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Richard Sojda
Wildlife Biologist
NOROCK Headquarters
Address
Room 229 AJM Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone 1 406-994-1820
Fax 1 406-994-6556
Email sojda@usgs.gov
Education
Ph.D. Colorado State University. Forest Science. Dissertation: Artificial intelligence based decision support system for trumpeter swan management.
M.S. Iowa State University. Wildlife Biology. Thesis: Effects of snowmobile activity on wintering pheasants and wetland vegetation in northern Iowa marshes.
B.S. Cornell University. Natural Resources.
Expertise:
- wetland and waterfowl ecology
- public land management
- wind power and wildlife
- artificial intelligence
- computer technology and decision support
Professional Experience:
- 1996-present Wildlife Biologist - Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Biological Resources Division, Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bozeman, MT
- 1990-1996 Wildlife Biologist - Information Transfer Center, National Biological Survey, Fort Collins, CO
- 1987-1990 Regional Refuge Biologist (DE, MD, and VA) - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, MD
- 1983-1987 Wildlife Biologist - Morris Wetland Management District, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Morris, MN
- 1981-1983 Assistant Manager - DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Missouri Valley, IA
- 1979-1981 Area Wildlife Biologist (IA, KS, and MO) - Refuges and Wildlife, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Kansas City, MO
- 1976-1978 Graduate Research Assistant - Iowa Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- 1974-1976 Regional Extension Specialist (Lake Ontario) - New York Sea Grant Advisory Service, Cornell University, Brockport, NY
