Experience

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Biologist IV

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Crestview, Florida, United States Landowner Assistance Program, Wildlife Biologist Division of Habitat and Species Conservation



WESTERN MARYLAND RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Remote



Florida natural areas inventory

• Researcher

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

  Tallahassee, Florida, United States Researcher with FNAI-FSU (Florida’s Natural Heritage Program)



Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service

• Information Manager / Vegetation Ecologist

  • Oct 2010 - May 2021

  Annapolis, Maryland Coordinate, maintain and supervise the processing of nongame and endangered species information, natural community and natural area information, and related conservation information into manual and GIS-based information systems that are managed using methods standardized by the Natural Heritage Network and NatureServe. Processes all requests for information managed in these systems, trains and leads staff and volunteers working with these systems, develops new methods for efficient transfer of… Show more Coordinate, maintain and supervise the processing of nongame and endangered species information, natural community and natural area information, and related conservation information into manual and GIS-based information systems that are managed using methods standardized by the Natural Heritage Network and NatureServe. Processes all requests for information managed in these systems, trains and leads staff and volunteers working with these systems, develops new methods for efficient transfer of data into these systems, and administers and troubleshoots network functions related to these systems. Assists with special projects within the Wildlife and Heritage Service (WHS) as appropriate. Performs field evaluations for rare resources, primarily natural communities and rare plant occurrences, by gathering locational, environmental, population, and species data. Supervises the entry of natural community plot data and creates systems and routines for the efficient transfer of data.

• GIS specialist / Vegetation Ecologist

  • Nov 2007 - Oct 2010

  Annapolis, MD Assists with the processing of nongame and endangered species information, natural community and natural area information, and related conservation information into manual and GIS-based information systems that are managed using methods standardized by the Natural Heritage Network and NatureServe. It also assists with processing requests for information managed in these systems, and assists with developing new methods for efficient transfer of data into these systems. It also assists with… Show more Assists with the processing of nongame and endangered species information, natural community and natural area information, and related conservation information into manual and GIS-based information systems that are managed using methods standardized by the Natural Heritage Network and NatureServe. It also assists with processing requests for information managed in these systems, and assists with developing new methods for efficient transfer of data into these systems. It also assists with special projects related to data management or field data collection within the Natural Heritage Program (NHP) as appropriate. Performs field evaluations for rare resources, primarily natural communities and rare plant occurrences, by gathering locational, environmental, population, and species data. Supervises the entry of natural community plot data and creates systems and routines for the efficient transfer of data.

• Assistant Vegetation Ecologist

  • Jun 2007 - Nov 2007

  WyeMills, MD



Vibra-Tech Engineers, Inc.

• Field Technician / Consultant

  • Feb 2005 - Jun 2007

  Mount Holly, NJ On-site: seismic monitoring, data acquisition and interpretation; advisor/consultant. Pre-blast/pre-construction and post-activity building inspection. Equipment: Various seismograph models (including fabricating custom devices e.g. wireless solar powered remote systems), tiltmeters, inclinometers, vibrating-wire string gauges and crack monitors; installation, monitoring, maintenance and interpretation. Certified to work on Superfund sites, blasting (various locations including… Show more On-site: seismic monitoring, data acquisition and interpretation; advisor/consultant. Pre-blast/pre-construction and post-activity building inspection. Equipment: Various seismograph models (including fabricating custom devices e.g. wireless solar powered remote systems), tiltmeters, inclinometers, vibrating-wire string gauges and crack monitors; installation, monitoring, maintenance and interpretation. Certified to work on Superfund sites, blasting (various locations including WTC) and with NYC-MTA for the purpose of equipment installation, monitor and removal. Daily maintenance of field notebook, field sheets; Data analysis, interpretation and technical report writing. Show less



Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service

• Assistant Vegetation Ecologist

  • Aug 2001 - May 2004

  WyeMills, MD EPA funded project to survey and describe forested and shrubland tidal wetland communities of Maryland’s Eastern (and Western) shore. Utilized ArcView for landscape analysis to determine project area. Primary field ecologist - gathered plot data; vegetation composition and basic geomorphologic data from shrubland tidal wetland and forested tidal wetland communities for analysis using Natural Heritage Methodology. Managed, updated, entered, transcribed field data. Cross walked community plot… Show more EPA funded project to survey and describe forested and shrubland tidal wetland communities of Maryland’s Eastern (and Western) shore. Utilized ArcView for landscape analysis to determine project area. Primary field ecologist - gathered plot data; vegetation composition and basic geomorphologic data from shrubland tidal wetland and forested tidal wetland communities for analysis using Natural Heritage Methodology. Managed, updated, entered, transcribed field data. Cross walked community plot data with the USNVC database, other literature and used PC-ORD and other statistical programs to help split/lump vegetation associations. Comprehensive, descriptive reports were written, published and distributed. (Harrison & Stango 2003) & (Harrison & Stango 2004) Show less