Jim Pieper Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

As a Natural Resource Specialist for the National Capital Region, I am responsible for preparing and coordinating the writing of regional and park planning documents and specific action plans pertaining to the management and protection of natural resources. I also help to develop and implement interdisciplinary long range plans for the inventory, evaluation, documentation, preservation, and management of NCR natural resources within the appropriate mission, objectives, and resources contexts. I also develop and prepare major portions of park and regional compliance documents, implementation plans, and specific actions plans pertaining to the management and protection of natural resources. I am responsible for evaluating EA's and environmental impact statements prepared by other agencies or groups for impacts on regional and park resources, as well as, coordinating formal comments for NRS on a variety of park planning documents (including NEPA documents, park Foundation documents, Resource Stewardship Strategies, State of the Parks Reports, etc.). Lastly, I collect, analyze, and synthesize scientific information from research, monitoring, resources management actions, and other sources of information than prepares reports for specific projects.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

As a Hydrologic Technician for the National Capital Region Inventory and Monitoring Network, I am responsible for conducting monthly water quality sampling and analysis at 40 sites throughout the National Capital Region. I am also conducting a study to examine the acidification of a first-order stream system. Additionally, I lend support to the parks within the region by reviewing park plans, projects, and proposals, as well as, providing technical assistance by training park staff to conduct water quality monitoring.

As a Biological Science Technician at Prince William Forest Park, I led the Resource Management Division's summer seasonal program. I was responsible for hiring, training, supervising and mentoring the division's summer interns. Additionally, I was responsible for managing the park's Water Resource Monitoring Program. This included quantifying fecal coliform levels, sampling benthic macroinvertebrates, and analyzing water samples for insoluble metals. I also assisted with the park's environmental compliance program by writing Categorical Exclusions and drafting and releasing an Environmental Assessment. Lastly, I developed funding requests for science-based projects.

As a Volunteer Research Assistant with George Mason University, I assisted the Principal Investigators with oversight and construction of a carnivore monitoring research project. I helped with establishing scent stations, deploying wildlife cameras, collecting fur from snare traps, and collecting scat for molecular analysis.

Graduate Certificate, Contexts Of Environmental Policy

Activities and Societies: Roger Kennedy Fellow, Golden Key

Environmental Science And Policy

B.S., Biology

Activities and Societies: Pi Kappa Phi, Darden Society, Sigma Zeta

Advanced Degree

Education record