Mark has 25 years of natural resource management experience throughout the
western United States. He enjoys using quantitative analysis and ecological
interpretation to find patterns, relationships, and trends to improve management
decision-making.
Responsibilities: Mark's projects address issues in forest management,
agricultural practices, hydroelectric projects, mining operations, energy development,
and linear facilities management. Mark is especially interested in watershed analysis,
stream restoration, and aquatic resource monitoring.
Projects/Services: Mark excels in helping managers evaluate the
potential effects of planned activities on terrestrial and aquatic resources. He
is adept at developing ecosystem models that integrates disparate information and
multiple lines of evidence – and associated uncertainties – to evaluate
alternative management strategies. He has built numerous spatially explicit models
using GIS.
Teply is an expert in riparian forest management. He has conducted numerous watershed
assessments to develop restoration and enhancement strategies. He has contributed to
several habitat conservation planning efforts and has working knowledge of riparian
forest management rules throughout the western states. Mark offers expertise in
silvicultural practices to improve delivery of large woody debris and provide adequate
stream shade.
Mark adds to CFS's strengths in aquatic resource monitoring. He provides support for
design and analysis of fish population monitoring projects. He also brings strengths
in statistical sampling design and analysis of riparian and instream habitat monitoring.
This includes development of monitoring programs to evaluate the effectiveness of
management strategies, as well as regulatory compliance. He has built numerous GIS
applications to design, manage, and analyze such programs.
Background: Mark received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in natural
resource management from the University of Michigan and University of California at Berkeley. He has
dedicated his entire career to discovering the interactions among land management
decisions and terrestrial and aquatic resources.
Personal:
Mark loves to ruin a good walk with a round of golf! This is mitigated by the fact that
he gets to play with his two boys. Mark also enjoys birding with his wife and spending
time with his family and friends by hiking, fishing, and camping. |
