FW: Benton SWCD's New District Manager: Holly Crosson
Heath Keirstead
From: Jennifer Ayotte
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:14 PM
To: Teresa Matteson
Subject: Benton SWCD's New District Manager: Holly Crosson
I am happy to announce that our new District Manager, Holly Crosson, started here at Benton SWCD on January 7th. Holly is a botanist and aquatic ecologist and has worked extensively with diverse partnerships and community engagement. She will be a great asset to our organization and everyone is really excited about working with her! You can learn more about her background, below. I will be around a bit in January, finishing some things up and helping to train Holly. Please update your address book with her e-mail: hcro...@bentonswcd.org
Holly Crosson
Holly Crosson is an aquatic ecologist, botanist, and educator with more than 20 years of experience in natural resource planning and management, sustainable agricultural practice, and community engagement and outreach related to conservation and stewardship on public and private lands.
While working for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Quality Division, Holly oversaw the state’s Aquatic Invasive Species Management Program and led aquatic and riparian habitat restoration projects in collaboration with landowners, watershed councils, and other local, state, and federal partners. In 2002 she began working at the University of California, Davis, in several capacities, in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, with UC Sea Grant Extension, and the UC Davis Arboretum and Botanical Garden. While at UC Davis she initiated and led many programs and collaborative partnerships, from drafting the State Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan and developing Best Practices with the aquarium, aquaculture, and horticulture industries, to designing educational exhibits, developing outreach materials, and implementing watershed/habitat protection training programs for master gardeners, irrigation districts, natural resource professionals, and others. Prior to moving to Corvallis in the spring of 2012, Holly spent five years living and working on a 145-acre organic farm in the Applegate Valley in southern Oregon.
Holly is looking forward to working with the Board of Directors and all of the District’s dedicated partners to ensure healthy watersheds and a strong natural resources legacy in Benton County for everyone to benefit from and enjoy for years to come.
Happy New Year!
Jenny Ayotte, Former District Manager
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
456 SW Monroe #110
Corvallis, OR 97333
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