Experience and Qualifications - Cindy Southway, Owner/Advocate

Able to help plan, coordinate and assist private landowners with conservation easement projects. Able to create, compile, edit and review instructional documents, public information documents and environmental reports for private companies and the federal government. Able to create and review baseline documentation reports for conservation easements. Able to create, edit and review grant proposals for non-profit agencies and environmental education projects.

Land Conservation and Technical Writing Experience

Owner, May 1997 to Present
Ripple Works, DBA Conservation Asssistance, Grand Lake, CO
Currently assist landowners with conservation easement projects. Create and review Baseline Documentation Reports. Create and review environmental and other technical reports. Create and review grant applications.

Executive Director, August 1997 to Jan. 2006
Middle Park Land Trust, Granby, Colorado
Managed the local land trust. Developed office, education and land conservation projects procedures. Created and negotiated conservation easements. Wrote and reviewed Baseline Documentation Reports. Wrote and reviewed grant applications. Created maps using GIS. Managed the membership database.

Public Affairs Specialist/NEPA Coordinator, May 1990 to April 97
USDA Forest Service, Arapaho NF, Sulphur Ranger District, Granby, CO
Managed the Forest Service front desk staff and interpretive programs. Created and reviewed environmental reports. Presented public information and responded to questions and information requests. Served on interdisciplinary committees for trail, timber and land management projects.

Research Assistant, Oct. 1980 to March 1981
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Researched and compiled weather data for a weather ship stationed in Alaska.

Technical Writer/Editor, October 1979 to May 1980
Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Junction, CO
Researched and created technical reports for water districts and the Bureau of Reclamation.

 

References and Education Available on Request