Council Staff
Tara Davis, Executive Director
Tara has been with the Council since May 2006 as their Coordinator, and as of July 2009 their Executive Director with the Council’s recent transition into a non-profit organization. Tara is a native Southern Oregonian (or Jeffersonian if you believe in the “State”), and grew up playing on the Rogue River. She received her degree in Environmental Science from Santa Clara University, a Masters in Water Resources Management emphasizing watershed management in developing nations from the University of New Mexico, and a River Restoration Professional Certificate in 2011 from Portland State University. Tara has worked with both social and environmental non-profit organizations for over 8 years.
E-mail Tara at calapooia@peak.org
Denise Lott, Operations Coordinator
Denise has lived in the Upper Calapooia for over 30 years. After 16 years of managing their family’s home building business, she decided to lend her bookkeeping and administrative skills to our watershed council. Importantly, her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from OSU has provided us great advantage in council publications and public messaging. Besides gardening and family sports events, she loves spending time at their family’s vacation home in Costa Rica.
E-mail Denise at operations@calapooia.org
Denise Hoffert-Hay, Contracted Project Manager, Shearer, Sodom and Brownsville Dam Removals
E-mail Denise Hoffert-Hay at hofferthay@peak.org
CALAPOOIA-SANTIAM REGIONAL STAFF
Sarah Dyrdahl, Projects Coordinator
Sarah began working regionally with the Calapooia, North Santiam and South Santiam Watershed Councils in 2009. Prior to this, she worked as a restoration projects manager for the Coos Watershed Association and as a fisheries biologist in Alaska. Sarah holds a B.S. in Biology from Oregon State University and is a NRCS Certified Conservation Planner.
E-mail Sarah at sarah.dyrdahl@gmail.com
Erika Lang, Landowner Partnership Coordinator
Erika Lang has been working with the Calapooia, North Santiam, and South Santiam Watershed Councils since 2005. She works collaboratively with local landowners to identify resource concerns and implement solutions to improve watershed health. Most days, you can find her out in the watersheds on a site visit. Erika graduated from the University of Minnesota with a M.S. in Natural Resource Management with an emphasis in social science and is a NRCS Certified Conservation Planner.
E-mail Erika at ealang77@yahoo.com
Eric Anderson, Monitoring Coordinator
Eric started working with the South Santiam, North Santiam and Calapooia River Watershed Councils in 2010. He has a M.S. in Water Resources Science from Oregon State University. His thesis involved creating a decision support tool for prioritizing restoration of aquatic connectivity in western Oregon. Prior to working with the Watershed Councils, he established a forest road decommissioning training program between the Washington state chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Eric has over 12 years of experience in environmental restoration, biological field surveys and project management. Soccer, guitar, reading and working in the garden occupy his time in between traveling and river trips.
E-mail Eric at monitoring.coordinator@gmail.com
