Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center

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USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center

Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center Montana State University Bozeman, Montana, 59717-3492 U.S. Geological Survey

Stephen Corn Zoologist Missoula Field Station, USGS Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute 790 E. Beckwith, P.O. Box 8089 Missoula, Montana 59807 Phone: (406) 542-4191, 542-4190 steve_corn@usgs.gov		Herpetology, distribution and status of amphibians in western North America, techniques for monitoring amphibian populations, techniques for estimating abundance of desert tortoises, translocation as a tool for managing declining amphibian and reptile populations, effects of timber harvest on amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals
Geneva W. Chong Research Ecologist Phone: (307) 733-9212 x226 geneva_chong@usgs.gov		Landscape Ecology Plant Ecology Non-native Species Fire Ecology Techniques for plant inventory and monitoring for modeling
Paul C. Cross Wildlife Research Biologist Phone: (406) 994-5304 pcross@usgs.gov		Wildlife disease Epidemiological modeling Population dynamics
Don G. Despain Ecologist USGS-NRMSC Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 59717-3460 Phone: (406) 994-7257 ddespain@montana.edu		Plant and fire ecology
Daniel B. Fagre Ecologist/Global Change Research Coordinator USGS - NRMSC Science Center, c/o Glacier National Park West Glacier, Montana 59936-0128 Phone: (406)888-7922 dan_fagre@usgs.gov		Ecosystem science, landscape ecology, mountain protected areas, glaciology, snow and ice
Robert Gresswell Research Biologist USGS-NRMSC Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 59717 Phone: (406) 994-7085 bgresswell@usgs.gov		Salmonid habitat relationships, effects of fire on aquatic ecosystems, ecology of high mountain lakes, probabilistic sampling, assessing spatial pattern in stream networks
Peter Gogan Wildlife Research Biologist USGS-NRMSC Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 59717 Phone: (406) 994-6989 pgogan@montana.edu		Ungulate population ecology, ungulate-habitat interactions, wildlife-livestock interactions, restoration of extirpates ungulates, control and irradication of exotic ungulates
Jeffrey L. Kershner Center Director USGS-NRMSC 211 AJM Johnson Hall P.O. Box 173492 Bozeman, Montana 59717-3492 Phone: (406) 994-5304 jkershner@usgs.gov		Leadership of USGS activities in the northern Rocky Mountain area, including strategic planning of research, development of partnerships, representation of the agency, and supervision of staff at Bozeman, Missoula, and West Glacier, Montana.
Kim A. Keating Research Ecologist USGS - NRMSC AJM Johnson Hall Montana State University Bozeman, Montana 59717-0340 Phone: (406) 994-7333 kkeating@montana.edu		Biodiversity, biometrics, ecological modeling, large mammal ecology, wildlife telemetry
Richard B. Keigley Ecologist 632 Coulee Drive Bozeman, MT 59718 Phone: (406) 582-5833 richard_keigley@usgs.gov		Range survey and browse evaluation
Katherine C. Kendall Research Ecologist USGS-NRMSC Science Center, c/o Glacier National Park West Glacier, Montana 59936-0128 Phone: (406) 888-7994 katherine_kendall@usgs.gov		Using DNA to monitor bear populations, grizzly bear and black bear ecology, limber pine communities, whitebark pine communities
Carl H. Key Geographer/Landscape Ecology USGS-NRMSC Science Center, c/o Glacier National Park West Glacier, Montana 59936-0128 Phone: (406) 888-7991 carl_key@usgs.gov		Landscape Ecology, Fire Ecology, Remote Sensing/GIS, Vegetation and Animal Ecology, Time-series Analysis Glaciers and Climate Change
Bruce Pugesek Statistician (Biology) USGS-NRMSC Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Forestry Sciences Lab Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone: (406)994-6144 Fax: (406)994-6416 bruce_pugesek@usgs.gov		Quantitative population ecology, waterbirds, applied statistics
Dr. Chuck Schwartz Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Leader USGS-BRD Greater Yellowstone Field Station Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team Forestry Sciences Lab Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 Phone (406) 994-5043 Fax: (406) 994-6416 ccs@montana.edu		Brown bear ecology and management, black bear ecology and management, ungulate reproduction, nutrition, and physiology, predator prey dynamics, GPS/Argos radio-telemetry
Richard Sojda Wildlife Biologist Phone: (406) 994-1820 sojda@usgs.gov		wetland and waterfowl ecology public land management artificial intelligence computer technology and decision support
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