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Teryl Grubb
Wildlife Biologist
Phone: (928)556-2155
Fax: (928)556-2130
e-mail: tgrubb@fs.fed.us
Address:
Rocky Mountain Station
Southwest Forest Science Complex
2500 South Pine Knoll Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Abbreviated Vitae
CAREER GOALS
- Strive to do more effective science as an RMRS scientist through continued raptor/threatened and endangered species research.
- Facilitate improved resource management, especially as related to anthropogenic disturbance.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Two-year cooperative research (NFS, Clemson University, U.S. Army CERL) into potential effects of heli-skiing on golden eagles in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah.
- Effects of off-highway vehicle and other recreational noise on Mexican spotted owls and other raptors.
- Long-term study of population dynamics/habitat requirements of bald eagles wintering in northern Arizona.
- Long-term cooperative research (Clemson University, Michigan State University, Voyageurs National Park, and R-9 National Forests) into using bald eagles as a bio-indicator of Great Lakes ecosystem health.
REALIZED MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS
- Breeding bald eagle research - 4 reports, 25+ publications
- Wintering bald eagle research - 4 reports, 15+ publications
- Mexican spotted owl noise disturbance - 3 reports, 9+ publications
- Peregrine falcon population/habitat inventory - 3 reports, 2 publications
- New research technology/methodology - 11 publications
KEY SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
- Consultant, Southwest Bald Eagle Recovery Team - helped draft plan, define management/research needs, and provide research for species' recovery (1977-1986).
- With the Tonto National Forest biologist, conceived and developed Arizona's Bald Eagle Nest Watch Program which is still in use today.
- Recognized as a national authority on bald eagles which entails regularly consulting on or participating in research and/or management projects throughout the species' North American range.
- Long-term cooperative research on bald eagle nesting habitat, contaminants, disturbance, and management in Voyageurs’ National Park, Minnesota.
- Continuing cooperation with U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories’ scientists to study the potential impacts of noise on wildlife.
OUTCOMES OF PAST RESEARCH, SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
- Mexican spotted owl noise disturbance results facilitate management decisions nationwide and establish several new protocols for future threatened and endangered species noise-related research.
- Inventory, research, and cooperative efforts have facilitated management, protection, and subsequent growth of Arizona's breeding and wintering bald eagle populations in Region 3.
- Helped reestablish two populations of breeding bald eagles in California and facilitated Michigan research resulting in species use as an environmental indicator for the Great Lakes basin.
- Provided liaison and field impetus to conduct first state wide peregrine falcon population and habitat surveys in cooperation with the Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF CURRENT EFFORTS
- A scientific evaluation of whether current heli-skiing buffer zones and variances are effective for protecting golden eagle habitat, while documenting long-term backcountry recreational trends to assess the overall context of potential heli-skiing impacts.
- Critical habitat protection, improved management, and better understanding of wintering bald eagle ecology.
- A better understanding of potential impacts and management considerations for recreational and related noise generating activity on forest-dwelling spotted owls, nesting golden eagles, and other wildlife.
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