Information on candidate for SCB Board of Governors Winston P. Smith

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1 Information on candidate for SCB Board of Governors Winston P. Smith Name: City and Country of residence: Juneau, Alaska, USA. Professional Affiliation: University of Alaska Fairbanks. SCB member since: Member since 1987; life member since Previous SCB activities (include Section membership and activity): life membership, North American and European Sections, and reviewer for Conservation Biology. Elected Office Sought: Member at Large. 1) Why do you want to serve as an SCB Governor? I have the time, energy, and a diversity of experience, including research, education, and application of science to regional conservation planning with a major land management agency, that I want to bring to the SCB Board of Governors to facilitate advancing the science and practice of conserving the Earth's biological diversity. What is your vision of SCB s mission? To get beyond the rhetoric and façade of sustainable use that pervades public land management agencies and move toward measurable achievement and accountability. 2) What role should SCB play in shaping global conservation science, policy, and practice? SCB should promote and directly facilitate the highest quality conservation science, actively engage in dissemination, translation, and interpretation of conservation science in landuse and conservation planning and policy, and evaluate and report on the consistency of the application of science to conservation planning and policy. How can you help fulfil that role? I have 25 years of experience engaged at the interface of science and policy, which including developing the conceptual framework and a landmark publication evaluating the consistency of science used in regional land management planning. 3) What do you think is most important to the organizational development of SCB? Further develop leadership skills, experience, and opportunities (SCB Board) for young professionals (e.g., undergraduate and graduate students). Describe experiences that have prepared you to promote SCB s development as an organization. Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, mentoring graduate students and post-docs, and active research program in conservation biology over a 36 year career that includes membership and leadership (chair) of several major standing committees with multiple professional societies and universities. 4) Describe your interest and experience with budgeting, fundraising, and development of non-profit organizations. Although I have partnered with NPOs in the development, oversight, and management of cost-share grants for research, I have little other direct experience with fundraising, budgeting and development of NPOs. I do have experience budgeting and financial management experience as a Project Leader of a research group of scientists and support staff.

2 WINSTON PAUL SMITH Principal Research Scientist Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska - Fairbanks WSmith58@alaska.edu Education B.S Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. M.S Zoology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Ph.D Wildlife Ecology/Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Teaching Experience Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Tennessee Tech University: Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology, Community Ecology Visiting Professor, Louisiana State University: Mammalogy Assistant Professor of Biology, Southeastern Louisiana University: Behavioral Ecology, Population Biology, Ecological Techniques Graduate Assistant, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University: Wildlife Techniques, Principles of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Behavior, Ornithology Laboratory High school natural sciences: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Professional Experience 2011-present. Principal Research Scientist, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Juneau, AK ( ), La Grande, OR ( ), and Olympia, WA ( ), principal scientist of external grants, overseeing research of academic and agency collaborators, postdocs, research assistants, graduate students, and seasonal technicians Co-advisor of graduate students, Graduate Faculty, Purdue University, Oregon State University, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Wyoming Co-advisor of graduate students, Graduate Faculty, University of Georgia, Mississippi State University, Louisiana State University, University of Arkansas Interim Project Leader (RWU-SO-4104), October November Supervisory Research Wildlife Biologist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. Supervised technicians, graduate students, Forest Service scientists, and postdocs Major advisor of 14 graduate students, Southeaster Louisiana University and Tennessee Tech University. Topics of Supervised Research Programs Insular populations of forest habitat specialists in managed landscapes: demography, habitat relations, resource selection, and landscape ecology Sampling protocols to survey forest birds and mammals Ecology of breeding Neotropical migrant bird populations in bottomland hardwood forests.

3 Canopy gaps, mammalian herbivores, and ecological communities in bottomlands Behavior, ecology, and spatial dynamics of mesocarnivores of Eastern deciduous forests Remote sensing and GIS to quantify resource distribution and use Statistical and GIS-based habitat or demographic models of imperiled populations Population ecology of sensitive or imperiled wildlife species: cerulean warbler, redcockaded woodpecker, Louisiana black bear, cerulean warbler, Queen Charlotte goshawk, Prince of Wales Island flying squirrel Distribution, ecology, and recovery of an imperiled, endemic ungulate of western Oregon oak-savannas and riparian forest. Additional Professional Roles and Experience Associate Editor, Journal of Mammalogy Conservation Awards Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Chair, Joint Meeting Sub-committee, American Society of Mammalogists Merriam Award Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Grants-In-Aid Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Consulting Editor, Wildlife Monographs Editorial Panel Member, Wildlife Society Bulletin Associate Editor, Wildlife Society Bulletin Conservation Award Committee, The Wildlife Society Editorial Board, Northwest Scientific Association Chair, Program Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Wildlife Viability Specialist, Tongass Land Management Plan Science Team. Reviewed assumptions of the conceptual framework and habitat capability models for the TLMP wildlife conservation strategy Program Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Chair, Legislation Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Chair, Monitoring and Survey Committee, Southeastern Working Group, Partners in Flight Southeast Working Group - Partners in Flight, Mississippi Alluvial Valley Coordinator Legislation Committee, American Society of Mammalogists Graduate Student Education, American Society of Mammalogists Tennessee Representative, Southeastern Section, The Wildlife Society Advisor, Student Chapter-The Wildlife Society, Tennessee Tech University Chair, Graduate Coordination Committee, Biology Department, Tennessee Tech University Columbian White-tailed Deer Recovery Team: Recovery plan, PVA, identify critical habitat, and develop recovery criteria including effective population size, minimum reserve size, and extinction probability. Honor and Professional Societies Sigma Xi, National Research Society of North America Alpha Mu Chapter - Phi Sigma Pi, National Biological Sciences Honor Society Ecological Society of America (life)

4 American Society of Mammalogists (life) The Society for Conservation Biology (life) The Wildlife Society Select Publications (10 of 112) Smith, W. P Spatially explicit analysis of contributions of a regional conservation strategy toward sustaining essential wildlife habitat. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37(3): DOI: /wsb.271. Smith, W. P Sentinels of ecological processes: The case of the northern flying squirrel. BioScience 62(11): (invited paper) Smith W. P., D. K. Person, and S. Pyare Source-sinks, metapopulations, and forest reserves: conserving northern flying squirrels in the temperate rainforests of Southeast Alaska. Pages in Chapter 19. Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability across Landscapes (J. Liu, V. Hull, A. T. Morzillo, and J. Wiens, editors). Cambridge University Press. (invited paper) Smith, W. P., and D. K. Person Estimated persistence of northern flying squirrel populations in old-growth rain forest fragments. Biological Conservation 137: Smith, W. P., J. V. Nichols, and S. M. Gende The northern flying squirrel as a management indicator species of north temperate rainforest: test of a hypothesis. Ecological Applications 15: Smith, W. P., and P. A. Zollner Sustainable management of wildlife habitat and risk of extinction. Biological Conservation 125: Smith, W. P Evolutionary diversity and ecology of endemic small mammals of southeastern Alaska with implications for land management planning. Landscape and Urban Planning 72: White, T. H., Jr., J. L. Bowman, B. D. Leopold, H. A. Jacobson, W. P. Smith, and F. J. Vilella Influence of Mississippi Alluvial Valley rivers on black bear movements and dispersal: implications for Louisiana black bear recovery. Biological Conservation 95: Everest, F. H., D. N. Swanston, C. G. Shaw, III, W. P. Smith, K. R. Julin, and S.D. Allen Evaluation of the use of scientific information in developing the 1997 Forest Plan for the Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service PNW-GTR-415, Portland, OR. 69 pp. Hamel, P. B., W. P. Smith, and J. W. Wahl Wintering bird populations of fragmented forest habitat in the Central Basin, Tennessee. Biological Conservation 66: Select Accomplishments and Honors Honorarium speaker, 1980 Wildlife Conference, Humboldt State University. U.S. Forest Service Certificate of Merit in recognition of service as Acting Project Leader, RWU-SO-4152, Awarded best presentation and publication, Non-game session Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, U.S. Forest Service Certificate of Merit in recognition of contribution toward scientific credibility of Tongass Land Management Plan, Partners In Flight Investigations Award, 1999.

5 Certificate of Merit, Pacific Northwest Research Station, July "For your support in implementing the Science Review process for the Tongass Draft EIS." Certificate of Merit, Pacific Northwest Research Station, October "For your assistance to the community of Juneau, Alaska in understanding anticipated climate change affects terrestrial systems over the next 100 years." Registry of Distinguished Graduate Students, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University for alumni who have made major contributions to the field of fisheries and wildlife, and who have achieved real distinction in a career in natural resource education, research, or management. May Select Invited Papers/Presentations High dispersal capability maintains connectivity of American marten (Martes americana) populations in fragmented temperate rainforests. Plenary Session, 90 th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, University of Wyoming, Laramie. (with J.N. Pauli, M. Ben-David, and S.W. Buskirk) Evaluating reserve systems to sustain viable metapopulations in modified landscapes: the northern flying squirrel in rainforest of Southeast Alaska. H.R. Pulliam Symposium: Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability. Annual Meeting, U.S. International Association for Landscape Ecology, Madison, WI, April 2008 (with D.K. Person and S. Pyare) Considerations in developing a global perspective of the economies of natural resources. Plenary symposium: Toward a global perspective of the economies of natural resources. Annual Conference, Alaska Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Testing a key assumption of the Tongass Land Management Plan Conservation Strategy: Persistence of wildlife populations in old-growth reserves. Symposium: Landscape-level science and conservation in the Tongass. 13 th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society, (with D.K. Person). Functional connectivity in the Tongass old-growth reserve system. Symposium: Landscape-level science and conservation in the Tongass. 13 th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society, (with S. Pyare). The northern flying squirrel: a biological portrait of a forest specialist in post-european North America. 86 th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists, Ecology of Glaucomys sabrinus: habitat, demography, and community relations. Symposium: The northern flying squirrel: a biological portrait of a forest specialist in post-european North America. 86 th Annual Meeting, American Society of Mammalogists. American marten: new information relevant to the conservation strategy. Workshop entitled Tongass Land Management Plan Interagency Conservation Strategy Review: An Assessment of New Information since 1997, April 2006, Ketchikan, AK. (with R. Flynn, M. Ben- David, J. Doerr, S. Fadden, and N. Dawson). Endemic mammals: new information relevant to the conservation strategy. Workshop entitled Tongass Land Management Plan Interagency Conservation Strategy Review: An Assessment of New Information since 1997,10-14 April 2006, Ketchikan, AK. (with J.A. Cook and S.O. MacDonald).