Jonathan Martin

Director of Native American Forest and Rangeland Management Programming

Education

• MS Forestry, NAU School of Forestry, ‘91
• BS Forestry, NAU School of Forestry, ‘85

Professional Experience

• Regional Forester, BIA, Southwest Regional Office, 2010-2012
• Regional Fire Ecologist, BIA, Southwest, Navajo, Phoenix Regional Offices, 2005-2010
• Regional Forester, BIA, Navajo Regional Office, 2001-2005
• Regional Natural Resources Specialist, BIA, Navajo Regional Office, 1992-2001
• Forester, Navajo Forestry Department, 1985-1992

Areas of Specialized Experience

• NEPA and associated environmental clearances
• Certified Silviculturalist
• Reforestation
• Inter-agency Coordination
• Tribal Consultation and Policy
• Fire Effects Monitoring
• Prescribed and Wildland Fire Management
• Forest Inventory and Data Analysis
• Natural Resources Management Planning and Implementation

Jon has spent the last 30 years in the natural resources management field, primarily on tribal lands, throughout the Southwest. Starting out as a seasonal forester, he gradually assumed positions of increasing complexity and responsibility that provided experience in the full range of issues that confront resource managers in the Southwest.

Having served as a Regional level manager, he is familiar with the federal mandates and requirements of program planning and implementation.  He has at one time, or another, interacted with most federal resource management agencies within the region and knows the challenges of pursuing sound management of tribal resources.  He has served on numerous inter-agency teams, as an agency representative, and has always advocated on behalf of tribal resources.

He hopes to apply this knowledge and experience to his role as Director of Native American Forest and Rangeland Management Programming.  With support from all of the ERI’s resources and programs, his goal is to pursue the restoration and maintenance of ecosystem resiliency for the benefit of tribal communities.