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Erin E. Clark

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
 Drawer E,  Aiken, SC 29802
Phone: (803) 725-5987
Fax: (803) 725-3309
E-Mail: clark@srel.edu

CV updated 7-15-02

Education

M.S. Candidate, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Present
B.S., Forest Resources (Wildlife Biology), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 2000

Professional Objectives

Seeking research, technical experience and outreach opportunities in the fields of natural resources and endangered species management, particularly declining herpetofauna

Professional Experience

  • Biologist (in training),  8/00-Present, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Intern, 1999

  •  Biological Technician, 6/96-8/00, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Lab Assistant, 3/97-6/97, University of Georgia, Plant Pathology Lab

  • Youth Conservation Corps worker, 6/95-8/95, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Specialized Experience

Technical experience with and understanding of federal law (including ESA, CWA, FWCA, NEPA and others) and herpetofaunal policy at state level; experience with contaminants (via necropsy and blood chemistry analysis); experience with water chemistry; environmental education; and library and database construction, field experience with shorebirds (terns, gulls, pelicans) and herpetofauna (particularly turtles and salamanders).

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Assistant for J. Whitfield Gibbons, Herpetology, 2001

  • Certified Project WILD and Learning Tree Facilitator

  • Adopt-a-Stream Trainer (1999-2000)

Fellowships, Scholarships and Awards

  • Recently funded ($15,000) through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct an Indigo Education Summit with Southeast PARC

  •  J. Larry Landers Student Research Award from the Gopher Tortoise Council 2000

  • Selected for the Executive Committee of the Undergraduate Affairs Student Advisory Committee, University of Georgia, 1999-2000

  • Elected Vice President of the UGA Student Chapter of  The Wildlife Society

  • Elected to the Undergraduate Affairs Committee, WSFR, 1999

  • “On-the-Spot” Award (USFWS, 8/97)

  • President’s Scholar (6/96)

  • Honor Student (95-96)

  • University of Georgia Alumni Scholarship (1995-1996)

  •   “The Effects of Nitrate and Phosphate Levels on Diatom Diversity in Aquatic Ecosystems.” Project done through independent research which was recognized by the American Society of Microbiology, (1993-1995)

Special Projects

  • Library design and development, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Georgia FO, 1996

  • Database development (herpetofaunal management literature), PARC, 2001

Presentations

  •  "The Longleaf-Wiregrass Community: An Endangered Ecosystem" distance learning program for Zoo Atlanta done with John Jensen (GADNR) 2000, 2001

  •   "Reptile and amphibian programs at the fifty state fish and wildlife agencies: a survey" National TWS meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, September, 2000

  • Master’s research proposal "Title" Annual Gopher Tortoise Council Meeting, October, 2000

  •  "Endangered Species of Georgia" a distance learning talk for Zoo Atlanta 1999

Publications

  • Clark, E. 1999. "Summary of the Education and Outreach Working Group Organizational Meeting" in Conserving amphibians and reptiles in the new millenium. Proceedings of the Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1999. J. Whitfield Gibbons and Peter W Stangel [Eds], Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina. i-iv, 1-97, illustr.

  • Clark, E. 1999. Abstract only. "Environmentors" In the Georgia Water Resources Conference Proceedings, 1999, Kathryn Hatcher, ed. Athens, GA

In Preparation

Clark, E. Herpetofaunal Conservation at the fifty state fish and wildlife agencies: a survey.  For submission to the Wildlife Society Bulletin

Professional Activities

  • Co-Chair, Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (Southeast PARC) Education and Outreach Sub-Working Group

  • Organizing: (with George Heinrich) a national PARC Education and Outreach Meeting, New Orleans, January 2002

  • Special Awards Judge, Georgia Science and Engineering Fair 2000, representing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Organizing Committee for "Habitat Conservation Guidelines for the Conservation of Reptiles and Amphibians Workshop," Chicago, IL , March 2001

Professional Affiliation

  • Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC)

  • Gopher Tortoise Council

  • American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

  • Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

  • The Wildlife Society

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