Ny Mahaliana ny zava-drehetra ara-nofo nanjary toy ny ankizy kely eo amin'ny toeram-pambolena any avaratratsinanan'i ronono Minnesota izay nihalehibe,,en,Nanomboka fitantanana ny ala tany amin'ny toeram-pambolena amin'ny fambolena spud,,en,Langilangiko sy Chainsaw ary manohy izany amin'izao fotoana izao eo amin'ny,,en,hektara ny ala sy ny faritra mando izay nandova,,en,Aho ankehitriny fitantanana ny hazo izay nitombo avy tamin'ny,,en,zana izay tanana-nambolena teo amin'ny taona 1960 ho an'ny avo lenta sy ny efitra bao hazo,,en,Nanapa-kevitra tao an-10,,en,hiara-misakafo,,en,faha,,en,kilasy ny hanohy ny fitiavana harena voajanahary toy ny asa,,en,Nahazo ny mari-pahaizana voalohany amin'ny ala undergraduate siansa avy amin'ny Oniversiten'i Minnesota Sekoly Ala,,en,Aho nandritra ny telo taona dia ho toy ny an-tsitrapo ao amin'ny Peace Corps manokana telo-fomba fiaraha-miasa eo amin'ny Oniversiten'i MN,,en,Peace Corps sy ny governemanta ny Maraoka,,en. I began managing the forest land on the farm with planting spud, axe and chainsaw and continue this today on the 63 acres of forest and wetland that I inherited. I am now managing the trees that grew from the 18,000 seedlings that I hand-planted in the 1960s for high quality poles and cabin logs.
I decided in the 10th grade to pursue my passion for natural resources as a career. I got my first undergraduate degree in forest science from the University of Minnesota School of Forestry. I then spent three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a special three-way partnership between the University of MN, Peace Corps and government of Morocco. Niara-niasa toy ny fambolen-kazo tsy ho mpitantana ny Forest Research Station,,en,Aho, ny andro niainan'i dimy km miala ny tanàna akaiky indrindra tsy misy herinaratra, ary naroboka tao amin'ny teny Arabo,,en,kolontsaina sy mahafinaritra nahandro,,en,Aho, dia niverina tany UMN mba diplaoma sekoly mifantoka amin'ny tontolo iainana fototra sy lavitra Tsikariny,,en,Dia niasa tao amin'ny IAFHE Remote Tsikariny Laboratory tany nandritra ny dimy taona,,en,Tsikariny manokana any amin'ny faritra lavitra fampiharana ny faritra mando - indrindra fa Mississippi floodplain,,en,amorontsiraka avaratra Alaska sy MN peatlands,,en,In,,en,Nandeha lavitra Ouagadougou,,en,Upper Volta amin'ny vadiko sy ny vavy mahery,,en,½ taona ho toy ny lavitra fampiharana Tsikariny koa manam-pahaizana manokana miasa amin'ny Anglophones sy Francophones,,en,Rehefa tapitra ny fifanarahana ity,,en. I lived five km from the nearest town without electricity and immersed in the Arabic language, culture and fantastic cuisine.
I went back to UMN to graduate school concentrating on plant ecology and remote sensing. I worked in the IAFHE Remote Sensing Laboratory there for five years, specializing in remote sensing applications to wetlands – especially Mississippi floodplain, coastal Alaska and northern MN peatlands. In 1979, I went off Ouagadougou, Upper Volta with my wife and daughters for over 2 ½ years as a remote sensing applications specialist working equally with Anglophones and Francophones. At the end of this contract, Tsy an-tsaina raharaha akory any Etazonia izay mety ho ny antsasaky miavaka miasa any dalam-pandrosoana,,en,Efa miasa amin'ny maha-mpanolo-tsaina mahaleo tena izy ireo, nanomboka tamin'ny telo taona iray fifanarahana tahaka ny lehiben'ny antoko noho ny rafitra fanohanana tetikasa USAID eto Madagasikara,,en,Tiako ny miasa fa somary bebe fe-potoana fohy amin'ny ekipa ny olona avy any amin'ny firenena sy ny samy hafa fiaviana,,en,Aho Myers Briggs ENTP -a extrovert mirindra sy tena mafy ny "sary lehibe" ny olona,,en,na dia afaka manao ny tena teti-bola ho an'ny antsipiriany,,en,tapitrisa tetikasa,,en,tena zava-dehibe,,en,Izaho no tena matanjaka Myers Briggs "P" - I zatra tena mora foana ny tsiranoka,,en,fanovana,,en,unstructured toe-javatra,,en.
I have been working as an independent consultant ever since with one three year contract as chief of party for a USAID institutional support project in Madagascar. I love working intensively for relatively short periods of time on teams of people from different countries and different backgrounds. I’m a Myers Briggs ENTP –a logical extrovert and very strongly a “big picture” person (although I can do a very detailed budget for a $5 million project). Most importantly, I am a very strong Myers Briggs “P” – I adapt very easily to fluid, changing, unstructured situations. Na iza na izay nandany ny fiainany amin'ny maha-mpanolo-tsaina tsy miankina manerana an'i Afrika tsy maintsy ho "P" - dia tsy mety amin'ny fiainana ny "J" s,,en,Ary manantena aho fa ny sasany aminareo mitarika hanao fikarohana ao amin'ny Myers Briggs,,en,Ny sasany mahaliana ny lehibe dia ny fivoaky ny holatra,,en,Zone,,en,namboarina hazo fihinam-boa,,en,Folk hira sy ny mpandinika malalaka,,en,Ny filozofia eo amin'ny fiainana dia ny "nanontany foana ny zava-drehetra" - ary izany dia nitarika any an-tena mahaliana ny nanontany saha,,en,Hitako fa matetika ny zavatra isika, ka ho toy ny fanomezana izay ny tena mety hangala ka manaikitra antsika ao amin'ny indray,,en,Tsindrio ny hizara amin'ny Facebook,,en,Ianao dia tsy maintsy,,en,Hiditra,,en,ny mamoaka ny fanehoan-kevitra,,en,Hitady ny,,en,Ity an-tsaha ho an'ny fankatoavana sy ny tsy tokony hiova,,en. And I hope that leads some of you to do some research on Myers Briggs.
Some of my major interests are wild mushrooms, Zone 3 adapted fruit trees, folk songs and free thinkers. My philosophy of life is to “always question everything” – and this has led into some very interesting fields of inquiry. I find that it is often the things that we take for granted that are the most likely sneak up and bite us in the back.