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1 <br />' JON DAVID HOIST <br />629 S. Whitcomb St. <br />Fort Collins, CO 80521 <br />(303) 498-0269 <br />EDUCATION Colorado State University <br />' Master of Science in Wildlife Biology, December 1994 <br />Course Concentration: Design and Analysis of Environmental Studies <br />Honors and Activities: <br />• Guest Lecturer on Environmental Law <br />' • Graduate Research Stipend <br />University of Colorado School of Law <br />' Juris Doctor, Awarded May 14, 1991 <br />Course Concentration: Natural Resources/Environmental Law <br />Honors and Activities: <br />• Homer H. Clark Academic Scholarship <br />' • Environmental Law Society <br />Colorado State University <br />' Bachelor of Science in Biological Science, Awarded nth Distinction May 14, 1988 <br />Course Concentration: Organismal Biology, Ecology <br />Honors and Activities: <br />• Dean's list <br />' • Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society <br />• Golden Key National Honor Society <br />• Outstanding College Students of America <br />' EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br />' Private Consultive Januarv 1994-Current <br />Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C. <br />Duties: <br />' • I am responsible for implementing a litigation strategy to promote the conservation of <br />biological diversity in the western United States. In addition, I am involved in cooperative <br />efforts with state and federal agencies to promote the conservation and recovery of federally <br />listed threatened and endangered species. <br />' Western Resource Development, Boulder, CO <br />Duties: <br />• I am responsible for coordinating with state and federal wildlife agencies and for designing <br />and implementing cost effective sampling methods to detect the presence of rare and <br />sensitive vertebrate species. I have field experience sampling for a variety of birds, <br />mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. <br />Graduate Research Januarv 1992-Januarv 1994 <br />' Colorado State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Biology, Ft. Collins, CO <br />Duties: <br />• For my graduate research, Icompleted atwo-year study on ungulate migrational movements <br />and movement corridors in an area proposed for extensive residential and recreational skiing <br />' development. The study arose out of the United States Army Corp of Engineers' §404 <br />permitting process under the Clean Water Act (CWA), which raised concerns regarding the <br />value otseveral large sub-alpine wetlands (scheduled for development) as movement corridors <br />' for wildlife species using the area. I was responsible for all aspects of the study design, data <br />collection, and data analysis. In addition, I was responsible for supervising all field personnel <br />and coordinating with Cederal and state agencies. <br />' 31 <br />