Elizabeth Moss's resources
Title: Extension Agent - Forestry
Unit: Agriculture & Natural Resources Extension Service
Country: United States
Unit: Agriculture & Natural Resources Extension Service
Country: United States
Liz graduated from West Virginia University in 2013 with a M.S. in Forestry. Her graduate thesis pertained to developing the Friends of Firewood Network, a database of West Virginia firewood producers who could be surveyed to give information about how the industry operates in the state. The objective was to use survey results to tailor workshops and publications that would educate firewood producers on business management, firewood’s role in the transport of invasive species, and the importance of chainsaw safety and personal protective equipment. Liz gave talks at various meetings and workshops on her project and created three extension publications. She also facilitated partnerships between forestry organizations in the state and maintained the Friends of Firewood Network website (wvfirewood.ning.com).
Liz’s work with invasive species education led her into a job as an urban forester with the WV Division of Forestry. She was available in a technical capacity to communities all over the state, assisting with writing street tree ordinances and grant applications, conducting workshops and tree assessments. She was also asked to conduct a high-profile inventory and create a management plan for the WV State Capitol complex, the findings from which she presented to the legislature and other forest industry representatives in order to garner support for urban forestry endeavors in the state.
Liz's unique skill set as an artist (her B.A. is in Visual Arts and she has graphic design experience) and an urban forester with a background in invasive species education landed her a job with Bugwood. She assisted with the development of a diagnostic tool that forest managers can use to identify pests and diseases of eastern US commercial tree species, providing both artistic realization of imagery as well as creating a database of common pests and pathogens. She served on the Tifton, GA, tree board as well as the GA Urban Forest Council.
Liz is back home in West Virginia working as an Extension Agent of Forestry and Urban Forestry at West Virginia State University Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Service, practicing as the campus forester and furthering her career in urban forestry.
Liz’s work with invasive species education led her into a job as an urban forester with the WV Division of Forestry. She was available in a technical capacity to communities all over the state, assisting with writing street tree ordinances and grant applications, conducting workshops and tree assessments. She was also asked to conduct a high-profile inventory and create a management plan for the WV State Capitol complex, the findings from which she presented to the legislature and other forest industry representatives in order to garner support for urban forestry endeavors in the state.
Liz's unique skill set as an artist (her B.A. is in Visual Arts and she has graphic design experience) and an urban forester with a background in invasive species education landed her a job with Bugwood. She assisted with the development of a diagnostic tool that forest managers can use to identify pests and diseases of eastern US commercial tree species, providing both artistic realization of imagery as well as creating a database of common pests and pathogens. She served on the Tifton, GA, tree board as well as the GA Urban Forest Council.
Liz is back home in West Virginia working as an Extension Agent of Forestry and Urban Forestry at West Virginia State University Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Service, practicing as the campus forester and furthering her career in urban forestry.
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