U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

FederaL Activities Review FOr Managers

Federal Activities Review
National Conservation Training Center
Virtual

​Course Coordinator: Rich Bulavinetz

Course Description: This course familiarizes the student with the Service's responsibilities and opportunities under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. Course content focuses on the relationship of the FWCA to other legislation, the types of assistance the Service provides, standard formats for FWCA reports and methods for developing project costs, cooperative agreements and project recommendations. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the general spirit and intent of the FWCA;
• Summarize the Service's role and opportunities to influence water resource development projects;
• List the four basic requirements of the FWCA process and their application to Federal activities; and,
• Identify the basic content and purpose of FWCA reports.

Course Format: Virtual

Position: Co-Instructor

Duties:

• ​Prepared and presented modules
• Independently developed assignments and quiz questions
• Developed curriculum

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Time Held: April-May 2023

Federal Activities and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

Federal Activities and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
National Conservation Training Center
Shepherdstown, West Virginia

​Course Coordinator: Amy Wing

Course Description: This course familiarizes the student with the Service's responsibilities and opportunities under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. Course content focuses on the relationship of the FWCA to other legislation, the types of assistance the Service provides, standard formats for FWCA reports and methods for developing project costs, cooperative agreements and project recommendations. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the general spirit and intent of the FWCA;
• Summarize the Service's role and opportunities to influence water resource development projects;
• List the four basic requirements of the FWCA process and their application to Federal activities; and,
• Identify the basic content and purpose of FWCA reports.

Course Format: Guest speakers, traditional lecture format, and some active learning techniques

Position: Co-Instructor

Duties:

• Attended all lectures
• ​Prepared mini-presentations for and co-instructed a week-long training session for approximately 20 Service professionals
• Independently developed assignments and quiz questions

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Time Held: March 2020

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​Michigan State University

FUNDAMENTALS OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

FW 101: Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

​Primary Instructor​: Henry "Rique" Campa

Course Description: By the end of this course, I expect students will be able to: explain correctly how ecological and management concepts are used by natural resources managers to meet numerous objectives including conserving fisheries and wildlife resources; explain factors that impact the dynamic nature of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and how these systems can be manipulated to meet multiple objectives; explain what and how fish and wildlife population characteristics and assessment techniques are used to maintain these populations and species; explain the causes of species extinction and how threatened and endangered species are managed; explain the needs and methods for assessing human users for managing fisheries and wildlife resources; explain the purposes of regulations and legislation to conserve fisheries and wildlife resources; explain the role of natural resources agencies, professional societies, and non-government organizations to conserve fisheries and wildlife resources; demonstrate how integrating the management of people, ecosystems, and populations can be achieved to conserve fisheries and wildlife resources for multiple objectives; identify and describe job opportunities (and their requirements) in the areas of fisheries and wildlife ecology and management; and, practice and develop professional-level communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.

Course Format: Guest speakers, traditional lecture format, and some active learning techniques (e.g., Backwards Design and flipped classroom)

Position: Co-Instructor

Duties:

• ​Attended all lectures, prepared for and co-instructed three hour and twenty-minute-long lectures per week, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of fourteen undergraduate and graduate students
• Independently developed three hour and twenty-minute-long lectures featuring active learning techniques
• Independently developed quiz and exam questions
• Designed, disseminated, and analyzed pre-class and post-class surveys

Time Held: August-December 2016

Course evaluations can be made available upon request

global issues in fisheries and wildlife

FW/MC 481: Global Issues in Fisheries and Wildlife
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
James Madison College

​Primary Instructor​: William W. Taylor, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course investigates the influence of globalization on natural resource systems, their animal populations and habitats, their governance and management, and the human communities that depend on them. This course focuses on how advances in communication, transportation, technology, and trade affect, both positively and negatively, the nature and state of linkages between both human and natural systems. To adequately represent the ecological, geographic, economic, societal, cultural, and political issues of this topic, this course includes a variety of case studies and guest lectures.

Course Format: Guest speakers, video lectures, traditional lecture format, and some active learning techniques (e.g., Backwards Design and flipped classroom)

Position: Co-Instructor

Duties:

• ​Attended all lectures, prepared for and co-instructed two hour and twenty-minute-long lectures per week, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of fourteen undergraduate and graduate students
• Co-selected and coordinated more than thirty guest speakers
• Co-developed and co-managed an online course website for students to obtain information about the course and interact with each other

Time Held: January-May 2016

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University of Washington

Invertebrate Zoology

Biology 434: Invertebrate Zoology
Department of Biology

Primary Instructor: Amanda Schivell, Ph.D.
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Course Description: This course explored the comparative biology and morphology of invertebrates. In-class and laboratory work emphasized the structures and functions of invertebrates including annelids and related worms, mollusks, and arthropods.

Course Format: Flipped classroom (i.e., at-home textbook review, pre-lecture online quizzes, small groups exercises during each lecture period)

Position​: Teaching Assistant

Duties:

• Attended all lectures, prepared for and independently taught one three-hour-long lab section per week, co-led off-campus field trips, held weekly office hours, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of twenty-four undergraduate students

Time Held: June-August 2013

Course evaluations can be made available upon request

Evolution, Mendelian genetics, biodiversity, and ecology

Biology 180: Evolution, Mendelian Genetics, Biodiversity, and Ecology
Department of Biology

Primary Instructor: Cecile Meister, Ph.D. and Kerry Naish, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course introduced the process of evolution and the rules of genetic inheritance, and it described how organisms interact with other organisms and with their environment. This course also explored how humans impact ecosystems and why ecologists are concerned about the future of natural systems. The course aimed to build skills in the nature of science, experimental design and data analysis, selection thinking, population thinking, tree thinking, biodiversity, and ecological thinking.

Course Format: Traditional lecture format with many active learning strategies (e.g.​, reading quizzes, clicker questions, pre-lab exercises, practice exams, field trips and trip evaluations, and in-class worksheets)

Position: Teaching Assistant

Duties​:

• Attended all lectures, prepared for and independently taught three two-hour-long lab sections per week, held weekly office hours, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of fifty undergraduate students

Time Held: April-June 2013

Course evaluations can be made available upon request

Fisheries Oceanography

Fisheries 437: Fisheries Oceanography
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Primary Instructor: John Horne, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course investigated how the environment influences distributions and abundances of marine icthyoplankton (i.e., early life stages of fish and invertebrate species). Traditional efforts have focused on commercially important stocks, but implementation of ecosystem-based management has expanded the number of species, life stages, and trophic levels included in research and resource management. Results of fisheries oceanographic studies were used to increase understanding of fish and zooplankton life histories, predict recruitment to commercially harvested populations, reduce uncertainty in resource management decisions, and to decouple anthropogenic from natural effects on abundance fluctuations in aquatic populations. This course introduced students to the fundamentals of fisheries oceanography and demonstrated the multidisciplinary nature of fisheries oceanographic research. This course enabled students to understand fish and zooplankton life histories, identify physical factors influencing survival and recruitment, and to critically evaluate scientific literature. 

Course Format: Traditional lecture format with a discussion section

Position: Teaching Assistant

Duties​:

• Attended all lectures, co-designed and independently taught one two-hour-long discussion section per week, held weekly office hours, independently graded all writing assignments and exams, and mentored a group of twenty undergraduate and graduate students

Time Held: January-March 2013
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Course evaluations can be made available upon request

Evolution, Mendelian genetics, biodiversity, and ecology

Biology 180: Evolution, Mendelian Genetics, Biodiversity, and Ecology
Department of Biology

Primary Instructor: Scott Freeman, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course introduced the process of evolution and the rules of genetic inheritance, and it described how organisms interact with other organisms and with their environment. This course also explored how humans impact ecosystems and why ecologists are concerned about the future of natural systems. The course aimed to build skills in the nature of science, experimental design and data analysis, selection thinking, population thinking, tree thinking, biodiversity, and ecological thinking.

Course Format: Traditional lecture format with many active learning strategies (e.g.​, reading quizzes, clicker questions, pre-lab exercises, practice exams, field trips and trip evaluations, and in-class worksheets)

Position: Teaching Assistant

Duties​:

• Attended all lectures, prepared for and independently taught three two-hour-long lab sections per week, held weekly office hours, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of seventy-two undergraduate students

Time Held: September-December 2012

Course evaluations can be made available upon request

Evolution, Mendelian genetics, biodiversity, and ecology

Biology 180: Evolution, Mendelian Genetics, Biodiversity, and Ecology
Department of Biology

Primary Instructor: Micah Horwith, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course introduced the process of evolution and the rules of genetic inheritance, and it described how organisms interact with other organisms and with their environment. This course also explored how humans impact ecosystems and why ecologists are concerned about the future of natural systems. The course aimed to build skills in the nature of science, experimental design and data analysis, selection thinking, population thinking, tree thinking, biodiversity, and ecological thinking.

Course Format: Traditional lecture format with many active learning strategies (e.g.​, reading quizzes, clicker questions, pre-lab exercises, practice exams, field trips and trip evaluations, and in-class worksheets)

Position: Teaching Assistant

Duties​:

• Attended all lectures, prepared for and independently taught three two-hour-long lab sections per week, held weekly office hours, independently graded all assignments, and mentored a group of sixty undergraduate students

Time Held: May-August 2012

Course evaluations can be made available upon request

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​Guest Lectures

Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management, Fall 2016
     Ecological Concepts
     Introductions and Invasions
     Criminal Justice in Natural Resources
     Being a Professional, Getting the Career of Your Choice, and Future Challenges in Fisheries and Wildlife Management
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Global Issues in Fisheries and Wildlife, Spring 2016

Water, Energy and Commerce: Resource Scarcity, Sustainable Development and Environmental Impacts, Spring 2016

Fisheries and Wildlife Undergraduate Seminar, Fall 2014; Spring 2015

Marine Ecosystem Management, Spring 2014