Thomas J.

Ersfeld
Salt Lake City, UT

Education University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Bachelor of Arts: nternational Political !conomy, "ay #$$%
Cumulative &PA: '() * )($
Puget Sound +ean,s Scholarshi-

Research Senior Thesis
Experience University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA, S-ring #$$%
.esearched /uantitative trends, figures, and data, as 0ell as the social, economic, and
environmental im-acts of the Chilean forestry and fisheries industries(
Presented my arguments and conclusions to large grou- of students and -rofessors1 0rote and
-resented a '23-age re-ort
Independent Study Project
Santiago Chile, 4ovem5er #$$6
+esigned an inde-endent study -ro7ect investigating the financial -ro5lems of the Chilean state3
o0ned co--er com-any C8+!LC8(
Performed 6 intervie0s 0ith com-any officials, academics, and government leaders in S-anish(
Com-iled /uantitative and /ualitative information1 0rote and -resented a '$ -age re-ort in
S-anish(
Relevant Environmental Planning Group Salt Lake City UT
Experience Biologist, A-ril #$9#3Present
Performed sensitive -lant and animal surveys in accordance 0ith 4!PA guidelines for -ro-osed
and e:isting transmission lines, natural gas -i-elines, and oil and gas e:traction -ro7ects in Utah,
Wyoming, Colorado, and 4e0 "e:ico(
8rgani;ed data collection techni/ues and survey -rotocols involved for monitoring the
esta5lishment of %$,$$$ live -lantings for a large3scale restoration -ro7ect on a natural gas -i-eline
in 4orthern Utah(
Com-leted 0eekly monitoring re-orts and data collection on soil and 0eather conditions for a
large3scale restoration -ro7ect on a natural gas -i-eline in 4orthern Utah as 0ell as 0orked 0ith the
landsca-e contractor to authori;e su--lemental 0atering events in e:cess of <9$,$$$ -er 0atering(
Planned and organi;ed survey -rotocols, data collection techni/ues, and ma--ing, of erosion and
no:ious 0eed sites along and 2$$3mile natural gas -i-eline in Wyoming and Colorado(
Worked 0ith Bureau of Land "anagement =BL"> and U(S( ?orest Service =US?S> -ersonnel and
resource management -lans to com-ile land use, recreation, and utility corridor information for
com-letion of a cumulative effects section of an !nvironmental m-act Statement for a -ro-osed
transmission line -ro7ect in Utah(
Worked 0ith county and munici-al leaders to assem5le information on current and reasona5ly
foreseea5le -ro7ects affecting the -ro-osed -ro7ect area of a transmission line in Colorado and
Utah(
!S "orest Service# $rapahoe%Roosevelt &ational "orest Supervisors 'ffice ?ort Collins C8
Biological Science Technician, "ay #$9938cto5er #$99
Performed rare and endangered -lant surveys at various locations in the Ara-ahoe3.oosevelt
4ational ?orest for -ro-osed -ro7ects including -o0er corridors, roads, logging -ro7ects and
cam-grounds(
?ollo0ed 4!PA re-orting guidelines 5y recording and organi;ing relevant survey information into
multi-le data5ases to -re-are Categorical !:clusions, !nvironmental Assessments, and
!nvironmental m-act Statements(
Colla5orated 0ith ?ish and Wildlife Biologists, Archeologists, !ngineers and Pro7ect "anagers on
issues regarding data collection, surveying and environmental -lanning(
Assisted the ?orest Botanist 0ith monitoring more than '$ rare -lant s-ecies and collecting
relevant 5iological data and survey information(
Worked in remote field locations inde-endently and 0ith other field 5iologists(
(onservation and )and *anagement Internship and the !S"S%R*RS Shru+ )a+ Provo UT
ntern for Scott @ensen, "ay #$9$3?e5ruary #$99
Assisted the Bureau of Land "anagement 0ith an ongoing -ro7ect to utili;e native for5s, grasses
and shru5s in the &reat Basin region of 4evada and Utah for restoration -ro7ects(
&athered 5iological data from '$$ sites including -lant vouchers, soil sam-les and seed(
.ecorded &PS information from -orta5le devices and im-ortant site o5servations and entered
information into a--ro-riate data5ases(
.eorgani;ed three e:isting data5ases in order to decrease search times for old site locations(
Worked closely officials from BL", the US ?orest Service, and the state of Utah to meet ha5itat
enhancement and 0ildland fire restoration goals(
Colla5orated 0ith other technicians and scientists at the la5 to determine im-ortant -lant research
characteristics like -henology, cultivation techni/ues, and geogra-hic ranges(
Student (onservation $ssociation Seattle WA
Cre0 Leader, "ay3August #$$%
Su-ervised a grou- of 9$ -eo-le -erforming vegetation assessments and invasive s-ecies removal(
Worked 0ith officials from Aing County and the 4ational Park Service to organi;e 2 0ork sites
and address their environmental -ro5lems(
Assisted 0ith restoration -lans including selecting native -lant s-ecies, 0etland delineation, and
-rioriti;ing invasive s-ecies removal sites(
Petroglyph &ational *onument Al5u/uer/ue 4"
Park ntern, A-ril3@une #$$2
Worked 0ith 4ational "onument em-loyees, city -lanners, and develo-ers on ur5an -lanning
issues affecting the "onument(
Bel-ed design a ne0 trail system focused on im-roving trail access to the "onument from e:isting
neigh5orhoods and future housing develo-ments(
&athered noise3monitoring measurements and other environmental data near roads, neigh5orhoods,
and an air-ort in order to hel- com-lete an environmental assessment for the monument(
$dditional REI Sales Associate, Seattle WA, 8cto5er #$$%3A-ril #$9$
,or- Private )andscaping Landscape Project Manager, Al5u/uer/ue 4", #$$C, #$99
Experience Petroglyph &ational *onument Park Intern, Al5u/uer/ue 4", A-ril3@une #$$2
.olunteer !niversity of Puget Sound 'utdoors Program
Experience Backcountry trip leader, Tacoma WA, #$$63#$$%
Puget (ree- Restoration Society Volunteer, Tacoma WA, #$$%
Computer *icrosoft 'ffice Word, Po0erPoint, !:cel, Access, 8utlook
S-ills /elorme Topography *aps mapping soft0are
1an/2ase data management program
2G%2ase data management program
$R( Pad and $R( *ap
Trim+le and Garmin GPS units
)anguages !nglish =?luent>
S-anish =?luent>
Chinese =!lementary level>
.eferences availa5le u-on re/uest