Aaron Killgore

Experience

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  David L. Boren National Security Education Program,

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Fellow
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  Oregon Natural Desert Association

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  John Day Coordinator

  Environmental policy and federal legislation lead on public lands, land acquisition and exchangecoordinator, and community outreach:• Programmatic lead on the designation of Spring Basin Wilderness Area, March 2009, and introduction of Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness Act of 2010. Extensive outreachto landowners, County Commissioners, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Watershed Councils, State and Federal agencies, conservation groups, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation and public lands stakeholders.• Lead on NEPA comments for regional planning efforts (BLM Resource Management Plan), road, transmission line and wind energy development.• Environmental appointee, John Day/Snake River Resource Advisory Council (Malheur, Umatilla,Wallowa-Whitman National Forest and Prineville District BLM).• Development and implementation of John Day Wild Salmon conservation campaign with Restoration, Outreach, Development, Membership and conservation staff members. Coordination and implementation of restoration work (wilderness inventory, road/fence mapping, riparian restoration, wilderness inventory).• Grant and foundation relationships management for over $250k.• Environmental Representative, Lower John Day Workgroup. Awarded $250k by the Oregon WatershedEnhancement Board.• Facilitation of federally-legislated land exchanges between BLM, private landowners and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation. Prioritization mapping based on landownership, conservation areas, roads and fence lines, grazing permits, cultural areas, mineral and water rights.• Public outreach presentations and meeting attendance: county government (Board of Commissioners) and town economic development groups. Show less

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  East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP)

  Nov 2012 - May 2013

  Technical Advisor

  Capacity building, strategy guidance, conservation and sustainable agriculture program developmentin Eastern Bali.• Spatial and non-spatial planning for regional forest and watershed restoration planning. GISmentoring, data collection and management of multiple species restoration programs.• Initiation of a multi-village effort to educate and facilitate outreach for community managed reforestation areas.• Partnering with farmers, community leaders, NGO's, business owners, and agencies to establish an agricultural extension service, coastal conservation priorities, a biomass gassifier. Show less

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  East Bali Watershed Initiative

  May 2013 - Dec 2014

  Director

  Development and implementation of community outreach program towards the protection of 4000 acres of government forest and 10 square miles of coral reef in East Bali:• Collaboration with community and religious leaders, forest managers, non-profit organizations (Conservation International, East Bali Poverty Project) to establish regional and village resource management priorities. Launch of 4 Marine Protected Area Initiatives, and 2 foreststewardship areas.• Mentoring and management of 2 full-time outreach staff members.• Budgeting and grant reporting, scheduling for field visits and follow-up analysis.• Awarded a Rufford Small Grant for Conservation 2013, adopted by Trust for ConservationInnovation as US fiscal sponsor. Show less

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  Marstel-Day, LLC

  Nov 2014 - Apr 2015

  Analyst

  Team lead for outreach planning as part of a federally legislated partnership between Marine Corps and Bureau of Land Management to address safety and boundary issues associated with the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (Twentynine Palms) land expansion.• Regional and local stakeholder identification and prioritization for the Resource ManagementGroup (RMG) responsibilities on BLM and Marine Corps lands.• Database development for stakeholder data management for local and regional communities, off road vehicle and recreational public land users.• Oversight of 5 consultants for programmatic tasking (research, GIS, database, administration, editing). Daily interactions with government and military clients for campaign coordinationand program assistance. Show less

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  SpecPro Professional Services (SPS)

  Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

  Contract / Wildlife Biology Program Manager

  Overall Program Manager to the USAR 63rd Regional Support Command Headquarters Environmental Division. Responsible for recruitment, hiring and management of Wildlife, Geology, GIS, Cultural, NEPA, Wetlands, and Training Programs. Subcontract management of 5 Area Environmental Managers and Hazardous Materials Program for 134 facilities. • Recruitment, hiring and mentoring of 8 direct report employees, and 3 subcontracts with over 15 employees.• Development of cultural, biological (ESA, wetlands), stormwater, EPCRA, CERCLA/RCRA, ECP/property disposal, hazardous waste, NEPA and GIS programs for 140 facilities.• Section 7 consultations with USFWS, NOAA. USAR MILCON projects at Camps Pendleton and Miramar. • Spend Planning and Budgeting for a $3.5M (+$.75M) annual program for 3 years (salary, ODC, travel). Timesheet management, performance evaluations, expense report authorization.• Collaboration with 63d RSC Department of Public Works Operations and Real Estate divisions to prioritize projects and maximize the impact of completed projects.• Aarcher Institute Environmental Compliance Bootcamp, July 2016. Show less

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  Mead & Hunt - engineering, architecture, planning

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2022

  Senior Environmental Planner

  Environmental Planning, Biological Compliance, NEPA (Environmental Assessments, Categorical Exclusions), Permitting (JPA/JARPA), Federal (DoD)Contracts and Business Development, GIS, Public Outreach, Agency Coordination. Southwest Regional Airport Environmental Assessment, and multiple Documented Categorical Exclusions for airport clients (Port of Portland, Bellingham, Medford, Klamath Falls) throughout the West. Section 7 consultation for a Biological Assessment that analyzed the adverse modification of Critical Habitat for Coho Salmon. Show less

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  Environmental Science Associates

  Jan 2023 - Nov 2024

  Senior Principal Biologist

  Washington Department of Ecology Wind and Solar SEPA PEIS, WA. SEPA Project Manager. Project manager for a WA SEPA Programmatic EIS for future wind and solar development in the state of Washington. As a sub to Anchor QEA, ESA was lead on 9 technical memoranda (cultural, air quality, noise, water, public services, EHS, transportation, visual, and recreation). Budgeting, scheduling and coordination with lead consultant and outside agency comment and review, as well as QA/QC of documents were my key responsibilities.Sound Transit Ecosystem Services Assessment, Seattle, WA. Project Manager. As part of an innovative analysis to develop new metrics to quantify ecosystem services at over 300 restoration sites throughout the service area. My team worked closely with ST staff to customize a spatial analysis for carbon, water, environmental justice, and wildlife habitat.Bend Air Control Tower Environmental Assessment. Project Manager . Support of the Century West team to analyze the Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences of the ATCT construction and associated developments according to FAA standards.Sanderson Field T-Hangars CATEX. NEPA Project Manager. NEPA documentation, cultural analysis, Biological Assessment and Section 107 consultation for Streaked Horned Lark for the construction of multiple T-hangars and associated infrastructure.Bend Airport Air Control Tower, Thun Field, Friday Harbor, Sanderson Field NEPA Documentation, Oregon and Washington. Senior Project Manager. Several notable consultations include Section 7 Endangered Species Act consultation for Streaked Horned Lark impacts, fish bearing stream compliance, and an Air Quality report for construction as part of NEPA process. Sound Transit Ecosystem Services, Seattle, Washington. Senior Project Manager. Currently a project manager for an innovative project to develop new ecosystem services metrics for over 300 restoration and mitigation sites throughout Seattle. Show less