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D. Max Smith
Portland, OR 97219oregonmax@gmail.com
Education
M.S. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019 (2005)B.S. Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812 (2000)
Employment
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and Oklahoma Biological Survey111 E Chesapeake Norman, OK 73019Research associate (12/05-present)Salary: $2500/month40 hrs/week Supervisor: Deborah M. Finch (505) 724-3671
As part of several multi-agency studies of riparian ecology, I am monitoring survival, density, andrecruitment of riparian plants and animals in New Mexico and Oregon. Duties include construction of habitat use and population projection models using ARCGIS; preparing manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals; conducting data entry and analysis using Excel, SAS, and Program MARK; andmaking habitat management recommendations to numerous agencies.
Oklahoma Biological Survey111 E Chesapeake Norman, OK 73019Graduate research assistant (3/03-12/05)Salary: $1500/month40 hrs/week Supervisor: Jeff Kelly (405) 243-2440
As part of my research assistantship, I organized a three-year study of breeding bird habitat in burnedriparian forests of central New Mexico. Research activities included monitoring the nests of songbirds;measuring the structure, health, and composition of riparian trees and shrubs; sampling arthropods usinginsect nets, pitfall traps, and cicada emergence traps; data entry and analysis using Excel, SAS, andSigma Plot software; development of information-theoretic model selection framework; supervision of field assistants; preparation of reports for state and federal agencies; and budget management. This work has resulted in three peer-reviewed publications.
University of Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Natural Science Room 205 Missoula, MT 59812 Nest searcher field assistant and laboratory assistant (3/02-10/02)Salary: $1000/month40 hrs/weelSupervisor: Ron Bassar (949)-680-0207
Duties included searching for open and cavity nesting birds in a Venezuela montane forest, videotaping birds at nests, target-netting breeding birds, territory mapping, measurement of eggs and nestlings,vegetation measurement, data entry and analysis, and assisting and training student interns in the lab.
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center 8711 37th Street SE, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401Sandhill Crane study field assistant (1/02-3/02)
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Salary: $1800/month30 hrs/week Supervisor: David Brandt (701)-253-5500
Duties included leading an independent trapping team to capture sandhill cranes at migration staging areasalong the Platte River in south central Nebraska; banding, measuring, bleeding and attaching radio andsatellite transmitters to captured birds; and surveying agricultural practices at study sites.
University of Montana Department of Wildlife BiologyUniversity of Montana College of Forestry, Missoula, Montana 59812Sage grouse study field assistant (3/01-1/02)Salary: $1500/month50 hrs/week Supervisor: Brendan Moynahan (Brendan_Moynahan@co.blm.gov)
Duties included working on independent trapping teams to capture breeding sage grouse, censusing displaysites, locating positions, nests, and broods of radio-collared hens using radio telemetry, resighting banded birds, mixed-grass prairie vegetation measurement, and assistance with the development of protocols onthis first-year project in a very remote area of eastern Montana.
USGS Midcontinent Ecological Science Center Arizona grassland bird study field assistant (1/01-3/01)
Salary: $500/month20 hrs/week Supervisor: Janet Ruth (505)-346-2870
Duties included identifying and counting birds flushed along desert and grassland transects using distance-sampling protocols, mist-netting grassland birds, and desert grassland vegetation measurement.
University of Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research UnitField and lab assistant (5/99-12/00)Salary: $1000/month40 hrs/week
Duties included searching for and monitoring open and cavity nesting birds in an Arizona temperateforest, operating a MAPS banding station, territory mapping, independent research, pine-riparian forestvegetation measurement, and data entry using Paradox BBASE database.
Montana Power Company (now known as PPL Montana) Ryan Dam, Great Falls, MT (406)-533-3400Gardener and maintenance worker (1998)Salary: $1500/month40 hrs/week
Duties included mowing and maintenance of public parks and maintenance of hydroelectric generationequipment at Ryan Dam
Montana Power Company (now known as Northwest Energy) Butte, MT 59701 Maintenancehelper (1997)Salary: $1000/month40 hrs/week Supervisor: Greg Payne 406-497-2488
Duties included maintenance of several office buildings at MC headquarters in Butte, MT, mowing andother gardening work, and moving office equipment
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Volunteer Activities
Reviewer,
Journal of Wildlife Management
,
The Condor
, and
Forest Ecology and Management
(2006-present)COASST Beached Bird Surveys (2006-present)
Duties include surveying beached birds along a stretch of central Oregon beach, taking measurements of carcasses, and entering data.
Portland Metro Wildlife Monitoring (2006-present)
Duties included conducting avian point counts in a restored wetland and entering point count data.
Oklahoma Winter Bird Atlas (2003-2004)
I counted wintering birds within atlas plots located in rural areas.
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and ParksRoad-killed deer removal project (1998-1999)Rock Creek Bull trout recovery project (1998-1999)
I assisted the electroshocking and radio implanting of bull trout and conducted redd surveys.
Awards/ Grants Received
2009 Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Monitoring Grant2005 George Miksch Sutton Scholarship in Ornithology presented by the Sam Noble OklahomaMuseum of Natural History2004 George Miksch Sutton Scholarship in Ornithology presented by the Sam Noble OklahomaMuseum of Natural History2004 University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate Conference and Creative Activity Grant2003 University of Oklahoma Graduate Student Senate Research and Creative Activity Grant2003 George Miksch Sutton Scholarship in Ornithology presented by the Sam Noble OklahomaMuseum of Natural History2000 Phillip L. Wright Research Grant Award presented by the Missoula Five Valleys Chapter of the Audubon Society
Student Groups / Committee Memberships
University of Oklahoma Students’ Association Graduate Student Senator (2003-Present)UOSA Graduate Student Senate Ways and Means Committee vice Chair (2004-2005)
As Vice Chair, I oversaw the awarding of research and conference grants to University of Oklahomagraduate students.
Publications
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