Staff

Our staff includes expertise in forestry, trails planning, GIS, botany and wildlife biology, CEQA/NEPA analysis, and more.

Thad Walker, District Manager

In addition to serving as District Manager, Thad is a specialist in natural-surface roads and trails assessment and manages several restoration…

Wolfy Rougle, Planning and Watershed Program Manager

Wolfy is a botanist and CEQA-NEPA practitioner who has developed environmental documents for a broad array of RCD and partner projects, including the…

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Dallas Koller, Fire Program Manager

Dallas is a Minnesota native who spent 10 years as a wildland firefighter on Type 1 Interagency Hotshot Crews in California before joining the BCRCD in November 2021. Dallas now coordinates the Butte Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) as well as BCRCD's fuels reduction work with the Bureau of Land Management and CAL FIRE. He hopes to promote and encourage the use of “good fire” throughout Butte…

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David Mitchell, PBA Coordinator

David is focused full-time on planning and facilitating landowner burns, prep days, and training events, as well as using social media to tell the world what amazing things Butte PBAers are doing. David says, "I grew up in rural Mendocino county. I’m a volunteer firefighter for Butte County Fire company 24 Forest Ranch and the vice president of the Forest Ranch Community Association. I enjoy…

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Faith Churchill, Shared Stewardship Coordinator

Faith is a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist with a passion for conservation and sustainable resource management. Through her prior experience working on the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, Faith developed an understanding of the importance of data management and analysis in the field of natural resources. She also has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Geography and Land…

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Ben Converse, Forestry Program Technician

Ben provides technical assistance with forestry related projects and helps where he can with other ongoing projects. Ben has a range of experiences and skill sets. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Forestry and Natural Resource Management he worked a series of seasonal jobs with the Southwest Conservation Corps, the Forest Service, and the California Department of…

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Cait Bell, Forestry Program Technician

Cait grew up in the upper Midwest, where she cultivated a passion for forest ecosystems while exploring the Minnesota northwoods. After graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Geography and Environmental Sciences, she moved to Chico to work with the RCD. Her primary projects include working as a field technician with the Concow Resilience Project and supporting the SFLAP…

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