Jim joined Audubon Canyon Ranch in January of 2021, bringing his local expertise and familiarity with the area from growing up on a sixth generation family ranch near Tomales. Jim manages the physical operations and land stewardship at Cypress Grove Research Center and Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Tomales Bay properties. Previously, Jim was the Stewardship Manager for the Marin Agricultural Land Trust where he spent eight years supporting conservation and stewardship on working farms and ranches. Jim also played an active role in establishing strategic partnerships to incentivize stream and habitat restoration and carbon farm plans throughout West Marin. Prior to MALT, Jim worked with the National Park Service in Wildland Fire Management for nine seasons where he led a fuels crew, worked on an engine, hotshot crew, and helped implement prescribed fire in National Parks across the western US. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry and natural resources with a minor in rangeland resources management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He is an Associate Rangeland Manager with the Cal-Pac Society for Range Management, is a Fibershed producer member, and serves on the MALT Board. When Jim is not at the office or in the field, he can be found spending time with his family stewarding and working on the family ranch.