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Advisory Council Members - VermontThe geographic locations of our Vermont Advisory Council members are indicated by the hotspots below. Clicking on the darker purple towns will lead you to our current AC members. The lighter purple towns represent former AC members.
Current Advisory Council Members - Vermont
Nancy lives in Enosburg, Vermont with her husband Kevin Conneely on their rural woodland property. I was born and grew up in the town of Enosburg and have been involved in this community from the beginning. My natural resources career started at the age of 15 as a member of the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, and I can’t remember wanting to be anything other than a forester. I am currently a consulting forester with my own business, North Woods Forestry. I graduated in 1985 with a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Vermont. I also have a Masters in Education from UVM, and a M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. I worked for two years in northern Argentina with the Peace Corps. My work there included native forest management, environmental education, and the assistance with an indigenous wood-carving cooperative. My work in Argentina taught me how to take on meaningful community projects, and the potential rewards gained from working with those communities. I am a member of the Enosburg Planning Commission, and chair of the newly formed Enosburg Conservation Commission. Both commission are very active and making a difference in Enosburg. I am also on the board of trustees for the Vermont Land Trust. I am a member of the Forest Stewards Guild, the Consulting Foresters Association of Vermont, and The Society of American Foresters. I think the greatest challenge for the future of the northeast forest is the prevention of forest fragmentation and the further degradation of water quality and wildlife habitat. Development is a constant threat to our natural environment and to the communities that have traditionally lived a life of direct connection to the farm and forest. You only see what you know, and increasingly fewer people are able to see what we have.
William R. Sayre’s expertise is the working landscape and the economic and environmental benefits that the landscape offers. Sayre serves in a leadership role in numerous groups and associations representing the forest products industry, the people who earn their living by growing, harvesting, and adding value to the timber and other renewable natural resources produced from our woodlands. "The people I live and work with daily are those who work the land and make products. We’re concerned about issues that affect our ability to succeed as a rural community." Sayre, who grew up on an Iowa farm, initially pursued a career in economics and finance. In 1982, motivated by the desire to spend more time as a family and develop closer community connections, the Sayres jumped at an opportunity to move to Vermont where Bill began work for the A. Johnson Company known for manufacturing hardwood lumber, particularly high quality hard maple. With no prior training or experience in the forest industry, Sayre has been learning by doing ever since. He is active on his town and regional planning commissions and serves as chair of the Forest Policy Task Force of the Associated Industries of Vermont representing the vast majority of sawmill manufacturing, furniture manufacturing, and industrial land owners in the state. This year he was elected Chairman of the Board of the Northeastern Loggers Association, a trade association representing loggers and the forest products industry in 22 northeastern states.
Steve Kimball is District Ranger for the north half of the Green
Mountain National Forest in Vermont. Steve works with towns, agencies,
and partnership groups on forestry and community development issues. He
sees himself as a facilitator in bringing those who work and live in the
Forest together to resolve issues and plan their future. He also serves
as a liaison between government agencies, the broad American public, and
local residents. Steve has lived in Vermont since 1999. He is on the
Granville Planning Commission. Steve has been District Ranger and
Forester with the Forest Service for over 24 year, working also with
communities in rural Alaska, Washington, and Oregon. He has helped
develop innovative forestry research and demonstration projects. Steve
is thoroughly enjoying the people and places of the Northern Forest
Region and is excited about working with the NCFC.
Josh was raised in North Troy, a rural village in the Northeast
Kingdom of Vermont. As a young boy he developed a deep appreciation for
the wilderness and forest ecology through hunting and hiking in the
Green Mountains. Josh also had a unique opportunity to help his family
raise sheep on their farm. As Josh matured his interest in our environment continued to expand.
At Stonehill College, Josh majored in Environmental Science and he
served for two years as President of the Students for Environmental
Awareness. He encouraged community involvement through sustainable
practices such as recycling and stream clean-ups. Josh also created an
internship with the Massachusetts Audubon Society at Moose Hill Wildlife
Reservation. His responsibilities included monitoring forestlands while
employing different management techniques for eradicating invasive
species. The success of his project allowed native birds, such as the
woodcock, to return to their natural nesting habitats. Currently, Josh is in his second year at Vermont Law School and is
working to attain a Master’s Degree in Environmental Law. His main
focus of study is Land Use, Conservation Land Trusts, and Wetlands
Management. As an Advisory Council member Josh is working to help
promote local community involvement in forest management. Past Advisory Council Members - Vermont David Deen I have been a community, union or political organizer since the late 60s. All of that work leads me to Vermont and to the Vermont Legislature. I have served in the Vermont Legislature for 12 years, 1987-88 in the Vermont Senate and 1991 to 2000 in the Vermont House. During all but 3 of those years I have served on the Natural Resources and Energy Committee serving as chair in the House for 2 terms. Forestry, community perceptions about forestry and protection of Vermont’s working landscape have been before the Natural Resources Committee every year. I am seeking reelection this fall. During my hiatus between the Senate and the House in 1989 I help found the Connecticut River Joint Commissions. This is a VT/NH organization in place to advise the Governors and the Legislature in the two states of all issues affecting the Connecticut River. I remain on the board appointed by the Governor of Vermont. In 1996 I finished my Masters Degree at Antioch New England Graduate School in Environmental Resources Management and Administration. Having completed the degree I took a position with the Connecticut River Watershed Council as the River Steward for the Upper Valley reach of the River and its tributaries in VT and NH, Massachusetts border to the Connecticut Lakes. My responsibilities include everything that has anything to do with the River, that includes land use and that includes forestry. I have lived on the same 10 acres in Westminster, Vermont since 1975. I have two children and four surviving grandchildren. I have been a licensed fishing guide in NH and am an Orvis Endorsed Guide for Vermont for the past 18 years.
George
Robson George is a life-long resident of Morrisville, Vermont where
he grew up on a 600-acre farm. He has been involved in local planning
and statewide economic development for many years. Over the last 10-12
years Robson has become increasingly aware of the value of the forest
resource to rural communities. He has developed a strong personal
commitment to providing support for initiatives which help local people
reap the economic benefits of their local wood supply. Also important to
Robson is ensuring that people involved in natural resource industries
receive livable wages. It is clear that the wood products industry has
always played an important role in the lives of Vermonters and he
believes it will be just as important to them in the next millennium,
especially those in rural communities.
Robert Turner
Professionally, I have offered natural resource consulting since 1989 to a wide variety of clients from my office in Bristol, VT. My background is in finance and forestry and my services can be broadly described as technical support to land managers and policy makers. On the management side, these services often include mapping, resource inventory design and processing, general information system design, financial and investment analyses, and growth and yield modeling. On the policy side, I have developed state and regional long-term timber supply models and have participated in a number of resource-based economic development studies. I have worked in all the states of the Northern Forest and I find as problems faced by both managers and policy makers have grown in complexity, there has been a corresponding increase in the demand for technical information services. I have lived in Vermont for 25 years, most of that on the western flanks of the central Green Mountains. For that entire time, I have been quite active with local efforts in conservation and environmental education. As rewarding as my professional work is, this is clearly where my heart is. At least in the communities in my locale, citizens care deeply about their natural world. Given any reasonable opportunity to learn about or experience it, they respond with eagerness and a clear and thoughtful approach toward stewardship.
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