Jim Bowmer:
CLASS OF 1991
Pocatello High SchoolClass of 1991
Pocatello, ID
University of IdahoClass of 1998
Moscow, ID
Idaho State UniversityClass of 1995
Pocatello, ID
Hawthorne Junior High SchoolClass of 1988
Pocatello, ID
Claude A. Wilcox Elementary SchoolClass of 1985
Pocatello, ID
Jim's Story
Life
Well, since graduating I have done a lot of different things. I attended ISU for a couple of years studying business, but, it bored me so I moved to Seattle with Sung Su in 1994. After living there for about 6 months I decided to return to college at the U of I recieving my B.S. in Ecosystem Mgmt. After graduation I went to work for the Bureau of Land Management in Cottonwood, ID. After one season working there I was offered a job working for the California Dept. of Forestry on the Mendocino Coast. Then in a twist of fate I was offered a job with the Bureau of Land Management in Pocatello. Which I accepted and now find myself back where I started. I have also successfully avoided that marriage bug that seems to be catching up with everyone. In 2000 I traveled to Europe for a month. It was a good time backpacking with my friends from college. I just wish I remembered more of it.
Well I guess it has been several years so maybe just maybe it is time for an update...
After about six years in Poky I was starting to get restless again so I decided to move on and transferred with the Bureau to Tillamook, OR. This gave me the opportunit...Expand for more
y to work amongst the big trees again. Unfortunately people had failed to tell me that Tillamook smelled worse than 10,000 cow's asses or maybe they did tell me and I just wanted to get out of Poky so bad I didn't pay attention. Another thing is that you hear how much it rains on the Oregon Coast but you don't really realize it until you live there. I had the distinct pleasure of living there during the worst storms in nearly 20 years. Oh and within the first month of living there I was hit by a Semi and totalled my government vehicle. So needless, to say after a short period of time I began to look for a way out. And 11 months later I find myself in Washington, D.C.
I still work for the BLM but I am now the National Stewardship Coordinator. It is a fun and challenging job. I spend a lot of my time working on environmental policy and traveling reviewing projects in the 12 western states. For all the bad things you hear about Washington I absolutely love it here. The things to do here are endless. Sometimes I don't even know where to begin. And just so the answer is out there...No I haven't been mugged yet! Better find some wood!
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