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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Botanist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, GS-08 equivalent

Location Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Duration November 2006 – present, 16-20 hours per week

Supervisor Peggy Lyon 970 · 417 ·6626

Field  Identify plants in the field and the herbarium, and prepare specimens for accession into herbaria.  Monitor rare plant populations and conduct native plant surveys.  Use topographic maps and GPS for vegetation mapping, orienteering, and future site re-location.

Office  Perform literature searches of species characteristics, phenology, and ecology of threatened and endangered plant species.  Assist with grant and report writing.  Coordinate with multiple federal, state, and local agencies and organizations.  Create vegetation maps using ArcView software.

Research emphasis  Native and rare plant monitoring and vegetation mapping in southwestern CO.

Research Botanist, Transition Zone Horticultural Institute (The Arboretum at Flagstaff), GS-07 equivalent

Location 4001 S. Woody Mountain Road, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration August 2005 – October 2006, 18 – 35 hours per week

Supervisor Sheila Murray 928 · 774 ·1442 x 112

Field  Identified plants in the field and the herbarium, and prepared specimens for accession into herbaria.  Collected and processed seed of native and threatened species for restoration and conservation.  Monitored rare plant populations and conducted native plant surveys.  Used topographic maps and GPS for orienteering and future site re-location.  Assisted in the supervision and education of volunteers.

Office  Prepared for field season by assisting with permitting and planning trip logistics.  Performed literature and collections searches for determining collecting sites, species characteristics, phenology, and ecology.  Assisted with grant and report writing.  Coordinated with multiple federal, state, and local agencies and organizations.  Taught  and organized workshops and educational programs.

Research emphasis Seed collection for restoration and conservation in AZ, NM, and UT.

Plant Ecologist, National Park Service, GS401-0904 and GS437 – 11 Horticulturalist (temporary promotion)

Location Grand Canyon National Park, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration October 2002 – August 2005, 40 hours per week; August 2005 – October 2006, 8-24 hours per week

Supervisor Cole Crocker-Bedford 928 · 638 ·7750

Field  Performed native, exotic, and rare plant inventory and monitoring using a variety of vegetation measurement techniques and in a variety of ecological communities.  Identified plants in the field and the herbarium, and prepared specimens for accession into herbaria.  Collected data in mountainous terrain with the aid of topographic maps and GPS units for orienteering and future plot re-location. 

Office  Prepared for field season by assisting with compliance and permitting; interviewed, hired, trained  and supervised seasonal and year-round technicians; and planned logistics and personnel scheduling.  Created study plans, performed statistical analyses on collected datasets; conducted literature searches; prepared summary and yearly reports; and presented results at professional meetings and in peer-review journals.  Provided environmental education; assisted in the writing and coordination of an interdisciplinary study of pre-settlement forest condition and fire regimes of ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests of the park.

Research emphasis  a) Post-fire vegetation response in parkland and mixed conifer and ponderosa pine forests of northern AZ, b) Disturbed habitats monitoring, and c) Rare plant survey and monitoring in park.
 

Projects Coordinator, Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District, GS-08 equivalent

Location Fairbanks, Alaska

Duration August 2001 – September 2002, 30-40 hours per week

Supervisor Board of Supervisors - Joni Scharfenberg 907 · 479 ·1213

Office  Developed flyers, brochures, posters, newsletters, and other public education tools to disseminate information on exotic plant threats, the use of native plants in landscaping, and water pollution.  Organized a major community event - the 2002 Plant Extravaganza, which resulted in the planting of over 13,000 native and drought tolerant trees and shrubs into the community.  Created and manned displays and information booths at community events such as the local Home Show and the County Fair.  Assisted the Natural Resources Conservation Service soil scientist in soil surveys and watershed assessments.  Assisted with grant writing and environmental education in the classroom (K-12).  Participated as a member of the Alaska Committee for Noxious Invasive Plant Management.

Research Technician, Boreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit, GS-08 equivalent

Location University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska

Duration October 2000 – August 2001, 40 hours per week

Supervisor Dr. Marilyn Walker, current phone number unknown

Field  a) Performed vascular and non-vascular plant monitoring in permanent plots.  Identified vascular and non-vascular plants in the field and lab.  b) Created species lists, collected plant specimens for DNA analysis, and performed soils identification.

Office  Managed multiple international plant ecology datasets for the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) group.  Assisted in logistics planning of an ITEX workshop; created website to service workshop.

Research emphasis  a) ITEX at Toolik Lake, AK involved the re-measure of long-term permanent plots to assess effects of global climate change on arctic vegetation. b) Black spruce classification studies aided in the understanding of this habitat and its distribution throughout AK.

Biological Technician, Forest Service, GS404-0704

Location Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration August 1997 – October 2000, 40 hours per week

Supervisor Dr. Wil Moir 928 · 714 ·1288

Field  Assisted in vegetation inventory and monitoring, rare plant surveys, and historic vegetation comparisons.  Identified plants in the field and the herbarium, and prepared specimens for accession into herbaria.  Collected data in mountainous terrain with the aid of topographic maps and GPS units for orienteering and future plot re-location.  Assisted with supervising one to three seasonal technicians. Research took place in remote locations of AZ, CO, NM, TX, and UT. 

Office  Prepared for field season by assisting with training seasonal technicians and planning season logistics.   Performed data entry, maintained datasets, and assisted with statistical analyses.  Assisted with report and publication preparation and presentation. 

Research emphasis a) Vegetation response to prescribed fire, wildfire, and thinning treatments in ponderosa pine forests of northern AZ. b) Exotic plant species ecology. c) Relations of ponderosa pine understory to climate throughout the southwest. d) Effects of ungulate herbivores on endangered plant species in the southwest. 

Botanist, United States Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, GS-07 equivalent

Location Colorado Plateau Field Station, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration October 1995 – August 1997, 20 hours per week, school; 30 hours per week, field season

Supervisor Dr. Kathryn Thomas 928 · 556 ·7466

Office  Conducted literature searches and wrote summary articles on exotic plant species.  Created a worldwide website of exotic plant species of the Colorado Plateau Ecoregion.  As project leader of an exotic plant species mapping project involving multiple federal, state, and tribal agencies within the region, I organized meetings and assisted with grant writing and with creating a standardized protocol for use by all agencies involved for the collection and compilation of exotic plant data on the Colorado Plateau.  This project is still growing (http://www.usgs.nau.edu/SWEPIC/swemp/about.html). 
 

Graduate Research Assistant, College of Forest and Ecosystem Science, unfunded

Location Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration August 1995 – May 1997, 20 hours per week

Supervisor Dr. Laura De Wald 828 · 227 ·2478

Field  Installed vegetation inventory plots and collected data from a system of intermittent riparian canyons south of Flagstaff, AZ.  Trained and organized nineteen volunteers and identified plants in the field and the herbarium.  Used topographic maps and aerial photographs for orientation.  

Office  Developed a research question and sampling design.  Planned all field logistics for data collection.  Performed data entry, management and analysis. Wrote manuscripts for thesis and peer-review publication, and presented thesis research.  Assisted with grant writing.

Research emphasis  Plant species diversity within an ephemeral riparian system of northern AZ.

Research Technician, National Biological Service, GS-05 equivalent

Location Colorado Plateau Research Station, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration October 1994 – October 1995, 20 hours per week, school; 40 hours per week, field season

Supervisor Dr. Peter G. Rowlands 559 ·565 ·3120

Field  Assisted with installation of vegetation plots in permanent riparian, Sonoran and Chihuauan Desert, and chaparral habitats of Montezuma Castle National Monument, AZ.  Identified plants in the field and the herbarium.  Assisted with a qualitative pinyon juniper encroachment study involving re-photographing historic photos.

Office Performed data entry and management.  Assisted with the preparation of a vegetation classification map using air photos and results from ground sampling.  Conducted literature searches

Research emphasis Creation of a vegetation classification map and investigation of vegetation recovery following the removal of the previous entrance road within Montezuma Castle National Monument.

Biological Technician, National Park Service, GS-404-0701

Location Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Page, Arizona

Duration April 1994 – September 1995, 40 hours per week April to September 1994; int. October 1994 to September 1995

Supervisor Dr. John Spence 520 · 645 ·8267

Field Assisted with vegetation inventory and monitoring and rare plant surveys in remote riparian (seep, spring, hanging gardens, and permanent streams) and upland (Great Basin Desert) habitats of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ / UT.  Identified plants in the field and the herbarium and prepared specimens for accession into herbaria.  Collected data in mountainous terrain with the aid of topographic maps and GPS units for orienteering and future plot re-location.

Office Wrote reports and created an archive database of Park herbarium specimens.

Research emphasis  Rare plant survey and monitoring in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Biological Technician, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, GS-05 equivalent + housing

Location Lander, Wyoming

Duration May 1993 – October 1993, 40 hours per week

Supervisor Steve Reagan, current phone number unknown

Field Assisted in the installation of remote vegetation inventory plots.  Collected data in mountainous terrain with the aid of topographic maps for orienteering.  Identified plants in the field and herbarium and prepared specimens for accession into herbaria.  Created a reference herbarium and bear-food plant guide for Game and Fish Department use.

Research emphasis Assess large mammal habitat in the Targhee National Forest, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.
 

Research Technician, Deaver Herbarium, GS-02 equivalent

Location Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration January 1992 – May 1993, 20 hours per week

Supervisor Dr. Tina J. Ayers 928 · 523 ·7242

Herbarium/Lab Created botanical illustrations (see Special Skills section).  Identified plant specimens. Mounted and filed herbarium specimens.  Performed pollen grain separation, cleaning, and preparation in the lab and assisted with pollen grain photography using a Scanning Electron Microscope.

Horticultural Intern, Transition Zone Horticultural Institute, GS-01 equivalent

Location Flagstaff, Arizona

Duration May 1991 – May 1993, 20 hours per week, school; 40 hours per week, field season

Supervisor Robert Wilson, current phone number unknown

Greenhouse/Grounds Cared for container grown and grounds plants.  Collected native seed and stems for plant propagation.  Assisted in horticultural plant research including Oenothera spp. plot preparation and data collection on germination, morphology, and phenology of hybrid columbines (Aguilegia spp.).  Gave public tours and advice on xeriscaping using native species of northern AZ.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Doctor of Philosophy, Terrestrial Ecology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, in progress.

Dissertation: Multi-scale investigations of alpine species of the northern hemisphere.

Master of Science, Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, May 1997.

Thesis: A Comparison of Plant Diversity in the Pumphouse Wash Canyon System, Coconino County, AZ.

Bachelor of Science, Botany, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, May 1993.

PUBLICATIONS

Crawford, J., W. Moir, and C. Sieg.  In preparation. Forest Ecology and Management.  Five years of vegetation change following wildfire in a northern Arizona Pinus ponderosa forest.

Crawford, J. In review. Proceedings of the 8^th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.  Flagstaff Arizona.  Five years of vegetation change following high-severity fire and fire-fighting activities in Grand Canyon National Park.

G. Rossi, G. Parolo, L. Zonta, and J. Crawford.  2006. Salix herbacea L. fragmented small populations in the N-Apennines (Italy): response to human trampling disturbance. Biodiversity and Conservation.  15:3881-3893.

Crawford, J., C.-H. Wahren, W. Moir, and S. Kyle.  2001.  Response of Exotic Plant Species to Fires in Pinus ponderosa Forests in Northern Arizona.  Journal of Vegetation Science 12:261-268

Griffis, K., J. Crawford, M. Wagner, and W. Moir. 2000.  Understory Response to Management Treatments in Northern Arizona Ponderosa Pine Forests.  Forest Ecology and Management 146:239-245

Crawford Zimmerman, J. [=J. Crawford], L. De Wald, and P. Rowlands. 1999. Vegetation Diversity in an Interconnected Ephemeral Riparian System of North-central Arizona, USA.  Biological Conservation 90: 217-228.

Zimmerman, J. [=J. Crawford], K. Wright, and K. Thomas. 1997.  Exotic Plant Species of the Colorado Plateau: A profile of the status and threat of some invasive aliens in the southwest.  Part II: Ecology, Section 7. Vegetation In: D. Harnon, Ed.  Making Protection Work: Proceedings of the 9th George Wright Society Conference on Research & Resource Management in Parks & Public Lands. Albuquerque, NM.

REPORTS

Crawford, J.  July 2006.  Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax annual monitoring report.  Report to the National Park Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Crawford, J.  December 2005.  The Vegetation of Hermit Road, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park.  Final Report.  Report to the National Park Service.

Crawford, J. and K. Straka.  October 2004.  The Outlet Fire: Results from five years of vegetation monitoring, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park.  Report to the National Park Service.

Crawford, J. October 2004.  Senator Beck Basin Baseline Vegetation Survey Final Report.  Report to the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies.

Juarez-Cummings, N. and J. Crawford.  May 2004. Sentry milk-vetch 2003 – 2004 annual monitoring report.  Report to the National Park Service.

Crawford, J.  October 2003.  Eliminate new starts of non-native invasive plant species in the backcountry and river corridor (FY2003).  Report to the Grand Canyon National Park Foundation.

Crawford, J. and G. Whitchurch.  December 2003.  Four years of vegetation change following the Outlet Fire, north rim Grand Canyon National Park:  Effects of fire and firefighting activities.   Report to the National Park Service.

Zimmerman, J. [=J. Crawford] and W. Moir.  1998. Conservation Status of Castilleja elongata in the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park.  Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Moir, W. and J. Zimmerman [=J. Crawford]. 1998.  Conservation Status of Festuca ligulata in the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park.  Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service.

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Rare Plant Monitoring. Rare Plant Monitoring Workshop, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, lecturer and co- organizer, August, 2006.

Botany Basics, The Arboretum at Flagstaff Docent Training, lecturer, July, 2006.

Measuring and Monitoring Vegetation. Teach the teachers course, Northern Arizona University, July 2006.

Five years of vegetation change following high-severity fire and fire-fighting activities in Grand Canyon National Park.  Fire Session: Eighth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff Arizona, September, 2005.

Measuring and Monitoring Vegetation. Graduate seminar, lecturer, University of Pavia, Italy, July, 2003.

Effects of wildfire on understory recovery of northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. The Nature Conservancy, research adventure weekend, guest lecturer, August, 1999. 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Moser, L. and J. Crawford. 2000.  Invasive Exotic Plants: considerations for restoration.  Steps Toward Stewardship: Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation Conference.

Crawford, J., S. Kyle, and W. Moir.  1999.  Vegetation After Fire in Ponderosa Pine Forests. Fifth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.

Griffis, K., J. Crawford, and W. Moir.  1999.  Understory Diversity in Ponderosa Pine Forest Stands of Various Management Histories in Northern Arizona.  Fifth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.

Zimmerman, J. (=J. Crawford) and L. De Wald.  1997. A Comparison of Plant Diversity in an Interconnected Canyon System in Coconino County, Arizona.  Fourth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau.

Zimmerman, J. (=J. Crawford) 1996.  Vegetation Diversity in the Pumphouse Wash Canyon Riparian Ecosystem.  Graduate Research Exposition. Honorable mention award received.

GRANTS

2006 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation – co-author - award of $9,832 for investigations into the locations and health of three uncommon Penstemon species of Arizona .

2006  Mountain Studies Institute Mini-grant award of $1,500 for graduate research in the San Juan Mts., Colorado.

2006  Colorado Mountain Club grant award of $800 for graduate research in the San Juan Mts, Colorado.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE  - PRIMARILY VOLUNTARY                                                                                   

RESEARCH

Two-week volunteer internship – Mountain Studies Institute, Silverton, Colorado, during tenure with Grand Canyon National Park (leave of absence) assisted in set up of Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA) long-term monitoring plots in the San Juan Mountains (August 2006). 

Three-week volunteer internship - Mountain Studies Institute and the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, Silverton, Colorado during tenure with Grand Canyon National Park (leave of absence) assisted in alpine plant studies and rare plant survey, San Juan Mountains (July 2004). 

Six-week volunteer internship - University of Pavia, Italy during tenure with Grand Canyon National Park (leave of absence) to assist in rare plant population studies and seed collection as well as vegetation mapping,  Italian Alps (July – August 2003). 

Ten-day internship - National Park Service, Alaska during tenure with the Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation District to assist with a backpacking exotic plant survey, Gates of the Arctic National Park (Summer 2002).

Three-month foreign exchange internship - La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia during tenure with the US Forest Service to gain multivariate statistical skills and study effects of fire and grazing on bog and alpine vegetation in Alpine National Park (December 1999 – March 2000). 

Assisted the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University in seep and spring vegetation studies, Zion National Park, Utah and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (summer 1997). 

Assisted the National Forest Service, Coconino National Forest with surveys, morphological data collection, and collection of leaves for DNA analysis of the rare plant Arizona bugbane (Cimicifuga arizonica) in the canyons of the Mogollon Rim, Arizona (summers 1996 and 1997).

Assisted the National Park Service with vegetation data collection for comparison to a historic dataset from Fishtail Mesa, a relict island mesa, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (April 1996).

Assisted the Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center with vegetation data collection from the Colorado River corridor, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona (April 1995).

PUBLIC EDUCATION

The Nature Conservancy’s Hart Prairie Preserve, Arizona

Assisted in teaching plant identification (July 1998) and methods of vegetation monitoring (August 1996) to public groups during research adventure weekends. 

Created a plant species list of the preserve (May 1995).

Children’s Programs

Gave presentations on plant adaptation and life forms to: Four classrooms of fourth-graders, Festival of Science, Flagstaff, AZ (September 2004); One classroom of sixth-graders, Flagstaff, AZ (April 2000); Groups of third and fourth-graders, Flagstaff, Arizona (December 1999); One classroom of sixth-graders, Florence, AZ (June 1988).

Taught canyon ecology to groups of high school students, National Science Foundation Summer of Science Program, Flagstaff, AZ (July 1996).

Assisted with children's programs, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK (Sept. 2001, May 2001).

Northern Arizona Weed Council

Assisted in teaching the public about exotic plant threats at: the Friends of Flagstaff Future neighborhood party (September 2004); various Weed Warrior activities around Flagstaff, Arizona (summers of 1998 and 1999); the Flagstaff Adopt-a-Neighborhood project (July 1999); the Flagstaff Festival of Science (September 1998); and the Arboretum at Flagstaff’s annual native plant sale (July 1998).

EXOTIC PLANT REMOVAL

Coordinated diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) eradication at Flagstaff cinder hills (July 2004 and August 2005), in James Canyon, Arizona (June 1999), and on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona (September 1998, 1999 and May 2000).  Assisted with The Nature Conservancy’s Weed Warriors in noxious weed eradication, Flagstaff, Arizona (summers 1998 and 1999).

SPECIAL SKILLS

Computer knowledge: experience with MacIntosh and PC computers; MS Office Suite, basic word processing programs; ACCESS; Excel; Quattro Pro; DECODA; PC-ORD; PRIMER; SYSTAT; Adobe Photoshop; ArcView, HTML code; and data entry, management, and analysis.

Prepared Botanical illustrations of: Saccharum ravennae and Cortaderia selloana for a National Park Service publication on exotic species of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (1997); Ribes spp. for the Arizona Flora (1996); Lysopomia spp. for journal publication (1994).

Certified in: First Aid and CPR, 2005; Wilderness First Aid, 2004; Leave No Trace Trainer, 2005.

Completed: BLM Measuring and Monitoring Plant Populations course, Fairbanks, Alaska, 2003. 

Microsoft Access – a two-day hands-on workshop, CareerTrack, 2005.

RELEVANT UNIVERSITY COURSES TAKEN

Plant Biology, Plant Morphology, Plant Physiology, Plant Taxonomy, Agrostology, Dendrology, Native Plants of Arizona, Economic Botany, Medicinal Plants, Plant Ecology, Biology of Rarity, Conservation Biology, Ecosystem Restoration and Conservation, Foundations of Forestry, Elements of Forest Management, and Forest Science, Applied Statistics, Statistical Methods I, Statistical Methods II, Research Methods, Technical Writing, Project Learning Tree, Project Wild, Photoshop 6.0 

AWARDS

Temporary promotion to GS 11 for 120 days (NPS, summer 2006)

STAR award (NPS monetary, July 2003)

On the spot award (FSWCD monetary, June 2002)

On the spot award (USFS monetary, August 2000, 2001)

Awarded Outstanding Young Woman of America (1997)

ADDITIONAL

Accepted into the PhD program at the University of Pavia, Italy, October, 2005.  Received a three-year paid tuition waver.  Dissertation topic: investigation of factors influencing alpine vascular and non-vascular species distribution, competition, pattern, and species assemblages in North America.  Anticipate defence in December 2008.

REFERENCES

Biological Resources Mgmt. Division 

1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 200

Ft. Collins, CO  80525

E-mail  nancy_brian@nps.gov

Phone (928) 638-7750

E-mail  cole_crocker-bedford@nps.gov