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Agenda
Tuesday
INTRODUCTION
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Wednesday
Thursday
Instructors:
Sandra L. Jacobson is a Wildlife Biologist and the Research
and Management Liaison for the USDA Forest Service’s Pacific
Southwest Research Station, Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Arcata,
CA. She has a BA in Zoology and a MS in Natural Resources/Wildlife,
both from Humboldt State University. Sandra has served as a wildlife
biologist for the USDA Forest Service since 1980, working on three
national forests at the district and forest levels in California
and Idaho. She has worked for the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service,
California Department of Fish and Game, and the USDA Soil Conservation
Service. As the district wildlife biologist for the Bonners Ferry
Ranger District on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests for 13
years, she managed grizzly bears, woodland caribou and other threatened
or endangered wildlife in an interagency and international setting.
Sandra’s involvement in wildlife and highways began with
the recognition of an important grizzly bear and migratory deer
linkage area in Idaho, the McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor, where
she gathered an interagency and local team to maintain the area’s
habitat potential. She received a Regional Forester’s Award
for this effort and her success at obtaining the first mitigation
for wildlife on another highway project in Idaho. She created
the Wildlife Crossings Toolkit website. She is a charter member
of the National Academies of Science’s Transportation Research
Board Committee on Ecology and Transportation, and chair of the
Committee’s Reseach Subcommittee. She is a team member
for NCHRP 25-27’s Evaluating the Use and Effectiveness
of Wildlife Crossing Structures. Recently she was selected as
a technical expert for endangered species and ecosystem management
for the AASHTO’s Center for Environmental Excellence. She
is a member of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center’s Scientific
Advisory Committee and an ICOET planning team member. For the
SAFETEA-LU congressionally-mandated report on animal/vehicle collisions,
Sandra is serving on the expert panel.
Currently, Sandra provides technical expertise and training on
wildlife and highway issues for several agencies around the country,
and travels widely to present and organize sessions on highway
and wildlife topics. Sandra has been married for 36 years (to
the same person), has 4 sons and 2 Siamese cats.
Sandra L. Jacobson
sjacobson@fs.fed.us
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
1731 Research Park Drive, Davis CA 95618
539-759-1707
Terry Brennan is Forest Engineer/Arizona Department of
Transportation Program Leader for the Tonto National Forest in
Phoenix, Arizona. Terry has worked for the Forest Service for
28 years. He is a registered Engineer and has worked in Chicago,
Utah, California, Colorado and Arizona. Currently, he is Forest
Engineer and project coordinator for an aggressive decade long,
$500 million highway construction program by the Arizona Department
of Transportation (ADOT) on the Tonto National Forest. For his
interdisciplinary efforts, he was recognized as the Forest Service’s
Region 3 “Engineer of the Year.” His current efforts
include being on the steering committees for “Wildlife
Linkages within the State of Arizona”, “Guidelines
for construction Projects on Federal Lands in the State of Arizona”,
and the update of ADOT’s Erosion Control Manual. Terry
helped organize the successful Wildlife Crossings Workshop in
2005, held on the Tonto National Forest where the results of his
support of incorporating wildlife needs into highway projects
were showcased. He has obtained funding for many projects on National
Forest System Lands utilizing Scenic Byway, Transportation Enhancement,
Recreation Trails Program funding as well as many other sources.
He is married and has three children, enjoys his job, hiking,
golfing and camping.
Terry Brennan, PE
tbrennan@fs.fed.us
530-478-6180
Forest Engineer/Arizona Department of Transportation Program Leader
USDA, Forest Service
Tahoe National Forest
631 Coyote Street
Nevada City, CA 95959