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CURRICULUM
VITA EDUCATION: Master
of Science, Wildlife Sciences; Summer 2004; Bachelor
of Science, Fisheries and Wildlife Biology; December 1999; EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY: Investigated spatial ecology of black bears (Ursus americanus) to establish baseline data for determining the short-term impacts of a new 4-lane highway in Washington County, North Carolina: supervised field research including trapping, tagging, radiocollaring, and collection of biophysical data on American black bears; daily and hourly radio-telemetry; established and monitored hair catch stations for DNA analysis and genetic tagging; maintained landowner relations for two study areas on private and public lands; calculated ecological landscape variables within a geographic information system (GIS); developed multivariate habitat models in a GIS to predict black bear habitat at multiple spatial scales; developed a predictive short-term movement model; used least-cost-path analyses in a GIS to identify potential black bear habitat linkages in eastern North Carolina. Investigated social structure, genetics, movements, and stress response of reintroduced elk (Cervus elaphus) on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Conducted weekly radiotelemetry via fixed-wing aircraft; maintained database of elk locations; calculated landscape scale habitat variables for use in a multivariate assessment of habitat use. Served as teaching assistant for undergraduate wildlife courses including management and Mammalogy. Delivered lectures on elk ecology, black bear ecology, radiotelemetry, and animal capture to undergraduate students, high school teachers camps, and middle-school and high-school students. Forestry
Technician; USDA Forest Service Worked
independently on district wildlife, fisheries, and fire projects
including bald eagle communal roost site identification, protection,
and monitoring; annual Audubon Society Breeding Bird Surveys
and Christmas Bird Counts; fish habitat enhancement; bluff line
surveys for Ozark Big-Eared Bats; stream bank stabilization
and erosion control; coordinated Kid’s Fishing Day Derby;
GPS/GIS analysis for district wildlife projects; timber marking
for Wildlife Stand Improvement (WSI); assisted in multi-agency
cooperative habitat enhancement project with USFS, Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission, National Wild Turkey Federation, Quail
Unlimited, and Audubon Society; maintained and used Type VI
Engine on district and forest level wildfires and prescribed
burns; hand crew member on district, forest and national wildfire
incidents; assisted in layout, planning, execution, and monitoring
of prescribed burns; stocked and maintained 20 man fire cache
to National Interagency Incident Management System (NIIMS) and
USFS specifications. University
of Tennessee Arkansas
Tech University Great
Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS ·
ATU Student Chapter, The Wildlife Society, 1996-2000; President,
1998-1999 PUBLICATIONS Kindall, J. L. and F. T. van Manen. In review. Identifying habitat linkages for black black bears in eastern North Carolina. J. Wildlife Managament. van Manen, F. T., M. D. Jones, J. L. Kindall, L. T. Thompson, and B. K. Sheick. 2001. Determining the potential mitigation effects of wildlife passageways on black bears. Pages 435–446 in G. L. Evink, P. Garrett, D. Zeigler, and J. Berry, editors. Proceedings of the International Conference on Wildlife Ecology and Transportation. 2001. Keystone, CO, USA. HONORS AND AWARDS ·
Recipient, National Merit Scholarship CERTIFICATIONS OTHER EXPERIENCE: ·
Guest speaker on elk and black bear ecology, Grace Christian
Academy, Karns, Tennessee |