Casper has been a biologist for Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments since October 2005.  He has a B.S. in Ecology from the University of Illinois and has completed further graduate study at the University of Arizona. He has worked in natural resource management for over seven years—most of which was with the National Park Service. Dennis is particularly experienced with ecological restoration, invasive plant management, and botany.

Davis has been the Superintendent for Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments for the past six years.  Kathy has a BS in Forestry (ecology) and MS in Forestry (fire sciences) from the University of Montana. She worked for the US Forest Service in Montana for three years then transferred to the National Park Service, where she has worked for 27 years. Before being Superintendent, she worked in the Southern Arizona Office for 16 years, providing support for 10 national park units in the areas of compliance and planning; inventory and monitoring; research coordination; management of vegetation, fire, domestic livestock, and water; and integrated pest management. Other assignments were as the plant and fire ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park and Western Region.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., with a social time followed by the formal meeting at 7:15 p.m. The Jewish Community Center is at 100 Meadowlark Drive (off Hwy. 179). Guests are welcome.

For more information contact Phyllis Kegley, Program and Publicity Chair, at 928-214-0415.

Article courtesy of Phyllis Kegley.

Posted November 16, 2008.