Address

116 Tanbark Drive

Jacksonville, NC 28546

870-718-6260 (cell)

Rosekev@gmail.com

Education

M.S. Forest Resources, August 2007

University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

Thesis Topic: Environmental factors structuring terrestrial herpetofaunal communities at the Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas.

B.S. Wildlife Sciences, December 2004.

Auburn University, Auburn, AL

GRE scores: 1190 (530 V + 660 Q)

Experience

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – RCW Research Team

Field Coordinator. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC. Responsible for monitoring and managing the population of Red-cockaded woodpecker on the installation, conducting research, and assisting graduate students and faculty with their own research.  Currently working with the Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program to determine the effects of RCW management on the entire avian community, investigating the avian cavity-nesting community, assisting with an investigation of the interactions between heart-rot fungus and RCW, and designing a project to investigate nest predation of avian cavity-nesters, especially RCW. August 2007-current. (Dr. Jeff Walters: 540-231-3847, Jrwalt@vt.edu)

University of Arkansas – School of Forest Resources

Graduate Research Assistant. Monticello, AR. Responsible for research to determine the predominant habitat factors structuring amphibian and reptile communities on Arkansas Post National Memorial.  Duties include project design, plot setup, area constrained species searches, identification of specimens, habitat data collection, analyzing data, writing reports, presenting results, hiring, training, and managing 4+ field technicians and volunteers. July 2005-August 2007. (Dr. Don White, Jr.: 870-460-1490, Whited@uamont.edu)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University – RCW Research Team

Wildlife Technician. Eglin Air Force Base, FL.  Responsible for study plot setup and data collection for cavity nesting bird study.  Duties include cavity nest searches, monitoring RCW cavity use, monitoring cavity nest success, cavity maintenance, vegetation surveys, data entry, driving 4x4 vehicles, using tree-top peeper video systems, and coordination with Department of Defense personnel.  Also involved in banding RCW and American kestrel nestlings was well as monitoring Florida bog frog populations. April-July 2005. (Lori Blanc: 540-231-5256, lblanc@vt.edu)

Auburn University – Department of Entomology

Research Assistant. Auburn, AL. Responsible for project setup and data collection in the field and laboratory for graduate student projects.  Duties include insect surveys, specimen collection, fire ant colony relocation, trichome assessment, creation and maintenance of insect colonies, growing plants for study and insect food sources, flash freezing of samples, and data entry. May-August 2004. (Dr. Micky D. Eubanks: 334-844-2556, eubanmd@auburn.edu)

National Audubon Society – Silver Bluff Plantation Sanctuary

Wildlife Conservation Intern. Jackson, SC. Involved with wood stork recovery efforts in South Carolina that include banding chicks, managing foraging ponds, and monitoring wading bird pond usage.  Also responsible for sanctuary operation and maintenance.  Duties included bobwhite quail surveys, breeding bird censuses, monitoring wood duck box usage, prescribed burns, bench fabrication, building maintenance, and grounds upkeep. May-August 2001 and 2002. (Paul Koehler: 803-471-0291, pkoehler@audubon.org)

Research Interests

Ecology, evolution, conservation, and management of vertebrates.

Scholarships

Graduate Research Assistant in Forest Resources, University of Arkansas, Monticello, AR. 2005-current.

Publications and Professional Presentations

Blanc, L., K. Rose, and J. Walters. 2010. Variation in cavity-nesting bird densities across two fire-maintained longleaf pine forests and implications for factors limiting their populations. Poster at Eighth Longleaf Alliance Regional Conference. October 12-15, 2010. Columbia, SC.

Walters, J., K. Rose, V. Garcia, L. Blanc. 2010. Effects of habitat management for red-cockaded woodpeckers on bird communities. Presentation to Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program Technical Advisory Committee. March 30, 2010. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC.

Blanc, L., K. Rose, and J. Walters. 2009. Keeping snags in the system: dead standing trees as important biological legacies for avian diversity in longleaf pine forests.  Presentation at Society of American Foresters National Convention. September 30-October 4, 2009. Orlando, FL.

Rose, K., L. Blanc, K. Hudgins, and J. Walters. 2009. An investigation of the avian cavity-nesting community at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Pages 103-105 in Bowersock, E., S. Herman, and J. Kush, camps. 2009. Forestry in a Changing World: New Challenges and Opportunities. Proceedings of the Longleaf Alliance Seventh Regional Conference and Forest Guild Annual Meeting. October 28- November 2, 2008. Sandestin, FL Longleaf Alliance Report No. 14.

Walters, J., K. Rose, V. Garcia, L. Blanc. 2009. Effects of habitat management for red-cockaded woodpeckers on bird communities. Presentation to Defense Coastal/Estuarine Research Program Technical Advisory Committee. March 2009. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC.

Rose, K. 2007. Environmental factors structuring terrestrial herpetofaunal communities at the Arkansas Post National Memorial, Arkansas. M.S. Thesis. School of Forest Resources, University of Arkansas-Monticello, Monticello, AR.

Invited Presentations

Red-coackaded Woodpeckers of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Guest Lecture Environmental Science class,  Coastal Carolina Community College. 7 March 2011.

Avian communities of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Led educational field trip for Virginia Tech Ornithology class.  March 20, 2010.

Wildlife biology in the world around you.  Invited seminar to Boy Scout troop, Fairfax, VA.  November 27, 2004.

Published Photographs

Project Orianne Ltd. Indigo Snake Initiative website. http://www.projectorianne.org. 2009

Baldassaro, P, K. Convery, J. Walters, and R. McGregor. 2010. User Manual: A decision support system for identifying and ranking critical habitat parcels on and in the vicinity of Department of Defense Installations: A Red-cockaded Woodpecker Population Model.  Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (project SI-1472)

The Longleaf Leader. Winter 2010. Vol 3, Issue 4.

Professional Disc Golf Association. 2011. Disc Golfer: The Official Publication of the Professional Disc Golf Association. Winter 2011. Pages 26-29, 40.

The Wildlife Professional. 2011. Vol. 5, No.2. Page 96.

Professional Memberships

The Wildlife Society - Associate Wildlife Biologist

Ecological Society of America - Certified Ecologist

The Longleaf Alliance                              

2004 - present

2008 - present

2010 - present

Social Memberships

Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity: Judicial Council member, House Manager

Onslow Flying Disc Association: Treasurer

Northeast Creek Disc Golf Course Design Team: Project Manager