Anna King
Mckinleyville,CA
Summary
Dynamic Trail Crew Lead with proven expertise in project management and wilderness management at Shasta Trinity National Forest. Skilled in ensuring safety compliance and effective communication, I excel in prioritizing tasks and delivering high-quality trail maintenance. Committed to fostering team dynamics and achieving project goals in challenging environments.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Trail Crew Lead/Foreman
Shasta Trinity National Forest
04.2023 - 05.2025
- Project Sponsor for a fourteen-person California Conservation Corps Backcountry Trails crew.
- Foreman's responsibility is to act as the Forest Service supervisor for this crew, scout for necessary work, make decisions regarding work priorities, ensure high-quality work, coordinate logistics of the crew's backcountry camp, ensure crew safety, and take part in managing crew dynamics.
- Foreman also works closely with the Forest Service Pack Stock Crew to ensure the crew is supplied/resupplied weekly with all necessary camp gear and food.
- Foreman coordinates with the CCC Backcountry Supervisor, making sure these parties have the information needed to provide the crew with supplemental direction on the worksite.
- Supervisor: Aaron McBride aaron.mcbride@usda.gov (may contact)
- DUTIES include supervisory duties, preparing tools and gear, scouting camp locations, maintaining backcountry camp, developing operating plans, training crews, and ensuring safety.
Nursery Worker
Jonsteen Company Tree Nursery
10.2021 - 03.2024
- Responsible for the cultivation and care of young trees in a nursery setting, performing tasks such as planting, watering, pruning, fertilizing, weeding, pest control, propagating new plants, inspecting for diseases, and preparing trees for sale or transplanting.
- Maintaining the cleanliness and overall health of the nursery grounds and ensuring proper plant records are kept.
- Supervisor: Mike Teel (707)-621-0924 (may contact)
- DUTIES include working 40 hours a week, labeling and identifying over 500 species of plants, planting seeds and seedlings, and quality control of plants.
Backcountry Trails Program Corpsmember
California Conservation Corps
04.2022 - 09.2022
- Spend over five months based at remote wilderness locations throughout California performing physically demanding manual labor in a variety of intense conditions.
- Participate in regular camp chores, position-related trainings, physical training, daily curriculum and education, environmental awareness, cooperative living skills, and exploration of surrounding wilderness areas.
- Supervisor: Sam Boutelle 503-9977-7380 sam.boutelle@gmail.com (may contact)
- DUTIES include trail maintenance, construction, using and maintaining tools, hiking, and participating in crew community development.
Corpsmember
California Conservation Corps
08.2020 - 10.2021
- Salmon Habitat Restoration- using wood drills, band saws and griphoist setups to pin logs together creating new habitat.
- Fire Camp Emergency - working in a sanitary environment, cleaning tables, taking out garbage, customer service, distributing goods and taking inventory.
- Trail work- Brushing through vegetation with chainsaws, using rigging equipment to maneuver logs into place, new trail construction, rerouting tread, trail maintenance, maintain drains, building retaining walls and constructing switchbacks.
- Planting- planting wetland plants, trees and bushes using proper techniques.
- Fuel reduction- Brushing with chainsaws and weed wackers, swamping for sawyers, stacking branches neatly to be ready for the chipper, experience with the chipper.
- Invasive Species Removal - identifying invasive plants and proper technique for removal.
- Spikes- packing camp in and out of our worksite, setting up kitchen tents and stoves, cooking for a crew in a sanitary backcountry setting, leave no trace trained.
- Supervisor: Kendall Ward 707-472-6070 kendall.ward@ccc.ca.gov (may contact)
Education
Diploma -
Arcata High School
Arcata01.2020
Skills
- Project management
- Project prioritization
- Safety compliance
- Trail maintenance
- Wilderness management
- Communication skills
Certification
- Level B crosscut sawyer bucking and felling
- First aid and CPR certified
- WFA certified
- Epinephrine administration certified
References
- Arron Mcbride, Shasta Trinity National Forest, aaron.mcbride@usda.gov, 530-739-2116
- Sam Boutelle, California Conservation Corps, sam.boutelle@gmail.com, 503-9977-7380
- Mike Teel, Jonsteen Company Tree Nursery, 707-621-0924
- Natalia Muglia, Inyo National Forest, muglianatalia@gmail.com, 434-942-3939
- Kendall Ward, California Conservation Corps, kendall.ward@ccc.ca.gov, 707-472-6070
Timeline
Trail Crew Lead/Foreman
Shasta Trinity National Forest
04.2023 - 05.2025
Backcountry Trails Program Corpsmember
California Conservation Corps
04.2022 - 09.2022
Nursery Worker
Jonsteen Company Tree Nursery
10.2021 - 03.2024
Corpsmember
California Conservation Corps
08.2020 - 10.2021
Diploma -
Arcata High School
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