 Jim
Buchholz |
Jim graduated with a Master's degree in Environmental Education/Interpretation from Stevens Point. He became the first Assistant Director of Schmeeckle Reserve in 2002. Growing up in and around state parks, he developed a keen interest in natural history at a young age. Jim served as a volunteer naturalist at Kohler-Andrae State Park for many years, and was an outdoor educator at the Outdoor Skills and Education Center in Plymouth. He developed the Interpretive Technology Lab in Schmeeckle Reserve, and helps teach environmental interpretation courses at the University. E-mail: jbuchhol@uwsp.edu
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| Ginny Carlton |
Ginny currently serves as the Administrative Specialist for the Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (WEEB). Previous employment has taken her from coast to coast and includes time as a park ranger, naturalist, educator, volunteer and program specialist. Ginny holds Wisconsin teaching certifications in biology, broad field sciences, resource management and chemistry. For her M.S. degree she conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point's Inservice Teacher Training Programs' ability to enhance the classroom instructional practices and school-wide leadership of select educators. In other words, she evaluated the effectiveness of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant. Ginny enjoys spending time with her family tromping through the woods and fields of Central Wisconsin, reading books to her son, and traveling to places near and far. |
 John
Heusinkveld |
John earned a BA degree in Environmental Geography from
the Univ. of Iowa and an MS from UWSP in Human and Community Resources with
an emphasis in adult and environmental education. He currently resides on
the grounds at Treehaven, the UWSP/ College of Natural Resources Field
Station near Tomahawk, WI., where he is Assistant Director. He is in charge
of adult and youth programming and educational resources, and assists in
teaching the CNR Summer Session. He enjoys all things outdoors, especially
if he can convince his 7-year-old daughter, Julianna, to join him.
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Jeremy Higgins |
Jeremy
is the main point of contact between NEEAP and the EETAP States Program
project managers. He is also helping develop a database of environmental
education capacity building resources that will be featured on EE-Link, as
well as the NEEAP website. Jeremy enjoys many hobbies including canoeing,
backpacking, hunting, fishing, photography, woodworking and nature
journaling.
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Abby Ruskey
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Abby Ruskey, M.S. co-founded and currently Co-Directs the National EE Advancement Project. At NEEAP she is responsible for fund development and management of staff and consultant completion of all NEEAP activities in collaboration with NEEAP's many national, state and local partners. While at NEEAP, Abby has enjoyed leading teams in the development of research projects and custom designed services for EE capacity building and in writing publications and articles as well as designing and leading workshops for public use of these services. Abby currently serves as President-elect on the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Board of Directors. She has degrees in Social Science from U.C. Berkeley and Natural Resource Management-emphasis environmental education from UW-Stevens Point. She hails from a large Colorado family and currently resides in Olympia, Washington with her partner Naki and their 4 cats enjoying gardening, biking, kayaking, hiking, home improvement projects and swapping songs. |
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Ron Zimmerman |
Ron became the first Director of Schmeeckle Reserve in 1977. Under his leadership and guidance, the Reserve has grown to 275 acres with miles of trails and boardwalks, a full-service visitor center, and partnerships with local organizations like the Green Circle Trail and Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. He has been teaching environmental interpretation at the University with Dr. Michael Gross for over 25 years. Ron and Mike have authored the Interpreter's Handbook Series, which are used to train interpreters throughout the country. E-mail: rzimmerm@uwsp.edu |
