TOUR GUIDE BIOS

Carolyn Brown

Carolyn’s lifelong love of the outdoors, along with her daily view of the Sutter Buttes, inspired her to become involved with Middle Mountain Interpretive Hikes and the Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust after retiring from a career as an Environmental Planner. She now serves as Vice President of the Land Trust and has spent the past six years exploring the Buttes with Middle Mountain. Enthusiastic about all things in nature—especially wildflowers, fungi, and birds—Carolyn enjoys sharing her knowledge while also learning from fellow hikers, making every outing a rewarding experience.
 

Events: Nature of the Sutter Buttes – Hike on Dean Place

Laura Lush

Laura Lush is a life-long Yuba-Sutter resident, artist, high school teacher, nature enthusiast, and avid birder. She has been active with Middle Mountain/Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust for over a dozen years and is currently on the board of Middle Mountain Interpretive Hikes.

Events: Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Shaeffer Ranch

Cliff Hawley

Cliff Hawley is a certified California Naturalist and Sacramento Audubon member, leading birding and nature tours for Soil Born Farms and the Sacramento Audubon.  When Cliff isn’t leading tours you can find him fulfilling his duties as the Vice President of the Central Valley Bird Club and acting Youth Scholarship Program.  Cliff also helps manage the Sacramento Audubon Facebook presence and social media team for the Western Field Ornithologists. 

Events: Birding at Bobelaine Sanctuary

Jonathan Munger

Jonathan (Jon) G. Munger is the Vice President of Operations with Montna Farms, in Yuba City, California. Montna Farms is a major grower of Japanese short grain specialty rice as well as a leader in working lands conservation.  Jon has been with Montna Farms since March 2001.

Jon’s current responsibilities include overall management of the rice farming and drying operation, financial, labor, legal, regulatory, water, land acquisition, administering the FSA, NRCS and Conservation programs on the farm, as well as managing several duck clubs

Events: Sunset, Swans and Rice at Montna Farms in Dingville

David Rosen

David has worked as an environmental educator, classroom teacher, park ranger, and naturalist for over 40 years.  His degree in biology and natural resources and extensive field experience have given him an intimate understanding of, and love for, nature and wildlife.  He’s passionate about sharing nature with others, especially kids, and he strives to make complex biological concepts fun, understandable, entertaining, and relevant to his audiences.  His philosophy for outdoor science education is, “If folks are having fun, then learning will happen naturally!”

He’s worked for Sacramento Splash, a non-profit, environmental education organization for 20 years, teaching hands-on science to elementary students throughout Sacramento County.  David’s also a nature and wildlife photographer and his images have been published in magazines, books, postcards, calendars, and numerous other types of publications nationwide.  David helped launch the very first CA Swan Festival in Marysville, CA in 2013 and he planned and coordinated all the field trips for the festival for 4 years.  David’s never not birding!

Events: Sunset, Swans and Rice at Montna Farms in Dingville

Maureen Geiger

Maureen has been birding for almost 50 years and is a long-time field trip leader for Sacramento Audubon Society. A member of the Field Activities Committee, she has been birding at Bobelaine since the early 1980’s and will enjoy showing everyone the wonder of this Preserve.

Events: Birding at Bobelaine Sanctuary