Mark Thomas Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, Al, Us

applicators and agents and their turnkey companies. Specific customers

The University of Alabama. During this period of time, I wrote site-specific management recommendations and successfully reforested over one million acres of forestland which ultimately led to the planting of over one billion trees. In numerous instances, I was asked to testify as an expert witness on the behalf of our customers to protect their interests, as well as ours. Sales increased 146% (averaging almost 30% annually) during this time. I also successfully planned and implemented… Show more The University of Alabama. During this period of time, I wrote site-specific management recommendations and successfully reforested over one million acres of forestland which ultimately led to the planting of over one billion trees. In numerous instances, I was asked to testify as an expert witness on the behalf of our customers to protect their interests, as well as ours. Sales increased 146% (averaging almost 30% annually) during this time. I also successfully planned and implemented customer relations trips to Canada (canoeing/; deer hunting) and Mexico (duck hunting). In this capacity, I averaged around 45 seminars and public speaking engagements annually. Show less

There are six primary duties involved including; wildlife management, forest management, seminars & symposiums, discovery/expert witness testimony, environmental programs, and hunting guiding/outfitting to Alaska; Wildlife management includes wildlife habitat evaluation and enhancement, food plot design and installation, endangered species surveys and management, quality deer management. Forest management includes sustainable forest initiative, best management practice assessment and… Show more There are six primary duties involved including; wildlife management, forest management, seminars & symposiums, discovery/expert witness testimony, environmental programs, and hunting guiding/outfitting to Alaska; Wildlife management includes wildlife habitat evaluation and enhancement, food plot design and installation, endangered species surveys and management, quality deer management. Forest management includes sustainable forest initiative, best management practice assessment and training, management plans, riparian zone management, lake installation, delineation of federal jurisdictional wetlands, wetland mitigation banking, road building, timber marketing and sales, timber cruising and appraisals, prescribed burning, site preparation, tree planting, natural regeneration, exotic plant control. Services offered through Forestry/Wildlife Integration, LLC, include: Sustainable Forestry Initiative (auditing, gap analysis, program development, training) Landscape Biodiversity Evaluation and Planning (floral and faunal assessment, plan development, long range modeling), Best Management Practices Surveys (compliance monitoring, training). Threatened and Endangered Species Management including: T & E Species Inventories (intranet-based inventory system), T & E Species Population Surveys (gopher tortoises, flatwoods salamanders), Habitat Conservation Plans for T & E Species, Red-cockaded Woodpecker trapping, banding, artificial cavity installation, translocation and management (fully permitted), Wildlife Habitat Management includes: native plant enhancement, wildlife stand improvement, in-the-woods foodplots, ecotone installation, enhancement & maintenance, installation of wildlife travel, feeding, stalking, viewing and shooting lanes, interspersion index enhancement features, low-quality hardwood brush control, desirable plant species recolonization, Wildlife Population Management includes: Whitetail Deer Camera Census (age structure, buck:doe ratio), Show less

I have withdrawl cards from the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, International Brotherhood of Fireman and Oilers, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers.

President. Certified Forester, Certified Wildlife Biologist. Forest Management/Wildlife Habitat and Wildlife Population Management. Game and Non-Game Species. Ecosystem Restoration. Seminars/Symposiums. Recreational Property Development. Expert Witness Testimony. Hunting/Guiding Excursions. Currently over 600 clients throughout the USA.

My duties while in this position include identifying and developing management techniques for largenon-managing nonindustrial private forest landowner (NIPFL) entities, assisting and directing efforts pertaining to database development, qualifying potential customers, assisting the private industrial company (PIC) sales team with meetings and tours and with individual customers, providing input on advertising development and implementation and coordinating the forestry public relations… Show more My duties while in this position include identifying and developing management techniques for largenon-managing nonindustrial private forest landowner (NIPFL) entities, assisting and directing efforts pertaining to database development, qualifying potential customers, assisting the private industrial company (PIC) sales team with meetings and tours and with individual customers, providing input on advertising development and implementation and coordinating the forestry public relations effort in the marketplace. Part of my job was to identify non-traditional owners (NTO's) of forestland in the United States, as well. Working with pension fund and portfolio managers, as well as bank and trust officers, allowed me to identify and develop numerous new customers. I also worked with Thomson Financial Publishing Company and identified 2,519 banks in the southern fourteen states and obtained a Windows '95 Access compatible disc for incorporation into our existing database. I have also established close working relationships with; American Pulp Association and the Association of Consulting Foresters of America. I was also a member and was active in the Alabama Forestry Association, Georgia Forestry Association, Tennessee Forestry Association, Georgia Forestry Association and the Virginia Forestry Association. Part of my duties involved being an American Cyanamid Agricultural Communicator and meeting with Senator Howell Heflin, Senator Jeff Sessions, Senator Richard Shelby and Congressman Spencer Bachus, both in Washington and Alabama, impacting priority issues for American Home Products/American Cyanamid. In several instances, I was asked to testify as an expert witness by our customers. I also recruited in major colleges and universities and was able to identify several high quality candidates that have been successfully employed by American Cyanamid. Show less

I worked in the Forestry business.

This was a position at the Research Associate level. My responsibilities included traveling throughout the thirteen southern states installing uniform vegetation management tests. My knowledge in statistical procedures enabled me to design, establish and sample from pesticide studies. I also prepared reports for use in refereed journals, annual reports and Cooperative Notes; prepared data for use in pesticide registration; set up and prepared meetings (annual Advisory and monthly staff… Show more This was a position at the Research Associate level. My responsibilities included traveling throughout the thirteen southern states installing uniform vegetation management tests. My knowledge in statistical procedures enabled me to design, establish and sample from pesticide studies. I also prepared reports for use in refereed journals, annual reports and Cooperative Notes; prepared data for use in pesticide registration; set up and prepared meetings (annual Advisory and monthly staff meetings) and prepared short courses and seminars; kept data files updated; mailed out work plans, Coop Notes, and questionnaires. I demonstrated excellent communication skills, experience in herbicide research and experience with equipment used to apply herbicides and the ability to work with industry and government cooperators in conducting research. I conducted experiments involving a number of herbicides (Roundup; , Velpar, Classic, Oust, DPX-F, DPX-V [DuPont Company], Command [FMC Corporation], Ortho RE-04885 [Chevron], Garlon 4, Tordon RTU [Dow Chemical Company]), and surfactants (nonyl-phenols [Ortho X-77, DuPont WK], octyl-phenols [X R-11], ethoxylated and oxyalkylated compounds [Induce], ethoxylated tallowamines [Frigate, Mon-0818], and citris/pine oil [Cide Kick II; . A great deal of my work involved herbaceous plant identification across the thirteen southern region including the floristic communities comprising the Upper and Lower Coastal Plains, the Piedmont, the Cumberland Plateau, and the Flatwoods areas. Show less

cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation; A portion of my M.S. Thesis work incorporated products from Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, Union Carbide, Velsicol (Sandoz) Chemical Companies and Shindaiwa Company, Big Pines Timber Company and Hillsboro Machine Company for inclusion into my work which concerned foliar applications of Roundup, Banvel 720, Krenite, Tordon 101M, Garlon 3A, Garlon 4, Weedone 170, Weedone LV-4, Weedar 64, Weedone 2,4-DP and Florel (Ethephon)… Show more cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation; A portion of my M.S. Thesis work incorporated products from Dow, DuPont, Monsanto, Union Carbide, Velsicol (Sandoz) Chemical Companies and Shindaiwa Company, Big Pines Timber Company and Hillsboro Machine Company for inclusion into my work which concerned foliar applications of Roundup, Banvel 720, Krenite, Tordon 101M, Garlon 3A, Garlon 4, Weedone 170, Weedone LV-4, Weedar 64, Weedone 2,4-DP and Florel (Ethephon) individually applied; as well as 40 other species in a whole-plot mist blowing study. A second experiment involved a number of silvicultural treatments designed to enhance oak advanced regeneration. Treatments included two regimes of prescribed fire, two utilizing chainsaws for understory removal, a dozing/disking site-preparation treatment as well as the establishment of overstory 200 square meter canopy gaps. A third study screened Banvel CST, Tordon RTU, Garlon 3A, Weedone 170 and Weedone CB applied to the cut-surface to control sprouting while another study applied Weedone CB, DPX 63-76 (Escort), Garlon 4, Banvel 520 and Tordon 101M as a dormant season basal stem streamline application. A fifth study involved a biological and economic comparison between a chainsaw and Shindaiwa B-45 brush saw with a simultaneous herbicide application of Tordon RTU to prevent sprouting. The above experiments were all field studies with controls. Show less

cooperation with the Missouri Department of Conservation

My responsibilities while in this position were essentially those of an in-patient pharmacist working out of a satellite pharmacy under the direction of a registered pharmacist. I was responsible for 40-60 patients and made 10 bed-side rounds per shift picking up physician's orders and dispensing meds. Hourly rounds to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Surgical ICU, Burn ICU, Coronary ICU, Pediatric ICU, Thoracic ICU, Neruo Step-down Unit and Chemotherapy Unit gave me an enhanced… Show more My responsibilities while in this position were essentially those of an in-patient pharmacist working out of a satellite pharmacy under the direction of a registered pharmacist. I was responsible for 40-60 patients and made 10 bed-side rounds per shift picking up physician's orders and dispensing meds. Hourly rounds to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Surgical ICU, Burn ICU, Coronary ICU, Pediatric ICU, Thoracic ICU, Neruo Step-down Unit and Chemotherapy Unit gave me an enhanced understanding in human physiology. Duties included collecting physician's orders bed-side and interpreting, filling, labeling and delivering all medications, checking for drug interactions and maintaining and updating hourly all patient records on computer file. I was also a member of the Code Blue Assist Team. This position greatly increased by knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, as I have Pre-Med courses in these subjects. It has specifically enhanced my comprehension of the role of suspected mutagens and carcinogens in human embryotoxicity, fetotoxicity, teratogenicity, soft-tissue sarcoma, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Show less

At the Assistant Resource Forester level, I was responsible for nine counties comprising the Columbia Forest District in north-central Missouri. My duties included urban forestry, timber sales, lumber and log grading, wildlife protection and enforcement, public seminars, weekly radio shows, forest fire control, forest pathology and entomology. I was under the supervision of the District Forester and basically provided professional forestry assistance to nonindustrial private forest landowners… Show more At the Assistant Resource Forester level, I was responsible for nine counties comprising the Columbia Forest District in north-central Missouri. My duties included urban forestry, timber sales, lumber and log grading, wildlife protection and enforcement, public seminars, weekly radio shows, forest fire control, forest pathology and entomology. I was under the supervision of the District Forester and basically provided professional forestry assistance to nonindustrial private forest landowners by interpreting aerial photos and conducting forest resource inventories. I was also a certified Tree Farm inspector through the American Forest Foundation. I worked with other district personnel in the multiple-use management of state forestlands, as well. I coordinated and supervised timber sales and timber stand improvement projects and assisted in the implementation of the district's forest fire prevention, detection and suppression program. I also diagnosed forest insect and disease outbreaks and recommended controls as requested. My duties included enforcement of the Wildlife Code of Missouri, as well. Show less

My duties at the "Frisco" (later Burlington Northern) included diesel locomotive maintenance and repair, elecrical and mechanical trouble shooting on mail-line track, operation of drop-crane, Trackmobile, Bobcat, fork-truck and D-550 crawler tractor. I combined, serviced and load-tested EMD and GE locomotives for pulling outbound freight and operated Alcoa switch engines in the Springfield yards. I worked at the West Speed Rip Track, Consolidated Freight Car Shop, Caboose Track… Show more My duties at the "Frisco" (later Burlington Northern) included diesel locomotive maintenance and repair, elecrical and mechanical trouble shooting on mail-line track, operation of drop-crane, Trackmobile, Bobcat, fork-truck and D-550 crawler tractor. I combined, serviced and load-tested EMD and GE locomotives for pulling outbound freight and operated Alcoa switch engines in the Springfield yards. I worked at the West Speed Rip Track, Consolidated Freight Car Shop, Caboose Track, Diesel Shop, Service Track, Storeroom, Scrap Yard, Wheel Shop, Fabrication Shop, Power Shop and Ribbon Rail Plant. Specific duties included those of a number of different crafts including carman Show less

My Bachelor Of Science Degree, Wildlife Management And Conservation Education

I taught flowering plant taxonomy field labs, plant physiology and human physiology labs. My GRE score was 1080, graduating with 128.

As A Research Associate

Completed Pre-Calculus with Trigonometry, Advanced Plant Physiology and Organic Chemistry (5-hour courses). These courses were completed.

Education record

while active in band (grades 9 and 10), track (grades 9 and 10) and football (grades 10 and 11).

Education record

My Master Of Science Degree, Silviculture

My area of specialization and Thesis topic included devising management recommendations that enhanced advanced oak regeneration. I

Education record

Completed Statistics 423, a graduate level class in experimental design. This course was taken during my employment at the Environmental.