Samantha Weber

M.S. Conservation Biology and Ecosystem Management
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR

B.A. General Biology, Minors in Organic Chemistry and Anthropology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
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Ms. Weber has sixteen years of experience in conservation biology and natural resource management. She is particularly experienced in conducting and coordinating natural resource inventory and monitoring (I&M) programs, including data management, quality control, budget, and coordinating the activities of scientists and other partners. For two years Ms. Weber directed the I&M program for eight National Park units in the Pacific Northwest, overseeing a budget of over one million dollars. Ms. Weber has conducted or coordinated I&M for reptiles and amphibians, small mammals, carnivores, breeding birds, shorebirds, terrestrial vascular plants, terrestrial invertebrates, the marine rocky intertidal community, and air quality.

For two and a half years, Ms. Weber gathered, evaluated, and distributed natural and cultural resource information to support environmental planning and compliance projects for the National Park Service in California, including a Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan, and a Development Concept Plan. She conducted data gap analyses to identify and fill critical resource information gaps. More recently, Ms. Weber has edited several scientific conference proceedings, created and updated web sites, and is an active blogger. Ms. Weber’s contributions to Condor Country Consulting include writing and editing biological assessments, habitat assessments, natural environment studies, developing and updating the company web site, and biological fieldwork (special status species surveys, construction monitoring, etc.).