Marcus Koops Resume

Marcus Koops
Forest Technician
 

EDUCATION

Dual Bachelor of Science – Resource Management and Environmental and Forest Biology, 1994, Suny College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, NY

Associates of Applied Science – Pre-Professional Forestry, 1991, Paul Smith’s College of the Arts and Sciences

CERTIFICATION
Region 10 Grade Cruiser Certification, 2009

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Winter 1998 – Present
Contracted Timber Cruiser
Integrated Resource Management
Responsibilities include
• Field work including, but not limited to cruise plot and permanent plots installation.

September 2002
Migratory Bird Plot Installer
Contract through: John Gold and Company
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of nested fixed area plots along 5 plot transects.

July 2000
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of Atterbury style plots and determination whether plots fall within CMZ (channel migration zone) on Rayoneer Timberlands near the Hoh River in Washington.

May 2000
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of Atterbury style plots on Bloedell Timberlands in Aberdeen , Washington.

January-March 2000
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of Atterbury style plots on Bloedell Timberlands in Foreks and Clallam Bay, Washington.

May-December 1999
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Project preparation, stand typing, installation of Atterbury style plots, and the noting of possible RC salvage on Bloedell Timberlands in Sedro Wolley, Washington.

December 1999
Timber Cruiser
Contract through: Dwight Chapman
Responsibilities included:
• Plot installation and training/supervision of a new cruiser on Washington Department of Natural Resources land on the Sumas Tract.

October-November 1999
Timber Cruiser
Contract through: Dwight Chapman
Responsibilities included:
• Plot installation and training/supervision of a new cruiser on Washington State Department of Natural Resources land on the Hamilton Tract.

August-October 1999
Timber Cruiser
Contract through: Terra Verde
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of modified Atterbury style plots and sometimes estimation of regeneration for young stands on Crown Pacific Timberlands.

June-July 1999
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of Atterbury style plots on Washington State Department of Natural Resources land in the North Bend area.

October 1998-June 1999
Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Various small jobs including grade cruising, line surveying and running RMZ and P-lines in Snohomish, Skagit, and Grays Harbor Counties in Washington.

April-May 1999
Grade Cruiser
Contract through: Terra Verde
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of modified Atterbury style plots on John Hancock Timberlands in Washington.

October 1998-December 1998
Cruiser
Contract through: Terra Verde
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of modified Atterbury style plots on Crown Pacific Timberlands in Gilchrest, Oregon.

September-October 1998
Cruiser
Contract through: Terra Verde
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of modified Atterbury style plots on Crown Pacific Timberlands in Concrete, Washington.

August-September 1998
Cruiser
Contract through: S.A. Newman Forest Engineers
Responsibilities included:
• Installation of Atterbury style plots on Washington State Department of Natural Resources land in Loomis, Washington.

June-August 1998
Cruiser
Contract through: Maurice Williamson Consulting Forestry
Responsibilities included”
• Plots installation on Washington State Department of Natural Resources, North Loop-Loop Tract.

May 1998
Cruiser
Contract through: Tony Fox
Responsibilities included:
• Plot installation on the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Dungoness Tract.

May-November 1997
Project Management/Cruiser
Contract through: Choise Forestry Services
Responsibilities included:
• Project supervision; employee hiring, training, and supervision, production monitoring and organization, weekly meetings with state officials, and plot installation on Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Colville Tract.

April 1997
Cruiser
Contract through: John Hendrickson
Responsibilities included:
• Plot installation on Rayoneer Timberlands.

January-March 1997
Cruiser
Contract through: John Hendrickson
Responsibilities included:
• Plots installation on Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Bogachiel Tract.

September 1996-January 1997
Cruiser
Contract through: Choise Forestry Services
Responsibilities included:
• Plot installation on Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Pilchuck Tract.

June 1994-September 1996
Forester/Pesticide Division Manager/Commercial Pesticide Applicator
Maurice Williamson Consulting Forestry
Responsibilities included:
• Timber cruising: volume cruising on state/federal sales, inventory + lynx habitat study on Boise Cascade Timberlands, timber cruising on PNIF Timberlands, and timber marking for selective cutting.
• Vegetation Management: commercial pesticide application, vegetation management, noxious weed control.
• Administrative: computer work, report writing, management plan generation, crew supervision, timber sale preparation and administration, contract writing and administration, and client relations.