Redstart Forestry is owned and run by three partners.
However, work would not be possible without our other staff members.
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Virginia Barlow received a BA in English from Bennington College and a BS in Forest Management from the University of Vermont. She worked as a consulting forester with Linda Matteson in the early 90s and when she purchased Linda’s business, she named it Redstart Forestry.Together with Stephen Long, she founded Vermont Woodlands magazine. The magazine became Northern Woodlands in 1999 to include a wider area. Virginia works part time at Redstart Forestry and half time at the magazine, where she is co-editor with Stephen Long. She has also written a book about Eastern Caribbean natural history called Nature of the Islands.
Virginia has been active in town business over the years, including two terms on the school board. She is now the Tree Warden and a member of the Planning Commission. She has served on the Vermont Woodlands Association board and the Steering Committee for developing a 10-year plan for the Vermont Department of Forests and Parks. At the University of Vermont she received the Luther Zye award. In 1999 The Upper Valley Land Trust awarded her the Patchen Miller Award, and in 1996 the New England Society of American Foresters gave her the Ernest M. Gould Technology Transfer Award. Virginia and Steve Long jointly received the Vermont Coverts Award of Excellence in 2000.
Markus Bradley graduated with honors from Paul Smith’s College with an Associates Degree as a Forest Technician. He then transferred to the University of Vermont and received a Bachelor’s of Arts and Science in Forest Management. During his college years and in the first year following graduation from UVM, Markus worked as a technician forester, logger, and private consultant. The technician forestry employment was on industrial forestland in New York and Maine, while the logging and consulting have been in Vermont. In 1998 Markus started working for Redstart Forestry. In 2000 he was made a partner in the business.In addition to private consulting, Markus has completed the Game of Logging safety training, manages a Christmas tree plantation, is a certified Tree Farm Inspector, and is an active member of the Vershire Conservation Commission. He lives in Vershire with his wife, Laura, and two children.
Ben Machin received a Bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College in 1996 and a Master's in Forestry from University of Vermont in 2003. Prior to joining Redstart Forestry in 2002, Ben was employed as a firefighter - smokejumper with the USDA Forest Service in Redmond Oregon . Ben was a 1996 Watson Fellowship recipient, a 2002 Leopold Schepp Scholar, a 2003 Snelling Center for Government Fellow, and was presented with the 2007 Mollie Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award. As well as practicing forestry and natural resource consulting, Ben is a maple syrup producer and sheep farmer with interests in tree climbing, horse logging, exotic pest and disease management, and the integration of new technology into current strategies and techniques.
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Hazel is a true partner. She keeps us company both curled up on the floor in the office, or out in the woods. |