About Jim McGannon
For the past 35+ years, I’ve had extensive experience in woodland forestry, landscape management, urban forestry, and natural resource management. As a career municipal employee, I also have extensive experience in parks/recreation and trails management. I am also very involved in sportsmen and conservation organizations.
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Education & Certifications
- M.S. (specialized in GIS), University of Colorado
- B.S., Forestry, University of Minnesota
- Certified Arborist wtih the International Society of Arboriculture
- Certified Technical Service Provider (Natural Resource Conservation Service)
- Certified Tree Farm Inspector
- Certified member of Association of Consulting Foresters
- Graduate, Leadership Pikes Peak
- Graduate, Citizens Adacemy, 18th Judicial District, Colorado
Relevant Experience
- Forestry and Natural Resource Management
- Extensive experience with open space management (i.e. City Parks Trails, Open Space and Parks programs)
- Coordinated major community events
- Secured grants with State and Federal programs
- Experience with Federal, State, County, local agencies
- Extensive public contact with effective resolution of sensitive and controversial decisions
- Organized national, regional, and local workshops and conferences
- Technical Advisory Committee, Fountain Creek Watershed District
- Community Sustainability Projects in Colorado Springs Area
- Active in professional organizations
- Appeared in courts of law to support my work
Communication Skills
- Speaker at national, regional, and local conferences
- Public presentations (Boards, City Council, committees, task forces, more)
- Extensive contact with the print and other news media
- Extensive experience in preparing technical reports and legal documents (i.e. agreements government/property owners)
- Extensive experience with computer applications, (i.e. Word, Excel, databases, GIS, powerpoint, mapping, more)
Employment Experience
- Division Manager, City Forester/Aborist City of Colorado Springs, Co. 1981-2008
- Arborist/Forester, City of Bismarck, North Dakota 1979-1981
- Private forestry/landscape and natural resource consultant, Colorado 1984-present
- Leadership roles in professional organizations
Community Involvement, Past and Present
- Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout and scout leader lifelong
- Leadership Pikes Peak Graduate, 2005
- Volunteer: Glen Eyrie (Navigators), National Space Symposium, National Renewable Energy Lab
- Board member Of Living History Assoc.
- Board member of local/national Sportsmen Organizations
- President of a Colorado homeowner association
- Board member, various homeowner associations
- Board member, Pinery Water & Sanitation
- Board member, Living History Association Colorado Springs