Clinton T. Moore

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources  
University of Georgia 
Athens, GA 30602-2152

Telephone: 706-542-1609 

Fax: 706-542-1235 

Email: cmoore@usgs.gov  

Statistician

Primary Responsibilities: 
Provide quantitative expertise and original research to USGS and its partners in areas of modeling, monitoring, and adaptive resource management

Education/Training: 
B.S. Forest Resources, Univ. of Ga. (Fish and Wildlife Biology, 1982) 

M. Statistics, N.C. State Univ. (Statistics/Mathematics, 1985) 

PhD, Univ. of Ga. (Wildlife Biology, 2002) 

Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements: 

2001 - Scientific Achievement Award, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center 

2000 - Stoddard-Burleigh-Sutton Award for Excellence in Wildlife Conservation, University of Georgia

1998-2001 - STAR (Science To Achieve Results) Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1997-2000 - University-Wide Assistantship, University of Georgia

1997 - On-the-Spot Achievement Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1996 - STAR Special Achievement Award, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

1992 - Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society

1989 - Distinguished Service Citation, Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission

1982 - Undergraduate honors, Magna cum laude, University of Georgia

Active Projects: 

Directing Succession through Adaptive Management in National Wildlife Refuges: Reed Canary Grass Control and Transition to Wetland Forests and Meadows

Adaptive Management of Releases to the Florida Non-migratory Whooping Crane Population

Adaptive Decision Support for Landscape-level Conservation of Birds in Early Successional Habitats on Private Lands in Georgia

Inventory and Monitoring in Support of Management for Rare Communities in the Cherokee National Forest

Adaptive Management Research and Applications

Statistical Modeling and Applications Development in the Study of Natural Resource Systems

Publications/Products: 

Moore, C. T. Adaptive management: Clear direction in an uncertain world. Presentation at Water Seminar Lecture Series, University of Nebraska, 30 January 2008, Lincoln, Neb.

Moore, C. T., and M. J. Conroy. 2006. Optimal regeneration planning for old-growth forest: addressing scientific uncertainty in endangered species recovery through adaptive management. Forest Science 52:155-172.   

White, C. G., S. H. Schweitzer, C. T. Moore, I. B. Parnell, III, and L. A. Lewis-Weis. 2005. Evaluation of the landscape surrounding northern bobwhite nest sites: a multiscale analysis. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:1528-1537. 

Moore, C. T., W. T. Plummer, and M. J. Conroy. 2005. Forest management under uncertainty for multiple bird population objectives. In Ralph, C. J., and T. D. Rich, eds. Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002. March 20-24; Asilomar, California, Volume 1.  Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-191.  Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Moore, C. T., and W. L. Kendall. 2004. Costs of detection bias in index–based population monitoring. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27(1):287-296. 

Conroy, M. J., C. R. Allen, J. T. Peterson, L. J. Pritchard, and C. T. Moore. 2003. Landscape change in the southern Piedmont: challenges, solutions, and uncertainty across scales. Conservation Ecology 8(2): 3. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol8/iss2/art3 

Conroy, M. J., and C. T. Moore. 2002. Wildlife habitat modeling in an adaptive framework: the role of alternative models. Pages 205-218 in Scott, J. M., P. J. Heglund, M. L. Morrison, J. B. Haufler, M. G. Raphael, W. A. Wall, and F. B. Samson, eds. Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press, Washington, DC. 

Conroy, M. J., and C. T. Moore. 2001. Simulation models and optimal decision making in natural resource management. Pages 91-104 in Shenk, T. M., and A. B. Franklin, eds. Modeling in natural resource management: development, interpretation, and application. Island Press, Washington, DC. 

Moore, C. T., M. J. Conroy, and K. Boston. 2000. Forest management decisions for wildlife objectives: system resolution and optimality. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 27:25-39. 

Delany, M. F., S. B. Linda, and C. T. Moore. 1999. Diet and condition of American alligators in 4 Florida lakes. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 53:375-389. 

Gaasch, C. M., J. Pickering, and C. T. Moore. 1998. Flight phenology of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Georgia's Piedmont. Environmental Entomology 27:606-614. 

Johnson, F. A., C. T. Moore, W. L. Kendall, J. A. Dubovsky, D. F. Caithamer, J. R. Kelley, Jr., and B. K. Williams. 1997. Uncertainty and the management of mallard harvests. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:202-216. 

Johnson, F. A., and C. T. Moore. 1996. Harvesting multiple stocks of ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:551-559.