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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Major Accomplishments: Coordinated development and implementation of a process to identify research needs, solicit research proposals, and develop projects in a transparent manner; led efforts to re-tool division committees to focus less on stocking and more on a more comprehensive approach to aquatic resource management; increased efficiency of the management of Department-owned lakes by closing an existing facility and reassigning staff and resources where they were needed.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Major Accomplishments: Coordinated development and implementation of the Western Governors Association Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool, a GIS project designed to guide energy development across the Western U.S. while protecting crucial wildlife habitat; improved procedures for preparing and submitting Section 7 documents related to statewide habitat improvement projects.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Major Accomplishments: Improved procedures for planning annual schedules associated with statewide fisheries research and management projects; designed and implemented research projects designed to better allocate statewide catchable rainbow trout stockings; prepared a programmatic Section 7 document that allowed for continued stocking of sportfish statewide; assisted with designing and implementing a statewide aquatic invasive species program.

Columbus, Ohio

Major Accomplishments: Participated in developing a statewide inland reservoir management plan and chaired a committee charged with implementing several plan components; assisted in coordinating a stream restoration project and a More Fish Partnership Fund Grant project to improve and protect fish habitat; designed and implemented the expansion of an urban fishing program for the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area; implemented procedures to improve customer service related to technical guidance requests.

Hebron, Ohio

Major Accomplishments: Chaired a committee charged with identifying and recommending sampling techniques for a statewide standardized sampling program, and assisted in implementing a statewide standardized sampling program; redesigned protocols used to conduct reservoir creel surveys, and implemented a new reservoir creel survey program; developed a pilot project designed to collect and assess human dimensions information for reservoir anglers.

Norman, Oklahoma

Major Accomplishments: Streamlined procedures used to enter, store, and analyze routine fisheries monitoring data; developed and implemented research projects designed to better monitor reservoir populations of channel and flathead catfish; developed and tested GIS technology to better manage reservoir fisheries.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Major Accomplishments: Compiled and maintained statistical (SAS) programs used to analyze hydroacoustics and hydropower entrainment data.

M.Sc., Wildlife And Fisheries Ecology (Statistics)

Post-Graduate Studies, Fisheries Science (Agriculture Education)

Post-Graduate Studies, Geography (Gis/Remote Sensing)

B.Sc., Wildlife Conservation (Biology)