Nathan is one-time Naval Nuclear power operator who now watches trees grow. As a Forest Technician for the Department of Defense at Ft. Lewis in Washington State, he cruises timber sale lots in one of the most species rich and age diverse timber production forests in Washington. He writes plans and manages some 80,000 acres of Douglas Fir, as well as Grand Fir, Ponderosa Pine, Shore Pine, Oak, Alder, Cottonwood, Maple, Madrone and thier cohorts. During summers he leads a team of rangeland firefighters. When he's not watching trees grow, planning sales and fighting fires, he likes to tinker on Linux OSS, collect flier art, watch cartoons and fix things.

12+ years experience in in Pacific Northwest flora, ecology and forestry

12+ years in environmental instrumentation

15+ years in computer science applications; ArcGIS, GRASS, various field data platforms & instrumentation

12+ mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and electronic troubleshooting and repair

Education: B.S., PNW Plant Community and Ecology; B.A., Photography

(c) = Contracted (v) = Volunteer

05/2007-Present (p) Ft. Lewis, Forestry Office, Forestry & GIS technician/Wildland Firefighter, Fort Lewis, WA

03/1998-11/2004 (p) US Navy, Electronics Technician (Nuclear), USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71, Norfolk, VA

07/2003 (v) Ft. Lewis, Forestry Office, Datalogger Program & Wiring, Ft. Lewis, WA

07/2001-08/2001 (v) US Forest Service, Remote Data Collection, PNW Forest Research Center, Olympia, WA

05/1997-03/1998 (c) Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Forestry Technician, Various Locations, OR

03/1996-03/1997 (c) C&J Technical Forestry, Forestry Technician, Centralia, WA

05/1995-09/1995 (c) Weyerhaeuser Inc., Assistant Technical Aide, Federal Way, WA

09/1994-05/1995 (c) Institute Of Biochemistry, Washington State University, Lab Assistant Pullman, WA

B.A., B.S. The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 06-2006

B.S. Major: PNW Plant Community and Ecology; B.A. Major: Photography

B.S. Minor: Cartography/GIS; B.A. Minor: Graphic Design

Faller A and B certified, Wildland Firefighting Certifcations S-190/290, S 130/230, FF2/FF1, S-234, S-212; includes basic and intermediate fire behavior, burn operations and wildland chainsaw operations. Certified by National Wildfire Coordinating Group.

EMS 14001 Certification, Ft. Lewis Public Works, 06-2007

Naval Leadership Training, Virginia Beach, VA 09-2002