7.0 List of Preparers
✻✼0 ✽✾✿❀ ❁f Preparers Project Manager / Lead Author Ben Botkin Environmental Planner: Mr. Botkin has over five years of professional experience, including recreational trails planning and environmental analysis along the Santa Clara River and in the Gaviota region of Los Padres National Forest. His experience also includes the Baron Ranch Trail extension on the Gaviota Coast, the California Coastal Trail on Ellwood Mesa in the City of Goleta, and the Franklin Trail in Carpinteria. He serves on the Trails Council Board of Directors. Senior Review: These reviewers provided editing and technical peer review services. Dan Gira Environmental and Community Planner: Mr. Gira is a professional planer with 29 years of experience and has directed preparation of trails plans for over 100 miles of trails in the communities of Summerland, Toro Canyon, Goleta and Orcutt for Santa Barbara County as well as for the Ellwood Devereux Coastal Open Space in City of Goleta and UCSB. Mr. Gira is the Vice President of the Trails Council. George Amoon Transportation and Trail Planner: Mr. Amoon is a professional planner with 18 years of experience, including over 10 years with Santa Barbara County Long Range Planning Division leading grant acquisition and trail planning efforts (e.g., 2004 Gaviota Coastal Trail Study) and 5 years with the City of Goleta as the project manager in the Public Works Department. He serves on the Trails Council Board of Directors. Allyson Biskner Parks and Trail Planner: Ms. Biskner is a recreation and trail planner with almost 20 years of experience, including leading trail planning efforts for the City of Santa Barbara and recreational planning services for the City of Carpinteria. She currently serves in the Trails Council Board of Directors. Otis Calef Trails Council President: Mr. Calef has 30 years of trail maintenance and construction experience. He has packed mule strings to supply Forest Service trail crews and assisted in construction of the Midland School trails system, Franklin Trail, Baron Ranch Trail and Jesusita Trail. He has performed maintenance on numerous trails throughout Santa Barbara County. Mr. Calef is the President of the Trails Council. Kerry Kellogg Trail and Recreation Specialist: Mr. Kellogg served as the Recreation Trail Manager for the Santa Barbara Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest and has over 30 years of recreational trail construction and maintenance experience. He serves on the Trails Council Board of Directors. Additional Services Mark Wilkinson Trails Council Executive Director: Mr. Wilkinson provided assistance with public outreach, Trail Study design and Trails Study budget management and administration. Gaviota Coastal Trail and Access Study
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