Arvind A.R. Bhuta, Phd, Gisp, Cse Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I manage the ForMAP program, a FS-CIO approved and funded portal, allowing federal, state, territorial, non-profits, and other partners to report their annual accomplishments (both geospatial and tabular) through three nationwide SPTF programs’ official databases of record to FS, USDA, and the White House leadership and congressional appropriators. The.

Kernville, California, United States

Line manager’s authority and steward for the Kern River Ranger District, where I: 1) supervised 11 direct reports and managed 100 employees in a values-based, purpose driven, and relationship-focused work environment. 2) managed and stewarded, through science, law, and policy, the diverse natural and cultural resources across 640,000 acres of the District.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Led efforts to strengthen equity data in support of the Agency’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and access goals
• Cultivated working relationships with program managers to problem-solve efforts around equity data collection and reporting related to the Forest Service Equity Action Plan and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• Using FAC-PPM tools, identified program contacts, their data holdings, and collection priorities and developed mission planning, milestones, and interdependency protocols and documents associated with their equity data.
• Monitored the beginnings of different program areas associated with the Forest Service Equity Action Plan as they implemented equity in their program areas

Managed the Southern Region UCF Program ($7.03m budget for FY2022) and coordinated, communicated, and advised the 13 southeastern state forestry agencies UCF programs and their non-profit partners on support, program delivery, requirements, guidelines, funding, reporting, and payments.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• I led the National Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) during a year of transition where I had to implement change as a result of modernization to the Forest Service budget and the program which included the program being.
• Lead a team of internal Forest Service FSP Managers (three employees) and three state foresters in the revision and update of the FSP Standards and Guidelines
• Executed FSP modernization efforts that fulfilled Congress’ needs on the program, but with FS and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) approval
• Incorporated a new allocation formula (the FSP was appropriated with $11.9 million for FY2021) for funding FSP across the 50 States and US territories

Montgomery, Alabama Area

Provides guidance, leadership, and support for the National Forests in Alabama for programs in vegetation ecology, botany (non-threatened and endangered), non-native invasive species, soil and water (watersheds). Developed ecological condition, terrestrial ecological unit inventory, potential natural vegetation, hydrology, and watershed models. Integrated.

Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania

Participated in a three-person team for the U.S. Forest Service International Programs as GIS Technical Detailer for two weeks (September 26-October 7, 2016). The detail was part three of a three session detail to support the partnership between the U.S. Forest Service and the Mpingo Conservation and Development Initiative with a focus on geospatial.

Portland, Oregon

• Located out of the Region 6 (Oregon and Washington States), Regional Office and working within the Natural Resources Division under the Vegetation Inventory & Monitoring Program
• Member of the Vegetation Inventory Program team
• Provided regional leadership and technical guidance in planning vegetation inventory and monitoring, sampling, and analysis of data using appropriate techniques
• Used geospatial (LiDAR), big data/data science, and statistical data analysis through ArcGIS, R, and Python as needed by the Regional Forester, Directors, Regional Biometrician and other regional or Forest staff
• Conducted and adapted the use of existing statistical (R and Python) and database management packages (Microsoft Access) for the most efficient methods of solving problems in the statistical analysis of physical.
• Provided expert technical advice for the collection, warehousing, analysis, and reporting of vegetative resource data for the region’s vegetation inventory program

Montgomery, AL

• GEARs mission is to conduct geospatial and environmental analysis and research to support and aid non-profits and the private sector in their mission priorities
• In 2014, consulted with The Nature Conservancy on the dendrochronology of conifers at Fort Benning
• Built and developed a hexacopter drone (UAS) for aerial photography and mapping
• GEAR is equipped with a DJI Phantom 3 Professional, gps units, 360 cameras, and forest measurements: velmex tree-ring measuring system, computers, and various field equipment
• Database scraping of online searchable database to assist in marketing of services for a fabrication company

Clemson, South Carolina

• Funded by a Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) funded research project titled: RC 1693 Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Pine Mortality in the Southeastern United States
• Analyzed geospatial, remotely-sensed (Landsat, NAIP, and hemispherical-fisheye photography), dendrochronological, and field data to determine reduced vigor of southern pine trees across four focal sites: Fort Benning.
• Collected USFS Forest Health Monitoring field and data collection for conifers exhibiting poor health at Fort Benning and directed field and data collection at Fort Stewart and Fort Jackson. Ten (Fort Stewart and.
• Led field data logistics and collections for other projects
• Contributed in authorship to white papers, presentations at conferences, and publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Placed job ads, interviewed, hired, and supervised five laboratory technicians

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted field work in the eastern Sierra Nevada of California (Mount Whitney and the Marine Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport, CA) and in the North Carolina Sandhills (Fort Bragg)
• Established permanent circular study plots, identifying tree species and collecting the following tree morphometrics: diameter at breast height, height to live first branch, total height, and canopy diameter)
• Georeferenced and surveyed backsights, foresights, and plot centers using survey-grade Leica GPS units and total stations
• Conducted terrestrial LiDAR scans around circular study plots based on georeferenced points
• Investigated the feasibility of LiDAR Analyst/ArcGIS 9.2 for developing bare earth images, building structures, and forest areas from first and last return digital elevation models
• Surveyed scientific literature for current trends and applications for LiDAR research

Blacksburg, Virginia Area

• Assisted with teaching duties for a freshman-level Physical Geography courses
• Teaching and laboratory duties for a senior-level Forestry course in Geographic Information Systems
• Research (field and laboratory) in graduate-level Geography courses
• Maintained and managed the biogeography and paleoenvironments laboratories housed in the Department of Geography.

Blacksburg, Virginia Area

• Worked at Virginia Tech's Research Center: Conservation Management Institute (CMI)
• National Wetlands Inventory (U.S. Fish and Wildlife) - Mapped wetlands using the Cowardin classification for Virginia and New York; assisted with reviewing and developing algorithms via Feature Analyst for ArcGIS for.
• Switchgrass Biofuels - Located, reviewed, and updated geospatial data, metadata, scientific and gray literature for road infrastructure in Halifax County, Virginia for the optimal placement of switchgrass conversion.
• Redstone Army Arsenal - Digitized fire compartments for Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

Blacksburg, Virginia Area

• Worked at Virginia Tech's Research Center: Center for Geospatial Information Technology (CGIT)
• Assisted with geospatial analysis for the Virginia Base Mapping Project contracted by the Virginia Geographic Information Network (VGIN). This involved compiling Digital Terrain Mapping (DTM) data and creating.
• Supervised other research assistants with the creation of TINs and DEMs and the quality control/assurance and validation of data
• Provided additional assistance with entry of Tier 2 EPA Chemical Inventory Reports for the state of Virginia and assisted in the analysis and creation of hazard maps from FEMA’s HAZUS for Virginia
• Developed and designed applications for geospatial logistics and methods for chimpanzee research in Tanzania

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Assisted the staff ecologist at the National Center for Environmental Economics with ongoing research involved in modeling the relationships between land use and bird diversity and abundances. This research was related.
• Surveyed scientific literature on bird-habitat relationships; focusing on models that could be used to predict changes in bird diversity and abundances over space and time in response to changing land use conditions or.
• Compiled and linked land use data, climatological data, and large scale, long term bird abundance and diversity data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey
• Datasets were prepared for use in statistical and geospatial analyses and modeling usigng Microsoft Access, GIS (ArcGIS/INFO 9), and working with statistical software (LIMDEP)

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Gathered, created, updated, and maintained files for use in the Office of Land Management's GIS system. This included the preparation of computer-based maps for websites and documents; maintaining and updating websites.
• Rectified imagery for use and implementation in GIS system via ERDAS 6.0. A geodatabase was created for monitoring and evaluating forestry practices on managed lands.
• Employed and supervised by The University of Alabama's Forester and Geologist.

Auburn, Alabama Area

• Gathered and prepared data and created detailed logs and reports of manipulated files for the City of Auburn's GIS system
• I created digital maps from existing hand drawn maps and geo-referenced points collected by GPS units
• Filed, retrieved, revised, and maintained old files and maps in ArcGIS 8.3 ArcInfo version and Microsoft Office
• Supervised by the GIS coordinator and GIS II technicians

Auburn, Alabama Area

• Was deployed in the field for two straight years acquiring gopher tortoise radio telemetry and camera mating station photo data
• Established and collectd data on gopher tortoises throughout southern Mississippi and Alabama. Data were geo-referenced with sub-meter Trimble GPS unit in real-time mode or post-processed and were exported to a GIS and.
• Trapped tortoises at active burrows, recording morphometric data pertinent to the project.
• Identified and sexed adults, affixed them with a telemetry tag, and tracked via radio telemetry from their date released until the end of project
• Managed “digital camera stations” used to monitor female tortoises for behavior patterns at their burrow
• Maintained and purchased necessary field supplies and equipment

Everglades National Park, FL

• Worked as a GIS field supervisor on research pertaining to the endangered Cape Sable Seaside sparrow in Everglades National Park
• Established study sites and plots (0.5 km2) located within Everglades National Park
• Geo-referenced natural land features, plot points, nests, and newly banded, sighted, and recaptured sparrows
• Post-processed and incorporated GPS data into a GIS for spatial analysis
• Observed sparrow behavior, nest monitoring, and sparrow sightings
• Received first aid training through the Red Cross and fire and helicopter safety training through Everglades National Park

Auburn, Alabama Area

• Catalogued herpetological and ichthyological museum specimens into spreadsheet, database, and GIS based on species and site of collection
• Used GIS in geolocating the collection of specimens in the field
• Provided data to the Alabama State Lands Division for management of lands and determining population distribution problems with collection of museum specimens
• Provided technical assistance with software or hardware issues

B.S., Zoology

Herpetology, Ornithology, GIS(Geography and Forestry classes), Silviculture and Forest Ecology

Postdoctoral Fellow, Forestry

Worked under a Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) funded research project titled: RC.

Ph.D., Geospatial And Environmental Analysis

Activities and Societies: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and Biogeography Specialty Group Student.

M.S., Geography

Activities and Societies: Gamma Theta Upsilon American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote SensingThesis Title: A dendroecological.

One Semester Of Graduate School, Geography

One semester as a graduate student in the Department of Geography.

B.S., Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: College of Science and Mathematics Dean's Honor Roll Fall Semester 2002Environmental Law, Entomology

B.A., Geography

Remote Sensing, GIS, Climatology, Physical Geography