SACHA K. HEATH email: sacha at oikonos dot org

EDUCATION

University of California at Santa Cruz. December 1992. Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies with completed concentrations in Natural History, Cultural Resources, Planning and Policy and Agricultural Ecosystems (Agroecology). Honors Thesis: Landscape as place at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Palomarin Field Station Coastal Scrub Songbird Biomonitoring Internship Program. 1996.

Sierra Institute, University of California Extension. 1989.

APPOINTMENTS

Jan 2002 - present. Co-founder / Board Member / Financial Officer / Ecologist. OIKONOS ecosystem knowledge.

1998 - present. Co-Principal Investigator / Project Leader / Staff Biologist. Eastern Sierra Riparian Songbird Conservation Project. PRBO Conservation Science.

1997 - 2000. Biologist. H.T. Harvey and Associates - Adélie Penguin Project, Ross Island, Antarctica.

1999 - 2000. Field Supervisor / Staff Biologist. Owens Dry Lake Snowy Plover Project. PRBO Conservation Science.

1997. Field Station Manager / Biologist. Palomarin Field Station Coastal Scrub Songbird Biomonitoring Internship Program. PRBO Conservation Science.

1995 - 1996. Biologist. Steller's Eider Survival Study. National Biological Service. Cold Bay and Nelson Lagoon, AK.

1995 - 1996. Biologist. California Condor Recovery Program. U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service. Ventura, CA.

1995. Biologist. Cackling Canada Goose Ecology and monitoring study. National Biological Service, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, AK.

1993 and 1994. Botanical Technician. Stage II Inventory. Private Contractor (1993). Rare, threatened and endangered plants. Colorado Natural Heritage and San Isabel National Forest (1994). CO, WY, SD.

CURRENT PROJECTS

1998 - present: Co-Principal Investigator. Eastern Sierra Riparian Songbird Conservation Project. Funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the USDA Forest Service Region 4 Partners in Flight, US Bureau of Land Management and others. http://www.monobasinresearch.org/onlinereports/esrscp.htm

2002 - present. Principal Investigator. Lower Owens River Project: riverine/riparian breeding songbird monitoring. http://www.inyowater.org/LORP/Default.htm

2002 - present: Principal Investigator. Songbird Demographic Monitoring and Outreach at Devils Postpile National Monument.

2002 - present. Co-principal Investigator. Mojave Desert Riparian Songbird Conservation Project.

2002 - present. Project Collaborator. West Walker River Grazing Study.

2001 - present: Co-Principal Investigator. Songbird monitoring and habitat assessment of riparian habitats on the Bridgeport Ranger District, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

2000 - present: Co-Site Coordinator. Golandrinas de las Americas project. More Info: http://golondrinas.cornell.edu/

TEACHING and PUBLIC EDUCATION

1997 - present. Instructor. Standardized Methods for Monitoring Landbird Populations workshop. Point Reyes Bird Observatory. http://www.prbo.org/train.html

1994. Instructor Assistant. Natural History Field Quarter. University of California Extension, Santa Cruz. http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/sierra/spring/natural.html

1992. Teaching Assistant. Sierra Institute: Cultural Geography and Environmental Issues. University of California Extension, Santa Cruz. http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/sierra/

1992. Teaching Assistant. Environmental Ethics. Undergraduate Course. University of California, Santa Cruz.

1990. Wilderness Instructor. Camp Tawonga Jewish Environmental Education Camp. http://www.tawonga.org/

1989. Wilderness Instructor Assistant. Wilderness Orientation. University of California, Santa Cruz. http://www.ucsc.edu/opers/rec/wo/

PUBLICATIONS

Ainley, D. G., C. A. Ribic, G. Ballard, S. Heath, I. Gaffney, B. J. Karl, K. R. Barton, P. R. Wilson, & S. Webb. 2004. Geographic structure of Adélie penguin populations: size, overlap and use of adjacent colony-specific foraging areas. Ecological Monographs: 74:159-178.

Heath, S. K. In review. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia). Species account in California Bird Species of Special Concern.

Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2004. Bird species composition, phenology, nesting substrate, and productivity for the Owens Valley alluvial fan, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California 1998-2002. Great Basin Birds 6:18-35.

Heath, S. K. and G. Ballard. 2004. Patterns of breeding songbird diversity and occurrence in riparian habitats of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. In Faber, P.M. (ed.), California Riparian Systems: Processes and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference Proceedings, Riparain Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento, CA.

Heath, S. K. 2000. Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia). Species account in Riparian Habitat Joint Venture (RHJV) Riparian Bird Conservation Plan: a strategy for reversing the decline of riparian associated birds in Calilfornia. California Partners in Flight. http://www.prbo.org/calpif/plans.html.

Supporting author for California Partners in Flight Bird Conservation Plans: CalPIF (California Partners in Flight). 2002. Version 1.0. The draft coniferous forest bird conservation plan: a strategy for protecting and managing coniferous forest habitats and associated birds in California (J. Robinson and J. Alexander, lead authors). Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. http://www.prbo.org/calpif/plans.html. CPIF (California Partners in Flight). 2002. Version 2.0. The oak woodland bird conservation plan: a strategy for protecting and managing oak woodland habitats and associated birds in California (S. Zack, lead author). Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA. http://www.prbo.org/calpif/plans.html.