Chris L Chandler

Experience

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  Burgess & Niple

  Aug 2007 - Aug 2009

  Surveyor
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  NativeScapes Inc

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2012

  Restoration Technician

  Advance the front on the war on weeds.

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  Eco-Tech Consultants Inc

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  Habitat Restoration Manager, ISA Certified Arborist # KY-0794A

  I was responsible for business and project development for all habitat management services offered for private landowners, stream and wetland mitigation properties, municipalities, and public/private land trust natural resource management areas. My primary mission was to utilize Best Management Practices to provide land managers with detection, prescription, response and monitoring of a diverse range of invasive/exotic threats to habitats and ecosystems. My management experience includes supervision of wetland, riparian, prairie, bottomland and upland forestry restoration, right-of-way management, small and large scale planting plans, timber stand improvement, municipal forestry planning, drafting comprehensive land management plans, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA) and Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) preventative treatments, site survey and documentation utilizing total stations, , GPS, and ArcGIS. Additionally, I provided support to Eco-Tech’s biological and ecological design staff including conducting Indiana Bat Habitat Assessments for NEPA and ESA Section 7 compliance. Show less

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  The Nature Conservancy

  Jan 2015 - now

  The Nature Conservancy’s North America Urban Network has identified conservation projects in several large cities across the United States to serve as models for how nature can provide socio-economic benefits and build resilient communities across race, politics, class and privilege. The program focuses on developing on-the-ground solutions to the environmental and socioeconomic challenges that are specific to urban spaces worldwide.I am charged with engaging partners, businesses, academics, policy makers and citizens to accomplish goals that promote safe and health spaces for people and nature in cities. Show less

  • Cities and Strategic Partnerships Director

    Jul 2024 - now

  • North American Cities Network Director

    Jan 2015 - Aug 2024