Jason Hinkle Bio
Jason Hinkle is a Geotechnical Specialist in ODF’s Private and
Community
Forest
Program.
Based
out
of
ODF’s
Salem
Headquarters, his time is split between staff and field responsibilities.
He has worked for ODF for five years, has reviewed many logging
operations in the context of landslides and public safety, and provides
consultation for the debris flow warning system. He has a B.S. in
Geology from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Geology from Portland
State University, where he investigated many landslides from the
February 1996 storm with Dr. Scott Burns on the Metro landslide
inventory project and on his thesis project in the Mt Hood National
Forest. Jason is registered in Oregon as a Certified Engineering
Geologist.