Damien Hoffman joined MTDC in 2004 as a student at the University of Montana. He worked as a Web development assistant until graduating in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology, when he took over as webmaster. Hoffman is the cache coordinator for the National Visitor Use Monitoring program and works as a project leader for the center. He also has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Minnesota-Morris.

For additional information about danger tree mitigation guidelines for managers, contact MTDC:

USDA Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center
5785 Hwy. 10 West
Missoula, MT 59808–9361
Phone: 406–390–3900
Fax: 406–329–3719

Electronic copies of MTDC's documents are available on the Internet at:

http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs

Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management employees can search MTDC's documents, CDs, DVDs, and videos on their internal computer networks at:

http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us/search/