Massachusetts Technical Assistance Activities
| Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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Webinar, Conservation Science Web Conference Series CSP3900 08/20/2009 Striped bass movements and diets in coastal Massachusetts usfws |
August 2009 | |
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Technical Advisory Group for pond management for the Cape Cod Commission Freshwater Ponds Initiative Cape Cod Commission |
Roy | May 2023 |
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Team Coordinator for Structured Decision Making workshop Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife |
Roy | February 2020 |
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Search Committee, Assistant Regional Director for Science Applications for USFWS Region 5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Roy | February 2020 |
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Roseate Tern working group MassWildlife |
DiRenzo | March 2021 |
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R Hacky Hour: The goal is to build a community of folks that code of all skill levels. To do this, we will meet once a week for 1 hr. University of Massachusetts |
DiRenzo | January 2022 |
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QSG: To help graduate students think through their study design and statistical analyses. University of Massachusetts |
DiRenzo | January 2021 |
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Providing oversight to the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center |
Roy | October 2023 |
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Providing fish and water quality data and interpretation for the Cotton Gin Dam in Southeast Massachusetts. Industrial Economics, Inc |
Roy, Devine, Abbott | March 2022 |
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Provided technical information about conducting contour surveys for golden eagles Migratory Birds Program |
Wilson | November 2021 |
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Provided technical guidance to state agencies for the revision to the Massachusetts General Environmental Impact Report for Lake Management. Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation |
Roy | April 2023 |
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Provided input on prioritization of restoration activities within the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers OARS |
Roy | February 2023 |
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Provided information on rat control in seabird colonies to the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology |
Sievert | November 2003 |
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Provided data and guidance on how to interpret potential ecological impacts of the dam and potential responses to dam removal at a dam on the Charles River in South Natick, Massachusetts. Charles River Dam Advisory Committee |
Roy, Abbott | September 2021 |
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Participated in meetings to plan training for towns, non-profits, and community members interested in conducting dam removal. Blackstone Watershed Collaborative |
Roy | March 2023 |
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Organizer, Workshop on An Introduction to Best Practices in Species Distribution Modeling (SDMs). Participants originate from Kansas State University and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism. Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, Tourism |
Mather | September 2010 |
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Northeastern Naturalist, Guest Editor, Manuscript on Striped bass Winter Movements, 2009-2010 NGO |
Mather | December 2009 |
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Nest cameras capture important life stages of nesting bald eagles. We are developing a machine learning model that can potentially be used to monitor nesting phenology and food-provisioning events. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory birds program |
Wilson | September 2022 |
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NE AFS Student Paper Judge, Committee Chair, April, 2010. National Marine Fisheries Service |
Mather | April 2010 |
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Monitoring questing winter ticks can be challenging in the best conditions, and the harsh realities of fieldwork don't often cooperate with white-board statistical sampling designs. We are co-creating and testing a protocol for sampling and estimation of off-host winter tick density. We are also analyzing the data. Penobscot Indian Nation |
Wilson, Siren, Berube | April 2022 |
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Member, SeaGrant Review Panel SeaGrant (Maine) |
September 2007 | |
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Member, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey USGS |
November 2005 | |
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Member, National Undersea Research Review Panel, Monterey, CA NURP |
October 2003 | |
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Maine Atlantic salmon program through Seagrant: Attended advisory session, July 2008 NOAA |
Mather | July 2008 |
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Lower Connecticut River Studies Group, member, organized by Ken Sprankle, USFWS. With fisheries biologists from Connecticut, identify research and education opportunities in the lower Connecticut River.
USFWS |
Mather | September 2008 |
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Led teacher's workshop for middle and high school teachers in Springfield under the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Sustainable Springfield Urban Partnership Springfield Teachers |
Roy | June 2016 |
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Leadership Team, Yellow Lampmussel Working Group comprised of state agencies (from Maine to Georgia), federal agencies (USFWS, USGS), Canadian provinces, academics, and others; bi-monthly meetings Several |
Roy, Murphy, Farrington, Fedarick | December 2022 |
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Invited Expert. Resilience of North Atlantic Diadromous Fish Assemblages, April 1-2, 2010, University of Maine, Orono. University of Maine |
Mather | March 2010 |
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Invited Expert. Assessing river herring declines, Providence, RI, January 2008
Environmental Defense Fund |
January 2008 | |
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Invited Expert and Panelist, Restore America’s Estuaries, Coffeehouse Panel on Integrating Natural and Social Sciences, Providence, RI, October, 2008
Restore America's Estuaries |
October 2008 | |
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I helped park personnel design and conduct a distance sampling survey for brown bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve using the Southwest Alaska Network's revised protocol. I oversaw data collection and management and served as observer in some of the survey flights. Katmai National Park and Preserve |
Wilson, Skora | September 2021 |
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Habitat availability for vulnerable species in the forests of the Gorbea National Park, Northern Spain; review and comment of habitat characteristics for northern goshawks, 15 Jan. 2004. |
DeStefano | January 2004 |
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Fish and Fisheries Focus Lunch Series, Organizer. Spring, 2010. Goal: To write a mission statement and “brand brochure” for fish and fisheries research and graduate education at Umass-Amherst. University of Massachusetts |
Mather | September 2009 |
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Evaluating the effects of survey platform on double-observer survey results. We also started a project to measure moose density using a camera array as an alternative to manned aerial surveys. Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
Wilson, Siren | November 2021 |
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Developed a model to simulate the population growth of the endangered short-tailed albatross. |
Sievert | November 2002 |
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Developed a model to simulate population growth of black-footed albatrosses on Torishima, Japan |
Sievert | December 2003 |
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Developed a demographic model to simulate the growth of the spotted turtle population in Massachusetts. |
Sievert | December 2002 |
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Developed a demographic model to simulate the growth of the Blanding's turtle population in Massachusetts. |
Sievert | December 2002 |
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Designed fixed-wing aerial surveys to map seawater incursion from extensive coastal flooding caused by typhoon Merbok at a remote research site in southwest Alaska. South Dakota State university |
Wilson | December 2022 |
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Demonstration on Video Camera Set-up, Organizer, for DMF biologists, January 2010. MDMF |
Mather | January 2009 |
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Coordinator, Brook Floater Working Group comprised of state agencies (from Maine to Georgia), federal agencies (USFWS, USGS), Canadian provinces, academics, and others; monthly meetings Several |
Roy | January 2019 |
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Cooperator Data Exchange, Striped bass acoustic tag data exchange (DMF, UNH, CT DEP, DSU). Atlantic States |
Mather | September 2008 |
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Conte Refuge Education and Outreach Collaborative Venture, Planning committee member. With Robert Muth (UMASS), Ken Sprankle (USFWS), Sarah Bevilacqua (USFWS), Sarah Wells (undergraduate, UMASS). Goal: To explore opportunities for undergraduate and graduate outreach and field research experience in the Connecticut River. USFWS |
Mather | September 2008 |
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Collaborated with the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology, and the USFWS, in a satellite telemetry study of short-tailed albatrosses. |
Sievert | May 2002 |
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Advised USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station to design multi-scale camera arrays to be used for long term multi-species monitoring. Pacific Southwest Research Station |
Wilson, Siren | April 2023 |
| Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steering Committee, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | September 2012 | Present |
| Statistical Examiner, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program | Sievert | January 2004 | Present |
| Search Committee for Population Ecologist/Biostatistician - Evaluated and selected candidates to be interviewed; assisted with logistics of interview process; made recommendations to Department Head and Dean. | DeStefano | January 2015 | April 2015 |
| School of Marine Sciences, Campus Representative | Mather | January 2006 | December 2007 |
| School of Marine Sciences Admissions Committee | Mather | January 2004 | December 2010 |
| R Hacky Hour - Organize the group | DiRenzo | January 2023 | Present |
| Quantitative Sciences Group - Member of a small committee that provides study design and analysis advice for faculty and students in the Department of Environmental Conservation and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program. | Wilson | February 2021 | Present |
| Quantitative Science Group - Provide advice to students related to statistical analyses for theses and dissertations | DiRenzo | January 2021 | Present |
| Participant, MS Comprehensive Exam Reevaluation Ad-Hoc Committee, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts | Roy | August 2015 | March 2016 |
| Participant, Environmental Conservation Fisheries Curriculum Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | September 2012 | Present |
| Member, Seminar Committee, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | October 2014 | May 2017 |
| Member, School of Marine Sciences | Mather | September 2004 | December 2010 |
| Member, Quantitative Sciences Group - Provide weekly statistical consulting to graduate students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts. | Sievert | September 2008 | Present |
| Member, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Steering Committee | Sievert | January 2001 | Present |
| Member, JEDI Recruitment & Retention Task Force, Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Program and Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | January 2021 | June 2021 |
| Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | Mather | September 1998 | September 2004 |
| Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee | Sievert | January 2012 | Present |
| Member, Admissions Committee, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | September 2021 | June 2022 |
| Environmental Conservation Graduate Student Symposium (ECoGSS) | Roy | April 2017 | March 2018 |
| Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Justice Award Committee - I reviewed applications for the DEIJ awards in the ECO department. | DiRenzo | August 2021 | August 2021 |
| DEIJ Awards Committee/ ECO, UMass - Myself and one other person reviewed applications for DEIJ awards under several categories. Together we made the selections and notified the winners. | Wilson | May 2021 | May 2021 |
| Conservation Genetics Search Committee | Roy | September 2016 | January 2017 |
| Committee Member, Science and Technical Advisory Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Review management activities of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation statewide conservation and watershed lands, with emphasis on forest and watershed management. Serve as expert on forest wildlife ecology and conservation. | DeStefano | June 2010 | Present |
| Chair, Seminar Committee, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | May 2017 | June 2020 |
| Chair, ECo Doctoral Program Vision Ad-Hoc Committee, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts | Roy | February 2015 | April 2015 |
| Chair, Admissions Committee, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst | Roy | July 2022 | Present |
| Chair and Member, Graduate Admissions Committee for Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | Sievert | January 2005 | Present |
| CRU DEIJ committee - I am serving as a member of the CRU DEIJ committee | DiRenzo | September 2021 | July 2023 |
| Associate Director, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program | Sievert | January 2010 | Present |
| Advisory, UNVEIL Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst - A new professional development for postdocs aimed at revealing the hidden curriculum of faculty job application, interviewing and negotiation to contribute to diversifying scientific leadership. | Roy | January 2023 | Present |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Island Long Term Ecological Research Site All Scientists Meeting | Mather | January 1999 | December 2017 |
| Planning Team, The River's Calendar Symposium | Roy | May 2012 | December 2012 |
| Planning Team, 3rd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology | Roy | February 2012 | May 2014 |
| Member, Wood Turtle Working Group | Sievert | September 2010 | Present |
| Member, Snake Disease Working Group | Sievert | August 2012 | Present |
| Member, Short-tailed Albatross Recovery Team | Sievert | November 2002 | Present |
| Member, Northeast Regional Blanding's Turtle Working Group | Sievert | February 2004 | Present |
| Member, North Pacific Albatross Working Group | Sievert | November 2002 | Present |
| Member, Herpetological Conservation Working Group | Sievert | September 2007 | Present |
| Lead Organizer, Continuous Monitoring of Temperature and Flow Workshop | Roy | December 2013 | November 2014 |
| Journal Boot Camp: Society for Freshwater Science | Roy | May 2018 | May 2018 |
| Early Career Lunch Workshop: Society for Freshwater Science | Roy | May 2018 | May 2018 |
| Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
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| We took teens from the Sothwick Zoo Camp summer programs to visit a camera trapping site. We demonstrated the use of camera traps in research and talked about careers in wildlife biology and conservation. | Wilson, Morrow | August 2023 |
| Talked to Doris Duke Scholars about attending graduate school and what the process for application is like. | DiRenzo | April 2023 |
| Moose in southern New England?, Interview for Redding Pilot. | DeStefano | August 2014 |
| Massachusetts and moose: meant for each other, Interview for Boston Globe. | DeStefano | May 2014 |
| Juliana Berube will deliver a short presentation describing winter tick epizootics in moose at the Northeast Wildlife Trackers meeting on 21 October 2023, in Charlton, MA. | Berube, Siren, Wilson | October 2023 |
| Ipswich Rotary Speaker Coauthor | Mather | July 2007 |
| Interviewed for article on Yankee Magazine on moose in New England, including information on status, climate change, winter ticks. | DeStefano | June 2016 |
| I served on a career panel for a class at the Springfield Technology Community College. | DiRenzo | July 2021 |
| How do we know if parks are healthy? We measure their vital signs, of course! Across the country, there are 32 inventory and monitoring networks that measure the status and trends of all kinds of park resources. We're learning a lot after years of collecting data. | Wilson, Ballachey | January 2023 |
| Coauthor, Marthas Vinyard Surfcasters Annual Banquet Presentation | Mather | December 2006 |
| A Day in the Life of a Fisheries Biologist. Day-long event for 5th graders of Leverett and Shutesbury Elementary Schools where we provided them field and lab experiences to understand some things we do as aquatic ecologists. I led stations on macroinvertebrate sampling (field) and identification (lab). | Roy | May 2017 |
| A Day in the Life of a Fisheries Biologist. Day-long event for 5th graders of Leverett Elementary School where we provided them field and lab experiences to understand some things we do as aquatic ecologists. I led stations on macroinvertebrate sampling (field) and identification (lab). | Roy | May 2018 |