Conference Organizers
JEFF BALDWIN
Conference co-chair
Jeff is an environmental geographer, and has been on faculty at Sonoma State University since 2008. His research focuses upon the co-production of landscapes and enlivened value, specifically by mangrove, coral reef, and human communities in the Caribbean, and by beaver and their associated communities in the American West.
HEIDI PERRYMAN
Conference Co-Chair
Heidi is the founder and president of Worth A Dam which successfully advocated for the beavers in Martinez in 2007. Drawing on her background in child psychology, she focused support for the beavers, engaged the community, organized a decade of annual beaver festivals, and now helps other cities learn why and how live with this important animal.
JACKIE VAN DER HOUT
Conference Facilitator
Jackie Van Der Hout is the education and outreach director of the California Urban Streams Partnership. She has a background in environmental science and community organizing and is passionate about building relationships between humans and their environments.
BROCK DOLMAN
Conference Host
Brock is co-founder of the Sonoma County based Occidental Arts and Ecology Center where he co-directs the WATER Institute’s Bring Back the Beaver Campaign . A wildlife biologist & watershed ecologist he was given Salmonid Restoration Federation’s coveted Golden Pipe Award in 2012: “ for his leading role as a proponent of “working with beavers” to restore native salmon habitat.
Steering Committee
Steering Committee
KAREN POPE
USFS: Wildlife Biologist Pacific South West Region
KAREN POPE
USFS: Wildlife Biologist Pacific South West Region
ZANE EDDY
Humboldt State: Human Dimensions Research lab
ZANE EDDY
Humboldt State: Human Dimensions Research lab
DAMION CIOTTI
Tribal Grant Coordinator, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
DAMION CIOTTI
Tribal Grant Coordinator, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
EMILY FAIRFAX
Cal State Channel Islands: Environmental Studies
EMILY FAIRFAX
Cal State Channel Islands: Environmental Studies
KATE LUNDQUIST
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center:– Water Institute
KATE LUNDQUIST
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center:– Water Institute
ELIZABETH JOHNSON
Biodiversity First
ELIZABETH JOHNSON
Biodiversity First
Thanks To
Steering Committee
JOE WHEATON
Utah State Watershed Sciences
JOE WHEATON
Utah State Watershed Sciences
MICHAEL POLLOCK
NOAA: Research Fish Biologist
MICHAEL POLLOCK
NOAA: Research Fish Biologist
AMELIA HUNTER
Logo Design
AMELIA HUNTER
Logo Design
BRUCE MUSHRUSH
Web Design & Development
BRUCE MUSHRUSH
Web Design & Development
SUZI ESZTERHAS
CHERYL REYNOLDS
RUSTY COHN
BRUCE THOMPSON: ECO-TRACKS
Photography
SUZI ESZTERHAS
CHERYL REYNOLDS
RUSTY COHN
BRUCE THOMPSON: ECO-TRACKS
Photography
