SHANNON WILSON has been on the LOWD Board since 1997 and is the current Co-Director of Ecosystem Advocates NW, a project under LOWD, which he founded in 2001. He has worked as an endangered species surveyor for the U.S. Forest Service and BLM from 1990 to 1994 and currently performs wildlife surveys for the Warner Creek Co. Shannon has an A.S. degree in Forest Management as well as an A.S. degree in Energy Management.
CLARK MCMAHON is a founding member of Coast Range Forest Watch (CRFW). His work with CRFW has included surveying for marbled murrelets, working to save the Elliott State Forest, and administrative work. He is a professional wildlife surveyor and tree climber.
MARIA FARINACCI is a member of the Coast Range Forest Watch, and a long-time volunteer with Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project. When she is not engaged in environmental activist work, she is employed doing wildlife work such as surveying for red tree voles, salmon, and marbled murrelets.
VENUS KILLEN is the Co-Director of the Northwest Ecosystem Survey Team Support Network, a project under LOWD. She has a B.A. from the University of Oregon Environmental Studies program. She has worked with Oregon forest defense organizations since 2000. She resides in Portland most of the year when she is not in the field performing wildlife surveys.
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