Lowell H. Suring

Wildlife Ecologist – Interior West

Rocky Mountain Research Station 
316 E. Myrtle Street
Boise, ID 83702

Voice:  208.373.4351
FAX:  208.373.4391

e-mail: lsuring@fs.fed.us

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Profile

 

Lowell Suring joined the National Wildlife Ecology Program in 2001 after serving as a Wildlife Ecologist with the Forest Service in Alaska at several locations since 1984.  He previously held positions on the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota, with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in New Mexico, and with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.  Lowell is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and is active in The Wildlife Society at State Chapter, Section, and International levels.  His professional interests include the development and implementation of analytical techniques and tools that may be used to evaluate the capability of habitats to support wildlife and the effects of land management activities on habitat capability.

 

Background

 

•           Development and implementation of techniques for broad-scale habitat assessment.

•           Landscape planning to maintain species of conservation concern.

•           Development and implementation of habitat capability models.

•           Assessment of habitat use patterns of species of concern.

•           Integration of wildlife science into National Forest System planning and management.

•           Management and recovery of threatened and endangered species.

 

Current Projects

 

o          Develop procedures for implementing revised NFMA regulations and directives (in cooperation with PNW Region, Wenatchee-Okanogan NF, PNW Research Station, Intermountain Region, and Boise NF).

 

o          Develop procedures for analysis of wildlife habitat and populations (in cooperation with PNW Research Station, Rocky Mountain Region, and University of Wyoming).

 

o          Assessment of sagebrush ecosystem (in cooperation with PNW Research Station, BLM, and USGS BRD).

 

o          Develop web-based information on effects of fire and fuel treatments on wildlife.

 

Education

 

            University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point      B.S.

            Oregon State University, Corvallis              M.S.

            Colorado State University, Fort Collins

 

Selected Publications

 

Lance, E. W., S. M. Howell, B. K. Lance, S. Howlin, M. I. Goldstein, and L. H. Suring.  2006.  Spruce beetles and timber harvest in Alaska:  implications for northern red-backed voles. Forest Ecology and Management 225: in press.

 

Rowland, M. M., M. J. Wisdom, L. H. Suring, and C. W. Meinke.  2006.  Greater sage-grouse as an umbrella species for sagebrush-associated vertebrates. Biological Conservation 132: in press.

 

Suring, L. H., S. D. Farley, G. V. Hilderbrand, M. I. Goldstein, S. Howlin, and W. P. Erickson.  2006.  Patterns of landscape use by female brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 70: in press.

 

Suring, L. H., M. I. Goldstein, S. Howell, and C. Nations.  2006.  Effects of spruce beetle infestations on berry productivity on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Forest Ecology and Management (Special Issue) 230: in press.

 

Wales, B. C., L. H. Suring, and M. A. Hemstrom.  2006.  Modeling the effects of fire- and fuels-management scenarios on wildlife habitat in Northeast Oregon, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning (Special Issue) 77: in press

 

Brewer, C., B. Schwind, R. Warbington, W. Clerke, P. Krosse, L. Suring, and M. Schanta.  2005.  Existing vegetation mapping protocol. Pages 3-1 – 3-60 in R. Brohman and L. Bryant, editors. Existing vegetation classification and mapping technical guide. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report GTR-WO–67.

 

Vesely, D. B. C. McComb, C. D. Vojta, L. H. Suring, J. Halaj, R. S. Holthausen, B. Zuckerberg, and P. M. Manley.  2005.  A technical guide for developing U.S. Forest Service protocols to inventory and monitor wildlife, fish, and rare plants. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report GTR-WO-XX.  In press.

 

Wisdom, M. J., M. M. Rowland, and L. H. Suring, editors.  2005.  Habitat threats in the sagebrush ecosystem:  methods of regional assessment and applications in the Great Basin. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

 

Suring, L. H., W. P. Erickson, S. Howlin, K. Preston, and M. I. Goldstein.  2004.  Estimating resource selection functions using spatially explicit data. Pages 86-93 in S. Huzurbazar, editor. Resource selection methods and applications, Omnipress, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

 

Wales, B. C., and L. H. Suring.  2004.  Assessment techniques for terrestrial vertebrates of conservation concern.  Pages 64-72 in J. L. Hayes, A. A. Ager, and R. J. Barbour, technical editors. Methods for integrated modeling of landscape change: Interior Northwest Landscape Analysis System. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PNW-GTR-610.

 

Suring, L. H., and G. Del Frate.  2002.  Spatial analysis of locations of brown bears killed in defense of life or property on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA. Ursus 13:237-245.

 

Suring, L. H., K. R. Barber, C. C. Schwartz, T. N. Bailey, W. C. Shuster, M. D. Tetreau.  1998.  Analysis of cumulative effects on brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Ursus 10:107-117

 

Suring, L. H., and C. Sterne.  1998.  Winter habitat use by moose in south-central Alaska.  Alces 34:139-147.

 

Brock, T, G. Nowacki, and L. Suring.  1994.  Section Descriptions:  Alaska. Chapters 1-13, 26-27 in W. H. McNab and P. E. Avers, compliers.  Ecological subregions of the United States:  section descriptions. USDA Forest Service WO-WSA-5.

 

Schoen, J. W., R. W. Flynn, L. H. Suring, K. Titus, and L. R. Beier.  1994.  Habitat capability model for brown bear in southeast Alaska. International Conference on Bear Research and Management 9:327-337.

 

Suring, L. H., E. J. DeGayner, III, and W. H. Wilson, Jr.  1992.  Applying geographic information systems to support comprehensive land management planning:  experiences of the Tongass National Forest, Alaska. Pages 113-137 in J. B. Nyberg and W. B. Kessler, editors. Integrating timber and wildlife in forest landscapes:  a matter of scale.  British Columbia Ministry of Forestry Technical Bulletin.

 

Orme, M. L., F. B. Samson, and L. H. Suring.  1990.  A process for addressing biological diversity within a forest of islands, southeast Alaska. Pages 116-122 in Forestry on the Frontier, Society of American Foresters Publication 89-02.

 

Suring, L. H. and E. J. DeGayner, III.  1990.  Modelling habitat capability for forest wildlife in southeast Alaska using a corporate database. Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 26:1-7.

 

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