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District Manager - Monte Marti

Email: monte

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 107

Lead Farm Planner/Acting District Manager - Bobbi Lindemulder

Bobbi has been at the district since 1997. She is the Lead Small Farm Planner and currently serves as the acting District Manager. She spends a good deal of time on a variety of farms including: beef, horse, sheep, llama, goat, alpaca and on commercial stables.  Bobbi serves on the Washington Association of Conservation District’s Livestock Committee, where she helps develop statewide programs for livestock issues. She has a BS degree in Range Management from Montana State University and previously worked for the forest service in Chelan. Bobbi was selected as the Washington Association of District Employee’s ‘Employee of the Year’ in 2005 and the Northwest Area Employee of the Year in 2008.

Email: bobbi 

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 109

NRCS Resource Conservationist - Gale Mayer

Gale Mayer joins us from the Lynden field office where she has been a soil conservationist for the past five years. Gale has also worked at the Whidbey Island (4 years), Colfax (2 years), and Vancouver field offices.

Email: gale.mayer

@wa.usda.gov

Phone: 425-334-2828, ext 105

Engineering -

Kelly Cahill

Kelly Cahill is a Civil Engineer and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has worked as an engineering technician and professional engineer with the Forest Service and Natural Resource Conservation Service for the past 30 years. He also had his own engineering company. Kelly appreciates the opportunity to work with landowners, farmers and agencies dedicated to improving and maintaining their operations while sustaining natural resources.

Email: Kelly

at snohomishcd.org

Phone: 425-335-5634, ext 111

Derek Hann

Derek Hann is a Civil Engineer (EIT) who will be assisting with the Low Impact Development program for the District. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2006 with a BS in Civil Engineering. Derek has worked in the private development sector for four years, focusing on Low Impact Development projects. He has created multiple plans for rain gardens, pervious pavement roadways, bio-infiltration swales, filter strips, and constructed wetlands.

Email: Derek

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 119

Information & Education Coordinator - Lois Ruskell

Lois has been with the district since 1989. She originally started out as a dairy technician and planner. Lois coordinates the district publications, web site, media information and workshops. She manages the youth program which includes Envirothon and Natural Resources Youth Camp and the annual plant sale. She received the State WACD Employee of the Year award in 1998 and the Northwest Area Employee of the Year award in 2007. She has a BS in Ag Industry from Arizona State University and is a graduate of the AgForestry Leadership program, class 30. She toured China with the Agforestry class in January, 2009.

Email:  lois

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 108

Habitat Restoration and Water Quality Specialist - Ryan Williams

Ryan works with rural and urban landowners to restore habitat and reduce development impacts.  He also monitors water quality and provides technical assistance for the CREP program.  He has a BA from the University of Washington in Environmental Studies, specializing in Restoration Ecology and Wetland Science.  Prior to the District, Ryan worked for the Stilly-Snohomish Task Force.

Email: rwilliams

at snohomishcd.org 

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 116

Grants Administrator - Julie Allen

Julie handles the ever increasing financial management workload for the district. She comes to us after 23 years with Seafirst Bank. She and her husband George own a farm west of Snohomish and raise horses. Julie has three sons, Mike, Chris and Nathan.

Email: julie

at snohomishcd.org 

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 117

Dairy Planner/Certified Farm Planner - Alan Shank

Alan is a certified dairy planner for the district. He has a BA in Liberal Arts from Principia College, a BS in Agribusiness from Illinois State, and a MS in Agricultural Economics from Ohio State. Alan also has his own small farm, with his wife Mary, in the Mukilteo area.  Alan is a graduate of the Ag Forestry Leadership program, class 26. As part of the two-year program, he toured China extensively and visited Washington D.C.

Email: alan

at snohomishcd.org 

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 120

Farm Planner - Megan O'Brian

Megan is the new small farm planner for the Bear – Evans watershed. She helps landowners with technical assistance and produces a variety of small farm plans for the Bear Creek and Evans Creek sub-basins. She was previously employed as a Conservation Specialist with the Windward Oahu and West Oahu Soil and Water Conservation District in Hawaii. She received her BS in Global Environmental Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa – School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology.

Email: megan

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 106

Stillaguamish Farm Planner - Tammy Edmonds

Tammy is the new small farm planner for the Stillaguamish watershed. She helps landowners with technical assistance and farm planning. She was previously employed as a sales and customer service representative with Monsanto Dairy Business. She also has experience in marketing and public relations. She received her MS in Dairy Management from Washington State University and her BS in Animal Science and Dairy Food Science from the University of Vermont. Tammy and her husband Joel own a small farm in the Silvana area. They have four children: AJ, Dallas, Jackie and Noah.

Email: tammy

at snohomishcd.org

Phone: 425-335-5634, ext. 114 

Water Quality - William Bowe

Bill grew up on a dryland wheat, barley and cattle farm in Walla Walla County. He married his college sweetheart in 1973 and graduated from WSU with a B.S. in Agronomy. Bill worked in the sugar cane fields of Hawaii, working for Amfac, Inc. and its subsidiary plantations on the islands of Maui and Kauai.  There, he designed and oversaw the installation of drip irrigation systems that replaced traditional furrow irrigation methods used for sugar cane. His two sons were born in Hawaii. After four years in Hawaii, Bill came back to the mainland to work for the Agricultural Engineering Department at WSU in Pullman, where he stayed for 31 years. Bill worked on crop modeling and installing soil moisture sensors and weather stations, along with water quality monitoring using water discharge and temperature devices. While at WSU, Bill took coursework in statistics, soil physics and related subjects as well. He has also worked with ag drainage districts in King County on best management practices.

Bill joined SCD in September, 2009 and will be working mostly on the Stillaguamish and Miller-Pilchuck TMDL grants. He will also help with work on the Bear Creek and Fish Creek water quality grants and water assessments associated with the WSU-Qualco digester project. Bill's wife Sue will be joining him after she completes her contract teaching in Pullman in the Spring. 

Email: Bill

at snohomishcd.org

Phone: 425-335-5634, ext 118  

LID Specialist - Stacy Smith

Stacy will be our new Low Impact Development Specialist. She holds a BS and MS in Environmental Science from the University of Idaho. She is experienced in stormwater management; erosion and sediment control; and Low Impact Development techniques. Stacy has five years experience working with landowners, local governments, and contractors on stormwater issues in Western Washington, most recently at the Whidbey Island Conservation District.

Beginning in August:

Email: Stacy

at snohomishcd.org

Office/Plant Sale - Leslie Credgington

Leslie joined the District in 2009 as an AmeriCorps intern to coordinate the youth education outreach program. She comes to us with a background in composting and habitat restoration, as well as coordinating volunteers. She has a BS from Western Washington University in Environmental Science, specializing in Terrestrial Ecology. She will be handling tree sale orders and grant items such as surveys.

Email: leslie

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 123

Education Intern - Danilo Rodriguez

Danilo is the Americorps intern serving at the District for 2010. He comes to us from the Bay Area in California where he worked for the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Originally from Indiana, Danilo has a degree in Recreation from Indiana University-Bloomington. Danilo will be working with schools on environmental eduation and will assist our habitat and water quality specialists.

Email: danilo

at snohomishcd.org

Phone:  425-335-5634, ext 112