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About the Authors
John Jacob holds a joint appointment with the Texas Sea Grant
College Program and the Texas Cooperative Extension (Department of Soil
and Crop Sciences - Texas A&M University). He has coastwide responsibility
for inland environmental problems that have a direct impact on the quality
of our bays, estuaries and coastal waters. Preeminent among these issues
are the mitigation and abatement of nonpoint source pollution from both
rural and urban sources, and the preservation and restoration of valuable
natural habitats such as wetlands.
Jacob is trained as a soil scientist with B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas
Tech University, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He worked
several years for the National Cooperative Soil Survey program in Texas,
mainly in the coastal plain area. He is a recognized expert on Texas wetlands,
having been active in consulting and research aspects of wetlands for
more than IO years. Jacob has partici- pated in the development and refinement
of wetiand indicators on the Gulf Coast. He is recognized as a Professional
Wetiand Scientist by the Society of Wetiand Scientists and a Certified
Professional Soil Scientist by the American Society of Agronomy.
Daniel W. Moulton contributes interdisciplinary, statewide
wetland expertise to the Wetlands Conservation and Water Resources Teams
and the Coastal Studies Program within the Resource Protection Division
of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin.
Moulton is a wildlife scientist with a B.A. in Biology (Colgate University),
a M.S. in Wildlife Ecology (University of Wisconsin), and a Ph.D. in Wildlife
Science (Utah State University). His 17 years of experience with Texas
wetlands includes land acquisition and habitat development; identification,
delineation and mapping of wetlands using photographic and remotely-sensed
digital imagery; and the analysis of change in coastal habitats. He worked
more than four years with the federal National Wetlands Inventory to coordinate
the Coastal Texas Mapping Project that produced digital wetlands maps,
as well as a status and trends report, for the entire Texas coastal plain.
He is recognized as a Certified Wildlife Biologist by the Wildlife Society.
Ricardo A. López works for the Texas Cooperative
Extension (Department of Soil and Crop Sciences - Texas A&M University)
as specialist in geoinformation technologies and website development.
His experience with Geographical Information Systems (GIS), includes design
and implementation of geo-spatial databases in Land Use and Environmental
Management projects. He also works as Adjunt Professor for the University
of Houston - Clear Lake, teaching basic and advanced GIS courses.
López is a GIS specialist with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (Universidad
de los Andes - Colombia - South America), and a M.S. in Environmental
Geology (University of Houston - Clear Lake)
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