Tom Miewald
North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative
Biographical Sketch: Tom Miewald is a Landscape Ecologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and specializes in mapping and modeling spatial aspects of fish and wildlife for applied conservation planning. Currently, Mr. Miewald's focus with the NPLCC is on data management and coordinating on GIS issues. Tom also works for the Pacific Region National Wildlife Refuge program, focusing on landscape scale conservation design. Prior to working for the USFWS, Tom was a Conservation Planner for the Wild Salmon Center, helping to prioritize salmon conservation actions across the North Pacific, including Russia and Japan. Tom has also been a Project Manager and Lead Analyst for several large federal vegetation and land cover mapping projects, including the USGS GAP program, NOAA Coastal Change Analysis Program, and the USGS National Land Cover Dataset. Mr. Miewald has also worked two years in Cameroon, both as an Agroforestry extension volunteer and he developed a GIS facility. Mr. Miewald has a master's degree in Geography and a Bachelor’s in Environmental Studies from the University of Nebraska.
Papers:
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Landscape Conservation Design in the Columbia Plateau
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Data Integration in Action -- Multiple LCCs and Partners working with Integrated Solutions
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Integrated Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) Planning Atlases Powered by Data Basin: Building Collaborative Solutions
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The North Pacific LCC Conservation Planning Atlas