FSI Staff

Devan has had a lifelong love of the natural world that led her to pursue a career in the outdoors learning about and advocating for flora, fauna, and landscapes that bring her so much joy. She graduated from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a degree in Conservation Biology. Upon graduation she moved back to Colorado, where she grew up, and worked in a variety of seasonal field ecology positions. Some highlights included collecting meteorological data in the winter on the continental divide, spending summers monitoring flora in environments [Read More...]

Originally from central New Hampshire, Sam was drawn to the far north to work in NorthWoods’ Forest Stewardship Institute. He brings forestry experience drawing from his undergraduate education at Warren Wilson College near Asheville, North Carolina, as well as time spent working and playing in the New England woods (including internships with the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and Northern Forest Canoe Trail). Since graduating college in 2011, Sam has spent time working with The Nature Conservancy in Western Massachusetts and the Brattleboro Food Co-op in Vermont, giving him a view of the non-profit conservation [Read More...]