Staff Members

Tom Bendure joined LCRCD in 2016. He works closely with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide technical assistance to forest landowners through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. He has over 25 years of forestry- and fire-related experience, having worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a crew foreman on wildfire crews across the west from California to Yellowstone and as a feller for several timber companies. Tom earned a B.S. in Forestry from Humboldt State University and has lived in Lake County since 1988.

Dalynn Dykstra joined LCRCD in 2026. She brings eight years of federal experience with the U.S. Forest Service to her role as Watershed Restoration Program Manager, having served as a project manager for the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT) implementing trail restoration and repair activities along its length in California. Prior to her work with the PCT, Dalynn worked in rural southwest New Mexico, where she managed the trails program for Gila National Forest. During her time with the agency, she developed a love of wildland fire, working with hand tools, riding and packing mules, forest ecology, and rugged backcountry adventures. She is passionate about California native plants, post-fire restoration, and fire ecology and holds a B.S. in Environmental Management and Protection with a concentration in Natural Resources Recreation from Humboldt State University.

Julia joined the Lake County Resource Conservation District (RCD) as its first Executive Director in August of 2024. She brings nearly a decade of experience in collaborative conservation and restoration both within and outside of California to this role. She worked previously as Forest Health Watershed Coordinator at Humboldt County RCD and collaborated extensively with the North Coast Durable Collaborative, a regional coalition of RCDs spanning California’s North Coast. In her time away from the RCD world, Julia worked as Associate Director of California Central Valley River Restoration at American Rivers, where she developed and managed floodplain and riparian restoration projects in the Sacramento River Basin. She also worked as Watershed Restoration Project Manager at Rural Action, a community development non-profit based in Appalachian Ohio. Julia is deeply inspired by the RCD model of community-led conservation and looks forward to continuing to build the capacity of Lake County RCD to support a thriving and resilient Lake County. Julia is a Master of Environmental Management graduate from the Yale School of the Environment and holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies and International Studies from American University in Washington, DC. She is a Wyss Scholar for the Conservation of the American West and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Panama, 2015-2017).

Jing Wang joined LCRCD in 2024 as Bookkeeper. Jing focuses on the Finance Team’s accounting, payroll, and office management activities. He is certified by Intuit as a QuickBooks Online Level II ProAdvisor and in QuickBooks Online Payroll. Jing also holds a Certified Public Bookkeeper license from the National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers.