Know Your Foresters! - Kaytlyn Brinkman, CCF

Relevant Work Experience

Martell Forestry, Inc., May 2015 to Present

  • Harvest Administration
  • Forest Management Plan Writing
  • Forest Stand Inventory and Measurements

Naturalist, Michigan Forest Visitor Center, May 2012 - August 2013

  • Create and implement interpretive programming
  • Provide excellent customer service to visitors including key Michigan legislators

 

Education

B.S. of Forestry with Specialization in Natural Resources Recreation

Michigan State University - 2015

 

Certifications and Memberships

  • Certified American Tree Farm Inspector
  • Certified Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest Stewardship Plan Writer
  • Certified Interpretive Guide, National Association of Interpretation
  • Growing Up WILD Certified Educator
  • Michigan Society of American Foresters, Education Fund Chair and Member
  • Candidate Certified Forester
  • Board Member with Michigan Forestry Association
  • Association of Consulting Foresters, Associate Member

 

Personal Hobbies & Interests

  • Hiking, camping, beach-going, visiting museums of natural history, crocheting, photography, reading materials on the Great Lakes White Pine Lumbering Era
  • Finding and using new forestry technology