Personal Bio
Jon has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Northern Arizona University with an emphasis in Wildlife Ecology and Management. He has been employed with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) for 6 years, where he has worked in the Urban & Community Forestry, Forest Health, Invasive Plants, Forest Stewardship, and the Healthy Forest Initiative Programs. He has visited seventy plus Arizona Magnificent Trees across Arizona during his time as the Arizona Magnificent Trees Coordinator. As the Northeast District Forester, Jon leads a team of Foresters in coordination with the Northeast District Fire Team to plan and implement fuels reduction, watershed, and landscape scale forest restoration projects but still enjoys finding and visiting Arizona's Magnificent Trees with his family.
