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Staff Directory

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David Anderson

Director and Chief Scientist
(970) 491-6891
 David.Anderson@colostate.edu

Botany and Vegetation Ecology Team | Conservation Data Services Team | Conservation Planning Team | Outreach and Communication | Wetlands Team | Zoology Team

Botany and Vegetation Ecology Team

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Jessica Smith

Team Leader and Botanist
(303) 960-4196
  jp.smith
@colostate.edu

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Susan Spackman Panjabi

 Senior Botanist
(970) 491-2992
  Susan.Panjabi
@colostate.edu

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Georgia Doyle

Botanist
(970) 491-1416
 Georgia.Doyle
@colostate.edu

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Tom Baldvins

Ecologist
(970) 491-3280
 Tom.Baldvins
@colostate.edu

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Brenda Wichmann

Botanist/Ecologist
  brenda.wichmann
@colostate.edu

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Rob Monahan

Botanist

  robert.monahan
@colostate.edu

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Grant Musgrave

Botanist/Ecologist

 grant.musgrave
@colostate.edu

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Curtis Drake

Botanist

 curtis.drake
@colostate.edu

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Becca Harris

Botanist/Ecologist
  becca.harris
@colostate.edu

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Dee Malone

Ecologist
(970) 963-2143
 DeliaMalone
@earthlink.net

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Peggy Lyon

Botanist
(970) 626-3195
  Peggy.Lyon
@colostate.edu

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Emma Balunek

Botanist/Ecologist

  emma.balunek
@colostate.edu

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Jill Handwerk

Senior Botanist
(970) 491-5857
  Jill.Handwerk
@colostate.edu

Conservation Data Services Team

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Amy Lavender Greenwell

Co-Team Leader and GIS Manager
(970) 491-2847
  Amy.Lavender
@colostate.edu

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Michael Menefee

Co-Team Leader and Data Distribution Coordinator
(970) 491-7331
  Michael.Menefee
@colostate.edu

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Yannick Edaye

Database and Web Developer
(970) 491-4628
  yannick.edaye
@colostate.edu

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IT Support
  cnhp_ITStaff
@mail.colostate.edu

Conservation Planning Team

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Lee Grunau

Team Leader and Conservation Planner
(970) 491-2844
 Lee.Grunau
@colostate.edu

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Dr Ana Davidson

Conservation Scientist
(970) 491-0814
 Ana.Davidson
@colostate.edu

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Renee Rondeau

Ecologist
(970) 217-9041
 Renee.Rondeau
@colostate.edu

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Dr Bort (Robert) Edwards

Spatial Ecologist
(970) 491-7665
bort.edwards
@colostate.edu

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Roy Gilb

Spatial Analyst
(970) 491-6343
Roy.Gilb
@colostate.edu

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Ellie Linden

Spatial Analyst
(860) 810-7719
ellie.linden
@colostate.edu

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Vinamra Mathur

Director, Biodiversity Indicators Program
(970) 4910 466
vinamra.mathur
@colostate.edu

Outreach and Communication

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Julie Kallenberger

Outreach & Communications Specialist
 julie.kallenberger
@colostate.edu

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Jess Cheadle

Program and Volunteer Coordinator
(970) 491-4347
  jess.cheadle
@colostate.edu

Wetlands Team

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Joanna Lemly

 

Team Leader and Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-2127
 Joanna.Lemly
@colostate.edu

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Alexa (Armstrong) Bondus

Wetland Ecologist
 Alexa.Armstrong
@colostate.edu

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Katrina Castro

 

Aquatic Ecologist
 Katrina.Castro
@colostate.edu

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Clark Hollenberg

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-4348
 clark.hollenberg
@colostate.edu

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Thom Jukes

Aquatic Ecologist
 Thomas.Jukes
@colostate.edu

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Mitch Kleimeyer

Aquatic Ecologist
 Mitchell.Kleimeyer
@colostate.edu

Luke Knaggs
Wetland Ecologist

Luke Knaggs

Wetland Ecologist
 luke.knaggs
@colostate.edu

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Lauren Laughlin

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-4357
 llaugh
@colostate.edu

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Sarah Marshall

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-2034
 Sarah.Marshall
@colostate.edu

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Hanna Mohr

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-4369
 hanna.mohr
@colostate.edu

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Gabrielle Smith

Wetland Mapping/GIS Specialist
(970) 491-2224
 Gabrielle.Ann.Smith
@colostate.edu

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Greg Smith

Aquatic Ecologist
(970) 491-4375
 greg.smith
@colostate.edu

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Sarah Smith

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-3565
 s.j.smith
@colostate.edu

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Bodie Spinner

Wetland Technician
(970) 491-4387
 bodie.spinner
@colostate.edu

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Wetland Ecologist

Barrett Sullivan

Wetland Ecologist
(970) 491-4389
 barrett.sullivan
@colostate.edu

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Tess Webb

Aquatic Ecologist
(801) 977- 4327
 Tess.Webb
@colostate.edu

Ruth Whittington

Ruth Whittington

Wetland Ecologist
 Ruth.Whittington
@colostate.edu

Zoology Team

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Jeremy Siemers

Team Leader and Zoologist
(970) 491-3342
 Jeremy.Siemers
@colostate.edu

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Nathan Comai

Entomologist
 ncomai
@colostate.edu

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Terutaka Funabashi

Zoology Technician

Teru.Funabashi
@colostate.edu

Tristan Kubik

Tristan Darwin Kubik

Entomologist
(720) 568-9620
tristan.kubik
@colostate.edu

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Brad Lambert

Vertebrate Zoologist
(970) 491-1656
 Bradley.Lambert
@colostate.edu

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Tyler Lovato

Zoology and GIS/Data Technician
(720)-299-5260
tyler.j.lovato
@colostate.edu

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Kyle Nelson

Bat Ecologist
Kyle.R.Nelson
@colostate.edu

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Scott Schneider

Field Zoologist

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Robert Schorr

Zoologist/Ecologist

Robert.Schorr
@colostate.edu

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John Sovell

Invertebrate Zoologist and Ecologist
(970) 491-6052
  John.Sovell
@colostate.edu

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Elizabeth Stevenson

Zoologist
(301) 385-4420
elizabeth.stevenson
@colostate.edu

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Justin Unrein

Field Zoologist

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Spatial layers created for the BTPD Habitat Suitability Model`

Methods used for building the BTPD Habitat Suitability Model.

Methodological approach for identifying suitable landscapes for the black-tailed prairie dog (BTPD) ecosystem conservation.

Maps of state-level high conservation potential habitat (top 10% and 30%) for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem, under current and future climates (present, warm/wet, hot/dry, and overlaps

Maps of range-wide high conservation potential habitat (top 10% and 30%) for the black-tailed prairie dog ecosystem, under current and future climates (present, warm/wet, hot/dry, and overlaps

LandownershipArea (km2)Percent (%)
Private63,44765.4
Federal14,02114.5
State9,3479.6
Indigenous lands7,7798.0
NGO/private conservation2,2502.3
Local/Regional1000.1
Total96,944100
Overlap of top 10% high conservation potential areas with land ownership types
StateArea (km2)Percent (%)
Colorado24,08424.8
Montana19,40120.0
South Dakota19,33119.9
Wyoming18,94719.5
New Mexico7,0827.3
Nebraska2,5252.6
Arizona1,8451.9
Texas1,5521.6
Oklahoma1,0591.1
North Dakota6990.7
Kansas4200.4
Total96,944100
Lands with high conservation potential (Top 10%) for the prairie dog ecosystem, by state.