Alabama Technical Assistance Activities
| Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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Worked with state biologist to build a PIT tag array for their project on Canton Reservoir, both building an active array and also to build passive stations. Oklahoma department of Wildlife Conservation |
Brewer | 2018-11-01 |
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Vice Chair, Adaptive Management Working Group for horseshoe crab harvest in the Delaware Bay. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission |
Butler, Merritt | |
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Updated Bayesian decision tool for listing status and PVA of Spectacled and Steller's Eiders US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Dunham, Mercado-Silva | 2013-12-01 |
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Served as a technical reviewer on the Species Status Assessment. I also consulted with biologists on several occasions about habitat recovery options. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Brewer | 2018-01-31 |
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SDM workshop for CALO (NPS and Climate Science Center) National Parks Service |
Irwin, Lloyd | 2015-06-15 |
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Provided technical assistance to two state agencies about how to progress on instream flows within the state- how to evaluate which streams to target and what approaches would make sense given the state's objective. Reviewed several drafts of the states environmental flow reports. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation; Oklahoma Water Resources Board |
Brewer | 2019-06-01 |
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Provided information about effects and mitigation of sand mining within the Arbuckle Mountains ecoregion Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation |
Brewer | 2019-07-16 |
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Provide modeling assistance to Alabama Deer Harvest Steering committee ADCNR Wildlife and Freshwater fisheries |
McGowan | 2019-02-01 |
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Prototyped a tool for adaptive harvest management of White-tailed Deer in Alabama Alabama DCNR |
Grand, McGowan, Silvano, Price, Keever | 2012-09-01 |
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Presentation of forest management decision tool for Wildlife Management Areas in Alabama. Alabama DCNR |
Grand | 2014-07-23 |
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Met with researchers in the Guadiana River Basis to 1)Develop avenues for cross-collaboration with scientists and stakeholders in the Guadiana River Basin, Portugal, one of the NeWater CVase Study rivers; 2)Present ideas and data relative to our Tallapoosa River Adaptive management project, including implementation strategies; 3)Discuss methodologies relative to adaptive management in the Tallapoosa River Basin and how they relate to Guadiana River Basin, including faunal monitoring and modeling programs and 4)Investigate the potential for simultaneous adaptive management in the US and Europe to increase our learning rates regarding system function. |
Irwin | 2006-03-25 |
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Met with Pioria Tribe to develop a study plan to choose genetically sound stocks of Neosho Smallmouth Bass for reservoir introductions Pioria Tribe |
Brewer | 2014-02-10 |
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Member of the Piping Plover Great Plains population recovery team. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
McGowan | 2010-03-01 |
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Member of Warm Springs Tech Center Review Team USFWS |
Irwin | 2014-01-14 |
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Helped state agency biologists design a sampling protocol for evaluating the abundance of dead mussels associated with the lowering of a reservoir. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation |
Brewer | 2019-08-16 |
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Harris Dam Temperature Technical Committee USFWS |
Irwin | 2016-03-15 |
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Harris Dam Temperature Technical Committee USFWS |
Irwin | 2013-10-01 |
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Designed the sampling protocol to support a study to investigate recruitment by riverine smallmouth bass. This study is a collaborative effort between state agency personnel and Dr. Brewer. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conseravtion |
Brewer | 2012-08-01 |
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Designed stream sampling protocol for two state agencies to support instream-flow objectives. Oklahoma Water Resources Board |
Brewer, Musselman | 2011-05-12 |
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Design and analysis of Camera Survey for Eastern Wild Turkeys in Geneva County Alabama. Alabama DCNR |
Grand, Silvano | 2014-06-01 |
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Conducted a workshop and prototyped a tool to guide decisions regarding funding and management of projects for Alabama State Wildlife Action Plan. Alabama DCNR |
Silvano | 2014-08-21 |
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Coached multiple SDM workshops for Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
Irwin | 2011-01-15 |
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Coached a Structured Decision Making workshop for multi-agency management of Gulf striped bassfor FWS and several state agencies. Florida Freshwater Fish Commission |
Irwin | 2011-08-20 |
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Chair, Adaptive management sub-committee for horseshoe crab harvest in Delaware Bay. Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission |
McGowan | 2014-01-01 |
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Attend meetings for the Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership to provide input relative to ecological flows. Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership |
Irwin, Lloyd | 2015-02-20 |
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Attend RL Harris Action Team meetings at the request of ALDCNR for FERC licensing ALDCNR |
Irwin, Ouellette | 2019-01-15 |
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Assisted the state conservation agency, GRDA power authority, and the Pioria Tribe in outlining a research plan to raise endemic bass as mitigation fish in a hydropower reservoir. Pioria Tribe |
Brewer | 2014-02-16 |
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Assisted in a workshop to direct the instream flow initiative in the Gulf Coast Prairie Region Southern Aquatic Resources Partnership |
Brewer | 2012-07-15 |
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Assisted MN Department of Natural Resources with initial phases of structured decision making through coaching team members. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources |
Irwin | 2011-02-01 |
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Appointed by the USFWS as a member of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Adaptive Management Technical Team (AMTT). I provide assistance to the service with regard to adaptive management implementation and monitoring for 6 T&E species in the basin. US Fish and Wildlife Service/Panama City Field Office |
Irwin | 2017-09-30 |
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ACF Striped Bass Committee USFWS |
Adair | 2013-10-29 |
| Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
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| Chair - Chair the search and screen committee to hire the Wildlife Assistant Unit Leader. | Brewer | 2020-09-01 | Present |
| Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Texas Tech University | Brewer | 2012-01-01 | Present |
| Graduate Faculty, Oklahoma State University | Brewer | 2010-08-01 | Present |
| Partner Participant, Wildlife Program Review, Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Auburn University (2020) - Participate in a review of the Wildlife Program at Auburn | Brewer | 2020-10-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| OSU Animal Physiology Committee - Review applications and participate in monthly meetings with the contractors to design a new laboratory facility for animals at OSU | Brewer | 2017-05-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| Search and Screen Committee - Review applicants and help lead interview process for tenure track faculty position | Brewer | 2015-09-01 | 2015-11-30 |
| External Reviewer - Provide an external review for the promotion of a faculty member from Assistant to Associate Professor at Texas Tech University. | Brewer | 2015-09-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| Retirement Reception Committee - Plan retirement reception for OSU faculty in the Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management. | Brewer | 2014-09-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| Co-Chair, Stream Mesocosm Ad-Hoc Committee | Irwin | 2014-01-01 | Present |
| Member, Auburn Water Resources Council | Irwin | 2014-01-01 | Present |
| Member, School of Fisheries Graduate Committee | Irwin | 2014-01-01 | Present |
| School of Forestry and Wildlife Vehicle Committee | McGowan | 2014-10-01 | 2016-05-31 |
| Disease Ecology Search Committee | McGowan | 2014-03-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| reviewer, Water Resources Research | Brewer | 2020-07-01 | 2020-07-31 |
| USGS Ecological Flows Working Group | Irwin | 2015-09-01 | Present |
| USFWS-USACOE ACF AM Management Team | Irwin | 2017-05-01 | Present |
| Science Team Advisor, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative | Brewer | 2014-09-01 | Present |
| Reviewer, W.F. Thompson Award, The American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists | Brewer | 2010-05-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| Reviewer, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society | Brewer | 2012-11-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| Reviewer, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society | Brewer | 2011-04-01 | 2011-05-31 |
| Reviewer, River Research and Applications | Brewer | 2012-10-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| Reviewer, North American Journal of Fisheries Management | Brewer | 2013-01-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| Reviewer, North American Journal of Fisheries Management | Brewer | 2012-06-01 | 2012-06-30 |
| Reviewer, North American Journal of Fisheries Management | Brewer | 2011-08-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| Reviewer, Missouri Academy of Science | Brewer | 2011-08-01 | 2011-08-31 |
| Reviewer, Journal of Great Lakes Science | Brewer | 2012-01-01 | 2012-01-31 |
| Reviewer, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management | Brewer | 2012-10-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| Reviewer, Endangered Species Research | Brewer | 2020-09-01 | 2020-10-31 |
| Research Grade Evaluation Panel | Brewer | 2020-01-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| Proposal Reviewer, PA Sea Grant | Brewer | 2014-09-01 | Present |
| Proposal Reviewer, Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute | Brewer | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-30 |
| Member, River Classification Committee, Southern Aquatic Resources Partnership | Brewer | 2011-10-01 | 2012-09-30 |
| Member, Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan, Instream Flow Advisory Group | Brewer | 2012-11-01 | Present |
| Member, Gulf Coastal Prairie Landscape Conseravtion Cooperative instream flow steering committee | Brewer | 2012-02-01 | 2014-02-28 |
| Member, Environmental Flow Working Group, Water Resources Research Institute | Brewer | 2011-09-01 | Present |
| Large River Management Forum | Irwin | 2013-06-01 | Present |
| Gulf Coast Coastal Resiliency Workgroup | Irwin | 2016-08-01 | Present |
| DOI RESTORE Land Conservation Workgroup | Irwin | 2016-03-01 | Present |
| Chair, Committee to develop flow-ecology hypotheses, Southern Aquatic Resources Partnership | Brewer | 2012-08-01 | Present |
| Alabama Governor's Instream Flow Panel | Irwin | 2015-06-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Research on the Tallapoosa River below Thurlow Dam. Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. August 2002. Tallassee, Alabama. | Irwin | 2002-08-01 |
| Presented results of the decision support model for determining optimal flows below Harris Dam. Harris Dam Stakeholder's Meeting. Sponsored by Harris Dam Stakeholders Group. August 2003. Alexander City, Alabama. | Irwin | 2003-08-01 |
| Participant in the Tallapoosa River Watershed Action Plan Annual Conference, Alexander City, AL. 2005. | Irwin | 2005-05-01 |
| Interviewed for an article regarding catfishes in Alabama. Alabama Game and Fish magazine: http://www.alabamagameandfish.com/al_aa060103a/ March 2003. | Irwin | 2003-03-01 |
| Interview Article-Jackson, K. 2006. First adaptive management implemented in Southeast on Tallapoosa River. Ag Illustrated:3(2) (http://www.ag.auburn.edu/adm/comm/agillustrated/Winter06/agec.html#fish) | Irwin | 2006-01-01 |
| Identify flow prescriptions for adaptive management of the Tallapoosa River below R.L. Harris dam. Alabama Department of Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Alabama Rivers Alliance. March 2003. | Irwin | 2003-03-01 |
| Dr. Brewer participated in a segment of Outdoor Oklahoma. The film segment was focused on stream fishing and stream fishes. | Brewer | 2012-11-06 |
| Dr. Brewer and three of her students attended the Wildlife Expo, hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, to explain stream structure and function to the general public. | Brewer | 2011-09-22 |
| Conservation of the Upper Coosa basin aquatic fauna. Annual Meeting. February 2003. | Irwin | 2003-02-01 |
| Becoming an Outdoors Woman. Taught ABC's of Fly Fishing and Wooly Boogers and Friends Workshops. March 2006 | Irwin | 2006-03-01 |
| Attended Harris Dam Stakeholder's Meeting. Sponsored by Harris Dam Stakeholders Group. May 2003. Wedowee, Alabama | Irwin | 2003-05-01 |
| Attended Harris Dam Stakeholder's Meeting. Sponsored by Harris Dam Stakeholders Group. June 2003. Alexander City, Alabama. | Irwin | 2003-06-01 |