management Colorado State University, M.S., Recreation Resources Colorado State University, B.S., Wildlife Biology John’s Resume Laura Scotford Laura has 21 years of experience in forestry. She provides technical expertise in forest management, silviculture, botany, insects and diseases, and wildland fuels.

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