Research Project Title & Description

Decision Support for Ecological Restoration at Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center – Fort Pickett

Scientific Activities

• Emrick, Verl R. and Jessica L. Dorr. 2004. Fort Chaffee-Maneuver Training Center Vegetative Communities Map and Classification System. Conservation Management Institute – Military Lands Division, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech.
• McClafferty, Julie A., Jessica L. Dorr. 2004. Public Landowners as Stewards of Biodiversity: An Analysis of the Ecological Value & Socioeconomic Feasibility in Virginia. Conservation Management Institute – Human Dimensions Division, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech. Presented by Dorr at the 2004 Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society Winter Workshop.
• Dorr, Jessica L., Major David Wiesnicht, Verl R. Emrick. 2003. Military Mobility and Land Classification System, Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center - Fort Pickett, Virginia. Presented poster at the 2003 Virginia GIS and Remote Sensing Research Symposium.
• Conferences attended:
  • Society for Conservation GIS, 2004 (http://www.scgis.org/)
  • Integrated Training Area Management, 2003, 2004 (http://srp.army.mil/public/home.jsp)
  • International Association of Vegetation Science, 2004 (http://www.iavs.org/)
  • Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society (http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/vatws/)

Society Memberships

• Society of American Foresters
• Society for Conservation
• GIS Ecological Society of America

Awards

• Kinship Conservation Institute Fellow, 2003 (http://www.kinshipconservationinstitute.org/)

Service Activities

• Listserv manager for: FWIM-L (Fisheries and Wildlife Information Managers) and SELVAMAYA (Mayan Ecology and Forest Biodiversity)

Selected or Favorite Courses at Virginia Tech

• FOR 5264, GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management
  Instructor: Dr. Stephen P. Prisley
• FOR 5254, Remote Sensing of Natural Resources
  Instructor: Dr. Randolph H. Wynne