Meet Our People

• M.S. Natural Resources (Environmental Education Certificate), University of Idaho
• B.S. Wildlife Conservation with Geology minor, Unity College, Maine.

Leslie is a former MOSS graduate student, field instructor and AmeriCorps member (2011-12). She has worked as a Naturalist at the Redfish Visitor Center as well as the Ranger Station for the Forest Service in Stanley, ID. Most recently, she worked for Idaho Department of Fish and Game as the Citizen Naturalist Coordinator for the Multi-species Baseline Initiative.

Earned Degrees

• Ph.D. Natural Resources, University of Idaho
• M.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho
• Pregraduate Degree Forest Ecology and Management, University of Freiburg i.Br./Germany

Research Interests

Remote Sensing
Instrument development
Ecology
Biochemical Cycling
Precision Agriculture
Geomorphology

• M.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho

• B.S. Forestry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL

Greg began his career in the environment by working as a field forester and biologist in Illinois, Oregon and Washington. In addition to trees, he has also studied neotropical migrant birds in the forests and on the prairie of Illinois and has tracked Northern Goshawks in the pine forests of central Oregon. In 2001, Greg co-founded the University of Idaho McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) along with Dr. Steve Hollenhorst. He enjoys cycling, skiing, fishing and watching college football.

• Apicius: The Culinary Institute of Florence, Italy
• National Outdoor Leadership School Graduate
• B.S. Experiential Sports Psychology, Minors in Coaching and Health, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Sacha grew up in Maine and followed the 45th parallel west to McCall in 2002. After a few years working as a behavior therapist, her sense of adventure took her abroad to study Italian cuisine. She initially joined the MOSS team as the dessert chef and then traded frosting for excel spreadsheets in the spring of 2007. Sacha enjoys cooking, dancing, river time, cheering for the New England Patriots and adventures with her friends & family.

• M.A. Science Journalism, University of Montana
• B.A. Penn State

Monica Gokey is a print and radio journalist in west-central Idaho. Her work has aired across public radio stations in the West and Alaska. Whether it's covering the plight of grassland birds in a fragmented West, or the journey of a couple who started a Southern barbecue joint in a rural Idaho town -- Monica aims to tell meaningful stories at the nexus of science and human experience.

• M.S. Conservation Social Science, University of Idaho
• B.A. Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education, Brevard College

Imagine you could create your dream job, pick your job title, and then be told to go for it. That is what happened to me. My role at the McCall Field Campus and Outdoor Science School is coordinating Marketing and Communications, Fundraising, Program Risk Management, AND instructing graduate-level leadership courses.

Seriously, my job is to share our stories, find partners for our opportunities, face our biggest challenges, and learn from incredible graduate students as we explore the topic of leadership and how to create change in our organizations and the world.

I also spend time focusing on collaborative leadership in various roles and settings: consulting for Redfish | Bluefish, INC; ski guiding for Payette Powder Guides; serving on the board for the McCall-Donnelly Education Foundation and the St. Luke's McCall Community Advisory Board.

I was born and raised in Michigan and went to school at Northern Arizona University for Finance. During that time I got my first kitchen job and realized I was better suited in a kitchen than behind a desk. I've cooked a wide range of food, from BBQ to sushi, but my true love is cooking breakfast. When I’m not cooking I spend my time hiking mountains, going to concerts, entertaining dogs, gardening, reading, puzzling, and exploring the country. For the past 4 years, McCall has been my home.

• M.S. Environmental Science, 2011, University of Idaho
• B.S. Environmental Science, 2007, University of Idaho
• B.S. Fisheries Resource Management, 2006, University of Idaho 

Adam spent years living the seasonal life. First doing fish and other environmental work for the USFS around Idaho and then working with endangered fish for the USFWS in Utah. He eventually returned to his Idaho roots and took a job in McCall with IDFG. That seasonal job, on top of having a kid, led to a career with his alma mater. Adam enjoys short outdoor adventures with his two year old and longer ones without him.

• M.S. Ecology Resource Management, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

B.S., Boise State University, 2014

Degrees

• Ph.D. Environmental Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1999
• B.A. Geology magna cum laude with thesis distinction, The Colorado College, 1992

Research Interests

Environmental Science
Coupled Human-Natural Systems
Global Change
Land Use Change
Landscape Ecology
Remote Sensing
Habitat Conservation
Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions
Science Outreach and Communication

Find out more about how to support my research and the CNR Geospatial Lab for Environmental Dynamics Fund.

Jaap is a professor of Planning and Natural Resources, Interim Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Society, and the Interim Director of Environmental Science. He has a Ph.D. in regional planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and a MS in Environmental Science from Wageningen University in the Netherlands.

Born in a small farmhouse and having grown up in a small rural place Jaap is really interested in rural places and how to maintain rural places as rural places rather than as places that are waiting to become urban. His current research is focused on how rural places can maintain their own unique character in the face of development pressure and increased external pressure.

Jaap teaches courses about community planning, sustainable communities and rural planning issues. He also teaches a community assessment course and the advanced class of the Northwest Community Development Institute. He is the founding co-chair of APA Idaho’s Ag Chat, a group of planners and other stakeholders from throughout Idaho that meets monthly to discuss emerging planning issues in rural communities.

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
• M.S. Agricultural and Environmental Science, 1989

Research Interests

• Planning for rural places, activities, people and communities.

• Informal governance and its importance to local planning practices.

• The impact of rapid change on communities, stakeholders, planning processes and planning outcomes.

• Planning with and for communities.

• Environmental justice and its application to people, places and regions.

Credit Courses

• ENVS 420/520 520 Intro to Bioregional Planning

• ENVS 423/523 Planning Sustainable Places

• ENVS 430/530 Planning Theory and Process

• ENVS 501 Seminar Environmental Science

• NRS 462 Natural Resource Policy