Samantha Weber
M.S. Conservation Biology & 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 fifteen years of experience in conservation biology and natural resource management. In the year 2000, she was nationally recognized for her resource management accomplishments by the National Park Service, named the NPS Small Park Manager of the Year. Ms. Weber is particularly experienced in evaluating, coordinating, and conducting natural resource inventory and monitoring programs, including associated data management, using geographic information systems, and coordinating the activities of scientists and other partners. Ms. Weber has conducted and coordinated the inventory or monitoring of the marine rocky inter-tidal community, reptiles and amphibians, terrestrial invertebrates, small mammals, carnivores, terrestrial vascular plants, air quality (visibility), and breeding birds. In a recent position, she directed an inventory and monitoring program for eight National Park units, overseeing a budget of over one million dollars. Most of her accomplishments have been made possible through developing diverse and productive partnerships with local, state, and federal governments, universities, private consultants, volunteers, and natural and cultural history associations. For over three years, Ms. Weber has focused solely on planning and compliance in California, working in a highly scrutinized, litigious environment. In recent positions, her primary function has been to pull together both natural and cultural resource information to support environmental planning and compliance for (National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). For over two and one-half years, Ms. Weber has focused solely on planning and compliance in California, working in a highly scrutinized, litigious environment. In recent positions, her primary function has been to pull together both natural and cultural resource information to support environmental planning and compliance (National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA), conduct data gap analyses, and propose strategies to fill critical data gaps, and coordinate those efforts. Ms. Weber contributed significantly as a member of interdisciplinary planning teams to accomplish a number of goals, including a Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan, a Development Concept Plan, and a district implementation plan. Ms. Weber coordinated a large wetlands mapping effort which she designed to inform many different projects in one region. Her most recent efforts have been producing Natural Environment Reports in support of transportation projects to comply with environmental laws (NEPA and California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA), and developing the company web site. |
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