Members
Members include 69 individuals, households and organizations. Patagonia and Sonoita claim 37. Support comes from Nogales, Rio Rico, Green Valley, Tubac, Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sierra Vista, Tempe and Flagstaff as well. Members hail from California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. Bob and Maggie Handfield from British Columbia, Canada have been staunch supporters of the State Parks’ Patagonia Lake/Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and Friends for many years. Thank you everyone!
Board members:
President: Kathy Pasierb has a B.S. in ecology/biology and a M.A. in education from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has taught science in the public school system over 20 years. She taught botany to adults for 7 years in Wyoming for the National Audubon Society. Kathy coauthored the Healthy Water program for FOSC and wrote “Birds, People & the Environment,” a curriculum for the National Park Service. She lives in Patagonia in a passive solar home of her own design.
Vice President (Program Development) Judy King is a volunteer for Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and has many years of managing visitor centers, including SCSNA’s. Judy presents programs on ghost towns and mining history in the Sonoita Creek watershed, leads hikes, and is an enthusiastic birder. Judy and her husband Ron divide their time between southern Colorado and Patagonia.
Treasurer: Sally Lockwood has a Ph.D. in education from Loyola University and has been a teacher, media specialist, librarian, and school administrator. She lives in Rio Rico with her husband Jim and volunteers at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and Goose Island State Park in Texas.
Recording Secretary: Allyson Armstrong has a B.S. in biology from the University of New Mexico and has lived in Southern Arizona since 1981. She was a State Parks ranger at Kartchner Caverns and Sonoita Creek and has experience in research, health and safety, and journalism. She is the primary author of FOSC’s web site and lives in Sonoita.
Corresponding Secretary: Barbara Casimir has a background in public health and clinical research. She and her husband Joe retired to Rio Rico from Tempe and Barbara has developed a keen interest in the birds, butterflies, and plants in the area.
Elizabeth Bernays has been in southern Arizona since 1989 when she became head of the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona. She retired as Regents’ Professor and obtained a Master of Fine Arts. She is a keen naturalist and continues an interest in plants, insects, and birds, as well as writing nonfiction. She is retired from teaching and lives in Patagonia with photographer Linda Green.
Jim Lockwood is retired from teaching math education and human resource development at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. He leads bird walks at Sonoita Creek State Natural Area and Goose Island State Park, Texas. He is an avid bird photographer.
Lee Rogers has lived in Southeast Arizona since 1980. He retired from IBM after 30 years in computer research and development. He was a docent with the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum for eight years prior to moving to Patagonia in 1992. He is an avid birder with a strong interest in native plants and insects. He currently volunteers with the Hummingbird Monitoring Network and is a trained hummingbird bander.
Greg Scott earned degrees from University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. He has lived in Santa Cruz Co. and taught school here for over 30 years. Greg guides history and natural history trips in Northern Mexico, presents programs for the Arizona Humanities Council, volunteers for Arizona State Parks, and is an archeology site steward. Greg lives in Nogales and Elgin.
Lee Rogers has lived in southeast Arizona since 1980. He retired from IBM after working for 30 years in computer research and development. He was a docent with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for 8 years prior to moving to Patagonia in 1992. He is an avid birder with a strong interest in native plants and insects. He currently volunteers with the Hummingbird Monitoring Network and is a trained hummingbird bander.
Advisory Board Member:
Ronald Pulliam earned his Ph.D. in zoology at Duke University. He taught at University of Arizona and retired as Regent Professor of Ecology and Director of the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He has served as President of the Ecological Society of America, Director of the National Biological Service, Science Adviser to the Secretary of the Interior, and on boards of several national conservation organizations. Ron and his wife Janice returned to Arizona in 2008 and live in Patagonia.
