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RESUME <br />RICHARD (DICK) W. ANTONIO <br />474 34 Y4 ROAD E mail address: dick.antonio.irm @hotmaii.com <br />PALISADE, COLORADO 81526 Phone number: (970) 778 -7783 <br />PROFESSIONAL /PROFILE: Includes; being a Colorado Native, growing up on a ranch in Western <br />Colorado; and having more than 35 years of hands -on professional Natural Resource Management <br />Experience. That includes; working as an Agricultural Resource Manager, Reclamation Specialist, Wildlife <br />Habitat Management Specialist, Soil and Water Conservationist, Range Conservationist, District <br />Conservationist, and USDA -NRCS; Native Ecosystem Management Specialist. <br />1 am skilled at working with units of Local Governments, State Governments, the Federal Government, <br />and the general public at a grass roots level. Which has included; NRCS, BLM, US Fish and Wildlife, USDA <br />Forest Service, CO State Forest Service, Colorado State University, and Kansa State University. <br />EDUCATION: <br />MS (Master's Degree), Range Forage Nutrition Research Program; Colorado State University, 1992. <br />BS (Bachelor of Science Degree), Range Ecology Management; Colorado State University, 1977. <br />AS (Associate in Science Degree), Agriculture, Botany & Biology; Mesa State College, 1972. <br />MILITARY SERVICE: US Navy, Veteran; with a Honorable Discharge <br />WORK EXPERIENCE and SKILLS: <br />2000 - Present: Ecology Reclamation Specialist; Consultant /Owner IRM (Integrated Resource <br />Management) Contract Eco- system management specialist, and Eco- system reclamation specialist, and <br />Holistic Weed Management Specialist. Where, I have been responsible for developing Oil and Gas <br />pipeline reclamation plans, holistic weed management control plans, and reclamation seeding plans for <br />WestWater Engineering, Chevron Oil Company, Occidental Oil & Gas, and Colorado Mine Land <br />Reclamation Board reclamation proposals /programs. (Lack of Work) <br />NOTE: The following noted positions on the next page required that I be take charge team player, and <br />often required my ability to work independently in addressing daily field operation management <br />decisions, ecosystem management assessments and challenges, and program administration challenges, <br />without direct supervision. <br />