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Garry Rogers

Curriculum Vitae

May 1, 2015

Contents

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Geography/Biogeography.
  • BA, MA. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.  Geography/Biogeography.
  • AA. Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Winslow High School, Winslow, AZ

Employment

Publications, Lectures, and Awards

  • 2015. Lecture. Teen Literature Festival, Gilbert, AZ
  • 2015. Reading from Corr Syl the Terrible at the Prescott Valley City Library.
  • 2015. Published Corr Syl the Terrible. CreateSpace, Charlotte, SC. 132 p.
  • 2015. Contributed 200+ posts to the Nature Conservation Blog.
  • 2014. Published Arizona Wildlife Notebook. CreateSpace, Charlotte, SC. 162 p.
  • 2014. Best Teen Fiction. OneBookAZ Award for Corr Syl the Warrior. Awarded by the Arizona State Library.
  • 2014. Invited Lectures for Corr Syl the Warrior.
    • Winslow Public Library, Winslow, AZ.
    • Humboldt Book Discussion Group, Humboldt, AZ.
    • Carnegie Center, Arizona State Library, Phoenix, AZ.
    • Hamilton High School Book Reviewers/Chandler Public Library, Chandler, AZ.
    • Dobson Ranch Library, Mesa, AZ.
    • Perry Branch Library, Gilbert, AZ.
    • Camp Verde Community Library, Camp Verde, AZ.
    • Flagstaff City/Coconino County Library, Science Festival, Flagstaff, AZ.
    • Chandler Library Convention (LIBCON), Chandler, AZ.
    • Bisbee Copper Queen Library, Bisbee, AZ.
    • Heber-Overgaard Rim Country Library, Heber, AZ.
  • 2014. Invited Lecture: Corr Syl the Warrior. Arizona State Library at the Tucson Festival of Books.
  • 2014. Contributed 1,200 posts to the Nature Conservation Blog.
  • 2014. Inducted to Phoenix College Hall of Fame.
  • 2014. Best of 2013: Corr Syl the Warrior. Kirkus Reviews.
  • 2013. Kirkus Star. Corr Syl the Warrior. Kirkus Reviews.
  • 2013. Walking Tour of the Agua Fria River. Humboldt Historical Society.
  • 2013. Contributed 200 posts to the Nature Conservation Blog.
  • 2013. Published Corr Syl the Warrior. CreateSpace, Charlotte, SC. 262 p.
  • 2012. Arizona Wildlife Notebook, Vol 1: The Vertebrates. CreateSpace, Charlotte, SC. 140 p.
  • 2012. Wedding Officiant. Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2011—2014. Eight articles on wildlife for the Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter. Town of Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter, Volume 6, Issues 11 and 12, Volume 7, Issues 2, 6, and 7.
  • 2011. First Prize for Fiction. Professional Writers of Prescott Annual Writing Contest, Prescott, AZ.
  • 2010—2012. Four articles on weeds for the Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter. Town of Dewey-Humboldt Newsletter, Volume 5, Issues 2, 3, 4, and 5.
  • 2010. With Tuner, Raymond M., Robert H. Webb, Todd C. Esque. Repeat photography and low elevation fire responses in the southwestern United States. Pages 223-244 in R. H. Webb, D. E. Boyer, and R. M. Turner, eds. Repeat photography methods and applications in the natural sciences. Island Press, Washington, DC. 530 p.
  • 2010. Water in the upper Agua Fria river basin. Pages 16-17 in S. Rydell, ed. Conservation: Regional water awareness handbook. Yavapai County, AZ. 79 p.
  • 2009. Guide To Natural Resource Inventories. Vegetation Mapping, History, and Monitoring. Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Humboldt, AZ. 63 p + illustrations.
  • 2009. Integrated Weed Management Plan for the BLM, Phoenix District. Contract report submitted to the USDI Bureau of Land Management. Phoenix, AZ. 182 p.
  • 2009. With Raymond M. Turner. “Conservation of Shadscale Vegetation in the North American Great Basin Desert.” Frontiers in Life Sciences Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
  • 2009. “Forming the Agua Fria Open Space Alliance: Stakeholder concerns for natural resources in the Agua Fria River Basin.” University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center Annual Conference.
  • 2009. “Filming the Invasion: Monitoring Invasive Species with Repeat Photography.” Arizona Riparian Council, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting and Workshop 23: 17.
  • 2009. “Weeds and Vegetation: Letting Invasive Plants Join the Community.”Arizona Riparian Council, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting and Workshop 23: 18.
  • 2009. Contract. Development of Integrated Weed Management Plan, BLM Phoenix District. Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument. Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Inc., Dewey, AZ.
  • 2009. “Dewey-Humboldt General Plan.” Op-Ed Commentary. The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona. July 29, 2009.
  • 2009. “Fencing the Agua Fria River. Protecting Endangered Species and Riparian Habitats.” Op-Ed Commentary. The Daily Courier, Prescott Arizona. February 9, 2009.
  • 2009. Wedding Officiant. Marriage of Ashley Caroline Bodendorf to Nicholas Charles Tarantola. Denver, Colorado.
  • 2009. Wedding Officiant. Marriage of Martinique René Dare to Christopher Harold Land. Tucson, Arizona.
  • 2008. Grant. Open Space Alliance Infrastructure Support. Adobe and Microsoft Corporations.
  • 2008—2009. Participant. FAFNM & University of Arizona Water Resources and NEMO Wet-Dry Project on the Upper Agua Fria River.
  • 2008. “Results of Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring on the Agua Fria River.” Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Mayer, AZ.
  • 2008. “Proposed Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring on the Agua Fria River.” Agua Fria Open Space Convention, May 3, 2008. Arcosanti, AZ.
  • 2008. “Intensive Methodology Used to Inventory, Monitor and Protect Riparian Habitats.” Arizona Riparian Council Spring Meeting, April 11, 2008. Prescott, AZ.
  • 2008. Organizer. Open Space. Annual Mortimer Exposition. Prescott, AZ.
  • 2008. Southwest Elements of the National Vegetation Classification Standard, Interim Report. Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Humboldt, Arizona, 44 p.
  • 2008. “Open Space Science: Vegetation Ecology, Fire Ecology and Landscape Dynamics.” One-hour discussion, National Public Radio, July 21, Affiliate KJZA.
  • 2008. “Open Space Conservation Interview on Good Morning Arizona, KAZT-TV.
  • 2008. “Vegetation Ecology and Open Space Conservation.” Open Space Alliance of Central Arizona, Prescott, Arizona.
  • 2008. Natural Resources Checklists for the Upper Agua Fria River Basin. Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Humboldt, AZ. 85 p.
  • 2008. Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring Practicum. On the Agua Fria River, Humboldt, Arizona.
  • 2008. Mentor for Advanced Human Ecology Student-Designed Programs. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ.
  • 2007–08. Founder and CEO. Academic Photo, LLC, dba AP Fulfillment. Dewey, AZ. Photograph Duplication, Restoration, and Presentation.
  • 2007. Founder (with Jerry Brady and Floyd Wright). South Yavapai Water Users, Inc., Dewey-Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2007—2009. Organizer and Chair. Annual Open Space ConferenceS I, II, and III. Arcosanti, Cordes Junction, Arizona.
  • 2006. Founder (with Jim Buchanan). Agua Fria Open Space Alliance, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Conservation and Education Corporation. Dewey, AZ.
  • 2006. Organizer and Chair. Neighborhood Planning. Series of eight community focus-group meetings. Dewey-Humboldt AZ.
  • 2005. Participant, APS Dewey-Humboldt Focused Future Planning Series. Dewey-Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2005. Steering Committee for formation of the Friends of the Agua Fria National Monument. U. S. Bureau of Land Management, AZ.
  • 2004. Organizer and Leader. Seminar Series, Planning Agency Organization and Ordinances for the Town of Dewey-Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2004. Founder. Agua Fria Chamber of Commerce of Dewey-Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2004—2005—2007. Organizer. The Agua Fria Festival, Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2004. Participant, Generations United of Yavapai County, Humboldt, AZ.
  • 2004. Organizer and Chairperson, Dewey-Humboldt Planning Committee.
  • 2004. Chairperson, Committee on Names for Our New Town.
  • 2004. “Historical Ecology and Land Use Planning.” Mountain View Garden Society. Dewey, AZ.
  • 2000–02. Founder and CEO. Adscript Press Digital, LLC. Publishers of Online Reference Guides.
  • 1998–06. Founder (with Adam Rogers). A-Plus Computing, LLC. Dewey, AZ.
  • 1997—2013. Hundreds of Letters to Editors, Federal and State officials regarding civic and environmental issues. Included two ‘op-ed’ articles in the Prescott Courier.
  • 1997—1998. Secretary, Dewey Humboldt Community Organization.
  • 1996—1998. Organizer and Chair, numerous meetings of the General Plan Citizen’s Committee for Dewey and Humboldt.
  • 1993. “Then and Now: Great Basin Vegetation Change.” 500 Years at the Edge. Utah Museum of Natural History. Winter Lecture Series. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1989—2007: Founder and CEO of Academic Distributing, Inc. I created channel marketing systems for education that brought discounted products from more than 100 computer software and hardware vendors to schools, faculty, and students. I published two articles about the education market, and I wrote hundreds of technical product descriptions. I negotiated over 100 distribution contracts with vendors. I designed more than 100 marketing plans for vendors entering the education market.
  • 1989. Asymmetrical growth of the crowns of neighboring desert shrubs. Journal of Arid Environments. 17: 319-326.
  • 1989. With Denise Rogers. “Landscape structure change with urbanization.” Fourth Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium. Ft. Collins, CO.
  • 1989. With Denise Rogers. “Urban vegetation change in Salt Lake Valley, Utah.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. San Francisco, CA.
  • 1989. Contract. Historical Ecology of Stream Dynamics in the Central Rocky Mountains. US Justice Department.
  • 1988—1991. Member and Discussant. UNESCO, Man and the Biosphere, Urban Ecosystems Program.
  • 1988—1989.   Book Reviewer for The Journal of the Southwest and The Professional Geographer.
  • 1988—1989. Organizer. UNESCO Man and the Biosphere-11, International Urban Ecology Conference, Washington, D.C.
  • 1988. Organizer. Vegetation Mapping in Urban Natural Areas. Practicum prepared for the Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1988. Organizer. Sonoran Desert, Regional Ecology and Biogeography. Annual Meeting of The Association of American Geographers, Phoenix, AZ.
  • 1988. Vegetation mapping and classification. In The Urban Forest Ecology Manual. U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report.
  • 1988. Intensive surveys of structure and change in urban natural areas. Landscape and Urban Planning 15: 59-78.
  • 1988. With Schmid, Mary. Trend in fire occurrence in the Arizona Upland subdivision of the Sonoran Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 33: 437-444.
  • 1988. “Perspectives on Historical Landscape Ecology.” Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program, Urban Ecosystems. Washington, DC.
  • 1988. “Salt Lake Valley Urban Ecology.” Research Seminar in Ecosystem Modeling and Remote Sensing. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1988. “Perspectives on Historical Landscape Ecology.” Annual Meeting of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program, Urban Ecosystems. Washington, DC.
  • 1988. Contract. Environmental History of Salt Lake Valley, Utah. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Experiment Station. Continuation grant.
  • 1987–89. Founder and President. Reese River Promotions. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1987—1988. Corresponding Member. UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program, MAB-11, Urban Ecosystems.
  • 1987—1988. Steering Committee. International Conference on Urban Biogeography, Galveston, TX.
  • 1987. Chairperson. Biogeography: Ecological Succession. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Portland, OR.
  • 1987. “Ecology of Fire in Arid Lands.” The Desert Laboratory Seminar, Sponsored by the Department of Geoscience and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ.
  • 1987. Chairperson. Forum on Urban Biogeography. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Portland, Washington.
  • 1987. “Perceiving Landscape Change: Techniques for the Ephemeral Steward.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1987. “Historical-Ecology Techniques.” Seminar on Environmental Change. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1987. “The New York City Biological Survey.” Annual Meeting, U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, Urban Ecosystems, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1987. “The Salt Lake Valley Urban Ecology Project.”   Salt Lake City Parks and Recreation. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1987. “Ecology of Fire in Arid Lands.” The Desert Laboratory Seminar, Sponsored by the Department of Geoscience and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ.
  • 1987. With Mary. Vint. 1987. Winter precipitation and fire in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 13: 47-52.
  • 1987. With Zarkos, Richard. A complete algorithm for computing the area and centroid of polygons. Computers and Geosciences 13: 561.
  • 1987. Vegetation mapping, classification, and repeat photography, the initial steps in biological resource surveys. Utah State Department of Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, UT. 34 p.
  • 1987. Grant. with Raymond M. Turner. Historical Landscape Change in Africa. Proposal development grant received through UNESCO.
  • 1987. Contract. Environmental History of Salt Lake Valley, UT. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Experiment Station.
  • 1986—1988. Reviewer. Professional Geographer. Association of American Geographers. Washington, D.C.
  • 1986. Comparison of fire occurrence in desert and nondesert vegetation in Tonto National Forest, AZ. Madroño 33: 278-283.
  • 1986. With John M. Robertson. Henry Chandler Cowles; 18691939. Geographers: Biobiblio-graphic Studies 10: 29-33.
  • 1986. “Vegetation Ecology of Gateway National Recreation Area.” The 1986 Conference on Science in the National Parks, Fort Collins, CO.
  • 1986. “Urban National Parks: Future Perspectives in Ecosystem Revitalization.” Conference on Science in the Parks. Fort Collins, CO. (Panelist)
  • 1986. “Historical Ecology of North American Deserts.” The California Geography Forum. Los Angeles, CA.
  • 1986. With John Robertson. “Biographical notes on Henry Chandler Cowles.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Minneapolis, MN.
  • 1986. Chairperson. Biotic Composition and Diversity Patterns . Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Minneapolis, MN.
  • 1986. Chairperson. Open Forum on Urban Biogeography. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Minneapolis, MN.
  • 1986. Grant. Lectures on the Environmental History of Arid Lands. Minneapolis Foundation.
  • 1986. Grant. Computer hardware development. School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University.
  • 1985—1987. Managing Editor. Biogeography Newsletter. Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C.
  • 1985—1987. Board of Directors. Biogeography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers. Washington, D.C.
  • 1985—1987. Technical Advisory Board. Natural Resources Group, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.   New York, NY.
  • 1985. Election to SigmaXi.
  • 1985. With Mary Vint. “Winter precipitation and fire in the Sonoran Desert.” Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Los Angeles, CA.
  • 1985. “Influence of intraspecific competition on Ambrosia deltoidea crown symmetry.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Detroit, MI.
  • 1985. With Mary. Vint. “Rarity of desert fires.” Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. Albany, NY.
  • 1985. With Mary. Vint. “Temporal patterns of fire occurrence in the northern Sonoran Desert.” AAAS/UNESCO Conference on Arid Lands: Today and Tomorrow. Tucson, AZ.
  • 1985. “New York City Biological Inventory.” Dean’s Day Lecture. Columbia University.
  • 1985. Mortality of burned Cereus giganteus. Ecology 66: 630632.
  • 1985. With John M. Robertson, William Solecki, and Mary Vint. Rate of grassland replacement by Myrica pensylvanica, Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 112: 7478.
  • 1985. Wildfire in the desert portion of Tonto National Forest. U.S. Forest Service, Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, AZ. 42 p.
  • 1985. Organizer. Biogeography Research and Application in the Northeast. Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. Albany, NY.
  • 1985. Chairperson. Plant Biogeography. Annual Meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers. Los Angeles, CA.
  • 1985. Coorganizer. The Automobile as an Ecological Agent. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Detroit, MI.
  • 1985. Chairperson. The Biogeography of Weeds, Pests, and Aliens. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Detroit, MI.
  • 1985. Contract. Prospectus for the historical ecology of Salt Lake Valley, UT. USDA Forest Service. Northeastern Experiment Station. No. 40231B521.
  • 1985. Contract. Vegetation mapping, classification, and repeat photography. New York City Biological Inventory. Natural Resources Group, New York City Parks and Rec. Contract No. 042Bronx.
  • 1984. Coorganizer. Jamaica Bay Environmental Conference. U.S. Park Service. New York, NY.
  • 1984. Chairperson. Weeds and Aliens. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington, D.C.
  • 1984. With Harold E. Malde, and Raymond M. Turner. Bibliography of Repeat Photography for Evaluating Landscape Change. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT. xxxvi + 179 p.
  • 1984. With William Solecki, and Mary Vint. Vegetation mapping and repeat photography. U.S. Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn, NY. 92 p. + 101 photographs.
  • 1984. With Patricia Grady. The UNESCO physiognomic ecological vegetation classification for large-scale vegetation mapping. Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn, NY. 105 p.
  • 1984. With John Robertson, William Solecki, and Mary Vint. “Rate of grassland invasion by Myrica pensylvanica.” Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. West Chester, PA.
  • 1984. With Patricia Grady. “A large-scale application of a physiognomic-ecological vegetation classification system.” AAAS Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Poster)
  • 1984. With Patricia Grady. “A large-scale application of a physiognomic-ecological classification system.” Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Washington.
  • 1984. With Ellen Hartig. “Phragmites australis fire ecology.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C.
  • 1984. Grant. Ten years of recovery following fire in a Sonoran Desert plant community. Columbia University Research Council. Project No. 616.
  • 1984. Contract. Vegetation classification, mapping, and establishing permanent photographic monitoring stations. Gateway National Park, U.S. Park Service Contract No. PX177040849.
  • 1984. Grant. Development of software for a bibliographic retrieval system. Social Science Center, Columbia University.
  • 1983—1988. Proposal Reviewer. National Science Foundation. U. S. A.
  • 1983. With John. Robertson. “Population biology of a 14-year old stand of slippery elm (Ulmus rubra).” Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. West Point, NY
  • 1983. “200-years change in a desert shrub community: Time-series analysis of the vegetation data.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO.
  • 1983. With Raymond M. Turner and Harold Malde. “Using photographs to monitor resource change.” International Congress on Renewable Resource Inventories for Monitoring Changes and Trends. Corvallis, OR.
  • 1983. With Raymond M. Turner, and Harold E. Malde. Using matched photographs to monitor resource change. Proceedings of the International Conference on Renewable Resource Inventories for Monitoring Change. P. 9092.
  • 1983. Growth of biogeography in Canadian and U.S. geography departments. Professional Geographer 35: 219226.
  • 1983. With Robertson, John. Population biology of a 14year old stand of slippery elm (Ulmus rubra). Proceedings Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers 17: 159-160.
  • 1983. Where biogeographers publish. The Biogeographer 4: 34.
  • 1983. With Chris. Brest. Large scale air photo base map atlas with 50 m U.T.M. grid. Report prepared for U.S. National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, Brooklyn, NY. 40 p.
  • 1983. “Influences of Alien Plants on Arid Vegetation Dynamics.” Ecological Society of America Symposium: Causes and Consequences of Invasions of Alien Annual Plants in Western North America. Logan, UT.
  • 1983. Chairperson. People and Nature: Biogeography in Human Dominated Landscapes. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. West Point, NY.
  • 1983. Coorganizer. Research Methods in Spatial Biology. Special Session of the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Denver, CO.
  • 1983. Chairperson. Biogeography: Ecology of the Southwestern United States. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Antonio, TX.
  • 1983. Chairperson. Medical Geography. Annual Meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education. Mexico City.
  • 1983. Grant. Effect of fire on Cereus giganteus. Columbia University Research Council. Project No. 511.
  • 1983. Contract. Terrestrial vegetation inventory, Gateway National Recreation Area. U.S. Park Service Contr. No. PX177031036.
  • 1982. “Origin and Development of the Theory of Ecological Succession.” Special Seminar, West Point Military Academy. West Point, NY.
  • 1982. The subject matter of geographical biology. The Biogeographer 3: 68.
  • 1982. Then and Now: A Photographic History of Vegetation Change in the Central Great Basin Desert. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, UT. 188 p.
  • 1982. “Recent trends in the biological training and research of American geographers.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. San Antonio, TX.
  • 1982. “Desert plant dispersion: the effects of competition past.” Annual Meeting of the Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers. Montclair, NJ.
  • 1982. “Juniper history in central Utah.” AAAS Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
  • 1981—87. Department advisor to undergraduate geography majors, and representative to Columbia College Committee on Instruction. Geography Department, Columbia University.
  • 1981—87. Graduate Student Advising: Member of 20 thesis committees; Chair of 6. Geography Department, Columbia University.
  • 1981. With Jeff. Steele. Sonoran desert fire ecology: Adaptive strategies of perennial plant species. U. S. Forest Service, General Technical Report RM81: 1519.
  • 1981. “Succession Theory Advances and Applications.” Seminars in Geography. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ.
  • 1981. Grant. Grazing history and vegetation change in the Great Basin. Columbia University Research Council. Project No. 706.
  • 1980. Historical vegetation change in the Great Basin Desert. Ph.D. thesis. University of Utah. 160 p.
  • 1980. With Richard Wesley Travis, and George Malanson. 1980. An insular geography approach to equilibrium numbers of physician specialties across urban centers. Soc. Sci. & Medicine 14D: 4554.
  • 1980. With Fred Bodendorf. “Hierarchical relationships among physician specialties in American metropolitan areas.” Annual Meeting Association of American Geographers. Louisville, KY.
  • 1979. With Richard Travis and George Malanson. “Physician specialty distribution across urban centers.” Annual Meeting National Council for Geographic Education, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 1979. With Richard Wesley Travis and George Malanson. “An insular geography approach to equilibrium numbers of physician specialties across urban centers.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Washington, DC.
  • 1979. “Historical photographs and plant succession in the central Great Basin Desert.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management. Casper, WY.
  • 1979. Environment of the project area: Southern Utah Coal Region. Pages 869 in R. Hawke (ed.) Resource Evaluation in South-central Utah. BLM Cultural Resource Series, No. 4.
  • 1979. Grant. Historical photographs documenting Great Basin vegetation change. Geography Department, Univ. of Utah. SRGG Grant.
  • 1978. “Photographic documentation of Great Basin vegetation changes.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. New Orleans, LA.
  • 1978. Moderator. Physical Environment of Arid Lands. Annual Meeting of the Association for Arid Land Studies. Denver, CO.
  • 1977–80. Founder and Board of Directors (with Robert Austin and Richard Travis). InterScience, Inc. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1977. “Entropic diversity in geography: A biogeographic example.” Annual Meeting of the Association for Arid Lands Studies. Denver, CO.
  • 1977. “Biological training and research in American Geography: A critical review.” Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • 1977. Bibliography of biogeographic theses, dissertations, and articles by U.S. and Canadian geographers: 19011975. University of Utah, Geography Department Research Paper 77: 159.
  • 1977. Contract. Environmental Correlation, Cultural Resources Inventory, Southern Utah Coal Inventory, Southern Utah Coal E.I.S. Area. U.S. Geological Survey Contract No. 1408-000116494.
  • 1976. Grant. Sand dune dynamics in western Utah. Geography Dept, Univ of Utah, SRGG Grant.
  • 1976. Founding Member, Friends of the Great Basin
  • 1975. With Steele, Jeff. Effect of fire on watershed cover values in three Sonoran Desert vegetative communities. Report prepared for U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Phoenix, AZ. 20 p.
  • 1975. With Jeff. Steele. Fire and entropic species diversity in the Sonoran Desert: management implications. Report to U.S. BLM, AZ State Office, Phoenix. 12 p.
  • 1975. With Jeff Steele. “Investigations of the effects of fire on species diversity in the Sonoran Desert.” Annual Meeting of the Arizona Academy of Science. Tempe, AZ.
  • 1975. With Jeff Steele. “Species responses to wildfire in three Sonoran Desert vegetative communities.” Annual Meeting of the Arizona Academy of Science. Tempe, AZ.
  • 1975. “Derivation of climate classification functions for discrimination of Great Basin vegetation groups.” Annual Meeting of the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain Division, Association of American Geographers. Logan, UT.
  • 1975. With Jeff Steele. “The effect of fire on principal cover species in northern Sonoran Desert Vegetation.” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Geographers. Corvallis, OR.
  • 1975. Grant. Historical vegetation change in the central Great Basin. Geography Department, University of Utah, SRGG Grant.
  • 1974. “Temporal variation in natural vegetation of south-central Arizona: 1868-1974.” Annual Meeting of the Arizona Academy of Science. Flagstaff, AZ.
  • 1974. Special Achievement Award, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, AZ.
  • 1974. Vegetation change in relation to groundwater depletion and climatic fluctuation in south-central Arizona: 1868-1974. M.A. thesis, Arizona State University. 88 p.
  • 1971–73. Founder and Director (with Allen Blunk and Michael Randall). BRR Enterprises, Fireworks Supplier for the Southwest. Mesa, AZ.
  • 1971–73. Founder and Director (with Denise Mathews). Research Associates Marketing Specialists. Mesa, AZ.

Professional Affiliations

  • Friends of the Great Basin (Life Member).
  • Professional Writers of Prescott.
  • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
  • Sigma Xi—The Scientific Honorary Society (Elected, Life Member).

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Courses

  • Biogeography (UU, CU)
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (UCLA)
  • Meteorology (CU)
  • People and the Earth’s Ecosystems (UCLA)
  • Physical Geography I, Climate and Ecology (UU, CU)
  • Physical Geography II, Soils, Geomorphology, Hydrology (UU, CU)
  • Problems of the Environment (UCLA)
  • Synecology I (UU)
  • World Regional Geography (WSU)

Graduate Courses:

  • Biogeography Graduate Seminar (CU)
  • Meteorology and Climatology (CU)
  • Ecological Biogeography (CU)
  • Synecology II (UU)

Personal Interests

Activities

  • Aerobics: Kick Boxing, Zumba, Hip Hop
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Camping
  • Hatha Yoga
  • Hiking
  • Racquetball
  • Shooting
  • Squash
  • Table Tennis
  • Tennis
  • Games: Chess and many other table games.

A Few of My Favorite Books

  • A Sand County Almanac (Leopold)
  • Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology (Mueller-Dombois and Ellenberg)
  • Aztec (Jennings)
  • Candide (Voltare)
  • Cannery Row (Steinbeck)
  • Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut)
  • Doomsday Book (Willis)
  • Dynamic Characters (Kress)
  • Dune (Herbert)
  • Enemy (Child)
  • Foundation Trilogy (Asimov)
  • Gaelic Wars (Caesar)
  • Hannibal Rising (Harris)
  • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Adams)
  • Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit (Tolkien)
  • Nobody’s Buddy (Moroso)
  • Of Human Bondage (Maugham)
  • Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway)
  • On the Road (Kerouac)
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Kesey)
  • Origin of Species (Darwin)
  • Panda’s Thumb (Gould)
  • Plant Strategies and Vegetation Process (Grime)
  • Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)
  • Selfish Gene (Dawkins)
  • Siddhartha (Hesse)
  • Sirens of Titan (Vonnegut)
  • Skinwalkers (Hillerman)
  • Stranger In a Strange Land (Heinlein)
  • Tarzan the Terrible (Burroughs)
  • Tea With the Black Dragon (MacAvoy)
  • Teachings of Don Juan (Castaneda)
  • Tom Sawyer (Twain)
  • Venus on the Half Shell (Kilgore Trout)
  • Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (Cameron)
  • Writing Tools (Clark)

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