Nola Eaglin Talmage

• Managed a portfolio of capital infrastructure projects in and around the Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, and San Gabriel River watershed.
• Developed and nurtured strategic partner and stakeholder relationships, key to project implementation and success; US Forest Service, elected officials, community groups, tribal partners, non-profit organizations, local government.
• Rose awareness of project goals and barriers (funding needs, implementation milestones, jurisdictional permits and approvals) through engagement of the Board, community groups, media, local, state and national advocacy.
• Drove momentum of project implementation through detailed technical and operational direction, collaborative work with prime consultants, focused and informed engagement with jurisdictional agencies, passionate representation and collaboration within the agency, strategic partners and stakeholders, and the development of new State and Federal grant funding resources worth over $10 million.
• Successfully procured complicated permitting requirements with multiple jurisdictional overlays; Caltrans, LA County, US Fish and Wildlife, CA Fish and Wildlife, State and local Water Quality Control Boards, US Army Corps of Engineers.
• Maintained CEQA/NEPA adherence of capital infrastructure projects and worked closely with environmental consultants and Forest Service Resource Managers to retain and drive the environmental integrity of each project.
• Managed and maintained project grant resources worth more than $25 million; reporting, reconciliation and amendments.
• Developed tribal land acknowledgement for projects, including the renaming of one project, and facilitated relationships amongst multiple state recognized tribal representatives and indigenous lineal descendents of project areas.

Co-founder of Landscape Design team focusing on creative, sustainable design that maximizes plant eco systems in the home and office landscape setting for a meaningful and dynamic engagement with the natural world.

• Client development, contract negotiation, design and presentation, bid administration, project management, and post construction support.

• Planting Design, Irrigation Design and Construction Documents for new multi family and mixed use projects requiring LA County, and City of LA plan submission and LID compliance.
• Site analysis, base development, as-built documentation, Planting Design, Irrigation Design and Construction Documents for residential projects in Los Angeles area.

• Plant Concept & Palette Development and Presentation
• Planting Design and Construction Documents
• Hydrozone Planning, Irrigation Design & MWELO Calculations for City Permit

• Design Development & Schematic Design Support - Sketching, AutoCAD, Color Rendering
• Design Presentation - In Design, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, Photoshop
• Plant and Materials Research, Detail Development and Presentation
• Construction Document Development
• Construction management and client communication

• Business Administration for $1-3 million/yr Post Production VFX studio
• Including, Quickbooks bookkeeping, Financial Forecasting and Cash Flow Management, Accounts Payables and Receivables, HR

• Architecture and interiors research and location scouting for fashion stills photography and commercial production
• Image Database Management
• Photography, Image formatting, and Presentation - Nikon SLR, Photoshop

• Commercial photography and live-action production for production companies, directors, creative agencies.
• Budget Management, Talent Casting, Technical Assistance, Staff Management, Stock Footage Research, Post Production Editorial and Graphics Supervision.