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Alumni Updates

Aaron Pudlicki

Forestry & Wildland Resources, 2018

Aaron Pudlicki, Forestry & Wildland Resources, 2018, obtained a full-time job as a forester living in Portland, Oregon and managing timberland throughout western Oregon within three months of graduation.

Suzan Homsombath

Forestry & Wildland Resources, 2017

Suzan is living in the Sierra Nevada foothills, practicing forestry and growing her career as a forester. 

Kaelie Peña

Rangeland Resource Science, 2017

Upon graduation in 2017, Kaelie worked as a Rangeland Management Specialist with the U.S. Forest Service, first in the Bridgeport Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and then in the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District of the Salmon-Challis National Forest. In February of 2024, Kaelie accepted the position of Nevada State Coordinator with Pheasants Forever where she will coordinate partnerships amongst NGOs, State, and Federal Agencies across Nevada to accomplish habitat restoration and conservation work.

Kaelie Pena

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesRangeland Resource Science, 2017

Kaelie Pena, Forestry & Wildland Resources, 2017, converted to a full-time permanent position with the Forest Service upon graduating and is coming up on her two year anniversary as a Rangeland Management Specialist with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in the Bridgeport Ranger District.

jeremy M. Milana

Forestry & Wildland Resources, 2015

Jeremy M. Milana, 2015 Forestry & Wildland Resources, is seeking opportunities within the environmental realm.

Braden Pitcher

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesRangeland Resource Science, 2013

Braden Pitcher, 2013 Forestry & Wildland Resources, finally landed a full-time, permanent career position with the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service as a Soil Scientist after three years of bouncing across the West between seasonal technician jobs for the Bureau of Land Management. Mapping different soil types and their management potential across Western lands gives Pitcher the opportunity to spend every day outside, often experiencing landscapes few in modern history have seen. Pitcher adds, “OH YEAH! I just recently married a fellow HSU Alumni and Natural Resources graduate!”

Stewart Wilson

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesWildland Soils, 2010

Research Assistant at UC Davis in Soils and Biogeochemistry. MS Student

Amy Gustafson

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesRangeland Resource Science, 2007

I am currently a Rangeland Management Specialist for the Sierra National Forest, and have been since fall of 2008.

Eric Burke

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesMinor in Environmental Ethics, 2005

RPF # 2873, I have recently accepted a promotion as Vegetation Management Officer for the Tahoe National Forest, Yuba River Ranger District. Married to Martha Burke (RPF # 2918). Expecting first child Sierra Elizabeth Burke 3/27/2013.

Eric Burke

Forestry & Wildland ResourcesMinor in Environmental Ethics, 2005

Currently a Registered Professional Forester and working for the Plumas National Forest, Feather River Ranger District as a Timber Sale Administrator.