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Matthew Charles Bossler 1420 Lee Hill Rd. #4 • Boulder, CO 80304 • Cell: (520) 310-9725 • mcbossler@gmail.com

ECOLOGY • DESIGN • COMMUNICATION = PLACE Botanist and Landscape Designer specializing in Western U.S. montane and desert plant research, planning, and design. Professional experience includes 2 years in Western U.S. botany, 2.5 years in Western U.S. landscape/urban design, 1 year in gardening, and 1 year in Western U.S. cultural landscape research. Knowledge of CO native, horticultural, and noxious plants. Master of Landscape Architecture; BS Biology; BA Environmental Sciences and Policy. Former recipient of Garden Club of America’s Desert Studies Award. Current Gardener (Rock/Alpine Garden). Seeks Research Horticulturalist position with Denver Botanic Gardens.

BOTANICAL RESEARCH SKILLS

HORTICULTURAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 Plant ID (Hort., Native, Weeds)

 Planting, Seeding, Tools

 ASLA: ‘07-’14; ESA: ’04-‘07

 Ecolog. Transect Design/Impl.

 Soil Amend./Composting

 GCA: ’11-‘14

 Herbarium Specimen Prep.

 Irrigat., Grading, Drainage

 LARE exams #1 & #2 passed

 Habitat Restoration Design

 Greenhouse Propagation

 CO Native Plant Soc: ’13-‘14

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE 2014

Denver Botanic Gardens Gardener

Denver, CO

2014

Winter and Company Intern (Urban Design)

Boulder, CO

’12-‘13

EPG, LLC Visual Resource Specialist / Environmental Planner

Phoenix, AZ

‘11-‘12

Refuge Land Design, LLC Owner / Landscape Designer

Boulder, CO

U of A Dept. of Land. Architecture Graduate Research Assistant

Tucson, AZ

’09-‘10

 Pima Co. Flood Control/Granite Const.: (Landscape Design)

’08-‘10

 Tumacácori NHP (NPS): (Historic Landscape Architecture)

2009

Design Collaborations, Ltd. Landscape Designer

Tucson, AZ

2008

Transcon Environmental Environmental Planner

Mesa, AZ

’06-‘07

Bureau of Land Mgmt. Natural Resource Planner

Lake Havasu City, AZ

2006

Bandelier National Monument (NPS) Lead Biologic. Science Tech

Los Alamos, NM

2005

Bureau of Land Mgmt. Botany Technician

Phoenix, AZ

2005

Paradise Now Landscape Design Landscaper

Durham, NC

Matthew Charles Bossler 1420 Lee Hill Rd. #4 • Boulder, CO 80304 • Cell: (520) 310-9725 • mcbossler@gmail.com ’00-‘04

Duke Forest / Dept. of Biology Undergrad. Research Assistant

Durham, NC

2003

Appalachian Voices Ecological Monitoring Intern

Boone, NC

’95-‘99

Self-employed Landscaper

Richmond, VA

DEGREES and AWARDS 2014

Front Range Community College Certificate in Advanced Architectural CAD

Westminster & Fort Collins, CO

2010

Univ. of AZ Master of Landscape Architecture (with honors)

Tucson, AZ

 Coursework in Planting Design, GIS, Stormwater, & Aquat. Plants 2004

Duke University B.S. Biology; B.A. Environmental Sci. & Policy  Semester of study, Duke Marine Lab (Dean’s List)

Durham, NC

 Semester of study, OTS/Costa Rica (Field Bio & Conservation)

TRAINING and CERTIFICATION current

Denver Botanic Gardens Alpine/Rock Garden Design; South African Succulent Garden Design; Annual Garden Design (on-the-job training); Tree ID and Selection (short course)

Denver, CO

2014

Front Range Community College Trees and Herbaceous Perennials (coursework)

Fort Collins, CO

2013current

Colorado Native Plant Society Colorado Native Plant Botany (workshops)

Front Range, CO

20132014

Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB) Landscape Architecture Review Exams (LARE): #1: Project and Construction Management (passed); #2: Inventory and Analysis (passed)

N/A

2014

Altitude Training Associates CDOT Erosion Control Supervisor Training; Oil and Gas Stormwater BMPs (certification)

Front Range, CO

2014

Rocky Mountain Education Center / OSHA CDOT Erosion Control Supervisor Training; Oil and Gas BMPs (certification)

Lakewood, CO

2013

Wild Utah Project RAPID Riparian Stream Assessment (training)

Verde River watershed, AZ

’12-‘13

Environmental Planning Group, LLC Landscape CAD; Southern WY Native and Noxious Plant ID; ROW restoration planning and monitoring (on-the job train.)

Phoenix, AZ

Matthew Charles Bossler 1420 Lee Hill Rd. #4 • Boulder, CO 80304 • Cell: (520) 310-9725 • mcbossler@gmail.com 2012

Green Industries of Colorado (GreenCO) Best Management Practices Training for the Conservation and Protection of Water Resources in Colorado (certification)

Denver, CO

2011

Halfmoon Seminars Floodplain / Stormwater Mgmt (workshop)

Cheyenne, WY

2007

Mohave Community College CAD I (coursework)

Lake Havasu City, AZ

2007

Arizona Western College Colorado River Ecology (coursework)

Yuma, AZ

2007

Tucson Interagency Fire Center Basic Integrated Fuels Planning Using LANDFIRE data (workshop training)

Tucson, AZ

2006

BLM NEPA Analysis and Environmental Planning (certification)

Billings, MT

2006

National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program Assessing Wildfire Hazards in the Home Ignition Zone (workshop)

Denver, CO

2006

National Fire Protection Association Firewise Communities / Wildland-Urban Interface (workshop training)

Denver, CO

’05-‘06

Arizona State University Environmental Planning; Aerial Photo Interpretation (coursework)

Phoenix, AZ

2005

BLM Proper Functioning Condition Riparian Assessment; Dry Weight Rank Rangeland Assessment; Sonoran Desert, Semidesert grassland, and chapparal Plant ID (on-the-job training)

Central AZ

2005

Chicago Botanic Garden Land Management & Plant Conservation (training)

Glencoe, IL

2004

Virginia Commonwealth University GIS I (coursework)

Richmond, VA

PUBLICATIONS Planning and Design Portfolio, 2005-2014 Accomplishing Multi-Use Stormwater Design, presentation to Colorado-ASLA, 2011.

Mission San Jose de Tumacácori – Cultural Landscapes Inventory, for National Park Service, 2011.

Guidelines for the Design of Mitigated Riparian Habitat and Other Uses in Detention Basins of Pima County, AZ and Conceptual Design of Kolb Road Detention Basin Retrofit for Pima County Regional Flood Control District, Granite Construction Company, and University of Arizona College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, with Novak Environmental, Inc. 2010. Construction Photos & Post-Construction Review. Awards:

Matthew Charles Bossler 1420 Lee Hill Rd. #4 • Boulder, CO 80304 • Cell: (520) 310-9725 • mcbossler@gmail.com  Garden Club of America Desert Studies Award, 2009  U of A Landscape Architecture Faculty Award for Outstanding Thesis, Class of 2010 Environmental Assessment: Herbicide Application within Wildland Urban Interface, Hazardous Fuels Reduction, Recreation Sites, Concessions, and Revegetation Projects in the Lake Havasu Field Office Area (including pesticide use proposal), for Bureau of Land Management, 2007.

Categorical Exclusions for Mechanical Fuels Reduction at Incline Railway and Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado River levee system Access Roads for Bureau of Land Management, 2007.

Fire, Elk, and Aspen Population Dynamics in Bandelier National Monument, Recommendations for Postfire Sustainability, for National Park Service, 2006. Contributing author and lead field technician.

REFERENCES PROFESSIONAL Evan Canfield, Principal Hydrologist, Pima County Regional Flood Control District, (520) 243-1800, evan.canfield@rfcd.pima.gov. Master’s thesis committee member and client, 2009-2010 Karen Cesare, RLA, ASLA, President, Novak Environmental, Inc., 4574 North First Avenue Suite 100, Tucson, AZ 85718; (520) 206-0591, karen@novakenvironmental.com. Thesis project advisor and collaborator, 2009-10 Julie Husband, Urban Design Studio Lead, Winter and Company, 1265 Yellow Pine Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304; (303) 440-8445, julie@winterandcompany.net; Supervisor, 2014 Mike Kintgen, Senior Horticulturalist, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO; (720) 865-3631, @botanicgardens.org. Supervisor, current Conrad Langley, RLA, ASLA, Environmental Planner (Stormwater Compliance Monitoring), Environmental Planning Group, LLC, 4141 North 32nd Street Suite 102, Phoenix, AZ 85018; (602) 999-0987, clangley@epgaz.com; relationship: Supervisor, 2013 Jeremy Moss, Chief of Resource Management, Tumacácori National Historical Park, P.O. Box 8067, Tumacacori, AZ, 85640; (520)398-2341 Ex. 64, jeremy_moss@nps.gov. Client / Primary NPS contact for Tumacácori Cultural Landscape Inventory, 2008-2010 EDUCATIONAL

Matthew Charles Bossler 1420 Lee Hill Rd. #4 • Boulder, CO 80304 • Cell: (520) 310-9725 • mcbossler@gmail.com Dr. Margaret Livingston, Professor, University of Arizona College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, P.O. Box 210075, N. Olive Road, Tucson, AZ 85721; (520) 621-1004, mlivings@email.arizona.edu. Master’s thesis committee chair / Supervisor, 2007-2010 Larry Zent, Faculty, Front Range Community College, Fort Collins, CO; larry.zent@frontrange.edu.

Current Instructor (Advanced Sketchup; Civil 3D) PERSONAL Ryan Utz, Staff Ecologist / STREON Scientist, NEON, Inc. 1685 38th St. #100, Boulder, CO 80301; (720) 836-2488, rutz@neoninc.org. Friend and botanical ID partner, 2011-current