Member of the Faculty (Biology), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington. l97l-present.Faculty, Malheur Field Station, Burns, Oregon. l974-1989.
Lecturer, Departments of Biological Science and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Winter, Spring, l970-7l.
Lecturer, Department of Natural Resources, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. Fall, l970.
Research Associate (in Guatemala), Center for the Biology of Natural Systems, Washington University, St. Louis. Summer, l970.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis. Summer, Fall, l969.
Laboratory Technician III, Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis. l967-l970.
Laboratory Technician II, Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis. l965-l967.
Laboratory Technician II, Department of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley. l96l-l965.
U.S. Army. l959-l96l.
Laboratory Technician I, Department of Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley. l957-l959.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Herman, S.G. 2002. Wildlife Biology and Natural History: Time for a reunion. An Invited paper, In Press, Journal of Wildlife Management.
Ferguson, D.E., and S.G.Herman. 1996. Livestock grazing: Reply to Brown and McDonald. Conservation Biology 10: 929-930.
Buchanan, J. B., L.A. Brennan, Charles T. Schick, and S.G. Herman. 1996. Body mass and lipid levels of shorebirds collected in western Washington. Northwest Naturalist 77: 51-54.
Buchanan, J. B., S.G. Herman, and J.B.Bulger. 1991. Observations of courtship and copulatory behavior of the Snowy Plover in the western Great Basin. Northwestern Naturalist 72: 72-74.
Brennan, L.A., J.B. Buchanan, C.T. Schick, and S.G. Herman. 1991. Estimating sex ratios with discriminant function analysis: the influence of probability cutpoints and sample size. Journal of Field Ornithology 62:357-366.
Brennan, L.A., M.A. Finger, J.B. Buchanan, C.T. Schick, and S.G. Herman. 1990. Stomach contents of Dunlins collected in western Washington. Northwestern Naturalist 71: 99-102.
Herman, S.G., J.B. Bulger, and J.B. Buchanan. 1988. The Snowy Plover in southeastern Oregon and western Nevada. Journal of Field Ornithology 59:13-21.
Buchanan, J.B., C.T. Schick, L.A. Brennan, and S.G. Herman. 1988. Merlin predation on wintering Dunlin: Hunting techniques, success rates, and escape tactics of Dunlin. Wilson Bulletin 100:108-118.
Schick, C.T., L.A. Brennan, J.B. Buchanan, M.A. Finger, T.M. Johnson, and S.G. Herman. 1987. Organochlorine contamination in shorebirds: The significance for wintering and spring migrant falcons in western Washington. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 9:115-132.
Buchanan, J.B., S.G. Herman, and T.M. Johnson. 1986. Success rates of the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) hunting Dunlin (Calidris alpina) during winter. Raptor Research 20:130-131.
Herman, S.G. l986. The Naturalist's Field Journal: A manual of instruction based on a system established by Joseph Grinnell. Buteo Books. Vermillion, S.D. 200 pp.
Buchanan, J.B., L.A. Brennan, C.T. Schick, S.G. Herman and T.M. Johnson. l986. Age and sex composition of wintering Dunlin populations in western Washington. Wader Study Group Bulletin No. 46:37-4l.
Sullivan, S.L., W.H. Pyle, and S.G. Herman. l986. Cassin's Finches nesting in Big Sagebrush. The Condor 88:378-379.
Buchanan, J.B., L.R. Brennan, C.T. Schick, M.A. Finger, T.M. Johnson, and S.G. Herman. l985. Dunlin weight changes in relation to food habits and available prey. Journal of Field Ornithology 56:265-272.
Brennan, L.A., J.B. Buchanan, S.G. Herman, and T.M. Johnson. l985. Interhabitat movements of wintering Dunlins in western Washington. The Murrelet 66:ll-l6.
LaGory, K.E, M.K. LaGory, D.M. Myers, and S.G. Herman. l984. Niche relationships in wintering mixed-species flocks in western Washington. Wilson Bulletin 96:l08-ll6.
Brennan, L.A., J.B. Buchanan, C.T. Schick, S.G. Herman, and Tod M. Johnson. l984. Sex determination of Dunlins in winter plumage. Journal of Field Ornithology 55:343-348.
Canning, D.J., and S.G. Herman. l983. Gadwall breeding range expansion into western Washington. The Murrelet 64:27-3l.
Herman, S.G., and J.B. Bulger. l98l. The distribution and abundance of shorebirds during the spring migration at Grays Harbor, Washington. Contract report DACW67-8l-M0396. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle.
Herman, S.G., and J.B. Bulger. l979. Effects of a forest application of DDT on nontarget organisms. Wildlife Monograph No. 69, The Wildlife Society. 62 pp.
Rudd, R.L., S.G. Herman, and J.R. Newman. l979. Comparative removal trapping results (small mammals) from tropical and temperate latitudes. Wassman Journal of Biology 37:93-l02.
Calambokidis, J., J. Mowrer, M.W. Beug, and S.G. Herman. l979. Selective retention of polychlorinated biphenyl components in the mussel, Mytilus edulis. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 8:299-308.
Herman, S.G., and J.B. Bulger. l979. Impact of pesticides on terrestrial birds. pp. 50-95 in Vol. 3, Report on environmental assessment of pesticide regulatory programs. California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento.
Peters, C.F., K.O. Richter, D.A. Manuwal, and S.G. Herman. l978. Colonial nesting sea and wading bird use of estuarine islands in the Pacific Northwest. Dredged Material Research Program Technical Report D-78-l7, l80 pp., U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Mowrer, J., Calambokidis, J., Musgrove, N., Drager, B., M.W. Beug, and S.G. Herman. l977. Polychlorinated biphenyls in cottids, mussels, and sediment in southern Puget Sound, Washington. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology l8:588-594.
Craighead, J.J., S.G. Herman, and M.W. Nelson. l976. Peregrines in the northwestern United States. pp. 265-266 in Fyfe, R.W., S.A. Temple and T.J. Cade, l976. The l975 North American Peregrine Falcon survey. Canadian Field Naturalist 90:228-273.
Rudd, R.L., and S.G. Herman. l972. Toxic effects of pesticide residues on wildlife. pp. 47l-485 in Environmental Toxicology of Pesticides. Academic Press.
Herman, S.G. l97l. The Peregrine Falcon decline in California-II: Breeding status in l970. American Birds 25:8l8-82l.
Herman, S.G. l97l. The functional and numerical responses of the Cassin Finch, Carpodacus cassinii, to epidemic numbers of the Lodgepole Needleminer, Coleotechnites milleri. The Wassman Journal of Biology 29:7l-80.
Herman, S.G. l97l. A review of Peregrine Falcon populations: their biology and decline. J.J. Hickey, Editor. Journal of Wildlife Management 35:580-583.
Herman, S.G., M.N. Kirven, and R.W. Risebrough. l970. The Peregrine Falcon decline in California-I: A preliminary review. Audubon Field Notes 24:609-6l3.
Herman, S.G., R.L. Garrett, and R.L. Rudd. l969. Pesticides and the Western Grebe: A study of pesticide survival and trophic concentration at Clear Lake, Lake Co., California. pp. 24-53 in Chemical Fallout, M.W. Miller and G.C. Berg, Editors. Charles Thomas. Springfield.
Risebrough, R.W., D.B. Peakall, S.G. Herman, M.N. Kirven, and P. Reiche. l968. Polychlorinated biphenyls in the global ecosystem. Nature (London) 220:l098-ll02.
Dahlsten, D.L., and S.G. Herman. l965. Birds as predators of destructive forest insects. California Agriculture l9:8-l0.
Huffaker, C.B., K.P. Shea, and S.G. Herman. l963. Experimental studies on predation: Complex dispersion and levels of food in a predator-prey interaction. Hilgardia 35:305-330.
Grants and Contracts
Herman, S.G. The Upland Sandpiper in Oregon. (reports on research spanning the years 1978-87, on this disjunct population of only 75 individuals.)
Herman, S.G. Densities of Shrubsteppe birds in southeastern Oregon, 1976-1990.
Honors
Institute for Wildlife Protection: Member, Board of Directors, 2001- present.
Oregon Natural Desert Association: Member, Board of Directors, 1996- present.
Oregon Birds: Assistant Editor, 1990 - 1998.
Washington Birds, Assistant Editor, 1997- 1999.
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority: Member, Subcommittee on Wetlands and Development, Scientific Advisory Committee, Issue Advisory Committee. l984-1986.
Malheur Field Station Board of Directors: Member, l985-1987. President, Malheur Field Station Consortium, 1984-85.
Great Basin Society Board of Directors: Member, 1987-1990.
California Condor Advisory Committee (advisory to California Department of Fish and Game, California Fish and Game Commission): Chairman, l980-l984.
Biological Field Studies Association: Board Member, l967-l970.
Rachel Carson Trust: Board Member, l975-l978.
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute: Member, Board of Scientists, l976-l980. The Nature Conservancy, Western Washington Chairman, 1972-1975 Malheur Bird Observatory, Princeton,Oregon. Founder, Owner, and Director
Personal Data
Conservationist of the Year, 1995. Seattle Audubon.
Environmental Scientist of the Year, l984. Washington Environmental Council.
Chancellor's Patent Award, l969. University of California, Davis.
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