Laura Wagner

Experience

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  L & G Forestry, Inc

  Oct 1989 - May 2006

  Owner/President

  Developed, negotiated, reviewed, and maintained service and sales contracts for all departmentsPlanned, managed and assigned projects to forestry crews and oversaw quality controlReviewed and approved all timesheets, vacation requests, expense reports, budgets, contracts, and vendor paymentsTroubleshoot equipment, scheduling or supply issues and identify and implement solutionsDevelop, implement, and enforce safety standards and proceduresPerformed job costing and quality evaluation on all jobsResearch, identify, and develop specifications for equipment purchasesDevelop and implement policy and procedures; developed strategic planOrganized, ordered, tracked, and managed all seedling ordering, storage and delivery for up to 600,000 seedlings and over 100 landowner sites in each 4 month season; planned yearly schedule and travel arrangements for all employees and contracts in a three state areaActed as liaison with state, federal, and local agencies; responded to RFP’s from state, federal, and county governmental entitiesPrepared and implemented marketing plans to reach target-specific goals; grew business to largest forestry service company in Iowa, Illinois, and MissouriRecruit, retain, motivate, lead, train, review, supervise, and manage high quality and effective multidisciplinary staff Show less

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  Southeastern Community College

  May 2005 - Mar 2010

  Training Consultant
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  Iowa Department of Natural Resources

  Mar 2010 - Sept 2017

  Program Planner III

  -Increased revenue streams by 50% in targeted program areas through innovative partnering with investor-owned utilities, NGOs, and federal agencies- Coordinator for Operation ReLeaf Residential Tree Distribution Program (statewide)- Coordinator of Trees For Kids Conservation Education and School & Community Grant program (Statewide- State Project Learning Tree Coordinator- NAASF Forest Planner for State of Iowa-LSR Grant Writer, Coordinator, and Manager for the following USFS LSR grants:FY18-IA-015 Block By Block: Transforming Disasterinto Community Engagement, awarded Iowa Department of Natural Resources$341,527.20; FY17-IA-007 Working Watersheds: Reducing Nutrient Loads and IncreasingWater Quality through Forest Management, awarded Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources$244,649; FY16-IA-048 Landscape Scale Restoration Project – Promoting Pollinators inForested Priority Habitats, awarded Iowa Department of Natural Resources $183,076;FY 2014 Northeastern Area Competitive Resource Allocation ProjectProposal-Sustainable Community Forestry Assistance and Training for Communities over5,000, awarded Iowa Department of Natural Resources $415, 901.64.-Performed and trained others in Urban Tree Inventory methods, including tree risk surveys & inspection, signs & symptoms of insects & disease (including EAB), health & vigor of root, stem & crown, species, & site conflicts; used tree inventory data to analyze species composition, age class composition, distribution, establish canopy goals, and share the value of the urban forest to city officials and public- Created and implemented Municipal Urban Forestry Training for communities throughout Iowa Show less

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  City of Cheyenne, Wyoming- Urban Forestry Division

  Sept 2017 - Mar 2018

  Urban Forestry Specialist
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  Laura Wagner Consulting

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  Urban Forestry Consultant

  ISA Certified Arborist Consultant

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  Council of Western State Foresters

  Jun 2019 - Oct 2023

  • Director of Agency Coordination

    Jul 2021 - Oct 2023

  • Good Neighbor Authority Coordinator

    Jun 2019 - Jun 2021
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  U.S. Forest Service

  Oct 2023 - now

  Forest Legacy Program Manager, Rocky Mountain Region