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List of Preparers 

The following is a list of contributors to this environmental impact statement. Numerous 

other Forest Service employees contributed to the completion of this document through their 

assistance in support functions, and/or by providing Forest level data and other information 

needs. Their help was greatly appreciated. 

Interdisciplinary Team Members 

Eugene Skrine - Team Leader, Responsible for supervising and managing team activities: 

scheduling facilitation, coordination, plus liaison to the Forest Supervisors and the Regional 

leadership. Education: BS Forest Administration, w/graduate work in Silviculture and Forest 

Ecology. Experience: District Ranger (4yrs) and District Silviculturist (11 yrs). 

Shawna Bautista - Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S. Wildlife Management; M.S. Zoology and Physiology. Experience: habitat 

and endangered species management, consultation, NEPA writing and reviewing, exotic plant 

control in endangered species habitat with the Forest Service since 1989. 

Janet Braymen - Computer Specialist/GIS, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest 

Region. Education: B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies: Natural Science, Social Science, and 

Communication. Experience: GIS Specialist with technical background in forest management 

(timber and silviculture); with the Forest Service since 1979. 

Lia Spiegel - Entomologist, USDA Forest Service Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. 

Education: B.A., M.S. Insect Ecology. Experience: Forest Health Protection, Region 6 since 

2001: Wyoming State Forestry Division 1995-1999. 

Dennis Weber - Writer/Editor, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S. Resource Management. Experience: Forest management planning, NEPA 

coordination, Team Leader in forest health protection; with the Forest Service since 1975. 

Joel E. (jeep) Pagel – Wildlife Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S. Wildlife Management, Ph.D. Candidate, Integrated Ecology. Experience: 

Endangered Species research and management, and endangered species consultation with the 

Forest Service since 1983. 

Laura Bell - Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: College of Southern Idaho and Boise State University. Experience: Public 

involvement and outreach programs in local and federal government since 1983. 

Cathleen Selby - Office Administrator, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: A.S., B.S. Oregon Institute of Technology. Experience: office assistant for special 

projects, clerical staff positions; with the Forest Service since 1995. 
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Dottie Knecht - Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. Education: B.A. 

English, B.S. Natural Resource Management, and M.S. Biology. Experience: Land 

management planning, invasive plant management, past member Chelan County and 

Washington State weed boards; with Forest Service since 1993. 

Jan Robbins - Hydrologist, USDA Forest Service, Siuslaw National Forest. Education: 

B.S. Biology Education, post baccalaureates work in mathematics and hydrology. 

Experience: Land management planning as hydrologist and hydrologic technician; with the 

Forest Service since 1978 (discontinuously). 

Evan Glenn - Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Region. 

Education: B.S. Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management, M.S. Environmental 

Science, M.S. Resource Recreation and Tourism. Experience: Field science education, and 

natural resource social science; with the Forest Service since 2003. 

Linda C. Mazzu – Botanist/Plant Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest 

Region. Education: B.S. Recreation and Park Management; M.S. Natural Resources. 

Experience: Natural resources management, rare species protection and management, habitat 

management and conservation, invasive plant management, landscape management planning 

– thirteen years with the National Park Service; nine years with the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Diana Perez – Fisheries Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 

Education: B.S. Wildlife Management; MS Fisheries Science. Experience: Forest Fish 

Program Manager, Section 7 ESA consultation, project-level planning and analysis for past 15 

years. 

Gary K. Smith - Invasive Plants Program Manager and Integrated Weed Management 

Specialist, USDA-Forest Service, PNW Region. Education: B.S. Forestry, M.S. Silviculture. 

Experience: Certified silviculturist; timber sale planning and administration; Integrated Pest 

Management; invasive plant management with Forest Service since 1976. 

Rochelle Desser - NEPA Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, TEAMS Enterprise Unit. 

Education: A.S. Geo-technology. Experience: Forestry, Forest Planning, NEPA, FOIA, 

Appeals and Litigation. Caring for the land and serving people as a Forest Service employee 

and forestry contractor since 1979. 

Specialists 

Glenn Adams - Range Conservationist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S. Range Management and Wildlife Habitat. Experience: 29 years federal and 

public natural resource experience in consulting, education, and federal range management. 

Byron L. Cheney - Range and Noxious Weed Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, 

Ochoco and Deschutes National Forest. Education: BS Range Management, Washington 

State University, 1974. Experience: Range Conservationist 1975-1992 Wallowa-Whitman 
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NF, Ochoco NF and Crooked River National Grassland. District Ranger, Crooked River 

National Grassland 1992-2001. 

Tom Erkert - Transportation Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S. Forest Engineering, M.S. Civil Engineering. Experience: Logging 

Engineering, Transportation Planning, Road Location, Survey, Design, Construction, Road 

Management, GIS Coordinator, Infra Travel Routes Coordinator, Acting Group Leader for 

Transportation Planning. Experience: with Forest Service since 1980. 

Louisa Evers - Fire Ecologist, USDI Oregon State Office, Bureau of Land Management and 

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. Education: BS Forest Resources, MS 

Forest Management (Fire Ecology). Experience: Fuels management, wildland fire 

suppression, wildland fire use, fire ecology, and NEPA; with the BLM and Forest Service 

since 1981. 

Bob Fujimoto - Group Leader Minerals and Geology, USDA Forest Service, Pacific 

Northwest Region. Education: B.A. Physical Science, B.A. Geology. Experience: Federal 

minerals management for 26 years; with the Forest Service since 1989. 

William L. McArthur - Regional Silviculturist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest 

Region. Education: BS Forestry (Forest Business Management) and MS Forest and Range 

Management (Emphasis Silviculture). Experience: Timber Sale Preparation and 

Administration, Silviculture, Litigation, Timber Management Planning, and Land 

Management Planning with the Forest Service since 1970. 

Les McConnell - Tribal Government Staff Assistant, USDA Forest Service, Pacific 

Northwest Region. Education: B.S. Forest Resources. Experience: 27 years of natural 

resource management and tribal affairs; with the Forest Service since 1990. 

Richard Phillips - Regional Economist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.S., M.S. Forest Economics. Forest Service Regional Economist since 1988. 

Susan Sater - Regional Wilderness, Wild and Scenic River, and Congressional 

Designations Program Manager, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 

Education: B.A. Art, B.S. Forestry, graduate study in Forest Ecology. Experience: planning, 

ecology, air quality, silviculture, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness with the Forest 

Service since 1976. 

Terry Slider - Regional Landscape Architect, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest 

Region. Education: B.S. Landscape Architecture, Professional Registered Landscape 

Architect. Experience: 24 years public service with the USDA Forest Service in the Pacific 

Northwest and Southern Regions, 6 years non-federal public and private practice.