About Jeff Adams

Jeff Adams is founder and principal of TerraSophia LLC. Jeff builds capacity to regenerate the health of our watersheds by engaging community members through hands-on education projects and ecological design-build services. He has a depth of experience in water harvesting systems, erosion control, and permaculture, bringing a practical and integrated approach to each project with over 20 years of experience in various aspects of construction and landscape trades.

Jeff has collaborated with a variety of non-profits, public agencies, schools, businesses, and individuals to raise awareness and build skills for regenerative living. He has traveled extensively around the United States and beyond, teaching, designing, managing projects, and collaborating with many leaders in the field. Jeff holds a self-designed Bachelor of Science degree at Humboldt State University in Indigenous Technology, which he sees as the practical application of knowledge of a place to help meet the needs of that place, including all its inhabitants. Jeff is an EPA WaterSense partner through the Qualified Water Efficient Landscape (QWEL) program, UT On-site Waste Water Professional level 2, ASSE International Rainwater Catchment Systems Installer and Designer, and UT Licensed Landscape and Excavation Contractor. Jeff completed his first Permaculture Design Course (PDC) in 2002.

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Jeff's range of experience includes:

Chair of the Moab Area Watershed Partnership, UT
Executive Director of Canyonlands Watershed Council, UT
Provided technical consulting and advocacy resulting in revision of Utah graywater code to include gravity-based branched drain systems, including design-build of the first 2 permitted residential graywater systems in UT
Leading conservation corp crews in watershed restoration and gully repair on federal lands, UT
Watershed restoration field surveying, education, and implementation, Quivira Coalition, Carson National Forest, NM
Board member and Co-Founder of the Resiliency Hub, Moab, UT
Program Manager for Watershed Management Group's Santa Barbara Water Harvesting Program, CA
Water Sustainability Coordinator for the 10,000 Rain Gardens Pilot Program, a partnership between the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) and Marin Municipal Water District, CA
Water harvesting and permaculture hands-on instruction for George Washington University Alternative winter break program at Plenitud, Puerto Rico
Design and facilitate water harvesting curriculum for workforce development training for Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Instructor for the American Rainwater Catchment System’s Association’s (ARCSA) Accredited Professional training
Instructor for G3 - the Green Garden Group's Water Efficiency Professional training program for Generation Water, CA
Co-Director of the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology, Humboldt State University, CA
Guest Instructor at Utah State University, University of New Mexico, University of California - Berkeley Extension, Santa Barbara City College Center for Lifelong Learning, and Humboldt State University
Permaculture Design Certification course lead instructor, Westminster Woods, CA
Residential site manager for Sunrise Ridge Gardens, a 7-acre permaculture site with lavender and mixed fruit orchard market gardens in West Sonoma county, CA
Participant at the International Permaculture Convergence 11 in Cuba
Consultant for John Todd Ecological Design on prototype Eco-machine to clean up crude oil spill, MA
Extensive consultation, design, training, and implementation of water harvesting, watershed restoration, and permaculture