Michelle Katuna

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Michelle Katuna (she/her, non-Native) grew up on Coast Miwok territory in Sonoma County. Since 2012, she has studied sustainable agriculture, California native flora and ecology, low-stress livestock handling, consensus facilitation, soil science, rhetoric, GIS mapping, and biology and has worked in ecological farming and ranching, pastured meat production, restoration, land conservation, and education. Michelle holds an M.S. in Rangeland Management, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at U.C. Berkeley, with a focus on Native and non-Native peoples’ collaboration on applied land stewardship. Prior to graduate school, Michelle worked as the Agroecologist at Marin Resource Conservation District on the design, implementation, and monitoring of ecological practices and projects on agricultural and open space lands, in collaboration with local land managers and District partners including the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Point Blue Conservation Science, the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, and others.

• Social-environmental partnerships and collaborations
• Ecology and history of the north bay region
• Conservation planning, including grazing planning

• Certified Rangeland Manager (#M133), California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management and California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Firefighter Type 2 (FFT2) + Red Card (U.S. Forest Service, effective date: October 2022)
• Carbon Farm Planning Certificate (Carbon Cycle Institute, issued: June 2021)

•  Pursuing: Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. University of California, Berkeley. Expected graduation: May 2028.
• M.S. Rangeland and Wildlife Management, University of California, Berkeley. 2024.
• B.S. Conservation and Research Studies, with a focus in Sustainable Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley. 2015.