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Bryan Martin, Director of Conservation
303-996-2768
Contact Bryan with questions related to recreation management and travel planning, policy initiatives, and CMC group conservation initiatives
Bryan has worked on conservation and recreation projects his entire career. After earning his degree from Penn State University, he traveled to Queensland, Australia to work for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service on the planning, design, and construction of a long-range hiking trail through the D’Aguilar Range northwest of Brisbane. Returning to the U.S. with this new experience, Bryan became a passionate advocate for recreation’s role in the conservation and preservation of natural areas.
His work in Australia led to positions with the International Ecotourism Society, an organization which promotes environmentally and socially responsible principles within the travel and tourism industry, and The Nature Conservancy (both in Washington D.C. and Boulder), one of the largest environmental non-profits in the country.
From 2003 to 2007, Bryan was the Field Operations Manager for the Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA). CDTA is the primary non-governmental partner in the completion, protection, and management of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail. The CDT travels through five states, 25 National Forests, eight BLM Resource Areas, three National Parks, and one National Monument. As Field Operations Manager it was his job to develop relationships with key agency personnel at the state, regional, field office, and district levels to develop projects, fund those projects, and track progress toward the 3,100-mile trail’s completion.
Bryan, his wife Sally, and their hound dog Chattooga enjoy long road trips, hiking and biking, swimming in the ocean, and visiting new places. |
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Anya Byers, Recreation Planning Coordinator
303-996-2754
Contact Anya with questions related to trail stewardship, volunteer programs, and recreation management and travel planning.
Anya, as a Colorado native, has been recreating in the Rocky Mountains
for longer than she can actually remember. Her combined interests in
outdoor recreation and environmental protection prompted to her to spend several seasons working on and leading trail crews for the City of Boulder's Mountain Parks and Open Space Department.
While pursuing a degree in Human Ecology from Stanford University, she worked on monitoring and GIS mapping with The Nature Conservancy in Colorado and spent six months researching grazing and land use patterns in the Succulent Karoo Biome, a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa.
After graduating, Anya was drawn to New Mexico where she worked as a researcher at the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Designated by Congress in 2000, the 89,000-acre Preserve is known as a case study for multiple-use management of public lands, seeking to unite diverse stakeholders through science-based adaptive management.
In 2006, Anya joined the staff of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
as Volunteer Coordinator and later Restoration Manager, planning and supervising trail construction, restoration and maintenance projects and public education efforts on Colorado's peaks over 14,000 ft (4,267 meters). Working on these high peaks provided her the opportunity to engage people of all ages in preventing resource damage to extremely fragile natural places. In recognition of her ongoing volunteer leadership contributions, Anya received the 2008 Colorado Land Stewardship Award for Volunteer of the Year.
Anya is certified as a Leave No Trace Master Educator and CSU Native Plant Master. In addition to enjoying high altitude trailwork, she's an avid cyclist, runner, backpacker, skier, knitter, and gardener. |
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Jay Heeter, Central Mountains Conservation Coordinator
303-996-2759
Contact Jay with questions related to the Hidden Gems Campaign and the Backcountry Snowsports Initiative.
For most of his life, the outdoors has inspired Jay’s work and play. The path to Eagle Scout taught Jay at an early age the values of community and wilderness, and provided tons of outdoor recreation. As a college student at Duke University, Jay continued to enjoy the outdoors by leading backpacking trips, climbing trips and ropes courses in and around Pisgah National Forest.
Several years of conservation organizing around the country and ski instructing in Telluride helped Jay gain experience and a reserve of fresh air to carry him through law school. Upon graduating from Indiana University - Bloomington School of Law in 2009, Jay moved to Golden and joined the CMC. He is a very happy member of the Boulder Group and looks forward to protecting and enjoying Colorado’s natural spaces. |
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Steve
Bonowski, Senior
Policy Advisor
Contact Steve with questions related to access, the Vail Pass Task Force, and the CMC Foundation.
A former Board
Director, Steve today represents The Colorado Mountain Club on the
Vail Pass Task Force, the Colorado Outdoor Training Initiative,
and the Northwest Colorado Stewardship (multi-agency lands conservation
entity focused on BLM lands in Moffat County, Colorado). In the
past, Steve has served as the President of the Board of the Colorado
Environmental Coalition
and as an appointed member of the Colorado State Trails Committee.
Today, he is also active with Republicans
for Environmental Protection. Steve has a master's degree in political science from Butler University
and a bachelor's degree in political science from St. Joseph's College, and has
a certificate in administrative law from McGeorge School fo Law. |
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