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The Southern Maryland RC&D staff team includes two Federal employees from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a full-time Office Associate employed by the Board of Directors and two project-funded contractors working closely with our partners. Click here to view our Board of Directors | | Natural Resources Conservation Service Staff |
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Jeremy West  Jeremy West is Southern Maryland RC&D’s Coordinator, assigned by the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide the Board of Directors with program administration assistance. Jeremy is a forester by profession, holding a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management from North Carolina State University and a Master’s Degree from Yale University. Jeremy has worked as a forester throughout the United States in the for-profit and non-profit sectors and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Balkan Mountains of Central Bulgaria. In addition to field forestry work, Jeremy has considerable community development experience. Jeremy has also conducted field research in Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Nepal and Panama. Jeremy joined the Southern Maryland RC&D team in November 2005. Contact Jeremy.
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Denitra Brawner  Denitra Brawner is Southern Maryland RC&D’s Office Associate. A native of Charles County, Denitra comes from a large family of ten children. Denitra first came to Southern Maryland RC&D in 1992, while still a high school student, through a program called Maryland’s Tomorrow. Since then, Denitra has continued to grow and learn from her experience with the RC&D. The work has been challenging and Denitra’s efforts have been much appreciated. Contact Denitra.
| Seth Berry  Seth Berry, a native of Lexington, Kentucky, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Forest Management from the University of Kentucky. Seth started out in Oregon studying the effects of deforestation on the roosting microclimates and roost trees of Pacific Northwest bats. After Oregon, Seth accepted a Naval Resources internship at Naval Support Facility Indian Head through the Student Conservation Association and Southern Maryland RC&D in January 2004. Seth was converted from a contractor to a full-time employee in November 2007 and is currently working out of the Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Natural Resources Office. Seth has become an integral part of the Natural Resources Office at Indian Head, providing project backstopping for numerous conservation projects and promoting environmental research and education in the region.
| | Les Vough 
Dr. Les Vough, a University and Extension Specialist with over 20 years of forage agronomy experience in Maryland, is the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Coalition's Grazing Specialist, providing Maryland's farming community with forage agronomist technical assistance to prepare and implement grazing plans. Dr. Vough also works with NRCS and the National Plants Material Center in Beltsville with the Forage Variety Evaluation Trials and Simulated Grazing Growth Curve Development projects. Dr. Vough holds a Bachelor's Degree in Agronomy from Pennsylvania State University, a Master's Degree in Agronomy from the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from Purdue University. |
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