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Brian Boerman is a certified Agricultural and Environmental Management
Planner and a Certified Crop Advisor working with Agricultural Consulting
Services. He grew up in Wayne County New York and attended college
at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He has worked
in the fields of environmental biology and agriculture for 9 years.
Brian moved into the Cayuga Lake watershed in 1999 when he started
with Agricultural Consulting Services as a field technician gathering
soil data and doing Integrated Pest Management in vegetable and
row crops. Since then, he moved closer to Ithaca, got married, had
a baby and became a lead consultant and nutrient management planner
with his consulting firm.
Prior to that Brian worked with threatened and endangered species
in Oregon and Washington States and also worked with the U.S. Forest
Service as a Forest Biologist, responsible for timber management
and wildlife habitat assessment. As part of this work he identified
watersheds and installed practices to enhance fish populations in
degrading habitats.
Brian noted, “I am interested in working with the Network
because I believe that I can lend a knowledge base from personal
experiences and contacts throughout the Cayuga Lake Watershed. My
job calls for me to develop and help implement a plan for forestry
and agriculture to operate profitably within the guidelines of The
Clean Water Act. Charged with this duty I feel responsible to work
with all parties, from throughout the watershed to achieve the goals
of environmental sustainability and the economic success of the
businesses operating in the watershed. To help achieve these goals
I feel I would be most effective dealing with the challenges facing
the Cayuga Lake Watershed, and I believe this Network is one of
the best places to spend time working toward that
goal.”
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