Ryan S. Murdoff

• Conducted field assessments to monitor the progress, effectiveness, and impact of natural resource management efforts.
• Coordinated multi-disciplinary teams to develop integrated solutions for complex environmental challenges.
• Enhanced ecosystem health by implementing sustainable natural resource management practices.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to establish goals and objectives for natural resource management projects.
• Trained staff members on new technologies and methodologies relevant to natural resource monitoring and assessment tasks.
• Developed comprehensive resource management plans for improved habitat conservation and wildlife protection.

• Collaborated with management to develop and implement effective plant protection strategies.
• Established strong relationships with external stakeholders, sharing knowledge and resources for improved plant protection outcomes.
• Maintained detailed records of all inspections, treatments, and interventions, ensuring regulatory compliance and accurate reporting.

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• Supervising, developing and implementing Restoration projects and efforts, and oversee all efforts with the Invasive Plant Program
• Provided expertise with Threatened, Endangered, and rare plant species and communities while working with many outside partners and collaborative groups.
• Oversee the Program Budget while working with and writing Grants and other funding opportunities from non-profit, County, State, and Federal. Collaboration with multiple organizations to support and contribute with invasive, native, rare, and Endangered species.

• Provided technical expert assistance to the District in matters dealing with threatened, endangered and sensitive plant species and plant community and vegetation.
• Evaluate the biological implications of various constructions, logging, or other projects while developing conservation strategies to maintain threatened, endangered, and sensitive plants.
• Prepared NEPA documents for Botany: Environmental Assessments (EA), biological evaluations (BE) and Survey and Manage reports for the Endangered Species Act and Forest Service policy requirements for proposed endangered, threatened, and sensitive species for management and conservation of plant biodiversity through a variety of programs.
• Worked closely with other agencies, public interest groups, and members of the community to conserve plant resources. Plant conservation ranges from controlling non-native species and weeds and protecting threatened and endangered vascular and nonvascular plants.

• Worked with Native Hawaiian plants and Endangered animals and birds

• Worked and lived in a remote field camp on Laysan Island in the Pacific Ocean for 6 months with limited supplies and only 2 other people. Laysan Island is 750 miles NW of the island of Oahu. Communication to the main island was by VHF radio and satellite phone only. No other communications were available.
• Work composed mainly of island restoration and rehabilitation. Much of this work involved: collection of native Hawaiian seeds, growing native Hawaiian plants from seed in shade houses and transplanting these native Hawaiian plants in correct soils and zones of the island, monitoring all sections of restoration.