About Us

Physical Address

231 East St. Joseph Street
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701

Program Staff

	Name, Title, Phone, and Email	Resonsibilities
	Kara Paintner Network Coordinator 605.341.2807 Kara_Paintner@nps.gov	Oversight of the program, coordination with parks and other entities, and supervision of the program staff.
	Marcia Wilson Biological Technician 605.341.2803 Marcia_Wilson@nps.gov	Point-of-contact for NPSpecies & NatureBib. Assists the field investigators whenever possible. Her area of expertise is wildlife, and she has an extensive research background.
	Vacant Data Manager 605.341.2804	Data management, GIS, and GPS for all Network activities.
	Mike Bynum Biological Technician 605.341.2801 Michael_Bynum@nps.gov	Expertise in plant and general ecology. Network lead on cave climate, exotic plant early detection, and other Vital Signs.
	John Wrede Biological Technician 605.341.2815 John_Wrede@nps.gov	Expertise in wildlife management. Network lead on prairie dogs and other Vital Signs.
	Bob Gitzen Post-Doctoral Researcher Robert_Gitzen@partner.nps.gov	Post-doct with Dr. Josh Millspaugh at the University of Missouri. Writing the Network Monitoring Plan. Bob's research background is with small mammals and quantitative ecology.
	Amy Symstad USGS Research Ecologist 605.745.1191 Amy_Symstad@usgs.gov	USGS-BRD Plant Ecologist co-located with the Northern Great Plains Fire Management Office. She has assisted the I&M Program with numerous projects including developing the vegetation monitoring protocol for the Network. She also conducts research at the parks.

Organization

Original NGPN Charter

NGPN Charter Amendment (2006)

Technical Committee

Board of Directors

Contractors

Arvind Panjabi Principle Investigator for the multi-park bird inventories Black Hills Monitoring Coordinator Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory 1510 College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524

Dr. Robert White Principle Investigator for the multi-park fish inventories Unit Leader, Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (retired) Adjunct Professor, Montana State University P.O. Box 173460, 301B Lewis Hall Bozeman, MT 59717

Dr. Brian Smith Co-Principle Invenstigator for the multi-park herp inventories Black Hills State University 1200 University Street 9044 Spearfish, SD 57799

Gary Beauvais Co-Principle Invenstigator for the multi-park herp inventories Natural Heritage Database University of Wyoming P.O. Box 3381 Laramie, WY 82071

Dr. Cheryl Schmidt Principle Invenstigator for the multi-park mammal inventories Rocky Mountain Research Station U.S. Forest Service 1730 Samco Rd. Rapid City, SD 57702

Bonnie Heidel Principle Invenstigator for the Ft. Laramie plant inventory Wyoming Natural Diversity Database University of Wyoming P.O. Box 3381 Laramie, WY 82071

Dr. Carolyn Godfread Principle Invenstigator for the Ft. Union Trading Post plant inventory 216 West Ave Bismark, ND 58501 701.223.2546

Dr. Paul Opler Principle Investigator for the Devil's Tower and Ft. Laramie butterfly inventories P.O Box 2227 Loveland, CO 80539 970.667.8448

Gary Marrone Principle Invenstigator for the Jewel Cave and Mt. Rushmore butterfly inventory 108 Colony Loop Ft. Pierre, SD 57532 605.233.2842

Dr. Ron Royer Principle Invenstigator for the Fort Union Trading Post and Knife River Indian Villages butterfly inventory P.O. Box 88 Burlington, ND 58722 701.838.7648

Dr. Randy Lawson Principle Invenstigator for the Agate Fossil Beds and Scotts Bluff butterfly inventory P.O. Box 1109 Chadron, NE 69337 308.432.6298