Taylor Jarding
(541) 888-5922
Taylor was born in California on the edge of the Mojave, moved to Oregon at 11 years old, and came to the Oregon coast in 2019 with his now-wife Mo. He always had a fascination with nature, especially fungi. A five-week, live on-site, trail maintenance program in high school gave him his first working experience in nature. He went on to work as a pharmacy tech for 8 years, only to burn out post-Covid and return to nature-based work through Oregon State Parks as a summer ranger before accepting the crew lead position at CoosWA in 2025.
Role at CoosWA: Taylor leads our crew-based programs throughout the year, including overseeing the summer youth crew. He is a core member of the plants/restoration team, so if there is nursery maintenance, fence-building, tree planting, equipment fixing or hauling, or crew mentoring to be done, Taylor will be there!
Favorite book:
“My favorite book is a tremendous catch-all by Tristan Gooley called The Lost Art of Reading Natures Signs. It’s a no-nonsense guide to picking apart the natural phenomena around us in order to deduce information about direction, weather, tracking animals, prevailing winds, finding water, picking a camp site, understanding soil condition, and much more.”