Resume

• 2010

  Friends of the Shawnee National Forest

  Southern Illinois Region

  I worked with a talented team of people who continue to labor for the people and programs of the Shawnee National Forest and its surrounding communities.

  Chairman of the Board

  Friends of the Shawnee National Forest

• 2006

  Metaverse Design Independent Contracting

  The University of Vermont

  Virginia Polytechnic and State University

  Carbondale

  IL

  Research\n--River recreation use

  National Park Service\n--Horse trail recreation use

  National Park Service\n--Hiking trail condition assessment

  National Park Service\n--Crowding and conflict assessment

  National Park Service\n--Computer simulation modeling

  National Park Service\n--Sustainable horse trail construction

  Illinois Horseman's Council\n\nTeaching\n--Forestry 220

  Intro to Forest Recreation\n--Forestry 285

  Social Influences of Forestry\n--Forestry 420

  Park and Wildland Management\n--Forestry 422c

  Recreation Summer Camp\n--Forestry 423

  Environmental Interpretation\n--Forestry 500

  Graduate Research Methods\n--Forestry 523

  Advanced Interpretation\n--Guest lecturing\n--Graduate student advising\n--Undergraduate student advising\n\nService\n--Chairman of the Board

  Friends of the Shawnee National Forest\n--Trail construction and maintenance consultation

  Green Earth

  Inc.\n--Various departmental

  college

  and university-level committees

  Assistant Professor

  Forest Recreation and Park Management

  Southern Illinois University

  Working with the Electric Sheep Company

  I designed and implemented interactive advertising content for clients including Nissan USA

  Pontiac

  CSI:NY

  MoreSteam

  Siemens

  and others. \n\nMy deliverables included experience design

  3D modeling

  graphic design

  texturing

  scripting

  sound engineering

  web backend interfacing

  bug testing

  and continuing support.

  Metaverse Design Independent Contracting

  Experimental design

  field data collection

  methods development

  journal article authorship and publication

  conference presentation

  staff training facilitation and field management

  statistical analysis

  geospatial analysis

  computer animation

  graphic design

  Virginia Polytechnic and State University

  Ph.D.

  Forestry

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• 2004

  M.S.

  Sociology of Recreation

  Experimental design

  field data collection

  methods development

  journal article authorship and publication

  conference presentation

  staff training facilitation and field management

  statistical analysis

  geospatial analysis

  computer animation

  graphic design

• 2003

  AC Nielsen BASES

  Southern Illinois University

  Provided computer diagnostics and support services to colleagues in a half dozen locations globally.

  AC Nielsen BASES

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Experimental design

  field data collection

  methods development

  journal article authorship and publication

  conference presentation

  staff training facilitation and field management

  statistical analysis

  geospatial analysis

  GIS

  computer animation

  graphic design

  The University of Vermont

• 1999

  B.S

  Environmental Chemistry

• Logan Park ISSRM 2008

  Logan Park Rec Ecology Session I Modified

  Graphic Design

  HTML/XML

  Outdoor Recreation

  Spatial

  phpMyAdmin

  Methods Development

  Game Development

  Experimental Design

  Spatial Statistics

  Outdoor Recreation Management Consulting

  PHP

  Game Design

  Statistics

  Recreation Ecology

  Computer Simulation Modeling

  CSS

  dhtml

  MySQL

  JavaScript

  Geospatial

  Economic impacts of search and rescue operations on wilderness management in the national parks

  Whitney Ward

  Abstract: Search and rescue has become an integral part of wilderness management for the National Park Service. The NPS conducts thousands of search-and-rescue operations annually

  each with impacts and management implications. Economic costs are just one of the many types of impacts that stem from these operations. As wilderness managers conduct search-and-rescue operations

  they are faced with significant economic costs. Management options to alleviate some of the associated search-and-rescue costs include using applications of the minimum tool rule and cost sharing with wilderness users.\n\nKey Words: management

  minimum tool rule

  search and rescue

  wilderness

  Economic impacts of search and rescue operations on wilderness management in the national parks

  Park

  Logan

  Park