“Having worked with Jude over an extended period of time I consider Jude a true friend and a trusted partner for Working Lands in the west. Beyeler Ranches LLC is now a six-generation working cattle ranch at the headwaters of the Lemhi River in Idaho. In 2011 we completed a conservation easement with The Nature Conservancy for our ranch. This easement has been in place for a little over a decade. It has worked well for our ranch and for The Nature Conservancy. Jude played an important role in an advisory capacity. His experience, love of nature, and respect for the traditional lifestyles in our area were invaluable. Informed conservation values were identified. A workable management plan was established. The community was included. At the end of the day, ecological values are being maintained and enhanced, economic prosperity for the ranch remains, and new economic opportunities for our community are now available attracting our youth to return, raise their families, and build our community. With Jude's intelligent work and his respect for place, Jude has my unqualified recommendation as a person of judgment and integrity. Work takes trust and trust takes time. The trust Jude has established over a broad spectrum shortens the time to get the work done.”

Merrill Beyeler, Manager, Beyeler Ranches LLC

“With over a decade of partnering closely with Jude on a wide variety of private conservation projects primarily with multiple-generation ranchers as the Executive Director of the Lemhi Regional Land Trust, I offer my enthusiastic encouragement to give him a call. That he respects landowners’ on-the-ground knowledge and experience, coupled with his own multiple decades of evidenced-based results in a rural western landscape makes the call worthwhile, alone. Add in his connective network to resources across federal, state, tribal and local spectrums, and his ability to communicate a vision clearly and effectively for what is possible, and then deliver on that vision, should make Jude your first call.”

Kristin Troy, Co-Manager of the Middle Fork Lodge

“I have known and dealt with Jude for about 25 years. My first contact with him was when he was a fish biologist working for the BLM. I met him on my grazing allotment and was skeptical, because most biologists that I dealt with had tunnel vision and only cared about fish. We developed a relationship, I taught him about cows and he taught me about what fish needed. He later served as the coordinator for the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project of which I am one of the founding members. He was very passionate about saving fish and keeping cattle ranchers in business. I have stayed in contact with him through the years. He is one of the most honest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and working with. If you have need for his services, you couldn't find a better person!”

Bruce L. Mulkey, Rancher, Lemhi County, Idaho

“Jude brings unique experience to conservation stewardship and resource restoration. He has a history of working with private landowners who rely on commodity production to sustain their livelihoods but who also understand the need for long term ecological function of their land. He is a skilled negotiator whose approach is based in an understanding of the unique circumstances of the landowners he works with, believing that commodity production and maintaining system resilience are not mutually exclusive. He believes that communities can thrive when there is a balance reflective of everyone’s needs. An avid sportsman, hunter, and fisher, Jude also understands the pleasure of harvesting one’s own food. If their is an ethic of a holistic approach to land management Jude will help you appreciate the fine points of what this involves.”

Rosy Mazaika, former Bonneville Power Administration manager