Advisory Committee

Jim Patterson
1055 Monterey Street, Room D430
San Luis Obispo, CA 93408
805-781-4339
San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors,
District 5

Raymond A. Watson
1115 Truxtun Avenue, Room 504
Bakersfield, CA 93301  
661-868-3680    
Retired Television Executive
Kern County Board of Supervisors, District 4

Carl Twisselman
9501 West Lokern Road
McKittrick, CA 93251
661-762-7528
Represents the Central California Resource
Advisory Council on the National Monument

Michael Khus-Zarate
5151 West Vartikian Avenue
Fresno, CA 93722
559-327-9000 or   
559-277-2161
Educator
Carrizo Plain Native American Advisory Council

Dale Kuhnle
7350 Carnaza Road
Santa Margarita, CA 93453
805-475-2383    
Rancher    
Represents those authorized to graze livestock
within the National Monument

Ellen Cypher, PhD
P.O. Box 9622
Bakersfield, CA 93389
661-398-2201
Plant Ecologist
Public-at-Large

Neil Havlik, PhD
900 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
805-781-7211
Natural Resources Manager for the City of San Luis Obispo
Public-at-Large

Alice Bond
655 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Public Lands Policy Analyst for the Wilderness Society, California and Nevada
Public-at-Large 

Raymond L. Hatch
P.O. BOX 1451
Taft, CA
661-765-6007
Public-at-Large

Support Staff

The Bureau of Land Management
Tim Smith - Field Office Manager

Johna Hurl - Carrizo Plain Monument Manager
John Skibinski - Assistant Office Field Manager
Steve Larson - Asstistant Office Field Manager, Resources

Tamera Whitley - Archaeologist
Chris Ryan - Soil, Air and Water Specialist
Kathy Sharum - Wildlife Biologist
Larry Saslaw - Wildlife Biologist

California Department of Fish & Game
Bob Stafford - Senior Wildlife Biologist
Alice Koch - Wildlife Biologist
Deb Hillyard - Botanist

The Nature Conservancy
Wendy Millet --  Ecoregional Director, North and Cetral Coast
Michael Bell, Project Director, Central Coast Ecoregion
Thomas Maloney, Project Manager, Central Coast Ecoregion
H. Scott Butterfield, Ecologist, Central Coast Ecoregion

Meeting Minutes (pdf) 

• June 25, 2011
• October 30, 2010
• January 23, 2010
• June 28, 2008
• February 23, 2008
• September 22, 2007
• July 21, 2007
• May 5, 2007
• January 27, 2007
• May 22, 2004
• October 4, 2003
• June 7, 2003
• June 7, 2003
• March 8, 2003

Associated Monument Advisory Committee Meeting Documents

• June 3, 2008 Native American Power Point Presentation
• Mary Dyas Letter: February 19, 2008
• Presentation: February 23, 2008
• Presentation: September 22, 2007
• Subregions Map: September 22, 2007
• Comments: May 5, 2007

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