Scott D. Klopfer GIS/Remote Sensing Division Coordinator Certified Associate Wildlife Biologist

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*  Utilization of GIS, remote sensing and ecological modeling applications for wildlife management and research.
*  Arrangement and distribution of communities and species at ecosystem/landscape scales.
*  Ecological processes at landscape scales.
*  Rapid ecological assessment techniques to improve land and wildlife management.
*  Environmental Education
*  Wildlife management on small and mid-sized private lands.

- Virginia Gap Analysis Project
- National Vegetation Mapping Program - Fire Island National Seashore
- USFWS Refuge Mapping - Wertheim NWR, Prequile NWR, James NWR, and Rappahannock River Complex NWR

GIS/Remote Sensing Division Leader (7/98 - present)
Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange - Blacksburg, VA
- Coordinate GIS and remote sensing activities.  Supervise research assistants, graduate assistants, and undergraduate volunteers.  Advisor for undergraduate independent research projects.  Responsibilities include research, project management, cooperator communication, and project acquisition.

Forester/GIS Specialist  (12/97-7/98)
U.S. Forest Service Ecosystem Modeling Unit (RWU 4153) -  Delaware, OH
- Research support for cooperative project with Mead Fine Paper Division integrating data obtained from traditional forest sampling techniques and geographic
information to better assess, and estimate,  forest metrics over the landscape.  Directly responsible for obtaining and developing data layers, organization and
analysis of extensive dataset, literature review, and publication.  Also writing software programs, and assisting with wildlife-related aspects of other unit projects.

Graduate Research Assistant (5/95-11/97)
Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange - Blacksburg, VA
- Researcher on the Virginia Gap Analysis Project.  Involved with planning and research exploring ecological modeling applications for land cover mapping.  Used GIS and image processing techniques to develop a modeling scheme for predicting forest cover type distribution.  Produced landscape-scale climate estimates for the state of Virginia.

Research Assistant (5/97-7/97)
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA
- Perform nest searches, bird banding/radio telemetry activities, and data collection for forest bird study conducted on the Washington-Jefferson National Forest.

Land Manager/Park Ranger (4/94-4/95)
Flat Rock Brook Nature Association - Englewood, NJ
- Responsible for biological and recreational management for 150-acre nature center property.  Initiated wildlife and habitat inventories as well as habitat improvement, and public education programs.  Also responsible for park facilities, educational animals and land-use planning.  Supervised summer field assistants and numerous volunteer crews.

Environmental Educator (5/93-8/93)
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation - DeBruce, NY
- Responsible for designing and teaching environmental education programs for children (ages 12-14) in a residential camp setting.

Related Experience

Trade Show Chair 4th Microcomputer Applications in Fish and Wildlife Conference
- Coordinated Trade Show for Internationally advertised Conference.  Responsible for arrangements, finances, and promotions.

WildlifeMapping Field Leader
-  Volunteer trip leader for Virginia wildlife species mapping program.  Lead field
excursions for elementary school children grades 3 -5, record wildlife observations, and assist with reporting to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Chair of the 1997 Conclave of the Southeastern Section Student Chapters of The Wildlife Society
- Responsible for planning, arrangements, directing support committees, and finances.  Organized over 50 volunteers, raised financial support, and managed a budget in excess of $10,000.

Volunteer Research Assistant
- Assisted with a number of graduate student research projects dealing with an array of taxa and habitats.  Specific skills include: telemetry, animal capture and handling techniques, data acquisition, sampling design, and habitat assessment techniques.

Computer Skills
- Proficient in multiple word processing, database, and spreadsheet software packages.  Familiar with ArcInfo, PCI, TNT-MIPs image processing and GIS packages for IBM and UNIX systems.  Experienced in programming in C++, and Visual BASIC for DOS/Windows platforms.  Also experienced with SAS and Internet applications.

Other Related Skills
- Trained firefighter (FFT2 )

Master of Science Degree (July 1997)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Blacksburg, VA
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
Thesis title:  Insolation, Precipitation, and Moisture Maps for a Virginia Geographic Information System
- wildlife sciences option (QCA 3.71)

Bachelor of Science Degree ~ Magna Cum Laude (May 1993)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Syracuse, NY
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
- concentration in wildlife biology and management

SUNY at Buffalo - Amherst, NY (9/89-5/91)
- Completed lower division course work

Klopfer, S.D. and J.A. McClafferty. 2001 (in review). The Virginia Gap Analysis Final Report.  100 pp + appendicies.

Klopfer, S.D. 1999.  Climate characteristics of the Big Levels region, Augusta County, Virginia. Banisteria 13:17-22.

Scott, C.T. and S.D. Klopfer. Standard forest sampling designs and their analysis using TabGen.  Conference Proceedings.  Toward a unified framework for inventorying and monitoring forest ecosystem resources.  Guadalarjara, Mexico. November 1998.

Klopfer, S.D. 1997.  Insolation, precipitation, and moisture maps for a Virginia geographic information system.  M.S. Thesis Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA.  199 pp. Web Address : http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/public/etd-7197-113632/etd-title.html

Popular Publications

Klopfer, S.D. and J.A. McClafferty. 2000. Virginia Gap Analysis Final Report Summary. Gap Analysis Bulletin No. 9, USGS Biological Resources Division.

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 No. 6, USGS Biological Resources Division.

Klopfer, S.D.  1987.  Biking to bass, bluegills, bullheads - and fun!  The In-Fisherman. 87:  pp. 86-87.

Presentations

Klopfer, S.D.* Biodiversity Conservation in Virginia: the results of the Virginia Gap Analysis Project.  Presentation at the Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society Winter Meeting.  March 2001.

Olson,D. S.D. Klopfer, and G.L. Schairer. Refuge Tools: GIS Applications to Assist National Wildlife Refuge Managers. Poster at the GIS, Remote Sensing, and Telemtry Working Group Interactive Poster Session. National Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Nashville TN.  September 2000.

McNulty, S.M. and S.D. Klopfer. Inclusion of terrain factors in analysis of radiotelemetry data using digital elevation modelsand GIS.  Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Austin, Texas. September 1999.

Fearer, T.M., S.D. Klopfer, and D.F. Stauffer. Effects of an evergreen understory on gap analysis mapping efforts in the Southern Appalachians.  Poster at the 1999 Gap Analysis Conference, Duluth, MN.  August 1999.

McNulty, S.M., J.C. Mitchell, N.E. Clark and S.D. Klopfer. Accuracy assessment of the Virginia land cover map for Ft. A.P. Hill.  Presentation at the Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society Winter Meeting.  April 1999.

Klopfer, S.D.* Remote sensing: a tool for good habitat management.  Symposium for Computer applications in Fish and Wildlife Management.   North American Fish and Wildlife Conference San Francisco, California. March 1999.

Scott, C.T., L.R. Iverson, W. Smith, and S.D. Klopfer.  Monitoring and GIS combined provide spatially-explicit  estimates. Presentation at the Midwest Mensurationists' Meeting  in Columbia, Missouri.  September 1998.

Klopfer, S.D. and J.L. Waldon. An evaluation of species distribution edge-matching for the Mid-Atlantic Gap Region. Presentation at the 1998 National Gap Analysis conference in Santa Barbara, California. July 1998.

Klopfer, S. D.*, J. W. McCombs, D.D. Morton, and J. L. Waldon.  Mapping vegetation using ecological modeling.  Presentation at the 1997 National Gap Analysis Conference in Reston, Virginia.  August 1997

Klopfer, S.D.*, and J.W. McCombs.  Using Hopkins' bioclimatic law to classify ecologically similar areas in Virginia.  Presented at the GIS and Remote Sensing Poster Session, Snowmass, Colorado.  September 1997.

* presenter

The Wildlife Society  National, Southeast Section, and Virginia State chapters

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers

The Wildlife Society GIS and Remote Sensing Working Group

International Association of Landscape Ecologists

Chair-elect for GIS, Remote Sensing, and Telemetry Working Group of The Wildlife Society

Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Delegate to the Virginia Tech Graduate Student Association (96-97 academic year).

Editor of the Knothole, the weekly student newspaper at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (92-93 academic year).

Honors

Recipient of the 1997 Virginia Tech Chapter of The Wildlife Society's Outstanding Member Award.

Recipient of the Robin Hood Oak Award for service and leadership at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Member of Alpha Xi Sigma, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Honor Society.