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George was born and raised on a ranch near the town of Saguache in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. He received a bachelor's degree in industrial arts and technology and a Colorado teaching certificate from Adams State College in Alamosa, CO, in 1982.
While in high school, George worked two summers and one fall as a recreation technician at the Saguache Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest. During June 1981, he began working for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, in Alamosa, CO, as a materials technician and engineering draftsman on the Closed Basin Project. In September 1992, he moved to the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project in Farmington, NM, as a materials technician and construction inspector. His work with the Bureau of Reclamation involved construction activities ranging from onsite investigations to design and completion of numerous water projects in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.
George's opportunity to return to Colorado and 'the land of his people' came in August 2000 when he joined the Forest Service as an engineering technician at the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests supervisor's office in Delta, CO. George has worked in the timber sale road design program and recently became the North Zone engineering liaison. He has completed all exam categories (except Buildings) in the National Construction Certification Program. George is involved in all phases of project development and feels especially rewarded when he's able to work on a project from 'cradle to grave.'
George's wife, Ann, is a kindergarten teacher in Delta, CO. They have two daughters. The family enjoys camping, fishing, hiking, hunting, skiing, and snowmobiling.
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