Larry came to Humboldt in 2005 and completed his Master's degree in August 2008. His thesis was titled, First-year erosion responses following stream channel crossing fill removal in Redwood National and State Parks, Northwestern California. This study examined the effectiveness of a variety of current road removal techniques in Redwood National Park. He grew up in San Marino, California and has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Larry was employed as a Watershed Technician at Green Diamond Resource Company in 2008 and 2009. As well as serving as an Americorps restoration team member in 2010 in Vancouver, WA, Larry will be serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in forestry and agriculture in Zambia beginning in February 2011.