Contact Information

• Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
• Athens, Georgia
• Room:3-321
• Phone:706.542.1150
• Fax:706.542.8356
• schweitz@smokey.forestry.uga.edu

Education

Ph.D., December 1994, Oklahoma State University, Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries Ecology (Dissertation: Abundance and conservation of endangered interior least terns nesting on salt flat habitat)

M.S., August 1988. Texas Tech University, Department of Range and Wildlife Management, Wildlife Science (Thesis: Evaluation of forage species for improving deer habitat in the rolling plains)

B.S., May 1985. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Biology

Area of Specialization

• Wildlife Ecology and Management; Forest Resource Policy

Professional Experience

Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, July 2000 - present.

Adjunct Associate Professor, Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, July 2000 - present.

Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, D. B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, January 1995 - June 2000.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

Techniques in Wildlife Population Management (FORS 5310-5310L, 4 semester hrs; required course for the wildlife major and the forest environmental resources major, environmental assessment area of emphasis.)

Field Orientation and Measurement in Forest Resources (FORS 3000-3000L, 4 semester hrs; core course [all majors in School of Forest Resources]). Responsible for the wildlife resources component of this team-taught course.

Senior Project in Forest Resources Management (FORS 4730-4730L, 4 semester hrs; core course [all majors in School of Forest Resources]). Co-teach every other summer semester.

Graduate

Techniques in Wildlife Population Management (FORS 7310-7310L, 4 semester hrs).

Ecology and Management of Waterfowl Populations and Their Habitats (FORS 8350-8350L, 4 semester hrs).

Fish & Wildlife Seminar (FORS 8300,1 semester hr).

Research Grants

"Research funding has been granted by several organizations including: the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Woodruff Foundation, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, Georgia Power Company, University of Georgia Research Foundation, U.S. Forest Service, and the Georgia Ornithological Society."

Professional Society Membership and Involvement

• Society for Range Management (1986 - present)
• National and Southern Sections
• 1996 Farm Bill, Conservation Reserve Program Committee Member
• The Wildlife Society (1986 - present)
• National, Southeastern Region, and Georgia Chapters
• (link) Wildlife Society UGA Student Chapter
• Restoration Working Group Member (1995 - present)
• Symposium Organization Committee (1998)
• Officer Nomination Committee (1999 - present)
• Southeastern Representative (2000 - present)
• President-Elect of the Georgia Chapter of TWS (1997-1998)
• President of the Georgia Chapter of TWS (1999-2001)
• Reviewer on the Contributed Papers Subcommittee for the 1999 TWS Annual Conference
• Invited moderator of paper session, "Grassland Bird Species," 1999 TWS Annual Conference
• Southeastern Quail Study Group (1996 - present)
• Research Committee Member
• Southeast Deer Study Group (1996 - present)
• Invited moderator of paper session on Urban Deer Management, Feb. 1997
• American Ornithologists' Union (1992 - 1994) Association of Field Ornithologists (1992 - present)
• Waterbird Society (formerly, Colonial Waterbird Society) (1995 - present)
• Georgia Ornithological Society (1995 - present)