EDUCATION

BA in Ecology (minor in Art History and Criticism), 2006
University of Montana, Missoula, MT

MINI-BIO

Tyler has had a multitude of outdoor jobs across the Northwest and Midwest. He has worked as a herpetological field technician with the University of Illinois Natural History Survey, as an AmeriCorps intern with the Montana Conservation Corps, as the biodiversity conservation coordinator with the City of Gresham, Oregon, and for the University of Washington doing tree establishment surveys. He has trekked around the Midwest in search of the most venomous rattlesnake, he has backpacked through the Rockies surveying trees, he has done trail work and historic preservation work in the back country of Montana, and he has worked with school children doing restoration and amphibian monitoring in the Portland suburbs.

Growing up in central Montana with a biology teacher for a dad and an chuckwagon "cookie" for a grandpa, there was no escaping the wonders of the outdoors. Now Tyler enjoys nature through running, hiking, and writing poetry.

WHAT TYLER DOES AT COOSWA

At the Coos Watershed Association, Tyler is in charge of lowland restoration projects. This includes planting in stream bank and wetland areas, invasive plant removal, fencing of streams, and bio-engineered stream bank protection such as willow walls. He oversees everything from grant research and writing, restoration project planning, hiring the planting and maintenance crews, and networking with landowners to generate new restoration projects. He also hopes to bring in funding for monitoring of in-stream wildlife diversity studies at restoration sites in the Coos watershed.

Coos Watershed Association :: P.O. Box 5860 , Charleston, Oregon 97420 :: Ph. (541) 888-5922 / Fax (541) 888-6111