Alumni News

I wanted to share the news that my project with civil war letters and photos went live today. See http://news.msu.edu/story/civil-war-stories-forever-preserved/

http://www.abc12.com/story/19644173/msu-to-place-civil-war-letters-and-diaries-on-website

Spent 31 years after graduaion with the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission, which later became the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.  Started in 1980 as a freshwater fisheries biologist and is currently serving as Deputy Director of the Division of Habitat and Species Conservation.

I retired in November from the N. Coast Water Quality Control Board after 35 years of service, including 8 months as the Executive Officer.  My work was mostly in monitoring and assessment of our N. Coast waters, and more recently in working with the timber industry on water quality issues.

After 50 years in Alaska (commercial fisherman, seafood processing, seafood inspector for U.S. Army, and 21 years with Dept. Fish and Game) moved to Gig Harbor, WA.  Married to Charlene Heriot Meacham (also Humboldt grad) in 1969.  Three children, 3 grandchildren.

Bob Lackey (Fisheries, ‘67) now teaches at Oregon State University.  He has been engaged in developing online classes in natural resources as part of OSU ECampus.

It is not really a recent update.  I was in the Ecology Outdoor Group at HSU and I have continued volunteering time in the community.  I generally volunteer between 300-400 hours each year.  I have been chair of Keep Tift Beautiful for six years, Secretary of the Tree Board for five years, maintain four adopt a miles on my own and help on four others with different organizations.  I have been Secretary for a Kiwanis Club for many years, I was on the Georgia Circle K District board as an assistant administrator for about nine years, and participated in five Circle K International Large Scale Service Projects.  I have volunteered at the local, state and international level with Special Olympics.  I have volunteered with paralympic sports for 17 years.

I am now working for the California Sea Grant Program as a fisheries biologist monitoring coho salmon in the Russian River.

After college I joined the Peace Corps as a fisheries volunteer in the Dominican Republic. I’ve worked as a fiseries biologist on the Bering Sea, and managed a salmon hatchery in Washington. Transitioned to environmental work in biotechnology industry, and grew into facilities management role, where I have been able to exercise my passion for sustainable business practices. I am married and have two children, and live in Mountain View, CA.

Just comlpeted a career-crowning project: restoration of a degraded wetland site in the middle of the Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness.
Coordinating State Park, CCC, Army National Guard, and several vendors’ resources, we overcame controversy and successfully implemented a project to repair a rare and fragile montane meadow.  To do so required legislation to allow use of heavy equipment for a restoration project in State Wilderness, and we did so with an absolute minimum of public or environmental impact.

Has been on an assignment to Southern California since March, 2010 acting as the Environmental Compliance Manager for a 1+ billion dollar wind energy project near Tehachapi-Mojave.