Board Members

Terri Middlemiss, President

Bob Barnes, Vice-President

Lynn Overtree, Secretary

Lynn began her career assisting on wildlife research projects. She worked on the elk rehabilitation of Mt. St. Helens, the Hawai’i and California endangered species programs, New Hampshire endangered shore birds, western pond turtles and desert tortoises. In 1990, she began working in wildland management as a riparian restoration intern on The Nature Conservancy’s Kern River Preserve. She stayed at the Preserve as assistant preserve manager and eventually as the coordinator of the transfer of this property to the National Audubon Society in 1997.

In 1998, Lynn came to Monterey to manage the Palo Corona Ranch. Initially she managed the 5,000 acre ranch for a private individual under whose tenure the ranch doubled in size to 10,000 acres. She continued to manage the land under the interim ownership of The Big Sur Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy. She currently contracts with the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District to provide natural resource management to this and other projects.

For the past fourteen years Lynn has focused on wildland management. She enjoys bringing together the various elements that create a healthy landscape. She has coordinated research, surveys, cattle grazing, invasive species control, repair and maintenance, neighbor relations and visitation. Her related skills include creation and management of Geographic Information System (GIS) databases, project planning and management.

Brenda Burnett, Treasurer

After attending the University of Redlands and the University of Maryland, Brenda received a Bachelor's degree in English from the U. of Maryland and has done graduate work in Public Administration at the University of Southern California. She is retired from a career in financial management and management analysis as a civilian for the US Navy. She served on the Ridgecrest City Council from 1980 to 1982. She has lived in Germany, France, and for awhile on a sailboat in Mexico.

Since retirement, she has concentrated on adding to her life bird list and is active as a volunteer, escorting trips to the China Lake petroglyphs, sponsoring a Junior Audubon Club at a local elementary school, and editing the newsletter for the Kerncrest Audubon Society and serving on their board of directors. Brenda may be reached via email at chatbird at the verizon network.

Terri Gallion

Dan Burnett

Is an active volunteer with community and environmental groups. Born in the Los Angeles metropolis, Dan received a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration from Cal State University Long Beach and has done graduate studies in Business Administration and Public Administration there and at the University of Southern California. Upon retirement from working as a Human Resources Specialist with the Department of Navy at China Lake in 1994 he has pursued travel, sailing, birding, and volunteerism. Dan has participated in a variety of bird surveys and field studies as a "citizen scientist". He is an active docent with the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, Ca., and a member of the Board of Directors of the Kerncrest Audubon Society. Dan may be reached via email at imdanburnett at the verizon network.

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