I was raised in the western United States, the second son of a USGS topographical surveyor and a cow girl from Chilly Flats Idaho. Moved twice a year attending many schools in many places. I attended college at the University of Idaho getting a BS in Geology. Go Vandals
I’ve worked as an Engineering Geologist on stability landslides, logging roads soil lab and geophysics. Also as a Government Minerals Specialist for the BLM then the Forest Service on mineral law, permits regulation and environmental requirements, as well as Coal, Oil and Gas, Clays, and hard rock placer. I moved into management supervising lands and minerals specialists.
My last job was Regional Geologist for Region 1 of the Forest Service’s geology program for caves, groundwater, paleontology, and I supervised the national training of the Geology Minerals Program for the Forest Service. I retired in 2009