Current Position
Biologist, Office of Environmental Assessment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4,
Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Atlanta, GA, 30303; 404-562-9643;
west.ben@epa.gov. NEPA Coordinator responsible for reviewing all USDA Forest Service
EISs/Land and Resource Management Plans.
Education
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M.S.
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University of Tennessee, 1996 (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -
Forest Ecology)
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B.S.
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Furman University, 1990 (Biology)
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Employment
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1999 - present
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Biologist. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 4, Atlanta, Georgia
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1998 - 1999
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Environmental Planner.
Arcadis Geraghty & Miller Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
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1996 - 1998
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Environmental Planner.
Turner Collie & Braden Inc., Austin, Texas
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1996
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Research Associate.
National Biological Service, Knoxville, Tennessee
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1994 - 1996
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Graduate Research Assistant.
University of Tennessee, Department of Forestry, Wildlife &
Fisheries, Knoxville, Tennessee
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1994 - 1996
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Ecologist/NEPA Specialist.
PTRL Environmental Services, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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1990 - 1994
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Environmental Planner.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Alexandria, Virginia
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Publications
West, Benjamin E., and John C. Rennie. 1998. Landscape Ecosystem Classification for the
Mountain Highlands of the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. In:
Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research
Conference, Clemson, South Carolina. USDA
Forest Service.
