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Linda Angerer is a U.S. Forest Service wildlife Biologist and currently the Bat Coordinator for California's National Forests. Jeremy Ashe is a CSU Chico Graduate Student and President of the CSUC Student Chapter of the
California Waterfowl Association (CWA).
Skip Augur is Publicity Committee Chairman of the Altacal Audubon Society and Webmaster of Altacal’s web site.
Jon Aull received his master's degree studying parks and natural resources in the recreation department at Chico State. He is the environmental education coordinator for the Chico Creek Nature Center, where he develops and implements nature programs for schoolchildren and families.
Jay Bogiatto is Station Manager at CSU, Chico's Eagle Lake Field Station, and Director of the Biology Department's Vertebrate Museum and teaches ornithology, waterfowl biology and zoology at CSU, Chico.
Steve Brightwell is Assistant Manager at the California Department of Fish and Game Feather River Fish Hatchery.
Rex Burress a long time naturalist, wildlife artist, outdoor photographer, and nature writer is retired from the Lake Merritt Refuge in Oakland.
Tim Davis has served as a State Park Ranger at several parks throughout California for over thirty years. His current work location is the Bidwell - Sacramento River State Park just outside of Chico.
Tyler Dawley of Big Bluff Ranch grew up on the family ranch where it was understood that the health of the landscape directly affects the health of humans. Big Bluff Ranch's grass-fed meat is the translation of a healthy landscape into healthy food.
Mary Ann Deeming works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She has been a Park Ranger at Black Butte Lake for over twenty years.
Jim Dempsey works in resource management for California State Parks and is an active member of the California Native Plant Society.
Michael Denega is a dynamic researcher and instructor at Folsom Lake College and Independent Learning Center. He has spent considerable time as a researcher and wildlife photographer in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with the Federal Migratory Bird Program.
Dan Efseaff is a Restoration Ecologist, now with the Yolo County Resource District. He has over a decade of experience working on restoration and conservation projects along the Sacramento River.
Steve Emmons is an Assistant Refuge Manager for the Sacramento and Delevan National Wildlife Refuges (Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Willows, CA) since 1996.
Mike Fisher is the current Co-Vice President of the local Altacal Audubon Chapter. He is an avid birder and certified bird bander.
Dawn Garcia has worked professionally as a wildlife biologist in Washington State. She has had her federal bird-banding license for 12 years and has initiated a variety of studies with songbirds and various owl species.
Gaylord Grams is an avid local birder and leads many field trips for the Altacal Chapter of the Audubon Society.
Herman Gray is a retired physician. While traveling the world in his profession, he has enjoyed viewing many bird species. He is also an active Gray Lodge Wildlife Area docent.
Tom Griggs has designed and implemented riparian restoration projects along the Sacramento River for the past 18 years. He works for River Partners and is a plant ecologist by training. He knows where to find birds and other wildlife on the river floodplain.
Bill Haas is CEO of Pacific Coast Alliance.
Janice Hoffman is owner of All Fired Up! Ceramic Art Center and Gallery.
Leroy Hord, local birder, is actively involved in the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Wood Duck Program.
Mike Hubbartt is a Middle Mountain Foundation board member actively involved in the preservation of the integrity of the Sutter Buttes for over twenty-three years.
Brian Huber is a Waterfowl Technician for the California Waterfowl Association.
Scott Huber is the owner of Big Birders Birding Tours, a demonstrator for birdJam Birding Software and is the Field Trip Director for Altacal Audubon. A thirty year resident of Chico, Scott spends nearly every free moment watching birds, listening to birds or studying birds.
Lin Jensen is founder and teacher of the Chico Zen Sangha. He also is Senior Buddhist Chaplin to the High Desert State Prison in Susanville. Lin is also a birder, served seven years as sub-regional editor for American Birds magazine, and has contributed articles to Bird Watcher Digest. He is the author of several books on what might be called "natural Zen."
Phil Johnson is the President of the Altacal Audubon Society member and coordinator of both the Oroville and Chico Christmas Bird Counts.
Steve King traded in his guns for cameras when he became interested in bird watching about 35 years ago. Steve is the second of three generations of bird watchers. His favorite birding spots are Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, Upper Bidwell Park, and the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge.
Shelly Kirn is a dynamic instructor of field biology, zoology and plant science at CSU, Chico.
Roger Lederer is Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at CSU, Chico. He has taught ornithology and ecology courses, worked with environmental organizations and has given many public presentations on birds. He has published over thirty scientific papers and four books on birds, has bird watched in over 80 countries, and manages the website Ornithology.com.
JT Lewis is a long time resident of Chico, avid birder, and wildlife photographer.
Laura Lush is a life-long Yuba Sutter resident, artist, middle school teacher, nature enthusiast and avid birder. She has been active with Middle Mountain Foundation for over 6 years and is also on the Board of Directors.
Ryan Luster works for The Nature Conservancy. |
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Greg Massa is a 4th generation California rice farmer. He and his wife Raquel are former tropical biologists. They live in a straw bale house (built with their own rice straw) with their five children, and market their organic rice under the Massa Organics label. Greg is also on the Boards of Directors of the Rice Producers of California, California Rice Commission, and the Glenn County Resource Conservation District.
Mac McCormick A retired high school biology teacher of 37 years and the co-director of the San Francisco State University (SFSU) Sierra Nevada Field Station Bird Banding Program, Mac has caught and banded thousands of birds that most people only hope to see.
Marjorie McNairn had led wildflower field trips for Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society for over 25 years, and has compiled plant lists for several locations around this area.
Mary Muchowski has worked as a wildlife technician/biologist since 1988 with the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and currently has a business contracting with the Forest Service to conduct wildlife surveys. She has lived in the Chico since 1983, and really enjoys the bird-life of the area, especially in the winter!
Julie Nelson is a CSU, Chico graduate student who has spent the last three years as a bird banding volunteer with Dawn Garcia studying the migratory behavior of passerines and Northern Saw-whet Owls. This is her fifth year as a volunteer for the Snow Goose Festival.
Michelle Ocken is a graduate from CSU, Chico where she studied wildlife biology. While attending CSU Chico, she founded the Chico State Birding Club and is a member of the local Audubon Society. She has worked at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge where she led school groups and weekend birding tours. She is currently working for the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a Biological Technician for the Migratory Birds Parts Collection Survey.
Kay Perkins has recently completed the University of California Master Gardener Program. The purpose of the Master Gardener program is to extend to the public research based information about horticulture and pest management to the home gardeners in Butte County through the volunteer services of the program.
Mike Peters is the Refuge Manager for Colusa and Sutter Refuges, part of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Michael Rogner has 8+ years experience studying a wide array of wildlife including marine mammals, white sharks, and birds in multiple habitats. He specializes in how riparian songbirds respond to restoration, and has the opportunity to design and implement restoration projects as a biologist for River Partners.
Marilyn Rose is one of the owners and founders of Out of this World and www.DiscountBinoculars.com, located in the beautiful coastal town of Mendocino, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Since 1988, this shop has offered a broad and intelligent selection of optics for birders, naturalists, and travelers and is one of the largest optics sellers in California.
Peter Sands is one of the landowners of the Dean Ranch in the Sutter Buttes. He is a naturalist for the Middle Mountain Foundation and an enthusiastic ornithologist. He has been the compiler of the Peace Valley Christmas bird count for the past 22 years.
Jackson Shedd is an avid birder and past President of the Altacal Audubon Society. Jackson is also a local wildlife artist and author of Amphibians and Reptiles of Bidwell Park.
Joe Silveira is a Wildlife Biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1990 and is currently stationed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Mike Skram has had a passion for birds since 4th grade. Today Mike is one of the most skilled birders in Butte County, especially in his ability to identify many species by their songs.
Marty Steidlemayer is a Sutter Buttes landowner and rancher. Marty has an intimate knowledge of the Sutter Buttes landscapes.
Brad Stovall is the author of the Lassen County field checklist of birds and author of the updated Butte County field checklists of birds. He was also the sub-regional editor of American Birds for Lassen County for many years. He taught field identification of birds at Lassen College in Susanville in the 1980s. He is currently working on a bird-finding guide of Lassen County.
Dick Thieriot is the landowner of Llano Seco Rancho.
Scott Toricelli is an environmental educator for over twenty-five years. He currently teaches for the Chico Unified School District.
Andy Wahl is a master falconer for thirteen years. Andy currently teaches biology at Chico Junior High.
Bruce Webb When he was a student at Chico State worked with Tim Manolis to write the Annotated List of Birds of Butte County. Currently, he is the U.S. distributor of Wildlife Computing software products and is California's Field Technician for Swarovski Optiks, USA.
John Whittlesey owns Canyon Creek Nursery, is the horticulture chairperson for the Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
Darhl Whitlock grew up in Northern California. She is currently an instructor at CSU Chico where she teaches general biology and field biology.
Dale Whitmore is a wildlife Biologist for the California Department of Fish and Game in Marysville
Mike Williams is a life-long naturalist of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. Prior to arriving at Butte College, he served as the Director of the Sedgwick Reserve in the Santa Ynez Valley. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He has published in breeding bird censuses for the eastern Sierra Nevada in American Birds and possessed a master bird-banding permit for many years.
Steve Zachary is a Park Ranger and the Education Specialist at Lassen Volcanic National Park for more than 16 years. He is an avid hiker and naturalist. |
