Experience Summary:

President and Owner of: Resource Management Associates, a natural resource management firm, providing land management services over 365,000 acres of farm and forests throughout the Atlantic region and beyond. We develop and manage real estate for public and private landowners by designing innovative solutions to meet economic and resource opportunities.

RMA is committed to excellence in program design, execution and management. This can best be measured in terms of performance and client satisfaction. We have grown because our clients continue to expand their use of our services based on demonstrated ability to deliver quality services on time and within budget.

RMA has nearly 30 years of experience in planning and implementing afforestation, reforestation and shoreline protection projects. Since 1979 RMA has worked on more than 200 projects on 38,000 acres. Projects have included both deciduous and conifer plantings, grassland and wetland restoration projects. Techniques/tools used include; prescribe burning, aerial application of herbicides, disking, drum chopping, bulldozing and windrowing. On those sites that were not previously forested, RMA has planning and experience using most tools typically used for agricultural and nursery production practices.

Geographical Information Systems (GIS) is used for remote analysis during the planning phase of many projects, as a primary tool to convey information to both landowners and to a wide range of contractors involved in reforestation, wildlife habitat development, invasive species control, shoreline stabilization and many water quality/erosion and storm water control projects. Mapping grade Global Positioning (GPS) devices are used to further enhance value to our clients by the ability to locate features on the ground and develop customized maps for planning and presentation purposes.

     • Worked in Federal (US Forest Service/Army Corp of Engineers) and State government
         natural resources agencies in Virginia, Indiana, and Tennessee.

     • Provided technical assistance to forest landowners in Virginia while administering
         various laws and regulations pertaining to forestland.

     • Supervised natural resource education and recreation programs at a US Army Corp of Engineers
         water reservoir in Tennessee.

     • Conducted integrated resource management on public forestland in Indiana, managing for multiple public objectives.

     • Worked with engineering firm assisting in the surveying and design of improvements to
         Newport News, Virginia Sewage treatment plant and preliminary field design of a proposed
         water reservoir near Williamsburg, Virginia.

Services Provided:

Customized Plans for Private and Public lands

Comprehensive Timber Management

Wildlife Management

Land Stewardship

       Management for Natural Biological Diversity
       Ecosystem Management
       Conservation Easements
       Stewardship Plans
       Stormwater Management
       State Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Program Administrator
       State Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Contractor for Department of Transportation Projects
       State Certified Prescribed Burn Manager
       Private land Conservation Incentive Programs
       Licensed Commercial Pesticide Business
              • Applicator certified for Forest, Aquatic, Agricultural and Landscape, Demonstration/Research
                   and Right of Way Pest Control
              • 2006 Invasive Plant Species Management Plan for the Department of Defense, US Army, Fort Lee
              • 2008, 2009, 2010 Invasive Plant Species Test Plots, Department of Defense, US Army, Fort Eustis
              • 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 - Eastern Shore of Virginia - Phragmities Control Program, ground applications
                   - 10 private landowners
              • 2008,2009, 2010 - Eastern Shore of Virginia - Invasive Plant Species Management Plan
                   - Nassawadox Creek Watershed
              • 2004 - Invasive Species Management and Control Plan, Aquatic and Terrestrial Habitats,
                   W.C. Bradely Co., Stewart and Quitman Counties, GA and multiple counties in Alabama
              • 1997 - present - Aerial Applications of herbicide for hardwood and invasive Species control
                   - Project planning, Coordination and Management - approx. 240 projects on approximately 12,000 acres
              • 2004 - Wild Boar trapping projects; W.C. Bradely Co., Stewart and Quitman Counties, GA
              • 2010 - Department of Interior, Petersburg National Battlefield , Virginia - Japanese Stilt Grass control
              • 2010 - Department of Interior, Colonial Parkway National Historical Park, Virginia - Phragmities control

Public Policy Development:

Developer of Virginia Riparian Forest Tax Credit legislation
Participated in the development of:

     • Virginia Agricultural Stewardship Act
     • Virginia Dam Safety Legislation
     • Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Law
     • Virginia Storm water Management Law
     • Virginia Tributary Strategy Development
     • Virginia Non-Tidal Wetland legislation
     • Virginia BMP Incentive program development
     • Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act
     • Virginia Total Maximum Daily Load Program Development
     • Virginia Plasticulture Advisory Committee
     • State Best Management Practices Technical Committee

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