Duck Creek Associates Natural Resource Consultants

Imnaha Canyon

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Amanda Hardman, Botanist/Ecologist


Education


  • M.S. Botany - Oregon State University, 2007.
  • B.A. Environmental Studies - Rollins College, 1999.

    Workshops


  • Oregon Bryophytes, Northwest Botanical Institute, Eugene Oregon, Dr. David Wagner, 2008
  • Microlichens of the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Bruce McCune, Corvallis Oregon, 2006
  • Sagebrush Taxonomy, Dr. Roger Rosentreter, Idaho state botanist -2004
  • Botrychium Taxonomy, Dr. Donald Farrar and Cindy Johnson-Groh, Stanley, Idaho -2004
  • Crust Lichen Field Identification, Dr. Roger Rosentreter, Owyhee Plateau, SW Idaho- 2004
  • Chicory Tribe Identification, Dr. Kent Chambers, Oregon State University -2004
  • Salix Taxonomy, with Danna Lytjen and Nick Otting, Oregon State campus -2004
  • Mosses of the Northern Sierra Mountains,Truckee, California, Dr. Daniel Norris, 2003
  • Bryophyte taxonomy, Southern Oregon University/Siskiyou N.F., Dr. Daniel Norris, 2001

    Experience Highlights


    Amanda has 8 years experience as a field botanist/ecologist and project coordinator on public lands of Eastern and Western Oregon, Western Washington, Northern Alaska, Northern Sierra California and Idaho. She can identify NW vascular plant species, and is skilled in the identification of lichens and bryophytes. Her work experience required, in part, finding and mapping rare plant populations, invasive weeds, and special habitats. She has used GIS to produce maps as well as make spatial analyses. Amanda has also been involved in ecological studies gathering and analyzing a suite of environmental data in both forested and non-forested ecosystems.

    Publications


    Hardman, A. & B. McCune. 2008. Bryophyte Response to Fuels Reduction Treatments in the Central Blue Mountains of Northeastern Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forestry (in review).

    McCune, B., S. Jovan, & A. Hardman. 2008. Changes in forage lichen biomass after insect outbreaks and fuel reduction treatments in the Blue Mountains, Oregon. North American Fungi 3(4):1-15.