About the Authors
Lisa Therrell is a wilderness manager on the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests in Washington. She also has worked as a wilderness planner, wilderness ranger, park ranger, and educator. Lisa has a bachelor's degree in biology and environmental studies. In her spare time, she can be found botanizing and gardening, as well as teaching yoga and enjoying outdoor pursuits. For over 20 years, planning and implementing restoration projects has been the most rewarding part of Lisa's job.
David Cole, Ph.D., is a research scientist with the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute in Missoula, MT. He has been studying the ecological impacts of wilderness recreation for 30 years. Recently, he has been working to find more effective ways to restore damaged sites.
Victor Claassen, Ph.D., wildland restorationist, teaches at the University of California Davis in the Land, Air, and Water Resources Department of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. He grew up on a family farm in Kansas and has always had soil in his veins. Victor is especially interested in soil fertility in wildland systems.
Chris Ryan, wilderness specialist, is the wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, and outfitters program leader for the Forest Service's Northern Region in Missoula, MT. She has worked in some of the Forest Service's finest wilderness areas throughout her 25-year career.
Mary Ann Davies is a project leader at the Forest Service's Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC). She received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering with a minor in industrial and management engineering from Montana State University in 1988. She worked in the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region with facilities, tramways, recreation, and fire. Before coming to MTDC in 1998, she worked 5 years with the Rocky Mountain Research Station's fire chemistry and the fire behavior groups in Missoula, MT. Mary Ann works on projects in the facilities, fire, recreation, and watershed, soil, and air programs.
For additional information about wilderness and backcountry site restoration, contact Mary Ann Davies at MTDC:
Phone: 406-329-3981
Fax: 406-329-3719
E-mail: mdavies@fs.fed.us
Electronic copies of MTDC's documents are available on the Internet at:
