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Darin Stringer Resume

DARIN STRINGER

Senior Project Manager & Owner

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Silviculture/Forest Ecology, 1999
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Thesis: Growth and Yield, Structure and Composition, and Soil Compaction in a Western Oregon Forest Managed with Modified Selection Thinning.

Bachelor of Science, Political Science, 1991
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Associate’s Degree, Forest Technology, 1996
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSES

Commercial Pesticide Applicator License, 2001

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Applied Forestry in Areas of Disease: Red Alder and Western Redcedar Silviculture, SAF Conference, 2003

Native Plant Propagation and Restoration Strategies, Oregon State University, 2002

Forest Projection System Workshop, Forest Biometrics, 2001

Assessing Cumulative Watershed Effects, CSU, 2000

Uneven-aged Management: Symposium and Field Tour, IUFRO, 1997

Thinning in Westside Forests, COPE & SAF, 1997

Uneven-aged and Long Rotation Management, OSU, 1997

Working with the Endangered Species Act for Forest Landowners, WFCA, 1997

Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife & Management Implications, OSU, 1996

Soils and Forest Productivity, WFCA, 1996

Forest Health and Utilization Field Trip, WFCA, 1996

Density Management for Eastside Forests Workshop, OSU Extension, 1995

Improving Stand Structure in Young Managed Stands, Public Forestry Foundation, 1994

Improving Wildlife Diversity on Ponderosa Pine Stands, ODFW, 1992

Controlling Spruce Budworm and Pine Beetle, Deschutes National Forest, 1992

“New Forestry” on the Willamette National Forest, Willamette National Forest, 1989

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

November 1999-Present

Silviculturalist/Senior Project Manager

Integrated Resource Management

Responsibilities include:

Meeting with potential clients and developing new business for IRM.
Preparing project proposals and cost estimates for potential clients.
Installing non-permanent inventory and cruise plots on various IRM projects throughout the PNW.
Ensuring both the field quality and office edit quality of data.
Working on other projects throughout the PNW as instructed by his supervisor.
Writing Silvicultural Prescriptions
Employee Management and Training
Marketing and Public Relations

April 1999-September 1999

Technical Forester

Roseburg Forest Products, Veneta, OR

Responsibilities included:

Conducting Inventory Cruising
Land Exams and Stocking Surveys
Laid-out pre-commercial thinning units and buffers in riparian management areas
Prescribed site preparation and vegetation management in harvested units

October 1998-April 1999

Consulting Forester

Various Clients: Oregon State University (OSU); Individual Tree Selection Management (ITSM); Rocking C Ranch

Responsibilities included:

Took field measurements for silvicultural experiments on the OSU Research Forest
Marked stands and laid-out skid trails and landings for uneven-aged conversion thinning with ITSM
Installed inventory plots, conducted regeneration surveys, and laid-out commercial thinning for the Rocking C Ranch

September 1996-September 1998

Research Assistant

Forest Science Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Responsibilities included:

Sampled private forestland and modeled growth and yield under Alternative Management Scenarios
Examined soil compaction and stand structure in Douglas-fir stands under uneven-age management

June 1996-September 1996

Forestry Technician

Deschutes National Forest, Bend, OR

Responsibilities included:

Conducted forest inventory and cruised timber
Inspected privately contracted stand exams

June 1994-September 1995

Research Coordinator/Instructor

Cascade Science School (CSS), Bend, OR

Responsibilities included:

Instructed Arid-Lands, Forest and Aquatic Ecology for field-based programs
Developed research agenda and coordinated joint USFS cost-share grant to monitor water quality in the Bend Watershed

June 1992-June 1994

Program Assistant

Ecotrust/Pacific GIS, Portland, OR

Assisted Director of policy and science
Edited science and policy papers
Developed integrated network for coastal temperate rainforest communities