Steering Committee Members
Mark Brunson
Professor, Environment and Society, Utah State University.
Coordinates with academic partners; sageSTEP liaison; co-leads evaluation.
Don Major
Fire and Landscape Ecologist, Idaho BLM.
Leads website function and updates, co-leads network of experts.
Fred Edwards
Great Basin Ecoregional Coordinator, BLM.
Leads webinar development; BLM-NV liaison.
Francis Kilkenny
Research Biologist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Leads development of syntheses.
April Hulet
Assistant Professor, Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho.
Coordinates with extension; leads program effectiveness assessments.
Elizabeth Leger
Associate Professor Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada-Reno.
Leads project management.
Eva Strand
Assistant Professor Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho.
Leads web-based training.
Cheri Howell
Ecologist, USFS.
Leads field-based connections.
Beth Newingham
Research Ecologist, ARS.
Leads development of agency mentors and cadres.
Jeremy Maestas
Sage Ecosystems Specialist, NRCS.
Coordinates with management partners; leads field workshops.