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Missoula, Montana, United States

• Develop, use and apply project management principles, technical methods, equations and analysis to solve national scale technical problems and issues.• Develop and maintain necessary project management documents for the initiation, scoping, planning, and execution of complex projects.• Manage multiple, concurrent assigned Technology and Development projects of considerable difficulty, that contain combinations of unusual features, requiring significant departures from previous approaches to similar projects.• Ensure project objectives, budget, and schedules are clearly defined, met, and completed.• Prepare plans, correspondence, technical reports, estimates, fact sheets, status reports, schedules, presentations, Web pages, and verbal communications as required to complete project assignments.• Lead a team of national subject matter experts in the development of equipment or technology or other type of technology transfer.• Provide leadership with other professionals in the organization for common goals or project completion.

Missoula, Montana, United States

Ecolutions writes, designs, publishes and sells eBooks, digital applications (apps) and waterproof and water resistant planning/informational field guides for native plant gardening, fly-fishing and ecological, outdoor recreation.http://www.ecolutionshome.com/

San Diego, Ca

Plan, write and manage contracts for environmental work and studies to support US Navy and Marine Corps construction, maintenance, training and recreation activities.

Pawnee National Grassland

Plan and implement rangeland management projects. Monitor grazing and infrastructure. Communicate with range users about range condition and plan accordingly. Implement invasive plant controls, set and monitor vegetation exclosures to monitor grazing impact and conduct vegetation monitoring. Perform a variety of computations and assessments of rangeland management data and report those data in charts, graphs and reports to inform management of the grassland.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Base Environmental, Consultation Section

1. Consult with regulatory agencies to obtain the authorizations, documents and permits for EIS, EA and categorically excluded projects and training.2. Function as a biological monitor (biomonitor) of Endangered Species for projects and training. 3. Implement post NEPA decision-document planner support to EA and EIS projects .4. Work with project engineers to plan projects in ways to reduce environmental resource impacts and reduce project and training costs.5. Facilitate project mitigation efforts and regulatory closure with federal regulatory agencies.6.Conduct site visits to ensure that regulatory agency requirements are being implemented on, or have been implemented on, project sites or mitigation sites.7. Consult with regulatory agencies on project and training infractions. 8. Create an administrative record for projects and training.9. Consolidate and record past administrative record into a database of Environmental Assessment (EA) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) projects and training.10. Ensure that Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton adheres to natural resource pertinent Federal law and minimizes its liability.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Base Environmental, Nepa Section

1. Analyzed projects to determine if they qualified for a Categorical Exclusion (CX) to further National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis.2. Worked with project proponents (public works, operations and training, facilities maintenance, etc.), and natural resource specialists (Project Oversight Branch NEPA analysts, wildlife biologists, archeologists, remediation specialists, etc.) to ascertain whether projects could be categorically excluded from further NEPA analysis.3. Wrote categorical exclusions to further NEPA analysis.4. Worked with project proponents, service members and civilians from all fields on base to prepare their projects for NEPA review (Unit Marines, engineers, biologists, etc.).5. Set up and facilitated meetings with project proponents and Environmental Security project review specialists.6. Used a computer to communicate with the project proponents, coordinate scheduling, analyze projects spatially (GIS) and prepared environmental maps (GIS) of project and training sites.7. Organized and scheduled reviews using Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft, Microsoft Word and other database and computer software packages.8. Worked with people on, had meetings for, planned, organized and/or wrote well over 700 categorical exclusions of further NEPA analysis.

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca

Colorado State University, Center for the Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML)1. Reviewed Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments and Categorical Exclusion applications to make sure that all Land Management Branch resources were appropriately represented, i.e. federally listed fairy shrimp and plant species, vernal pools, soil and fire issues.2. Conducted project site visits in all parts of Camp Pendleton to use my biological training and knowledge of federal law to ensure project viability of the projects and training as well as adherence to natural resource law, i.e. NEPA, Clean Water Act, Marine Corps Orders, Base Orders and Presidential Executive Orders.3. Wrote sections of NEPA planning documents that addressed natural resource laws, Marine Corps Orders and Executive Orders.4. Worked with project planners to complete all NEPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish & Wildlife training and project documentation.5. Created and presented monthly Land Management Branch resource PowerPoint slideshows to Marine Environmental Coordinators from Base units, e.g. I once gave a fifteen minute talk, to approximately 50 Marine Corps unit representatives, including a Colonel.6. On a monthly basis led groups of high school students on Base to learn about natural resource jobs in the community. This involved conveying what a natural resource manager working on a military base does.7. Led students in on-Base projects, such as, invasive vegetation removal.8. Created and presented a talk about watershed dynamics to base elementary students.

Greater San Diego Area

1. Wrote natural resource sections for U.S. Navy Environmental Impact Statements, Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans and habitat management plans after designing, analyzing and interpreting data on endangered species and natural resources. 2. Conducted wildlife and vegetation field research in support of military base natural resource management plans and NEPA documentation while working collaboratively with Navy and San Diego Port biologists and other private consultant biologists. 3. Surveyed birds for the Bird Census of San Diego Bay, funded by the Port of San Diego & the US Navy. 4. Surveyed reptiles and amphibians on US Navy property and verified presence of a federally listed species, the arroyo toad. 5. Surveyed fish species and documented presence of Tidewater Goby in San Onofre Creek on Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton and state species of special concern arroyo chub on US Navy property. 6. Mapped rare plants on San Clemente Island, California and on mainland US Navy property.

Central Point, Oregon

Term Position.1. Mapped 19 Northern Spotted Owl home ranges in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon using radio telemetry equipment, XYLog computer software, GPS and a compass.2. Conducted call surveys for Spotted Owls in support of demographic studies and census research.3. In this position I drove a state four-wheel drive vehicle in extreme driving conditions (snow, hail, rain, etc.) on logging roads and mountain paths. I worked long hours, independently, and overcame many schedule and planning obstacles.

Central Point, Oregon

Term Position.1. Located individual owls, of several target species (spotted, great gray, flammulated).2. Worked with individual owls (calling by voice and recorder), discovered their nesting sites and recorded their demographic information.3. Operated four-wheel drive vehicles (trucks and ATVs), compasses, binoculars, tape recorders, GPS and my voice.4. Conducted pitfall trapping for small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects.5. Set up wildlife protection areas that will remain as unharvested timber areas in perpetuity.6. Collected water samples and bat scat for monitoring purposes.7. Conducted surveys for Western Pond Turtles, Northern Goshawks and noxious weeds.

San Jose, California

Part-Time, 40 hour a week position.1. Environmental Education: Taught Kindergarten-High School age children about animals and natural resource conservation in a classroom and park setting. 2. Park Law Enforcement: Educated the public about park laws and enforced those laws in an urban park setting. 3. Park Maintenance and Construction: Built park features such as benches and signs and supervised groups of workers such as Americorps groups and Boy Scouts in construction projects. 4. First Aid Response: I administered first aid, CPR and other first responder skills to the public in the park environment. 5. Supervised 15 Park Aides in their duties of fee collection, marina operations and general maintenance and Supervised busloads of county detainees in park maintenance work. 6. Collected, processed, counted and deposited daily dollar amounts of up to $8,000.00.

Los Gatos And Palo Alto California

Worked with customers to fill their needs in fly fishing, travel and outdoor activity equipment and clothing. Developed merchandising displays and communicated technical equipment, clothing and location knowledge for customer fly fishing, backpacking, hiking and outdoor pursuits.

Jordan

The Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (US Peace Corps)I. Protected Area Monitoring1. Bird monitoring [species counts, spot counts, line Transects, Mist Netting (Species Identification, Body Measurements)]2. Carnivore Monitoring (Hyena, Jackal, Foxes, Caracal, etc.) involving spoor transects, spot-light transects, trapping (using live traps, administration of anesthetic (Ketamine & Rompin) to Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) for body measurements and species ID.3. Freshwater invertebrate monitoring (aquatic sweep netting, terrestrial sweep netting, light trapping, pitfall trapping, line transects, and insect pinning).4. Water quality monitoring (phosphates, nitrates, conductivity, O2 content, hardness, and temperature.5. Vegetation monitoring (species identification, individual plant measurements, plot species counts and line transect counts).6. Reptile monitoring [line transects, individual capture of venomous species (desert blacksnake (Walterinnesia aegyptia) & mole viper (Atractaspis microlepidota) and species ID].7. Water buffalo vegetation impact monitoring (plant measurement, plant area coverage estimations, and water depth measurements).8. Grazing monitoring (individual grazing animal counts and estimated effect on reserve vegetation).9. Bat monitoring (mist netting and species identification).10. Rodent Monitoring (live trapping, body measurements, and species identification).11. Reserve Archeological Baseline Survey (site ID, time period placement of sites, site structural descriptions, GPS recording and record writing for the Governmental Archeological Computer Database).12. Reserve Geology Baseline Study (conducted a literature review and wrote a report).II. Wrote grants and implemented development projects.III. Assisted with care and transport of endangered, threatened and wild animals.IV. Set up a small grant fund for Peace Corps Volunteers in Jordan supported by merchandise sales.

Helena, Mt Headquarters

Term Position.Interviewed hunters about their hunting activities & recorded biological information on their animal harvests.

Region 2 Montana

Term Position.1. Collected data from hunters about harvested game animals that they brought into the check station.2. Mathematically combined all collected information onto summary sheets.3. Maintained a game harvest chalk board that displayed the yearly and daily harvest of animals so that hunters passing through the station had an idea how the hunting was developing.4. Conducted local radio station show which consisted of relating all important game harvest numbers, such as, the total number of elk killed & the previous day’s harvest.5. Helped the hunters with their questions about regulations, game trends & even the current weather patterns was an everyday part of this job. 6. Restructured & updated the summarization sheet that was used for years at the check station.7. Confiscated illegally tagged game animals.8. Worked unsupervised for days at time where I was the only person available to make informed decisions on the correct procedure in regulatory & emergency situations.

Missoula, Montana

Contract Position.1. Contracted as independent environmental contractor to identify and map plants.2. Mapped all noxious weed locations & densities using a compass, altimeter, aerial photos, & topographic maps.3. Planned noxious weed management zones for City of Missoula, Montana property.4. Wrote a history of the present noxious weeds and weed management on Mt. Jumbo and a species description of all noxious weeds growing there & combined all this information into a Mt. Jumbo Noxious Weed Information Catalog.5. Represented the city on a local radio station about the efforts of the city of Missoula on Mount Jumbo.6. Served on the Mount Jumbo Vegetation Working Group to write the Mount Jumbo Vegetation Management Plan.

Missoula (Region Two), Montana

Term Position.1. Mapped all noxious weed infestations on state parks & fishing access sites in Region Two, or west central Montana.2. Planned & implemented a biological release program for Leafy Spurge insects in the Clark Fork River Drainage.3. Completed a 150 page catalog that contained a history of noxious weeds, weed identification skills, site weed maps and a complete description of all Region Two noxious weed distribution characteristics.4. Implemented general maintenance when I traveled to remote sites that are seldom visited by staff (fence maintenance, water sample collection and toilet cleaning).5. Represented the state to the public and answered questions on management and biological topics.6. Operated a four-wheel drive state vehicle.

Lewis And Clark Caverns State Park

Term Position. Functioned as a cave tour guide. Related wildlife, historical, & geological information to large tour groups. Served as a visitor center host. Cleaned & maintained visitor center complex.

Great Falls, Region 4

Term Position. Mapped noxious weed distributions on state parks and fishing accesses. Implemented and monitored biological control on noxious weeds. Conducted mechanical removal of noxious weeds.

Virginia City, Montana

Term Position. Functioned as a historical and wildlife tour guide in Virginia City, MT. Maintained and operated tour train. Performed as a train engineer. Served as a train depot/gift shop operator.

Billings, Montana

Seasonal summer position.USDA, Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection & Quarantine Conducted field experiments concerning biological control of noxious weeds and of foreign insect invaders into the state of Montana. Surveyed yearly grasshopper & Mormon Cricket infestation of the state. Served as general field biologist.

Master Of Science (Ms), Environmental Education, 3.85

Activities and Societies: Klamath Bird ObservatoryLearned to plan and implement environmental education programs and curriculum. Gained.

Continuing Education

Activities and Societies: Noxious Weed MappingTook an invasive species, noxious weed mapping course.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Wildlife Biology

Activities and Societies: The Wildlife SocietyLearned to write, think, plan and professionally wield the tools of Wildlife Biology. Earned.