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Position Title: Resource Mapping and Spatial Analysis Team Leader/ Biologist
Email: jdieck@usgs.gov
Phone: 608.781.6382
Fax: 608.783.6066
Education:
1998 M.S., Biology (emphasis in GIS), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
1996 B.S., Biology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
Leads the Resource Mapping and Spatial Analysis Team (RMSAT) on vegetation mapping projects associated with the USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program; provides day-to-day direction and work assignments to team members, oversees project budgets, writes proposals, collaborates with other agencies and organizations, performs accuracy assessment and analysis, writes metadata and final project reports, and presents mapping procedures and products at meetings; provides GIS and mapping support to other UMESC scientists
Research Interests:
Active Projects:
Select Publications:
Hop, K., M. Reid, J. Dieck, S. Lubinski, and S.V. Cooper. 2007. USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, Wisconsin, August 2007. 131 pp + Appendixes A-L. (In review)
Dieck, J. J., and Robinson, L. R. 2004. Techniques and Methods Book 2, Collection of Environmental Data, Section A, Biological Science, Chapter 1, General classification handbook for floodplain vegetation in large river systems: U.S. Geological Survey, Techniques and Methods 2 A-1, 52 p.
Dieck, J, J. 1998. Changes in vegetation from 1975 to 1996 in backwaters of Navigation Pools 4 and 13, upper Mississippi River. M.S. thesis. University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.