Kauffman, Jon (Timberdoodle)

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

— John Muir

Years at Shaver’s Creek: 2005–2026

Positions Held: Summer Camp, Volunteer, Raptor Center Intern, Work-study, Education Program Specialist

Current Company/Organization: Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

In my current role at Shaver’s Creek, I find myself building relationships with those around me and the natural world through projects that invite an understanding of the interrelationships around us. Whether it is “stump sitting” at a local hawk watch or crossing paths with a landowner at a grocery store that provided a fence post for an American Kestrel nestbox, I have witnessed how Shaver’s Creek has provided our basic need of a sense of belonging to the flora and fauna around us.