Jason Milks

Experience

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  Ducks Unlimited

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2002

  Waterfowl Technician

  Implemented field work for waterfowl nest success surveys on private land in northern South Dakota, and coordinated banding effort at Lake Ilo NWR in North Dakota.

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  Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Field Ecologist
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  The Nature Conservancy

  Jan 2005 - now

  Oversee conservation program in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Arkansas for The Nature Conservancy. Our program is diverse, but focuses on working with private and public landowners to reduce nutrients and sediment into area rivers, and improve energy efficiency and economic opportunities that provide for a biologically diverse and sustainable Delta for people. Most of our work occurs through the Farm Bill conservation programs, and in close partnership with public agencies, private organizations and foundations that support our work. Pokaż mniej Manage ecosystem restoration projects for the benefit of people, water, and wildlife for the Conservancy in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain of Arkansas. Projects include reconnection of meanders along 4.0 miles of the Cache River, 12,000 acre reforestation project through the Mississippi River Basin Initiative, hydrological reconnection of rivers/wetlands to adjacent floodplain, and hydro geomorphic stability analyses for river restoration projects. Experience coordinating multiple grants with private, state, and federal stakeholders. Chair of multi-partner, landscape-scale project delivery group. Pokaż mniej

  • US Reforestation Program Director

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Director Of Strategic Partnerships, Freshwater

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Delta Program Director

    Jan 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Delta Projects Manager

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2016

  • Prescribed Fire Management Specialist

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2012