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Sherry Furnari earned a B.A. degree from Florida Gulf Coast University in Environmental Studies in 2000. Ms. Furnari worked for the USFWS at J.N. "Ding" Darling NWR as a Forestry Technician for two years and for nearly six years, she worked for FDEP as an Environmental Specialist I at Estero Bay State Buffer Preserve performing various land management duties including: heavy equipment operator, exotic plant and animal control, prescribed fire, cultural resource identification and protection, boundary security, law enforcement liaison, author and coordinator for various habitat restoration projects, grant writing and reporting, and documentation of activities.
In 2004, she was hired as a Land Stewardship Coordinator for the Conservation 20/20 Program where she is responsible for writing Land Stewardship Plans, performing quarterly site inspections, updating the land stewardship portion of the C20/20 website, performing/overseeing projects related to exotic plant control, habitat restoration and prescribed fire, and conducting other types of stewardship activities for properties acquired through the C20/20 Program. Sherry is a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager, Certified Pile Burner, and has a Public Applicator License in Natural Areas Weed Management & Aquatic Pest Control. |
