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Jack Shipley

Jack’s passions are natural resource conservation and community building, both of which are accomplished through his involvement as chairperson of the Applegate River Watershed Council, founding board member of the Applegate Partnership and chair person of the North Applegate Watershed Protection Association.

Jack holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Horticulture and Park & Recreation Administration from Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas and a Master of Science degree in Planning and Administration from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.

Jack worked on the Oakridge District of the Willamette National Forest from 1963 to 1965 as a resource planner. In 1966 he moved to Helsinki, Finland where he worked as a resource planner on the Green Belt system for the City Planning Department. In 1968 Jack took a year off and traveled with his wife and first son in their VW bus throughout the Soviet Union, Europe and the Middle East.

In 1969 Jack returned to Oregon where he served as the Park and Recreation Director for the City of Grants Pass and was later appointed Director of Public Works Field Services in 1979.

In 1985 Jack resigned to pursue humanitarian volunteer activities which included
a medical aid program with Rotary International in Baja, Mexico; volunteer construction work with Architects and Planners in Support of Nicaragua in Mateguas, Nicaragua and board member and vice president of Headwaters, a regional environmental group for five years.

Jack is a small woodland owner (2000 Josephine County Tree Farmer of the Year) and stockman in Oregon and an independent oil and gas producer in Texas and Oklahoma. Jack is currently serving as a member of the Agriculture Advisory Committee for the Oregon Environmental Council. The December 4, 2000 issue of the Oregonian newspaper listed Jack as one of one hundred and fifty Luminaries in Oregon’s history. Jack lives with his wife Suzan on their 60 acre farm in the Applegate Valley, 15 miles south of Grants Pass, Oregon.