Lindsay Wood

Executive Director

Lindsay Wood is a proud new resident of Plumas County, recently moving to Meadow Valley where she is currently building her own home.  With six years of biological consulting experience, she is excited to have her dream job become a reality by becoming Plumas Audubon Society's new Executive Director.  She is a wildlife biologist and has conducted fisheries, avian, and herptile research throughout the Sacramento River Watershed.
An alumnus of the California State University, Chico Biological Science program, Lindsay spent her undergraduate career leading the Hands on Science Lab, surveying Western Pond Turtle populations, and studying resident and migratory avifauna at the Universidad de Costa Rica Manuel Brenes Reserve.  Lindsay spent a field season tracking the Greater Sage Grouse and two years working on a fish screen improvement project which aims to reduce impacts to endangered salmonid populations within the Sacramento River.  Lindsay has worked with the Altacal Audubon Society, studying Aechmophorus grebe populations on the Thermalito Afterbay and leading field trips for the annual Snow Goose Festival.  Lindsay leads ecotours at Eagle Creek Ranch and Peace Valley in the Sutter Buttes as a guide for with Sacramento River Ecotours.  She has worked with consulting firms throughout the Sacramento River watershed, surveying for migratory birds and listed species, monitoring construction, and ensuring environmental compliance.

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Email Lindsay: lindsay@plumasaudubon.org

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Teresa Arrate

Education Director

Growing up in Reno, NV, Teresa Arrate spent a lot of time in the Sierras hiking and camping with her family, developing her love for nature and living outdoors.  Teresa moved to Quincy after completing her Masters degree in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development at the University of Wisconsin – Madison (UW) where she focused on community outreach and environmental education for women in a small community in Jalisco, Mexico.  While at UW, she also helped develop the Climate Knowledge Project which aims to enhance and expand climate change education, awareness, dialogue, and action.  In addition to recreating in the region, with six seasons of field experience in the Great Basin, the Mojave, the Rocky Mountain Front Range, and the Sierras Teresa gained a strong familiarity with conservation, restoration, and ecological land management.   Teresa is honored to be part of the Plumas Audubon team and she is - along with her husband, Chris (who attended FRC in the ORL program), daughter, Azura, and their newest addition, Atlas - happy to be part of this great community in Plumas County.

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Email Teresa: teresa@plumasaudubon.org

Michael Hall

Field Coordinator

​Michael began his love affair with Plumas County in 2010, when he graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Psychology and moved to work as an environmental science educator at Sierra Nevada Journeys in Portola. After four years, he left the Sierra to explore the Rocky Mountains, going to work for the Montana Conservation Corps on habitat improvement and conservation projects throughout the greater Yellowstone region. An opportunity to work as an environmental educator in Yosemite National Park brought him back to California, where he spent time teaching about issues such as species removal/reintroduction, leave no trace, and how climate change affects our national parks. In February, Michael moved to Quincy and joined Plumas Audubon to help with field work as well as help write educational programs focusing on conservation and restoration of local ecosystems. In his spare time you can find him exploring local areas, riding bikes, sliding on snow, climbing on rocks, or trying hard to catch a fish. 

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Email Michael: michael@plumasaudubon.org

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Sophie Kissin

Emily Bryant

Environmental Education Assistant

Environmental Education Assistant

Sophie Kissin was hired as the 2017 Festival Coordinator and did an excellent job running last year's Grebe Festival. She is currently assisting with our environmental education curriculum development.  Sophie is originally from Minnesota and recently moved back.  She studied Art History at Carleton College. She moved to Plumas County in 2016 with her partner John Owen, who worked at the Sierra Institute. Sophie loves to travel and explore new places. In 2015, she and John took a two-month bike trip from Minneapolis to Vermont. Sophie has lived in Russia, Hong Kong, and Turkey. Ask her about her travels in Russia, and if you speak a little of the language, she’s happy to converse with you! She enjoyed her time in Plumas County but her heart brought her back home to Minnesota recently--we miss her, but she is continuing to do wonderful work for PAS remotely.
In addition to her passion for travel, Sophie is an artist. She has taught art classes, worked at an art gallery, and she works with copper, silver and brass to make unique jewelry.

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​As our Environmental Education Assistant, Emily Bryant is helping Plumas Audubon make school connections to carry out the PEEP (Plumas Environmental Education Plan) project. Emily is the Digging In Garden Manager working with Plumas Unified School District grades K-6, Plumas County Nutritional Services, and Plumas County Department of Public Health to offer experimental, educational garden-based programming that teaches children about sustainable agricultural practices and encouraging students to observe changes in our local environments. Emily has been practicing organic gardening and farming for 10 years and has been participating in education, farmers markets, and installing gardens for just as long. Originally from La Grange, Georgia, Emily moved west to understand why California grows up to 90% of the country’s organic produce, wondering why we, as a nation, cannot better share resources and steward the land.  Quincy won her over with its closely connected community and Emily is happy to make positive impacts in the community through her work and volunteering. 

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