Outdoor program planner
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Thomas C. Saylors
Rolla, MO 65401
Employment Experience
October 20'- July 16, 2021
Position: GS-0301-12, Recreation Program Specialist Mark Twain National Forest
Supervisor: Theresa Davidson
Mark Twain National Forest
Position Duties: Budget and strategic planning for the recreation programs for the Mark Twain National Forest. Forest-level planning, logistics, and troubleshooting for project-specific questions. Forest-level project funding requests to the Region and National Forest availability. Work with Forest Engineers and other specialists on project development for project funding completion to meet timelines. July 11’- October 20’
Position: GS-401-11, Supervisory Natural Resource
Specialist Nantahala National Forest
Supervisor: Mike Wilkins District Ranger 11'-19’. Troy Waskey 19'-20'. Nantahala Ranger District
90 Sloan Rd.
Franklin, NC 28734 828-***-****
Position Duties: Lead in the planning and implementation for the management of 36 developed recreation sites situated along two signature rivers for a 256,000-acre Ranger District in the Nantahala National Forest. The recreation program for the Nantahala is a combination of the old Wayah and Highlands Ranger Districts in western North Carolina. The district recreation program includes management and oversight of two wilderness areas, a wild and scenic river: the Chattooga, a recreation river: the Nantahala, two campground concessions permits, a large outfitter and guide program, multiple fee sites, a scenic byway, two shooting ranges, a 20 person lodge, an OHV system: 27 miles, and around 400 miles of trails. National Recreation trails include 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail and 74 miles of the William Bartram Trail, as well as the Whiteside mountain trail. District also has 8 AT shelters managed by the district. Duties include Supervision of 6 full-time technicians and 6 seasonal student hires, concessionaires, and campground hosts; lead in recreation planning; O & M implementation; assisting with O&G 2
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administration, sign management; procurement, forest protection officer, collections, and contract administration; recreation planning and budget compliance, recreation and administrative facility oversight and management. Served as an assistant ranger for public meetings and acting ranger as scheduled in the district rangers’ absence. Participate in local and national fire needs. Communications & Supervision - Responsible for the supervision of permanent employees, supervising pathways students seasonally for recreation and trails, as well as overseeing campground hosts, 8 volunteer groups, and concessionaires.
● Coordinate partnership meetings. Including AT, BT, Foothills, Nantahala Gorge Association, and AT Community.
● Delegate responsibilities to empower technicians to take ownership of our facilities and programs.
● Work with the district staff to ensure instructions and priorities are understood.
● Correspond with 7 volunteer groups regarding priority planning and implementation.
● Work with the regional sign coordinator to review and update maps.
● Communicate with adjacent districts regarding overlapping designated wilderness and wild and scenic river management.
Recreation Planning –Work as the lead for the District program management in cooperation with the District Ranger, the Forest Engineering staff, and the forest's recreation program managers in the development and planning for developed, dispersed, and administrative sites.
● Worked through the forest-wide recreation realignment with forest staff.
● Initiated grants for YCC and SCA crews to assist district staff with trail projects.
● Project planning for trail reroutes, facility rehabilitation, facility decommissioning, new facility planning, and construction oversight.
● Project planning for volunteer groups
● Worked with Duke Energy to implement district-wide improvements following the FERC agreement for the Nantahala and the Tuckasegee river projects.
● Collaborate with adjoining districts on Chattooga wild and scenic river decision, implementation, and monitoring
● Participate in the Appalachian Trail regional planning meetings.
● Budgeting and scheduling operations and maintenance and special use programming in the district. including river flow events, holiday staffing, and leaf season staffing. Recreation O&M – Responsible for the planning and completion of O&M recreation maintenance. Provide maintenance at developed campgrounds, dispersed recreation sites, boat landings, day-use areas, and lake access sites. This includes site fixture repair and replacement, water system repair and maintenance, maintaining transportation systems within developed recreation areas, facility repair, and construction, basic cleaning, and mowing, sign replacement, fee collections, etc.
● Upgraded signing and bulletin boards in the district to improve public information and understanding of the recreation opportunity at specific sites.
● Assisted in the development of a maintenance strategy to maintain all zone recreation sites to the desired standards.
● Ensure that concessionaires and campground hosts have the proper oversight and resources to maintain recreation facilities to the desired standard. 3
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● Responsible for ensuring the river facilities are meeting the public as well as the outfitter and guide needs, to provide water-based recreation opportunities. Procurement, Contracting, and Collections - I assist with the zone recreation program purchasing for operating supplies and provide documentation and oversight. Provide supplies for the day-to-day operations as well as special projects and alternative workforces. Administer contracts as a designated inspector for the district. Compile operating supplies list and purchase yearly from GSA and reconcile through the purchasing system.
● Act as an inspector for contracts in the district. Provide documentation and direction regarding the terms of the contract to forest service standards.
● Oversee the collections officers and balances.
March 06'- July 11’
Position: GS-462-07/10, Recreation Technician
Eleven Point Ranger District
Supervisor: Kenneth Olsen, Recreation Manager
Mark Twain National Forest
Doniphan Ranger District
#4 Confederate Ridge Rd.
Doniphan, MO 63935 573-***-****
Position Duties: Assists in the planning and implementation for the management of 36 developed recreation sites situated along two signature rivers for two Ranger Districts on the Mark Twain National Forest. The recreation program is centered along two rivers: the Current River and the nationally designated Eleven Point River. Duties include supervision of seasonal workforce, concessionaires, and campground hosts; recreation planning; O & M implementation; O&G administration, sign management; procurement, forest protection officer, collections and contract administration; database management and administrative facility maintenance for two offices. Served as acting Recreation Staff Officer as needed and requested. Communications & Supervision - Responsible for the supervision of YCC, seasonal recreation aides, and older American program participants in the recreation program, as well as overseeing campground hosts, volunteers, and concessionaires.
● Oversee the special use permit associated with the operation of four developed campgrounds under a concessionaire permit.
● Supervise and develop a program of work for up to 5 seasonal type employees annually, which includes providing proper training, administrative oversight, and determining daily work assignments.
● Supervise crews on local and off-forest all risk assignments. Recreation Planning – Assist the District and Supervisor’s Office recreation program managers in the development and planning for developed, dispersed, and administrative sites.
● Developed a zone district sign plan to renovate the recreation signing in the district. 4
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This included the development of proper signing for transportation routes and internally within the developed recreation sites and along the river sites. This was completed for district signs. I have set priorities for the district and maintain the sign plan.
● Assisted in the development of the initial design narratives for the $1.3 million renovation of 5 developed recreation areas along the Current and Eleven Point Rivers. This included undertaking an assessment process that required working with our outfitter guides and concessionaires as well as internally with the agency at the Forest and Regional level. Assists in the review of the completed plans as it relates to water systems, electrical, and facilities to ensure meeting public and Forest Plan direction.
● Assisted and implemented the replacement of restroom facilities in the district. We have replaced 18 toilets in the district in the past three years. My involvement included site evaluations, determination of the proper CXT toilets, and oversight of installation.
● Assisted and implemented while working with the Forest Landscape Architect in the development of an accessibility plan for recreation facilities.
● Assisted in the completion of two National Recreation Surveys for the Mark Twain National Forest. This included conducting surveys with the public as designated areas within the zone recreation sites.
● Assisted in the development and implementation of the Forest master facility plan through the reduction of recreation facilities to reduce overall deferred maintenance costs. This included the development of strategies for not only removing sites but also recognizing the upgrades to existing sites needed in the future to provide for public demand.
Recreation O&M – Responsible for the planning and completion of O&M recreation maintenance. Provide maintenance at developed campgrounds, dispersed recreation sites, boat landings, day-use areas, interpretive and historic areas, and float camps along the river. This includes site furniture repair and replacement, water system repair and maintenance, maintaining transportation systems within developed recreation areas, facility repair, and construction, basic cleaning, and mowing, sign replacement, fee collections, etc.
● Upgraded all signing and bulletin boards in the district to improve public information and understanding of the recreation opportunity at specific sites.
● Implemented the forest master facility plan by reducing services and facilities as specific sites to reduce deferred maintenance costs. The district was one of the first to complete this work on schedule.
● Assisted in the development of a maintenance strategy to maintain all zone recreation sites to the desired standards.
● Ensure that concessionaires and campground hosts have the proper oversight and resources to maintain recreation facilities to the desired standard.
● Responsible for ensuring the river facilities are meeting the public as well as the outfitter and guide needs. To provide water-based recreation opportunities. This includes providing good transportation access, alleviating congestion issues on high-use weekends, maintaining float camps for overnight camping on the river, and inspections of outfitter guide operations.
Procurement, Contracting, and Collections - I assist with the zone recreation program purchasing for operating supplies and provide documentation and oversight. Provide supplies for the 5
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day-to-day operations as well as special projects and alternative workforces. Administer contracts as a designated inspector for the district. Act as a forest service collections officer for the full-service campgrounds. Collect compiled demographic information and verified fees with designated officials for deposit.
● Compile operating supplies list and purchase yearly from GSA and reconcile through the purchasing system.
● Act as an inspector for contracts on the district and recreation zone. Provide documentation and direction regarding the terms of the contract to forest service standards.
● Perform the duties of collections officer for 5 developed campgrounds in the district. March ’03- March -06'
Position: GS-0462-07/09, Forestry Technician Redbird Ranger District Supervisor: Allen Hubbs, District FMO Daniel Boone National Forest 91 Peabody Rd.
Big Creek, KY 40914 606-***-****
Position Duties: Assists in the planning and implementation of the management of the prescribed and wildland fire program for the Redbird Ranger District in the Daniel Boone National Forest. The Redbird is situated in southeastern Kentucky and is notorious in the fire world for the fall fire season. The fire program manages multiple wildland fires as well as plans and implements thousands of acres of prescribed fuel treatments. Duties include supervision of seasonal workforce, inmate workers, and district fire crew; fire planning and implementation; equipment maintenance and management; forest protection officer, database data entry, and information management.
Communications and Supervision - Provide fire and leadership training for the district fire crew. Communicate the staffing levels and schedule for the district fire-qualified staff. Lead and directed fire staff in the preparations and implementation of burns as well as directed staff on wildland fires.
● Worked as incident commander on wildland fires.
● Assist other IC’s with fire documentation and provide oversight for the S.O.
● Produced training plans and documentation for district personnel.
● Provide NWCG course training as required for individuals in the district and VFD’s as well as our fire cooperators.
● Direct the fire staff in routine fire preparedness tasks for the district.
● Work with local VFD’s in the implementation of the firewise program as well as fitness and training.
● Supervised and directed off forest resources in standby and initial attack responsibilities.
Fire Management and Planning- Implemented and updated all of the fire use and wildland fire documentation, updates of the district fire management plan, mapping of all wild and prescribed fires to standards, assist with burn plan preparation and implementation. Assisted the fire staff from the S.O. with the yearly fire preparedness review.
● Establish fuel plots and inventory pre - and post burn data as well as analyzing data to ensure objectives are met.
● Monitor weather and assist with district fire staffing for a severity plan. Implementation of plan for staffing fires based upon weather and availability. 6
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● Collect on the ground data for burn plans as well as wild land fire maps and create maps documentation for files and use on the ground by fire resources.
● Updated the Redbird Ranger District Fire management plan based upon current resource needs and objectives.
● Responsible for ensuring the findings in the annual fire review had been corrected and documented the findings in correspondence to the Forest FMO. October ’02- March ‘03
Position: GS- 0462-09, Forestry Technician/ Infra Coordinator Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
Supervisor: Russ Hayes, Facility Engineer
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
100 Van Morgan Dr.
Golden Pond, KY 42211 270-***-****
Position Duties: Responsible for the Implementation and collection of the date to be input into the Infra database for LBLNRA. Responsible for Infra training and passing on Information facilitation as well as passing on Data Links to the end users. Directed and provided quality assurance for the data collected and input into the infra database. Present the status reports for the infra data populating to the Leadership team as requested.
Program management-
● Coordinated with the facility managers, the standards, and procedures for the collection of their data collection.
● Oversaw the data input and pulling of reports from infra for the leadership team and facility managers.
● Conducted on-site training on the database
● usability and data format needs.
● Produced hard copy responses to property audits. Communication and Supervision-
● Supervised data entry and data collection stewards.
● Communicated the updates and changes to the database to the data stewards and data entry clerk.
● Provided the leadership team with tabular information regarding the populating of the database.
● Conducted field inventories for facilities and roads at LBL. 7
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August ’00 – Oct ‘02
Position: GS- 0462-09, Forestry Technician
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area
Supervisor: Gary Hawkins, Recreation Specialist
National Recreation Area
100 Van Morgan Dr.
Golden Pond, KY 42211 270-***-****
Position Duties: Managed and directed the operations for a highly complex full service recreation area. Piney Campground is a 384 site full service Campground. The facility infrastructure includes a Gate house staffed 24 hours a day, a camp store and rental outpost, three shower houses, four toilet buildings, three lift stations and wells, one sewage treatment plant, a fishing pier, two boat launch ramps, seven camping cabins, approximately 50 full service sites, 210 electric sites, and 120 primitive sites. The manager is responsible for the recruiting, interviewing and hiring of a permanent GS-05 assistant manager, a campground apprentice, and two seasonal interpretive interns. Additionally, seven resident attendant couples (Hosts) are hired for the operation of the camp store and 24 hour gatehouse. Plan and manage a $650,000 Operations and Maintenance budget. Purchase goods and supplies for operations and for Store resale inventory as well as reconcile through PCMS. Work as a COTR inspector for a 5 million dollar maintenance contract. Prepare special use permits for annual campers fair as well as the seasonal camping program. Communication and Supervision-
● Plan and implement Good Host training program for the Campground hosts in coordination with the other facility managers, human resource specialist, Law Enforcement, and Recreation Specialist.
● Supervise a GS4/5 assistant manager, an apprentice and two interpretive interns while they perform weekly environmental education and recreation programs for the campground.
● Act as a facility inspector for a large area maintenance contract.
● Perform customer service while registering campers, performing visitor compliance and policy notification.
● Assist with NEPA evaluations and project planning for facility improvements and maintenance projects.
● Provide customer service and information to the public to enhance their outdoor experience.
● Work as a Crewmember on the LBL fire crew.
Recreation Planning- Responsible for the planning and completion of O&M recreation maintenance. Plan and implement work expectations for the maintenance contractor. This includes the routine and cyclic maintenance tasks as well as rehabilitation and special projects. Produce facility maintenance objectives based upon budget management and expected funding from fees collected in the facility.
● Implemented a system for ensuring the Contractor’s representatives know what the expected weekly tasks are and to what standard they are to be performed.
● Management of a 650,000 dollar operations and maintenance budget to achieve objectives and make money for the government.
● Project coordinator for fishing pier replacement and beach renovation. 8
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● Worked with other agency personnel to design new entrance station for the facility to increase the rate of camper registration and decrease the visitor wait times.
● Manage the sign program on the site.
● Worked as a team member to establish facility rules, facility continuity, and communications.
● Proposed a weather alert system now implemented in the facilities. April ’98-Dec’98
Position: GS-0462-05 Forestry Technician
Uinta National Forest
Pleasant Grove District
Supervisor: Tim Garcia, Forester
390 North 100 East
Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062 801-***-****
Position Duties: I performed Operations and Maintenance functions for a high use climbing, hiking, and wilderness driven district on the Uinta National Forest. Additionally, I supervised a recreation SCSEP training them in the O&M of dispersed recreation areas and visitor centers. I worked as the permit administrator for a Granger- thye permit. Recreation Operations-
● Through correspondence notices of compliance/non-compliance, I administered the permits for the recreation use on the Pleasant Grove Ranger District.
● I performed inspections on recreation facilities, picnic areas, campgrounds, trail heads, and dispersed recreation facilities to terms of permit for safety and quality of recreation experience by visitors.
● I performed Forest Protection officer duties including enforcing resource violations and visitor assistance.
● I worked on fire crews as qualified and assigned for controlled burn and wild land suppression.
● I regularly worked with volunteer and community service groups supervising trail and project work.
Communications-
● I communicated the needs and expectations for the areas under permit with the permit holder.
● Documentation of the findings of the areas under permits and passed these findings to my supervisor for planning and administration
Education:
Northmont High School, Clayton, Ohio
Graduated June 1987
The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
September 1987 –June 1988 (38 Quarter Hours)
Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
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June 1988 –January 1989 (22 Quarter Hours)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
January 1989 – March 1992 (136 Quarter Hours)
Degree:
Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources, March 1992 Major in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Administration. Emphasis in Recreational Law Enforcement
Courses:
Natural Sciences (35 Quarter Hours)
Park Program Planning (15 Quarter Hours)
Recreational Law (20 Quarter Hours)
Awards:
Morgan Memorial Scholarship for Forestry, 1989
Outstanding Intern Bonus, CFAIA 1996
FS Performance Award Recreation Permit Administration, USDAFS 1998 FSPerformanceRecreationCustomerService,USDA FS 2001 FS Performance Award Recreation Management, USDAFS 2002 FS Spot Award Recreation Management, USDAFS 2008
FS Merit Award Performance Recreation Management, USDAFS 2008 FS Certificate of Appreciation Recreation Management, USDAFS 2009 FS Merit Award Recreation, USDAFS 2010
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