Northeastern Research Station

Living Memorials

Research & Development

Meeting Our Scientist - W. Mark Ford

USDA Forest Service
Northeastern Research Station
Box 404
Parsons, WV 26287

Phone:304-478-2000
Fax: 304-478-8692
Email: mford@fs.fed.us
Website: RWU 4353

Education:

• University of Tennessee, B.S. Wildlife and Fisheries Science, 1987
• Mississippi State University, M.S. Wildlife Ecology, 1989
• University of Georgia, Ph.D. Forest Resources, 1994
  

Career Summary:

I have spent most of my career as a biologist researching wildlife-habitat relationships and basic wildlife natural history in either Appalachian forested systems (80%) or Southern bottomland hardwood and pine plantation systems (20%) in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic. My work has focused on both game species such as white-tailed deer and nongame species such as the Allegheny woodrat, the endangered Virginia northern flying squirrel and several bat species. From 1993-2003, I devoted a great deal of effort on a series of multi-collaborator shrew ecology studies throughout the central and southern Appalachians.

Specific Experience:

• Research Wildlife Biologist (Savannah River Forest Station RWU SO-4155), 1995
• Wildlife Biologist and Project Administrator, Westvaco Forest Resources, 1995-1999
• Research Wildlife Biologist, (Timber and Watershed Lab RWU NE-4353), 1999-present
  

Civic and Professional Affiliations:

• Certified Wildlife Biologist, 1998
• The Wildlife Society (Southeastern and Northeastern Sections)
• American Society of Mammalogists
• Tennessee Academy of Science