Harry is a 5th generation Humboldt County resident and has lived in SoHum's Salmon Creek since 1953. He tends his land to enhance the forest and meadows by thinning and burning. He has been monitoring and treating Sudden Oak Death disease, in part to protect the Tanoaks on which he grows edible mushrooms for sale.

Harry was a commercial fisherman in the 70s. He later received a BS in Fisheries Biology and later was accepted into a post-graduate program in Watershed Management at Humboldt State University. During this time he worked for the California Department of Fish and Game. He later worked for the US Forest Service on the Klamath National Forest as a Hydrologic Technician, during which time he helped the Wildlife/Fuels Dept helping to conduct fuel loading and snag surveys. Following the 1986 wildfires he was employed by the Forest Service to help gather data for developing post-fire intensity maps and work on fire rehabilitation projects.

In the 1980s Harry was involved with the Eel River Salmon Restoration Project and helped set up small scale salmon hatcheries, which also provided eggs to local schools for 20 years of fisheries education. Additionally, he was involved with establishing monitoring sites to study fish/amphibian/reptile populations in various South Fork Eel River tributaries and planned and implemented various erosion control and stream habitat improvement projects. His work also includes many roadside fuel reduction projects and prescribed burns (Elk Ridge among others).

Harry has been a SHFSC board member since 2019 and became an alternate voting member of the HCFSC in 2024. He is assisting with updating of the Community Wildfire Protection Plan as he did in 2017 which helped identify miles of fuel reduction work that was recently completed along Salmon Creek Road.