volunteers

Dave Ostrom, Idler’s Rest Steward

Dave Ostrom was born in Missoula Montana and moved to Pullman, WA at the age of eight where he grew up. Dave began working for Washington State University as a Programmer/Analyst and over time was promoted into management roles. Dave finished out his career as the Director of Communication and Network Services with responsibility for the data and phone networks.

Dave has traveled internationally throughout his live and visited 40 different countries with all but 6 of those during his adult life. Several such as Botswana, Brazil, Ecuador, India, and Kenya have been visited multiple times and he has been as far north as Churchill Manitoba and as far south as the Antarctic peninsula. Most of his travel had been focused on wildlife photography and he loves giving “image” shows to grade school children. As a special part of that he gives a matted picture of one of the animals shown to each of the children at the end of each show.

Dave has volunteered in many different roles and served as the Nature Conservancy’s Rose Creek Preserve Steward for many years. Dave has also volunteered for Palouse Habitat for Humanity (PHFH) for 13 years with much of that in his role as Project Manager while building homes. Dave has been involved from beginning to end in 12 of the 22 homes that have been built by PHFH.

Dave is currently volunteering at Idlers Rest and Judy’s Trail for the Palouse Land Trust. He has constructed signs, helped build trails and fence, and does basic maintenance. He has also been photographing most of the wildflowers at Idlers Rest, Dave Skinner Ecological Preserve, and Judy’s Trail.