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APIO National
Council - 2008
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Officer |
Contact Information |
Career History |
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President
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Name: Kent Matsutani
Phone: 970-295-5477
Birthplace:
Title: Project Manager
Office/State:
USDA-NRCS ITC
2150 Centre Ave. Bldg A, Suite 227
Fort Collins, CO 80526 |
Oh, the wonderful places you'll go
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- McCook, Nebraska - Trainee 1977
- Lincoln, Nebraska - Trainee
- Hastings, Nebraska - Soil Con
- Stanton, Nebraska - Soil Con
- Sidney, Nebraska - DC
- Washington, DC - Detail
- Edmonton, Alberta Canada - SWCS
- Wurzburg, Germany - Volkmarch
- Innsbruck, Austria - Visit
- Osaka, Japan - Visit
- Pago Pago, American Samoa - ASTC-Programs
- Saipan, CNMI - ASTC-Programs
- Mongmong, Guam - ASTC-Programs
- Hawaiian Islands - ASTC-Programs
- Fort Collins, Colorado - Project Manager
I have driven through, stopped and physically touched
soil in 30 States.
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Executive Vice-President
On May 25, 2008, Peter takes up the
reins as ASTC-Operations in Washington State.
Congratulations, Peter! |
Name:
Peter P.
Bautista, P.E.
Phone: 509-323-2941
Fax: 509-323-2979
Birthplace: Guam, Mariana Islands
Title: ASTC-Operations
Office: USDA-NRCS
Northwest Multi State Design Team
316 W. Boone Ave. Suite 450
Spokane, Washington 99201-2348 |
Pacific Basin - Micronesian Islands
- Civil Engineer, Pacific Basin SCS Area Office, Guam
1992 1998
- District Conservationist, Guam NRCS Field Office,
Pacific Basin, Marianas, 2003-2005
Southwest: Arizona
- Engineer Specialist, Arizona NRCS State Office,
Phoenix, 1998 2001
- State Design Engineer, Arizona NRCS State Office,
Phoenix 2006 2007
Northwest: Oregon, Idaho,
Washington and Alaska
- Engineer Specialist, Oregon NRCS State Office,
Portland, 2001 - 2003
- Design Engineer , Multi State (PNW) Design Team,
Spokane, WA, 2007 2008
- ASTC-Operations, Spokane Washington-Current
Private Sector
- 1983-86; Farmer, Guam Pineapple Co.
- 1991-1992; Guam Environmental Protection Agency
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Vice-President
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Name:
Somphone "Sam" Ly
Phone: 607-865-7090
Fax: 607-865-5535
Birthplace: Vientiane, Laos
Title: Program Engineer
Office: NYC Watershed Office |
New
York
- Civil Engineer; 1994-1998
Rhode Island
- Assistant State Engineer; 1998 - 2001
New York
- Program/Basin Engineer; 2001-present
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Secretary
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Name: Hue Dang
Phone: 530-295-5630
Title: District Conservationist
Office: Placerville, CA |
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Treasurer
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Name:
Nick S. Vira Phone: 541-465-6443
ext125
Title: Soil Conservationist
Office:
Eugene, OR
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Minnesota
- Student Intern - Jordan Field Office
Arizona
- Soil Conservation Trainee - Chandler Field Office
- Soil Conservationist - Chandler Field Office
- Soil Conservationist - Avondale Service
Center/Phoenix Field Office
Oregon
- Soil Conservationist - Eugene Service Center
Details
- Hurricane Katrina Recovery Effort - New Orleans, LA
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National Council Advisor
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Representative |
Contact Information |
Career History |
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Angela Biggs
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Name:
Angela L. Biggs
Phone: 712-755-2417
Fax: 712-755-2381
Birthplace: Iowa City, Iowa
Title: District Conservationist, National AA/PI
Emphasis Program Manager
Office/State: Harlan Field Office, Iowa |
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APIO Regional Representatives
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Representative |
Contact Information |
Career History |
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East / NHQ
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Name:
Oliver Miranda
Phone: 301-574-5162 ext 102
Fax Number: 301-574-5156
Birthplace: Quezon City, Philippines
Title: District Conservationist
Office: Upper Marlboro Field Office, Maryland
Biography |
New York
- Soil Conservationist Montgomery County, GS-5, 1992
- Soil Conservationist Rensselaer County, GS-7 to 9,
1993
- District Conservationist Delaware County, GS-11,
1997
Massachusetts
- District Conservationist Hampshire and Hampden
Counties, GS-12, 2000
Maryland
- District Conservationist Prince George's County,
GS-12, 2003 to present
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Midwest
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Name:
Winnie Chen
Phone: 763-566-2941
Title: Wetland Biologist
Office: Brooklyn Center, MN |
Arizona
- Intern Game and Fish Department
- Intern US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Intern Tucson Field Office
- Soil Conservationist Tucson Field Office
- Biologist Tucson Area Office
Minnesota
- Wetland Specialist Brooklyn Center Area Office
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Northern Plains
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Name:
Gary Parks
Phone: 785-823-4500
Birthplace: Boulder, Colorado Title: Soil Scientist
Office: Salina MLRA
Soil Survey Office
760 S.
Broadway
Salina, KS
67401-4604
Biography
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USMC
- Marine Corps Air
Station (MCAS) Okinawa Japan 1976-1978,
- TDY details -
Pohang Korea, Minduro Island and Manila Philippines.
- Marine Air Traffic
Control Squadron (MATCS-38) Tustin CA 1978-1980.
Private Sector
Kansas
- SCS Student trainee
summers 1989 & 1990.
- SCS Soil Scientist
on Reno Co. Update 1990-1994.
- NRCS Soil Survey
Detail to Morton Co. KS, 1992.
- NRCS Area Wetland
Team Leader, 1994-2004.
- NRCS Soil Survey
Detail - Common Wealth Northern Marina Islands (CNMI)
1999, Mapped soil on the remote Islands of
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Anatahan
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Pagan
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Sarigan
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Alamagan
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Agrihan.
- NRCS Soil Survey Detail to Davis, CA
(part of the CNMI survey) 1999.
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NRCS KS AA/PI SEPM, 2001-2005.
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·NRCS Soil Survey Project Leader
MLRA 79, 2004-2008.
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Current position NRCS Soil Survey
Project Member MLRAs 74, 76, & 79.
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Pacific Islands Area
East
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Name:
Shirley Nakamura
Phone: 808-541-2600 ext 112
Fax: 808-541-1335
Title: Assistant Director for Operations
Office:
USDA-NRCS Pacific Islands Area
300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 4-118
P.O. Box 50004
Honolulu, HI 96850 |
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Pacific Islands Area
West
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Name:
Jocelyn Bamba
Phone: 671-735-4108
Title: District Conservationist
Office:: Hagatna, Guam
Biography |
Pacific Basin
- District Conservationist, Guam Field Office, 2006
present
RC&D Coordinator, Marianas RC&D Area, Saipan Service
Center , 20022006
New Jersey
- District Conservationist, Morris Plains, 2001-2002
Pacific
Basin
- Soil Conservationist, Guam FO, 1995
2001
Washington
State
- Student Trainee, Soil Cons., 1993
1994
Details
- American Samoa, Acting DC;
- Oregon, Pendleton Service Center, Soil
Conservationist
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South
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Name:
Rattana
Kittitornsup-Nantz
Phone: 405-742-1226
Title: Contract Specialist
Office: State Office, Stillwater, OK |
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West
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Name: Terry
Wang
Phone: 209-472-7127 ext 109
Fax: 209-472-7890
Birthplace: Stockton, California
Title: Soil Conservation Technician
Office: 3422 W. Hammer Ln. Suite A
Stockton, CA
Biography |
California
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Soil Conservation Technician
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Farm Bill Program assistant with
the NRCS
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biological science technician
(fisheries) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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National Council
Teleconference Minutes
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Feb.
28, 2008

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Last Modified:
05/30/2008 | |