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Amanda D. Hackney
Headquarter Location - Houston, TX

a.hackney@blackcatgis.com

Education

 

2007 - 2010  Master of Science

Wildlife and Fisheries Biology

Clemson Univeristy, Clemson, SC

 

2000 - 2005 Bachelor of Science

Wildlife & Fisheries; Animal, Dairy, Poultry Science

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

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Experience

 

2015-2016 Audubon Texas

Senior Coastal Conservation Biologist

 

2012-2015 Audubon Texas

Coastal Program Manager

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2011-2012 Fort Worth Zoo

Education Project Coordinator

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2007-2010 Clemson University

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Geographic Information Systems Lab

Graduate Teaching Assistant - Biology I & Biology of Plants

 

2006-2010 Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR

STEP Biology Technician

Biology Intern

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Grants

2018

USFWS Piping plover usage, habitat changes, and public influence of a newly acquired beach on Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, $20,000

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2017

Galveston Bay Estuary Program, Mapping of intertidal oyster reef in West Galveston Bay, December 2017, $60,000 (sub-recipient)

 

2015

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund, Matagorda Bay Rookery Island, Feasibility Study and Alternatives Analysis, $250,000

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Direct Grant Award, TERN (Texas Estuarine Resource Network) Program Project, $45,000

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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Direct Grant Award, Rollover Pass Rookery Protection and Restoration Project, September 2015, $60,000

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2014

Texas General Land Office Coastal Management Program, Grant Cycle 19 GIS Analysis and Modeling of Texas Rookery Island Erosion Risk along the GIWW, $120,848

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Program Agreement Award, Audubon Texas Coastal Stewardship Program,$50,000

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2012

Texas Parks and Wildlife Horned Lizard License Plate Fund, Waterbird Conservation Outreach and Signage on the Texas Coast, $25,000

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Awards

2015- Treasure of the Bay Non-Profit Award, Texas Master Naturalists

2010- Douglas R. Phillips Award for Graduate Students in Forestry

2009- USFWS Star Award

2000-2004- LSU Nonresident Scholarship

2002-Gamma Sigma Delta Sophomore Scholarship Award of Merit

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Skills

 

Geographic Information Systems:

             Analysis & Statistics

             Creation & Publication

             Education & Training

Statitstical Analysis

Technical Writing

Conservation Planning

Analysis of Coastal Systems

Habitat Management

Website Design and Management

 

 

Publications

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2016

Hackney, A.D., editor, 2016. Texas Coastal Colonial Waterbird Management Plan, in prep.

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Hackney, A.D., Denmon, P.D., 2016. Spatial relationships between fledge success and habitat of American Oystercatchers on Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia, USA, in prep.

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2014

Hackney, A.D., Mitchell, J.C., Denmon, P.D., 2014. Snake predation on American oystercatcher eggs on Fisherman Island, Virginia, Banisteria, Number 43, 101- 103.

 

Heath, S. A.; Hackney, A.D., 2013. Black Skimmers in Texas, Texas Birds Annual, Vol 9, 54- 57. 6/8/2016

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2013

Hackney, A.D., Baldwin, R.F., Jodice, P.G.R., 2013. Mapping risk for nest predation on a barrier island, Journal of Coastal Conservation. Vol 17, Issue 3, 615-621.

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2009

Hackney, A.D., Denmon, P.D., 2009. 2009 Summary of northern diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) projects conducted on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Fishermans Island National Wildlife Refuges, pp. 1-9. USFWS, Cape Charles, VA.

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2007

Hackney, A.D., Denmon, P., 2007. 2007 Diamondback terrapin nesting project, pp. 1-4. USFWS, Cape Charles, VA.

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Professional Membership

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  • The Waterbird Society

  • The Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society

    • Membership Committee Chair 2017-2018

    • Finance Committee Chair 2018-2019, 2019-2020,  2020-2021

  • Society for Conservation GIS

  • American Oystercatcher Working Group

  • The Diamondback Terrrapin Working Group

  • The Texas Waterbird Society

  • The Atlantic Marine Bird Cooperative Seabirds Colonies and Adjacent Waters Working Group

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