Management Plant

John DeLisle

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Southfield, MI ****6

Mobile: 248-***-****

Email: ****************@******.***

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a leadership position in natural resource

conservation

WORK EXPERIENCE

NATIVE PLANT COMMUNITY SERVICES

GM/Ecologist, Southfield, MI 11/2009 - now

Management of ecosystems, corporate programs, and finances.

Ownership stake in providing ecological design, management and

consulting services for public, commercial, and private projects

- focusing on restoration of native landscapes and promotion of

the native plant movement - which are both socially crucial for

ecosystem and environmental (and human) health ; as well as

vital for green industry and business prosperity. Services

offered include: species inventory and site assessment, invasive

weed removal, biological control, planning, native plants and

supplier sourcing, design, contractor references, establishment

and management of native landscape.

USDA APHIS PPQ EAB 11/2008

Program,Brighton,MI - now

Lead Biologist, GS 7

Planning, evaluating, and coordinating projects

with cooperating landowners, scientists, and

officials. Leading entomological team in site

selection and mapping, community contacts, insect

rearing, data collection, site scouting, tree

selection, greenhouse management.

Developing forest and site scouting methods, site

evaluations procuring ash materials to support

insect rearing, contacting cooperators and

landowners to establish, grow, and collect ash

resources for the biological control program. Using

GIS mapping, forest ecological principles,

referencing cooperators, and ground truthing to

select potential ash harvest sites. Recruiting,

writing agreements with, and administering resource

activities on cooperator property. Ensuring

effective quality control for landowners and

entomologists.

Developing and implementing propagation and growing

methods for ash species in control and field

environments. Monitoring and modifying tree growth

and foliage quality based on production needs and

growing conditions.

Planning for future resource needs. Assessing and

acquiring equipment, propagules, and site

permission for ash resources. Evaluating ash

materials and checking quality control for

biological control rearing suitability, storage,

and productivity. Leading technicians in ecology,

resource harvest and handling, and greenhouse

management.

USDA APHIS EAB Program, 11/2007 - 10/2008

Brighton, MI

Biological Science Technician, GS 5

Insect rearing, detection, trapping, shipping, and

release. Plant culture. Data entry and analysis.

Establishing public and private contacts for

resource management. Writing work agreements for

cooperator properties. Resource harvesting.

Pesticide research. Preparing experimental

methodology and implementation. Site investigation

for insect populations and plant materials.

Supervision and instruction of technicians.

DETROIT ZOO, Royal Oak, MI 1/2003 - 11/2007

Landscape Foreman

Planning projects, leading volunteers and employees

in horticultural management of public, native,

wetland, and exhibit landscapes & greenhouses. Soil

and water chemistry. Potting, propagating, scouting

pests in greenhouses. Using IPM monitoring and

documentation over entire park. Composting.

Operating/maintaining trucks, loaders, and small

landscape equipment. Landscape management. Training

and leading crews in all above capacities. Work

order data entry. Horticulture education of

employees and students. Designing native landscapes

and Ford Volunteers' projects. Ecological

Restoration. Lupine propagator and larval resource

manager for Karner Blue Butterfly project and

greenhouse.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan

Dearborn, MI US

Master's Degree - 8/2008

Major: Environmental Science

Relevant Coursework, Licensures and Certifications:

Environmental Comm., Environmental Chemistry,

Environmental Statistics, Geology, Watershed

Planning & Analysis, Invasive Species Ecology,

Ecological Economics, GIS, and Plant Ecology, and

Applied Wetlands Ecology. My areas of expertise are

botany/plant pathology, landscape ecology,

restoration, Watershed/Land-use Planning.

Michigan State University

E. Lansing, MI US

Bachelor's Degree - 5/1999

Major: Horticulture

Relevant Coursework, Licensures and Certifications:

MI Certified pesticide applicator, collegiate

natural resources classes including Pests and

Diseases of Forest Trees, Entomology, Landscape

Management, Plant Physiology, and Plant

Identification. Certified Pesticide Applicator

VOLUNTEER WORK

Royal Oak Nature Society, Royal Oak, MI

Vice President, Planner, and Stewardship Director - 2001 to Current

Planning, designing, coordinating, analyzing site ecology, budgeting and

grant writing for RONS City of Royal Oak Worden Park Native Arboretum.

Working with the City of Royal Oak to preserve public natural areas.

Leading nature walks,. Surveying and inventories of plant and insect

populations, hydrological and geological features. Recruiting speakers on

nature related topics. Recruiting and leading volunteer stewardship crews

for weed removal in parks and gardening in Arboretum. Education Committee

planning activities. Presentations on features and Arboretum development to

RONS Board and public. Ecological restoration, Native Plant Arboretum

Community & collections policy, database management, volunteer recruitment,

planning, and leadership.

MI Conservation Stewards Program & Stewardship Network, Pontiac, MI

Certified Conservation Steward - 2003 to Current

Ecology-based natural resource training for related natural areas service

work for listed organizations. Stewardship Network Cooperators. Floristic

Quality Assessment, volunteer recruitment, and invasive species management

of Lincoln Nature Preserve for the City of Southfield. Rain garden design,

installation and management for City of Southfield, Beverly Hills, and

Birmingham Schools. Plant rescues for Ann Arbor WildOnes. Berberian Woods

volunteers in 2006 and 2007.

SE Michigan WildOnes

Vice President, Volunteer Coordinator & Lecturer - 2009 to current

Present project info for ecological restorations with native plant

communities for SOCWA, City of Southfield, Friends of the Rouge, RONS, and

the Stewardship Network. Planning & rganizing group activities, recruiting

speakers, Native Plant Sales, and finding ecological sites, contacts, and

volunteer projects.

SOCWA Healthy Landscapes

Ecological gardener, Lecturer and Volunteer leader - 2000 to current

Initiated community stormwater management projects, conducted native

planting evaluations & tours, presenter at ecological gardening and

resource conservation seminars, Rain garden program instructor. Treekeeper

Urban Forestry Class Instructor.

City of Southfield

Restoration Ecologist Volunteer Leader - 2008 to current

Floristic Quality Inventories, EQIP, ESAs, native seed collection,

biological control life tables, bio-monitoring, Invasive Species Control,

Soil Surveying. Volunteer organization and recruitment. Nature conference

speaker.

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