Where Are They Now?

A sampling of employment status of graduates from USU’s graduate and undergraduate programs in forestry.

 

Erika Blomdahl - Utah State University - USU PhD student

Adam Fund - Oregon State University - Faculty Research Assistant

Ian Ware - USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station - Post-doctoral Research Ecologist

Sara Goeking - US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station - Biological Scientist

Ryan Bracewell - USDA Forest Service - Forest Entomologist

Dave Evans - USDA - NRCS West Remote Sensing Lab - Forester

Alexander Hernandez - USDA ARS Forage and Range Laboratory - Geospatial Ecologist

Antra Boca - Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies - Researcher/post-doc

Tommy Thompson - Utah Department of Natural Resources - GIS/IT Manager

Steven Ostoja - USDA California Climate Hub - Director

Liz Bailey Forest Stewards Guild Southwest - Project Coordinator

Jordan Hanson - US Forest Service Payette National Forest 

Gabriel Henry - United State Forest Service, Arapahoe and Roosevelt national Forests, Boulder Ranger District - Forester

Amber Ellis - USDA Forest Service Camino Real RD, Carson, NV 

Tucker Furniss - USFS, Pacific Northwest Research Station ORISE - Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Troy Lewis - USFS Rocky Mountain Region

Chelsey Morgan - USFS Botanist

Kasy Kliewer - USFS Intermountain Region

Nicholas Mero - USFS Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest - Stand Examiner

Amber Ellis - USFS Southwestern Region 

Nora Shelley - USFS Rocky Mountain Region

Jacob Johnson - USFS Pacific Northwest Region

Sheven Andersen - USFS Intermountain Region - Forester

Cashe Rasmussen - Ecogeomorphology and Topographic Analysis Lab, Logan Utah

Hanna Schramm - USFS Intermountain Region - Forester

Elise Riley - Working Lands Conservation, Logan Utah

Trisha Nelson - State of Utah - Wildlife technician 

 

 

 

Jennifer Bakken - USFS, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest Inventory & Analysis - Forester/Analyst

Scott Frost - US Forest Service  - Silviculturist

Dan Deane-McKenna - Bureau of Land Management  - Silviculture forester 

Joe Sexton - terraPulse, Inc. - Chief Scientist, Co-founder

Linda Wadleigh - USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest District  -Ranger

Andrew Giunta - University of Innsbruck - Lab Technician

Elyse Doty - US Forest Service Missoula Ranger District - Forestry Technician (Fire)

Trish Nelson - USFS- Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF - Motor Vehicle Operator

Kylee Madsen - Utah Forest Institute - Technical Analyst

Carter Binks - United States Forest Service Forestry - Technician

Linda Chappell - UDSA Forest Service - Regional Fuels Program Manager

Richie Gardner - UDSA Forest Service - forest silviculturist

Justin Britton - California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) -

Wood Products Operations Forester

Patrick Moore - U.S. Forest Service - 4FRI Silviculturist

Justin DeRose - USU Assistant Professor

Morgan Mendenhall - Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands Area -  Forester

Tiana Price - USFS Region 5 Pacific Southwest, California

Bridger Welsch - NRCS New Jersey

Ryan Nadiak - USFS Intermountain Region

James Martinez - USFS Pacific Northwest

Jermy Nielsen NRCS - Soil Conservationist Planner

Ty Siepert - USDA NRCS -Forester

Kayla Johnson - USFS Region 6 Pacific Northwest

Wiatt Charlesworth - USFS Region 4 Intermountain

Tanner Casper - USFS Region 6 Pacific Northwest

Stefan Shelton - USFS Region 10 Alaska

Lily Martindale - USFS Escalante Utah - Forester