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Cameron Young

Cameron A. Young
University of Georgia
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Phone: 803-725-5987
Drawer E Fax: 803-725-3309
Aiken, SC 29802 E-mail: young@srel.edu

Education

  • University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2000-present Doctoral Program in Ecology
    Relevant Courses: Topics in Modern Ecology, Herpetology, Field Mammalogy, Vertebrate Natural History, Wetland Ecology, Populations Ecology, Management of Wildlife Habitat, Wildlife Telemetry, Wildlife Techniques, Evolution
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 1997-1998 Master’s of Zoology Program
    Relevant Courses: Ichthyology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Community Ecology
  • B.A. Earlham College, Richmond, IN 1997 Biology
    Relevant Courses: Biological Diversity, Ecological Biology, Genetics and Evolution, Vertebrate Zoology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Field Botany, Population Ecology, Organic Chemistry, Physics
    Teaching Experience:

Teaching Experience

  • 2003-present Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Herpetology. . Duties included preparing lesson plans, giving lectures, setting up laboratories, assisting with dissections, preparing exams, proctoring exams, taking students on field trips, and tutoring.
  • 2002-present Educational/Environmental Outreach, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory for various educational talks. Give talks and assist others giving talks to school, church, or other groups using live animals as props.
  • 1997-1998 Teaching assistant, University of South Florida, for Biological Diversity. Duties included preparing lesson plans, giving lectures, setting up laboratories, assisting with dissections, preparing exams, proctoring exams, taking students on field trips, and tutoring.
  • 1996-1997 Teaching assistant, Earlham College, for Biological Diversity and Vertebrate Zoology. Duties included preparing weekly lab practical quizzes, grading exams, tutoring, and field trip assistance.

    Research Experience

  • 2001-present Research assistant, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. Herpetological inventory for the National Park Service, Southeast Coastal Network. Use standard herpetological survey techniques to inventory 16 National Parks in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.
  • 1995-present Contract researcher, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, Seymour, Indiana. Principal investigator for a population inventory and demographic study of the endangered copperbelly watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta).
  • 1995-present Contract researcher, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, Seymour, Indiana. Principal investigator for a population inventory and demographic study of the state endangered Kirtland’s snake (Clonophis kirtlandii).
  • 1995-present Research assistant, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. Assist with a population inventory and demographic study of the endangered Allen’s Cay iguana (Cyclura cychlura inornata) and the endangered Riley’s iguana (Cyclura rileyii).
  • 1999-2001 Ecologist/Senior Technician, ENSR Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia. Endangered species and wetland permitting. Led field teams to conduct protected species surveys and wetland delineations using United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Army Corps of Engineer guidelines in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. Protected species include gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon corais), flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum), red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and sand skinks (Neoseps reynoldsi). Experience includes Global Positioning Systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), field leadership, data management, permit and report writing and agency consultation.
  • 1998-1999 Ecologist, Biological Research Associates, Tampa, Florida. Endangered species permitting. Managed and conducted protected species surveys using United States Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission guidelines. Species include gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon corais), flatwoods salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum), red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), sand skinks (Neoseps reynoldsi), southeastern American kestrels (Falco sparverius paulus), Sherman’s fox squirrels (Sciurus niger shermani), and Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Experience includes GPS, GIS, management plan construction, data management, agency consultation, and wading bird helicopter surveys.
  • 1994 Volunteer, Western Ecosystem Technology, Inc., Cheyenne, Wyoming. Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri) surveys.
  • 1990 Volunteer, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. Wood stork (Mycteria americana) foraging ecology.

Miscellaneous Experience/Education:

  • 1999 Orlando, Orlando Florida. Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Environmental Permitting Short-Course.
  • 1995 Kenya, East Africa. Study abroad program with Earlham College. Academic focus included ornithology, herpetology, human population studies, and women in Kenya studies.
  • 1993 Unita Mountains, Utah. Wilderness Survival Program with Earlham College.

    Publications

Tsaliagos, R. N., C. A. Young, and E. E. Clark. 2001. Reptiles and amphibians of the Sandy Creek Nature Reserve: a herpetological survey. SREL HerpOutreach Publication #3. Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC.

Christman, S. P., C. A. Young, S. Gonzalez, K. Hill, G.Navratil, and P. Delis. 2000. New records of amphibians and reptiles from Hardee County, Florida. Herpetological Review 31(2): 116-117.

Iverson, J. B., C. A. Young, et al. 1998. Kinosternon integrum (LeConte): Mexican mud turtle. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (652): 1-6.

Young, C. A. and J. B. Iverson. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Lampropeltis getula nigra. Herpetological Review 28(1): 52.

Young, C. A. and J. B. Iverson. 1997. Geographic Distribution. Sternotherus odoratus. Herpetological Review 28(1): 49.

Iverson, J. B., H. Higgins, A. G. Sirulink, and C. A Young. 1995. Coluber constrictor flaviventris (Eastern yellowbellied racer). Nesting. Herpetological Review 26(3): 147-148.

Young, C. A. Geographic distribution of the reptiles and amphibians on the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge. In preparation for Herpetological Review.

Young, C. A. and J. B. Iverson. Female reproduction in the bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) in the Nebraska Sandhills. In preparation for Journal of Herpetology.

Young, C. A., K. Hines, and C. Meeks. New County records from the Nebraska sandhills. In preparation for Herpetological Review.

Professional Associations:

Herpetologists’ League (HL)
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

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