Lee grew up in and around the Bay Area, and comes to the RCD with a background in ecology, education, and land stewardship. He got his start studying songbirds and planting cottonwoods on the Great Plains, where he fell in love with natural history and the puzzle of building habitat. In the decade or so since, Lee has worked to develop and implement stewardship strategies with a variety of organizations and landowners across Northern California and the Upper Midwest. He has hands-on experience in forestry, oak woodland restoration, prescribed fire, plant propagation, invasive species management, and agricultural work, and has an MS in Rangeland and Wildlife Management from UC Berkeley. Alongside his work with the RCD, Lee is a perennial student of natural history, sometimes wilderness guide, dedicated fruit tree pruner, student of the guitar, and aspiring pasta cook. Through it all, Lee is committed to our collective ability to steward traditions and take care of the places we call home. He is excited to be joining the RCD, and working in support of the farmers and working lands of West Marin.