Vita:  Jefferson L. Waldon

Work Address:

Conservation Management Institute, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 203 W. Roanoke St., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061(540) 231-7348 voice, (540) 231-7019 fax, fwiexchg@vt.edu email http://fwie.fw.vt.edu web site

Professional Experience:

1/00 to Present -- Assistant Director, Conservation Management Institute (CMI), College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

The CMI is a college- level center devoted to the development of techniques and information that support conservation research and teaching. The CMI consists of nine divisions. They are the Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange (information technology), Ecological Restoration, Invertebrate Projects, Military Lands Projects, GIS and Remote Sensing, Conservation Genetics, International Projects, Human Dimensions, and Outreach and Education. The Assistant Director serves as supervisor and leader of 50+ faculty, staff, and students as well as taking primary responsibility for institutional development. For more information about the CMI see http://fwie.fw.vt.edu.  The CMI is an outgrowth of the Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange.

11/91 to 12/99 -- Project Leader, Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange (FWIE), Department of

Fish and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.  The Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange (formerly the Multi-State Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Project) was a clearinghouse and technical assistance center for state, federal, and nongovernmental  agencies and organizations in information management and computerization. Duties included all aspects of program development (approximately $1.5 million/year), personnel management (50 positions), interaction with sponsors and cooperating agencies (several dozen), and planning.  The FWIE was generally involved in eight to 15 major projects at any given moment requiring extensive leadership and coordination.  Projects included geographic information systems and remote sensing, information management planning, training, species information system development, national surveys, gap analysis, military base research support, field research project management and many others.

6/87 -- present   Information Management Consultant. 

Work primarily involves consulting and training for natural resource agencies, institutions, companies, and individuals in information management and computer applications.  Recent clients include The World Bank Group, Dept. of Comprehensive Planning, Fairfax County, VA and Primlands Hunting Reserve.

4/87 -- 11/91   Assistant Project Leader of the Multi-State Fish and Wildlife Information Systems

Project at Virginia Tech, a cooperative Federal, State, and University project in Blacksburg, Virginia specializing in technical assistance, training, coordination, and research involving species information systems.

Education:

Publications:

• Beard, T.D. et. al.  1998.  The Multi-State Aquatic Resources Information System: An internet system to access fisheries information in the upper midwestern United States.  Fisheries 23(5): pp.  14-18.
• G.Cotter, F. D'Erchia, H. Fleet, A. Frondorf, M. Nyquist, G. Waggoner, J. Waldon.  1996.  Developing a Biological Information Infrastructure.  Eco-Informa '96, Lake Buena Vista, FL November 4-7, 1996.  In Press.
• Dutton, H.J., J.L. Waldon, and P.T. Bromley.  1987.  Categorization and seasonality of terrestrial vertebrate pest control inquiries in Southwestern Virginia.  G. San Julian ed.  1987.  Third Eastern Animal Damage Control Conference, Gulfport, LA.  223 pp.
• Giles, R.H., Jr., K. Hassouna, D. Morton, and J. Waldon. 2000. Uses of a Geographic Information System on the Great Dismal Swamp Wildlife Refuge.  In , The Natural History of the Great Dismal Swamp.  R. Rose ed. Omni Press, Madison, WI.   pp. 267-269.
• Inkley, D.B., J.L. Waldon, and B. Fewell.  1991.  Computerized information systems: meeting the needs of fish and wildlife management?  Proceedings of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. 10 pp.
• Klopfer, S., and J.L. Waldon.  1998.  An evaluation of species distribution edge-matching for the mid-Atlantic gap.  Presented at the National Gap Analysis Principal Investigator’s Meeting, July 20-24, 1998, Santa Barbara, CA.
• Klopfer, S., J. McCombs, D. Morton, and J. Waldon.  1997.  Mapping vegetation using ecological modelling.  Presented at the National Gap Analysis Principal Investigator’s Meeting, August 4-8, 1997, Reston, VA.
• Loftus, A.J., J.W. Waldon, V. Fay, K. .Davy, and J. Lucy. 2000.  Overview of angler-based tagging programs and management issues. Fisheries. 25(4) 8-13.
• Loftus, A.J., and J.L. Waldon.  1991.  Establishment of a National Fisheries Inventory.  Proceedings of the National Conference on Integrated Water Information Management, K. K. Reay, editor, U.S. EPA, U.S. Geologic Survey, and Multi-State Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Project, Atlantic City, New Jersey.  182 pp.
• Loftus, A.J., V. Fay, V., J. Waldon. 1998. Development of a National Fish Tag Registry. Presented at the symposium on "Cooperative Angler Tagging Programs’ Past, Present, and Future Role in Fisheries Management." American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, August 26th, 1998.
• McCombs, J. W., S. D. Klopfer, D. D. Morton, and J. L. Waldon. 1997.  An alternative approach to land cover mapping in complex terrain.  Gap Analysis Bulletin 6.  pp. 21-22.
• Sausville, L. and J. Waldon.  1997.  Naturemapping: Developing Wildlife Information Systems to Support Education in Virginia.  Enhancing Instruction in Science, Mathematics, and Technology 1997 Conference, Roanoke, VA, March 1, 1997.
• Stein, K.J., J. Mitchell, and J.L. Waldon.  1998.  Invertebrate Database Management System for Military Areas.  Virginia Academy of Sciences, Summer 1998, Vol. 49 (2) pg. 109.  Poster and Published Abstract
• Stein, K.J. and J.L. Waldon.  1998.  Comparison of Predicted Vertebrate Species Richness and Known Aquatic Insect Richness at 36 Vernal Pools in Virginia.  National Gap Analysis Conference, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA.  Poster Presentation.
• Stein, K. J., R. A. Dudley, and J. L. Waldon.  Tick Threat Assessment Maps:  Helping Personnel Avoid Disease.  Poster Presentation, The U. S. Army’s Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM) Program, Fort A. P. Hill, Richmond, Virginia, August 21-25, 2000.
• Waldon, J.L.  1987.  WILDWOOD:  a WILDlife/WOOD planning tool.  Compiler 5(3):30-31.
• Waldon, J.L.  1990.  Computerized fish and wildlife information systems in use by state fish and wildlife agencies.  Wildlife Working Group Canadian Committee on Ecological Land Classification Newsletter Number 10: pp. 8-9.
• Waldon, J.L.  1991.  Wild kingdom meets the computer age:  Advanced Revelation in use by wildlife managers.  Revuser Magazine, March/April 1991:  pp. 47-49.
• Waldon, J.L. 1992.  Geographic Information Systems.  In: MacMillan Encyclopedia of Computers:  Volume 1.  G.G. Bitter, ed.  Macmillan Publishing Co.  New York, NY.  pp. 411-413.
• Waldon, J.L. 1992. Use of Geographic Information Systems by State Fish and Wildlife Agencies:  A Summary.  D’Erschia, F. (ed.)  Proceedings of the 3rd Annual U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geograhic Information Systems Workshop, LaCrosse, WI, May 4-6, 1992.
• Waldon, J.L. 1992.  Overview of State Fisheries Data Monitoring Systems.  Presented at the Amerian Fisheries Society Annual Meeting Special Session.  A Fisheries Inventory Information Systems in the Year 2000:  Will They Be Ready?  March 19-22, 1992. Portland, OR.
• Waldon, J.L. 1994.  Improving the Exchange of Fish and Wildlife Information.  Presented at the Organization of Wildlife Planners 1994 Annual Meeting, June 12-15, 1994, Pipestem, WV.
• Waldon, J.L.  1994.  Philosophy of Gap Analysis Implementation. Presented at the National Gap Analysis Principal Investigators’ Meeting, July 21, 1994, Silverdale, WA.
• Waldon, J.L.  1994.  Status of the States. Presented at the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers’ Annual Meeting, August 7-9, 1994, Mountain Lake, VA.
• Waldon, J.L.  1995.  Overview of Fish and Wildlife Information Sources.  Presented at Computer Applications in Fish and Wildlife Management:  Overview Symposium, 60th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, March 26, 1995, Minneapolis, MN.
• Waldon, J.L.  1995.  Status of the Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange.  Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers, August 4-6, 1995, Fayetteville, AR.  pp. 33-35.
• Waldon, J.L.  1996.  Interagency cooperation in information management: why, why not, and some ideas on how.  Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers, Key Largo, FL July 14-15, 1996.
• Waldon, J.L.  1996.  Habitat Relationships Matrices Available to Gap Projects.  Presented at the National Gap Analysis Principal Investigator’s Meeting, July 15-18, 1997, Key Largo, FL.
• Waldon, J.L.  1997.  Panel Discussion A: Teaming with Wildlife Coalition Building.  Presented at the 2^nd National Wildlife Diversity Conference, June 17, 1997, Austin, TX.
• Waldon, J. 1998.  State Invasive and Non-native Species Databases. Alien Species Databases’ Gap Identification and Use Strategies Workshop. November 12-13, 1998, Las Vegas, NV.
• Waldon, J.  1998.  Fisheries Metadata Overview.  National Freshwater Fisheries Database Summit, San Diego, CA February 9-12.  In Press.
• Waldon, J.  1999.  Fish and Wildlife Databases on the World Wide Web.  US Forest Service Fauna Module National Meeting, Portland, OR February 1-4, 1999.
• Waldon, J.  1999.  Internet Applications for Fish and Wildlife Managers.  Presented at: Computer Applications for Fish and Wildlife Managers’ Symposium, North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 28, 1999.
• Waldon, J.  2000.  Report to the Environment Family (ESSD) of The World Bank Group on Lessons Learned from the Knowledge Management Initiative (FY 98, 99, and 00). Unpublished report.
• Waldon, J.  2000.  Technology and State Fish and Wildlife Agencies.  Plenary Session Chair Presentation at the 2000 International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN September 18, 2000.
• Waldon, J.L. and D.L. Schrupp.  2000.  Sooner or Waiter – Serving up Data.  Presented at OFWIM 2000:  The Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Annual Meeting and Workshop.  Silvercreek, CO.  August 5-7.
• Waldon, J.  2000.  Delivering Wildlife Information on the Net:  Examples and Case Studies.  Presentation at the National Gap Analysis Principal Investigator’s Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, August 13-16, 2000.
• Waldon, J.L., C.T. Cushwa, and P.T. Bromley.  1985.  Utilizing a computerized fish and wildlife information system to solve animal damage control problems.  P.T. Bromley ed.  1985.  Second Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference, Raleigh, NC.  pp. 27-36.
• Waldon, J.L., C.T. Cushwa, and V.E. Kopf.  1987.  Use of a computerized fish and wildlife information system to assess impacts of right-of-way location.  Presented at the Fourth Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Mangement, Indianapolis, IN.
• Waldon, J., S. McNulty, S. Klopfer and K. Stein. 1998.  Inventory, Monitoring, and Geographic Information Systems at Fort Pickett and Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.  Poster, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program Annual Conference, Arlington, VA.  December 1-3, 1998.
• Contributing Editor to the Natural Resources Computer Newsletter 7/89 - 12/93.
• Regular contributer and Managing Editor for the Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange Newsletter (formerly the Multi-State Fish and Wildlife Information Systems Newsletter) 1985-1991.
• Participate in and/or lead multiple short courses each year on information technology for natural resource management.

Professional Service:

• Virginia Tech Task Force on Research Faculty, 2000-present
• Special Committee on Electronic Publishing, The Wildlife Society, 2000-present
• Associate Editor (Software), The Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1998-present.
• Board Member, Northwest Habitat Institute, 1999-present.
• Vice-President, The Wildlife Society Virginia Chapter, 1999-2000.
• President-elect, The Wildlife Society Virginia Chapter, 2000-2001
• President, The Wildlife Society Virginia Chapter, 2001-2002.
• Chair, Legislative Affairs Committee, Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society 1994-95.
• Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers Member-At-Large 1994-1996.
• Cochair, Virginia Coalition for Teaming with Wildlife 1995-1997.
• Chair, Virginia Coalition for Teaming with Wildlife 1997-present.
• American Fisheries Society Electronic Media Committee 1995-1999.
• Editor, Southeastern Section The Wildlife Society Newsletter 1996-1998.
• Member, Organization of Wildlife Planners.
• Member, American Fisheries Society, Computer User's Section.
• Member, The Wildlife Society, Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Working Group.
• Member, Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers.
• Member, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
• Member, Wildlife Management Institute.
• Originator and comanager of the Fish and Wildlife Information Managers List (FWIM-L) an internet listserver sponsored by the Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers, the American Fisheries Society Computer Users Group, The Wildlife Society GIS and Remote Sensing Work Group, and the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Information Management Committee.
• Current comanager of the The Wildlife Society internet list, TWS-L.  Manager of the VATWS-L listserver.  Comanager of the VA-AFS listserver.

Awards:

• International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Excellence Award for activities related to the
• Virginia Teaming with Wildlife Coalition, 1997.
• Southeastern Section, The Wildlife Society For Outstanding Service as Newsletter Editor 1996-1998.
• 1999 Professional Award, Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society.
• Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society