Bill Marlett

Senior Conservation Advisor
bmarlett@onda.org

Bill has been with ONDA since its inception in 1989. A born and bred cheesehead from Wisconsin, he graduated from the U of WI - Madison, School of Agriculture, with a major in Soil Science. He then spent the next seven years working for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in floodplain and shoreland management.

Bill then moved to Bend, OR in 1984, having been hired by the county to stop a spate of hydroelectric projects proposed on the Deschutes River, which successfully culminated with a state scenic waterway designation. In 1987, he initiated and led a statewide ballot measure protecting an additional dozen rivers under the Oregon scenic waterway program. In 1989, he subsequently founded and directed the Central Oregon Environmental Center, an umbrella organization made up of two dozen environmental groups to provide support to local conservation efforts.

Initially on ONDA's board, Bill was eventually hired as ONDA's first executive director in 1993. Since then, Bill has helped ONDA evolve into one of the most effective grassroots groups in the West. Under his guidance, ONDA has taken on a leadership role in Oregon's desert wilderness campaign and national efforts to end public lands grazing.  Bill has been consulting with ONDA since November 2007.

Craig Miller

GIS Specialist

gis@onda.org

 Craig Revere Miller

Born 13 January 1950

Education: Biophysics (Bachelor of Science); Pacific Union College 1973 Medicine (M.D.); Loma Linda University 1977 Emergency Medicine; Wright State University 1980 Board Certified 1981; Central Oregon Community College 2000 Geographic Information Systems (Associate of Science)

 Career: Emergency Medicine at St. Charles Medical Center 1981 – 1998

Family and Interests: Married on top of Steens Mountain to Marilyn on August 24, 1999 . Children limited to a challenging male goose and two cats. An avid outdoorsman, he has extensive experience in bird identification, backpacking, mountaineering, rock climbing, and search and rescue.

Summary: Craig has been an environmental advocate for most of his life. Multiple backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada during his high school years provided a strong appreciation for wilderness and the out-of-doors. Once finished with his residency in Emergency Medicine in 1980 he moved to Bend, Oregon where he has lived ever since. During that time, he became active in local environmental issues, particularly desert wilderness designation and fighting livestock grazing abuses. He has been a member of ONDA since its inception, and has served on the board from the beginning. He also served several years as a board member of the Oregon Natural Resources Council. He continued his practice in emergency medicine until 1998 when he changed careers in order to devote more time to environmental protection. Craig completed an Associates Degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in 2000 and is now putting his skills to work for ONDA and the Deschutes Basin Land Trust.