| MAJOR NON-CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTING REPORTS (Not including reports to EPA under their grants program or confidential reports to private clients - some of whom prefer remaining anonymous) ____. 1986. Ecosystem perspectives and modeling for Adirondack mammal predator-prey interactions. 58pp. + 48pp. of appendices. ____. 1988. Evolving standards for the legal admissibility and judgement of scientific evidence about the impacts of human activity on bears or their habitat. Address to the Ninth Eastern Black Bear Workshop. Ontario. April 1988. ____. 1988. What are "necessary habitat" and "undue adverse effect on the natural environment?" An ecologist's view of Vermont Acts 250 (8a) and 248 (b5). Prefile testimony presented in hearings on Champlain (natural gas) Pipeline before the Vermont Public Utilities Board, administrative hearing. ____. 1988. Is the Vermont black bear population crashing? Implications of a population reconstruction analysis. Prefile testimony presented in hearings on Champlain (natural gas) Pipeline before the Vermont Public Utilities Board, administrative hearing. ____. 1995. A meta-strategy for world bear conservation. ____. 1996. Buffered viability management of bear populations: a conceptual model for selecting critical decision thresholds. ____. 1998a. Why abundance of infant litters is not a reliable index of cub recruitment or population status for Yellowstone grizzly bears (Ursus arctos). Comments on the USFWS Recovery Plan for the Grizzly Bear. ____. 1998b. Trends in infant litter abundance among Yellowstone grizzly bears: a response to Boyce et al. (1998). Comments on the USFWS Recovery Plan for the Grizzly Bear. ____. 1998c. Exaggerating size estimates for the Yellowstone grizzly bear population by assuming a constant proportion of adult females. Comments on the USFWS Recovery Plan for the Grizzly Bear. ____. 1998d. Does the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan exaggerate sustainable loss to known-human kills? Comments on the USFWS Recovery Plan for the Grizzly Bear. ____. 1998e. Critical deficiencies in information-gathering under the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan. Comments on the USFWS Recovery Plan for the Grizzly Bear. More recent reports to be added soon |
| Major Projects (since 1970) * Assessed impacts of human activities, including development of ski areas and a natural gas pipeline, as well as logging, hunting, angling and wildlife viewing. * Co-founded and -directed the Blackfeet Environmental Office for the Blackfeet Indian Nation * Managed a wide range of environmental monitoring under EPA grants for the Blackfeet Nation. * * Analyzed federal and state environmental laws; drafted Blackfeet tribal environmental legislation. * Member of the federal team that developed the Polar Bear Habitat Conservation Strategy. * Researched communication and aggression in bear and ungulate populations. * Critiqued federal management plans for Threatened grizzly bear populations. * Modeled single-species and predator-prey population dynamics; analyzed extinction risks. * Assessed impacts of hunting on bear and ungulate populations. * Developed interactive educational software relating to wildlife and environmental impacts. * Critiqued Draft and Final EA’s and EIS’s by other parties. |
| Services Related to State and Federal Hearings * Briefing attorneys for Direct and Cross-Examination, and to assist in Discovery and Depositions. * Testified as an expert witness. * Conducted cross-examination of opposition witnesses to address questions likely to evoke responses that are too technical and unpredictable for attorneys to field. Clients and Cooperators Corporations Small businesses Conservation groups Government agencies (federal, state, municipal & tribal*). |
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| * Director, Blackfeet Environmental Office, Blackfeet Indian Nation (1991-93) Co-founded the BEO. Wrote QA/QC plans, work plans, progress and completion reports, etc; implemented adherence to environmental laws through programs in water quality (Lakes and Wetlands), air quality, land quality (e.g., SuperFund; underground storage tanks). Analyzed federal and state environmental laws; drafted tribal environmental legislation. Served as an expert witness in federal hearings on environmental impacts. * Advisor to the Sitka Tribe of Alaska (1995-96). * Advisor to Camps 1 and 4 of the Alaska Native Brotherhood (2000-01). |
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