Erikjmartin

Erik J. Martin, Program Manager for Ski Area Administration, White River National Forest, Rocky Mountain Region, USDA, and National Ski Administration Center of Excellence (1969-2003). Author of Ski Area Chapter of 1984 Land and Resource Management Plan and 2002 Revision (Forest Plan WRNF) establishing the ski area boundaries and capacities of the majority of ski areas in Colorado. Coauthor of A Concise Guide to Ski Area Administration for Forest Supervisors. Coauthor Ski Area Chapter, Landscape Management, Forest Service, USDA. Coauthor Snowranger Guidebook, multiple editions. Duties included ski area permit issuance, audit reviews, fee collection and adjustments, operating plans, master development plans, land use plans, construction plans for a dozen of Colorado's most prominent international destination resorts, including Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen Mountain, Buttermilk, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, and Sunlight Mountain Resort and all resorts in Summit, Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin Counties.

Education

BA Degree in Landscape Architecture, Michigan State University, 1969. Environmental Studies Colorado State University Short-course, 1978. Law, Resources and Recreation short course Utah State University, 1985. Lycee Jaccard, Lausanne, Switzerland.

New Technology

First individual to use three dimensional computer modeling to design ski areas. Reference: History of Vail by June Simonton, and History of Beaver Creek by Seth Marks

Current Position

President, Corporate Pro Colorado, resort specialists (2003-present). http://www.erikmartin.me

Adoption Detective

Coauthor with Judith Land, Adoption Detective: Memoir of an Adopted Child, Wheatmark Publishing, 2011. Available in hard cover, soft cover, and e-book. Glenwood Springs, Post Independent, July 17, 2011, reporter John Colson, "Woman writes a book about search for her birth parents." http://www.adoptiondetectivejudithland.com