Ecologist/Biology

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January ••••• January •••••
Ecologist: The Nature Conservancy, New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP), Albany, New York.
Designed and conducted natural community and rare species inventories, site evaluations, and plot sampling.
Wrote program inventory and grant project reports.
Analyzed and synthesized vegetation, species and geographic data.
Conducted presentations and trainings related to a reference riparian project and iMapInvasives on-line webtool.
Conducted landscape analyses and assessments including the development of spatial models in ArcGIS.
Served as one of the NYNHP experts on natural community ecology, classification, ecological data analysis, and management issues.
Served as a project manager, including leading interdisciplinary teams. Planned and managed project budgets.
PROJECTS:
Completed Vegetation Classification and Mapping of Vegetation at Iroquois and Montezuma NWR in New York, and Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites and Saratoga National Historic Park.
Conducted vegetation plot sampling within documented territories of boreal bird species in Essex County, Adirondack Mountains, New York.
Conducted ecological inventories of Finch-Pruyn Lands in Adirondack Mountains, New York.
Conducted inventory, classification, and description of Riparian Natural Community References for West Kill and Ashokan Watersheds, New York.
Conducted vegetated plots in established territories of bird species of concern at Mohonk Preserve and Minnewaska State Park for the purpose of understanding habitat preferences and structure of these species and to determine effect of deer herbivory on bird habitat.
Served as member of iMapInvasives team by conducting public trainings to PRISMs in different parts of the state, confirming identification of users on-line species entries, and prepared data for on-line submission


June ••••• July •••••
Islands Regional Ecologist: The Trustees of Reservations, ••••• State Road, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.
Served as ecological manager and conducted biological inventory of properties belonging to the Trustees of Reservations on the islands of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket.
Planned and conducted natural community and plant inventories, site evaluations, and plot sampling.
Managed shorebird management, project development, and wrote grant proposals.
Served as member of Islands Prescribed Burn Team.
Worked with property managers to update ecological management actions.
April ••••• June •••••
County Inventory Ecologist: Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy, Middletown, Pennsylvania
Conducted ecological inventories for rare animals, plants, and natural communities in Franklin, Schuylkill, Columbia, Carbon, Bradford, Tioga, Juniata, Susquehanna, and Montour Counties.
Served as lead county inventory investigator for Franklin, Bradford, Susquehanna, and Montour Counties.
Organized and wrote final reports, and conducted final presentations findings for specific county inventories.
Served as ornithological liaison for PA Natural Heritage on the Ornithological Technical Review Committee for the state of Pennsylvania.
Trained and supervised interns in element occurrence (EO) methodology, field inventory techniques, and element occurrence mapping in ArcGIS.
May •••••January •••••
Intern/Ecologist: Regional Conservation Planning, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts.
&#•••••; Wrote fact sheets for species of concern in SE Massachusetts Biodiversity Project-Regional Conservation Planning
&#•••••; Wrote natural resource sections in A Southeastern Massachusetts Natural Resource Atlas of •••••
&#•••••; Conducted ecological inventories for natural communities of concern (i.e. Atlantic White Cedar Swamp, Rich hemlock hardwood swamp)
&#•••••; Conducted preliminary habitat modeling for animal species of concern (i.e. spotted turtle, marbled salamander)
&#•••••; Collaborated with local partner watershed organizations, land trusts and other non-profits in order to gather information for use in A Southeastern Massachusetts Natural Resource Atlas of •••••
April ••••• - October •••••
Shorebird Biologist/Research Assistant: Delaware Bay, Delaware, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, Massachusetts.
Measured shorebird count plots and conducted shorebird surveys at six different sites along Delaware Bay during spring migration
Conducted statistical analyses of shorebird count data
Conducted counts of wading birds on Pea Patch Island, conducted morphological measurements, radio telemetry, blood sampling
Conducted behavioral observation study of nesting Cattle Egrets (Bubulcus ibis)
April ••••• - August •••••
Research Assistant/Field Assistant: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Conducted mist-netting and color banding of targeted neotropical migrant landbirds in Charleston, South Carolina for study of effects of silviculture/logging on species of concern.
Conducted nest searching, and spot mapping of neotropical migrant landbirds
RELEVANT COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS
ArcGIS through ••••• including Hawths Tools, PC_ORD ••••• Statistics Software
Aerial photo interpretation, Microsoft Office Suite including Access, Word, Excel, Power point
GPS data collection and management, Multivariate Statistics
EDUCATION
M.S. ••••• Conservation Biology, Antioch University New England
B.S. ••••• Pre-medicine (Biology), University of North Carolina
Relevant Training/work: August-December •••••, Field Biology Training Program, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Ecology of neo-tropical migrant landbirds, Wilderness First Aid Training.
PUBLICATIONS
•••••, ••••• C., and S. H. Stoleson. ••••• Species Account for Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea); In Pennsylvania Vertebrates of Conservation Concern, Johns Hopkins University Press.
•••••, ••••• C. ••••• Species Account for Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor); In Pennsylvania Vertebrates of Conservation Concern, Johns Hopkins University Press.
•••••, ••••• C. ••••• Species Account for Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus); In Pennsylvania Vertebrates of Conservation Concern, John Hopkins University Press .
•••••, ••••• C. ••••• Species Account for Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus); In Pennsylvania Vertebrates of Conservation Concern, Johns Hopkins University Press.
Faber-Langendoen, D., S. C. Gawler, E. Spencer, F. •••••. ••••• NatureServe The Nature Conservancy. Collaboration Pilot Program. Effective Measures of Ecological Attributes for Upland Forests The High Allegheny Integrated Landscape. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. + Appendices.
•••••, ••••• C., G. J. Edinger, T. G. Howard, J. J. Schmid, E. Eastman, E. Largay, and L. A. Sneddon. ••••• Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, New York.
Edinger, G. J., A. L. Feldmann, T. G. Howard, J.J. Schmid, F. C. •••••, E. Eastman, E. Largay, and L. A. Sneddon. ••••• Vegetation Classification and Mapping at Saratoga National Historic Park, Saratoga County, NY.
•••••, ••••• C., J. J. Schmid, and E. Largay. ••••• Vegetation Classification and Mapping of Vegetation at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, Seneca, New York. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY.
•••••, ••••• C., J. J. Schmid, and E. Largay. ••••• Vegetation Classification and Mapping of Vegetation at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, New York. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Juniata County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Snyder County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Tioga County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Carbon County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Montour County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Columbia County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program. ••••• A Natural Areas Inventory of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. PA Natural Heritage Program, Middletown, PA.
Cavanaugh, Paul, M. Simoneaux, F. C. •••••, L. Mattern, L. Kleifgen, and E. Mallory. ••••• Southeastern Massachusetts Natural Resource Atlas, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, Manomet, MA.