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New Mexico State University

Professional Staff

Kenneth Boykin

Title: Wildlife Specialist; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Office location: Knox 105

Email Address: kboykin@nmsu.edu

Web Site: http://fws-nmcfwru.nmsu.edu/kboykin

Office Phone: 575-646-6303

Office Fax: 575-646-1281

Education:

  • Ph.D., Rangeland Resources, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 2006.
  • M.S., Biology, Texas Christian University-Fort Worth, 1992.
  • B.S., Biology, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 1990.

Professional Experience:

  • 2007-Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University- Las Cruces.
  • 1998-Present: Research Specialist II, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.
  • 1997-1998: Research Associate, Center for Ecological Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University, Fort Bliss TX.
  • 1994-1997: Wildlife Research Specialist, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces.

Research Interests:

Riparian Ecosystems, Fire Ecology, Herpetology, Amphibian Declines.

Selected Recent Publications:

  • Lowry, J.R. Ramsey, K. Thomas, D. Schrupp, T. Sajwaj, J. Kirby, E. Waller, S. Schrader, s. Falzarano, L. Langs, G. Manis, C. Wallace, K. Schulz, P. Comer, K. Pohs, W. Rieth, C. Velasquez, B. Wolk, W. Kepner, K. Boykin, L. O'Brien, D. Bradford, B. Thompson, J. Prior-Magee. 2007. Mapping moderate-scale land-cover over very large geographic areas within a collaborative framework: A Case study of the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP). Remote Sensing and the Environment 108:59-73.
  • Andersen, M.C., B.C. Thompson and K.G. Boykin. 2004. Spatial risk assessment across large landscapes with varied land use: Lessons from a conservation assessment of military lands. Risk Analysis: An International Journal 24(5):1231-1242.
  • Rivieccio, M., B.C. Thompson, W.R. Gould and K.G. Boykin. 2003. Habitat features and predictive habitat modeling for the Colorado Chipmunk in southern New Mexico. Western North American Naturalist 63:479-488.
  • Hamazaki, T., B. C. Thompson, B. A. Locke and K. G. Boykin. 2003. Analysis of Ecological Context for Identifying Vegetation and Animal Conservation Planning Foci: An Example from the Arid Southwestern United States. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 46(2):239-256.
  • Kroll, A. J., K. G. Boykin, B. C. Thompson and D. Daniel. 2003. Habitat characteristics and conservation of the genus Ashmunella (gastropoda: pulmonata: polygyridae) of White Sands Missile Range (NM and TX) and Fort Bliss (TX). Southwestern Naturalist 48:14-22.
  • Thompson, B. C., P. L. Matusik-Rowan and K. G. Boykin. 2002. Prioritizing conservation potential of arid-land montane natural springs and associated riparian areas. Journal of Arid Environments 50:527-547.
  • Bak, J. M., K. G. Boykin, B. C. Thompson and D. Daniel. 2001. Distribution of wintering ferruginous hawks (Buteo regalis) in relation to black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies in southern New Mexico and northern Chihuahua. Journal of Raptor Research 35(2):124-129.
  • Boykin, K. G. and N. Zucker. 1993. Winter aggregation on a small rock cluster by the tree lizard Urosaurus ornatus. Southwestern Naturalist 38(3):304-306.

** For additional list of publications, visit website at: http://fws-nmcfwru.nmsu.edu/kboykin

Andrea Ernst

Title: Management Analyst
Office location: Knox 120
Email Address: ernstae@nmsu.edu

Office Phone: 505-646-1084
Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Julie Prior-Magee

Title: Management Analyst
Office location:Knox 120
Email Address:jpmagee@nmsu.edu
Web Site:http://leopold.nmsu.edu/faculty/faculty_research/wildlife_extension.htm
Office Phone:505-646-1084
Office Fax:505-646-1281

Education:

  • M.S., Wildlife Science, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 1999.
  • M.P.A., New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 1989.
  • B.A., Political Science, Colorado State University-Ft. Collins, 1984.

Professional Experience:

  • Present: S.W. Regional Gap Analysis Project Coordinator-USGS.
    Land Use History of North America Program Coordinator - Biological Resources Discipline.
  • 1992-1999:Management Analyst - New Mexico Coop. Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, USGS/BRD.
  • 1989-1992: Management Analyst - Environmental Protection Agency.

Research Interests:
Management and organization of natural resource and biological diversity conservation programs.

Selected Recent Publications:

  • Prior-Magee, J. S., B. C. Thompson and D. Daniel.  1998.  Evaluating consistency of categorizing biodiversity management status relative to land stewardship in the GAP Analysis Program.  Journal of Environ. Planning and Management 41(2):209-216.
  • Thompson, B. C., P. J. Crist, J. S. Prior-Magee, R. A. Deitner, D. L. Garber and M. A. Hughes.  1996.  GAP analysis of biological diversity conservation in New Mexico using geographic information systems.  Research Completion Report, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Las Cruces, NM.

Theodore "Scott" Schrader

Title: GIS/RS Imagery Specialist
Office location:Knox 107
Email Address:schrader@nmsu.edu
Office Phone: 505-646-5022
Office Fax: 505-646-1281

Kendal Young

Title: Wildlife Specialist
Web Site: http://leopold.nmsu.edu/kyoung/resumes/ky_vita.htm

Office location:Knox 106
Email Address:kyoung@nmsu.edu
Office Phone:505-646-3292
Office Fax:505-646-1281

Education:

  • M.S., Wildlife Biology, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces, 1996.
  • B.S., Wildlife Management, Humboldt University-Arcada, 1988.

Professional Experience:

  • 1998-Present: Research Specialist, NMSU, NMCFWRU: Determination of habitat suitability for aplomado falcons on public lands in southern New Mexico.
  • 1996-1998: Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, PSW: Development of a habitat model for spotted owls in Adaptive Management Areas and Late Successional Reserves.
  • 1994-1996: Graduate Student/Research Assistant: Density, habitat relationships and diet composition of spotted owls in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • Pre-1994: U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Iowa State University: Spotted Owl. Demography, Neotropical Migrant Surveys, Radio-telemetry and Habitat of White-fronted Geese and Pintails.

Research Interests: Raptor Ecology; Riparian Ecosystems; Habitat Modeling; GIS Applications

Selected Recent Publications:

  • Young, K. E., R. Valdez, P. J. Zwank and W. R. Gould. 1998.  Density and roost site characteristics of spotted owls in the Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico.  Condor 100:732-736.
  • Young, K. E., P. J. Zwank, R. Valdez, J. L. Dye and L. A. Tarango. 1997. Diet of Mexican spotted owls in Chihuahua and Aguascalientes, Mexico.  J. Raptor Res. 31:376-380.
  • Young, K. E, A. Franklin and P. Ward. 1993. Infestation of northern spotted owls by hippoboscid flies in northwestern California. JJ. Wild. Dis. 29:178-283.