tomtoak
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Forester/Teacher |
| Location | Coventry, Rhode Island, United States |
| Introduction | Retired Chief of the Rhode Island Division of Forest Environment. I retired in 2005 after serving 31 years for the state, 20 years as the lead forestry official. I currently teach forestry at the University of Rhode Island as a per course instructor. I am the past President, of the Southern New England Forest Consortium, Inc. and I'm currently serving as Chair for the Rhode Island Tree Council, Inc. and Director for the Rhode Island Natural History Survey. I am vice- chair of the RI Chapter of the Society of American Foresters. |
| Interests | Hunting, Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Kayaking, Politics, Golfing, Football, College Basketball, Movies, Music, Friends |
| Favorite movies | To Kill A Mocking Bird, Stand by Me, Summer of 42, Schindler's List, Godfather ll, Close Encounters of a Third Kind, Three Days of the Condor, Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Animal House, Jeremiah Johnson, The War, Fiddler on the Roof, Usual Suspects, Dances with Wolves, Apocalypse Now, Doctor Zhivago, Gandhi, All the President's Men, American Graffiti, Easy Rider, Slumdog Millionaire, Grapes of Wrath, O Brother Where Art Thou, Waterworld, Mash, Nell, Mr. Destiny, 2001 A Space Odyssey,A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Outside Providence |
| Favorite music | Neil Young, David Crosby, CSN&Y, Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, Ben Folds, Judy Collins, Carley Simon, Jethro Tull, The Doors, Rock |
| Favorite books | To Kill a Mockingbird, The Old Man and the Sea, Sunflower, A Sand County Almanac, Breaking New Ground, Walden, Last of the Mohicans, Lord of the Flies, Grassroots, Of Mice and Men, In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, The Wisdom of the Native Americans, Going Big Time, All the President's Men, Black Elk Speaks, Dreams from My Father, Kon Tiki, Against the Tide, A Walk in the Woods, Into the Wild |