Eric Peterson

LWV News:

The League of Women Voters’ community event, Lunch with a Leader is noon Thursday, Oct. 19 at the Unitarian Church, 1738 N Sage Loop. The leader is Eric Peterson, the Open Space Specialist for the Los Alamos County Parks, Recreation and Open Space Division.

Peterson grew up in a military family and attended high school in southern Ohio, and later graduated from Bowling Green State University. It was during his time in college that he was introduced to the southwest by a college professor who took students on cultural immersion trips. He said that after a two week visit he decided New Mexico and Arizona were where he wanted to be.

Peterson spent the first year living and teaching on the Navajo Nation. Then he found employment working for the City of Albuquerque Open Space Division, which led him to this position working for Los Alamos County as the Open Space Specialist.

Petersen will talk about recent projects, what his position entails, implementation of the Open Space Management Plan (OSMP), trails maintenance by the new contractor, his boss Cory Styron’s plan to Consolidate the OSMP with the Trails Management Plan, the Community Trail Plan, an update on the County Trailhead Assessment, what his priorities are and ways to volunteer.