Curriculum Vitae For Michael Thomas Mengak Academic History


C.1 Administrative Grants/Contracts - University of Georgia (Total Amount=

,166,002)



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C.1 Administrative Grants/Contracts - University of Georgia (Total Amount= $1,166,002)


Name of Contract/Grant: RREA - Renewable Resource Extension Act

Funding Agency: USDA NIFA

Award Period: 1 Oct 2016 to 30 Sep 2018 Amount Awarded: $ 97,526

Role: Project Director

Name of Contract/Grant: Southeast Coast Network Climate Science Support Center (Mod #10)

Funding Agency: National Park Service

Award Period: 1 Oct 2016 to 30 Sep 2017 Amount Awarded: $106,000

Role: Project Director/UGA Rep

Name of Contract/Grant: Technical Assistance & Education for Forest Management of National Wildlife Refuges in Region IV (MOD #5).

Funding Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Award Period: 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2019 Amount Awarded: $57,500

Role: Project Director/UGA Rep

Name of Contract/Grant: RREA - Renewable Resource Extension Act

Funding Agency: USDA NIFA

Award Period: 1 Oct 2015 to 30 Sep 2017 Amount Awarded: $ 95,696

Role: Project Director


Name of Contract/Grant: Southeast Coast Network Climate Science Support Center (Mod #9)

Funding Agency: National Park Service

Award Period: 1 June 2015 to 31 May 2016 Amount Awarded: $316,544

Role: Project Director/UGA Rep

Name of Contract/Grant: Southeast Coast Network Climate Science Support Center (Mod #8)

Funding Agency: National Park Service

Award Period: 1 June 2014 to 31 May 2015 Amount Awarded: $321,676

Role: Project Director/UGA Rep

Name of Contract/Grant: RREA - Renewable Resource Extension Act

Funding Agency: USDA NIFA

Award Period: 1 Oct 2013 to 30 Sep 2015 Amount Awarded: $ 96,356

Role: Project Director

Name of Contract/Grant: Technical Assistance & Education for Forest Management of National Wildlife Refuges in Region IV.

Funding Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service

Award Period: 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2019 Amount Awarded: $170,000

Role: Project Director/UGA Rep

C.2 Service/Research – University of Georgia - ($1,520,509 Total; $985,771 pro-rated share; 65%)

Name of Contract/Grant: Joint Venture Agreement for Natural Inquirer

Funding Agency: USDA Forest Service

Award Period: 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 Amount Awarded: $60,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Survey and protect the rare Allegheny woodrat

Funding Agency: National Park Service - Shenandoah National Park

Award Period: 1 October 2014 to 30 April 2016 Amount Awarded: $49,993

Role: co-PI (50%) with Dr. S.B. Castleberry (50%)

Name of Contract/Grant: Development of the Georgia Wild Hog Management Field Manual

Funding Agency: River Valley Regional Commission (RVRC)

Award Period: 4 November 2013 to 31 August 2014 Amount Awarded: $15,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Promoting lease hunting on private forestlands in Georgia: Research to support small forest landowners

Funding/Granting Agency: UGA-OVPR Faculty Research Grants Program

Award Period: 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 Amount Awarded: $ 9,845

Role: co-PI (50%) with Dr. Neelam Poudyal (50%), NRRT-Warnell

Name of Contract/Grant: Continuing improvement & increased accountability: The Natural Inquirer in the Classroom (initial and MODs 1-5)

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service

Award Period: 1 October 2011 - 30 September 2016 Amount Awarded: $182,761

Role: PI (multiple awards/modifications to extend work period)

Name of Contract/Grant: Genetic survey of Allegheny woodrats in Virginia.

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Academy of Sciences

Award Period: 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011 Amount Awarded: $ 1,250

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Historic analysis of genetic variability of Allegheny woodrats of Virginia.

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Academy of Sciences

Award Period: 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2012 Amount Awarded: $ 1,250

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Revision of Forest & Ungulate Webpage.

Funding/Granting Agency: Southern Regional Extension Forester (SREF)

Award Period: 1 April 2010 - 30 September 2011 Amount Awarded: $ 8,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Natural resource condition assessment for Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS), Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve (JELA), Natchez Trace Parkway (NATR), Shiloh National Military Park (SHIL), and Vicksburg National Military Park (VICK)

Funding/Granting Agency: National Park Service, Gulf States Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit

Award Period: 1 March 2010 – 31 December 2013 Amount Awarded: $285,000

Role: co-PI (25%) (with N. Nibbelink, UGA 50% & G. Grossman, UGA 25%)

Name of Contract/Grant: Assessing knowledge gain from the Natural Inquirer using EUGENE (Ecological Understanding as a Guideline for Evaluation in Non-formal Education)

Funding/Granting Agency: US Forest Service

Award Period: 3 August 2009 – 2 August 2014 Amount Awarded: $ 90,081

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Ecological Understanding as a Guideline for Evaluation of Non-formal education (EUGENE): A Proposal to Build Capacity in Non-formal Environmental Education Evaluation

Funding/Granting Agency: US Forest Service

Award Period: 15 June 2005 – 31 May 2010 Amount Awarded: $200,780

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Survey and status of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Virginia.

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF)

Award Period: 1 Nov 2008 to 30 June 2011 Amount Awarded: $87,207

Role: Co-PI (50%) (With S. B. Castleberry, WSFNR, 50%)

Name of Contract/Grant: Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Six Regional Parks

Funding/Granting Agency: National Park Service, Gulf States Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU)

Award Period: 1 Oct 2008 to 30 Mar 2010 Amount Awarded:$205,625

Role: Co-PI (30%) (With N. Nibbelink (40%) and G. Grossman (30%), WSFNR)

Name of Contract/Grant: A Protocol for Monitoring Key Largo Cotton Mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola) Population Status

Funding/Granting Agency: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Award Period: 1 Aug 2006 to 30 Sept 2008 Amount Awarded: $75,000

Role: Co-PI (50%) (With S. B. Castleberry, WSFNR, 50%)
Name of Contract/Grant: Movements, intraspecific competition, and natural history of the armadillo in Southwest Georgia

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute – Eastern Unit

Award Period: 1 Oct 2005 to 30 Sep 2006 Amount Awarded: $5,500

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Forestry and Wildlife Education Programs for Private Landowners in Georgia

Funding/Granting Agency: Georgia Forestry Commission

Award Period: 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 Amount Awarded: $11,444

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Habitat characterization in hurricane impacted areas of hardwood hammock of the Florida Keys

Funding/Granting Agency: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Award Period: 1 Oct 2004 to 31 Dec 2006 Amount Awarded: $93,556

Role: Co-PI (50%) (With S. B. Castleberry, WSFNR, 50%)

Name of Contract/Grant: Mammal Community Survey at Vicksburg National Military Park (VICK-NMP), Vicksburg, MS

Funding/Granting Agency: National Park Service, Gulf States Cooperative Ecosystem Study Unit (CESU)

Award Period: 2005-2006 Amount Awarded: $69,079

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Effectiveness of chemical repellants to deter deer browsing on forage crops and landscape plants

Funding/Granting Agency: UGARF – Office of Vice President for Research

Award Period: 2004 Amount Awarded: $4,525

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Food habits, bait acceptance, and natural history of the nine-banded armadillo in southwest Georgia

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute - Eastern Unit

Award Period: 2004 Amount Awarded: $15,100

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Wildlife Damage Management Training Program

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute – Eastern Unit

Award Period: 2003 Amount Awarded: $8,250

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Effectiveness of eucalyptus mulch as a deer repellent for protecting suburban plantings

Funding/Granting Agency: Corbitt Manufacturing, Lake City, FL

Award Period: 2003 Amount Awarded: $2,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Mammal Survey in West Virginia

Funding/Granting Agency: The Nature Conservancy

Award Period: 2003 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: Co—PI (50%; with S. B. Castleberry, WSFNR, 50%)


Name of Contract/Grant: Summary, analysis and recommendations of 11-years trapping and monitoring data on the Allegheny woodrat in Southwest Virginia

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 2002 Amount Awarded: $4,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Results of Ten Years of Allegheny Woodrat Trapping in Southwest Virginia

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service - Challenge Cost Share Grant from George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

Award Period: 2002 Amount Awarded: $2,500

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Undergraduate or Post-Graduate Internship

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute – East, Mississippi State University

Award Period: 2004 Amount Awarded: $10,100

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Developing the Theoretical and Practical Basis for Using Ecological Principles in Nonformal Environmental Education Evaluation

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service

Award Period: 2002 Amount Awarded: $9,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Undergraduate or Post-Graduate Internship

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute – East, Mississippi State University

Award Period: 2003 Amount Awarded: $9,413

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Undergraduate or Post-Graduate Internship

Funding/Granting Agency: Berryman Institute – East, Mississippi State University

Award Period: 2002 Amount Awarded: $8,250

Role: PI


C.3 While at Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA (Total amount = $ 192,7900; pro-rated amount, 100%)

Name of Contract/Grant: GIS and Remote Sensing for wildlife Managers

Funding/Granting Agency: Professional Development Grant from Office to the Dean, Ferrum College

Award Period: 2000 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: The Reshaping of Appalachian Culture and Landscape

Funding/Granting Agency: American College of Learned Societies

Award Period: 2000 Amount Awarded: $35,000

Role: Co-PI with 3 other faculty

Name of Contract/Grant: Survey selected power line rights-of-way for nesting Golden-winged Warblers

Funding/Granting Agency: American Electric Power Company

Award Period: 2000 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: US Forest Service

Award Period: 2000 Amount Awarded: $2,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Demographic characteristics and habitat selection criteria of the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Academy of Sciences

Award Period: 1999 Amount Awarded : $1,236

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1999 Amount Awarded: $7,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Small mammal survey related to fescue hayfield conversion

Funding/Granting Agency: US Forest Service, Warm Springs Ranger District, George Washington/Jefferson National Forest

Award Period: 1999 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Vertebrate Survey at Booker T. Washington National Monument

Funding/Granting Agency: Appalachian College Association - Faculty/Student Research Grant

Award Period: 1999 Amount Awarded: $6,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Habitat characteristics of Allegheny woodrat colonies in Virginia and West Virginia

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Academy of Sciences

Award Period: 1998 Amount Awarded: $1,210

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Status of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Turkey Run Park

Funding/Granting Agency: National Park Service, Turkey Run Park

Award Period: 1998 Amount Awarded: $1,815

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Continue research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1998 Amount Awarded: $7,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Continue research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: US Forest Service

Award Period: 1997 Amount Awarded: $4,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Distribution, habitat use, and population characteristics of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in the Ridge and Valley and Allegheny Plateau Physiographic Provinces of Virginia and West Virginia

Funding/Granting Agency: Westvaco Corporation and NCASI

Award Period: 1997 Amount Awarded: $33,800

Role: Co-PI (25%) with P. B. Wood (WVU), W. M. Ford (USDA Forest Service), S. B. Castleberry (WVU)

Name of Contract/Grant: Impact of fescue hayfield conversion to warm season grasses on small mammals

Funding/Granting Agency: Appalachian College Association Faculty Research Grant

Award Period: 1997 Amount Awarded: $6,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Westvaco Corporation

Award Period: 1996 Amount Awarded: $2,464

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1996 Amount Awarded: $6,700

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service

Award Period: 1996 Amount Awarded: $4,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Survey company land for Allegheny Woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Westvaco Corporation

Award Period: 1995 Amount Awarded: $2,400

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1995 Amount Awarded: $6,450

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service

Award Period: 1995 Amount Awarded: $5,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Georgia-Pacific Corporation

Award Period: 1995 Amount Awarded: $5,000

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1994 Amount Awarded: $6,450

Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service-GW National Forest

Award Period: 1994 Amount Awarded: $3,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1993 Amount Awarded: $6,050

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service-GW National Forest

Award Period: 1993 Amount Awarded: $2,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Academy of Sciences

Award Period:1993 Amount Awarded: $500

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: USDA Forest Service-GW National Forest

Award Period: 1992 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1992 Amount Awarded: $5,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1991 Amount Awarded: $6,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: NPS – Shenandoah National Park

Award Period: 1991 Amount Awarded: $2,000

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1990 Amount Awarded: $17,500

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Professional Development Grant – Dean’s Office Ferrum College

Award Period: 1990 Amount Awarded: $740

Role: PI


Name of Contract/Grant: Survey small mammals at Fairy Stone Farms Wildlife Management Area

Funding/Granting Agency: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries

Award Period: 1990 Amount Awarded: $1,000

Role: PI
Name of Contract/Grant: Plant survey at Booker T. Washington National Monument

Funding/Granting Agency: National Park Service

Award Period: 1989 Amount Awarded: $500

Role: PI

Name of Contract/Grant: Grant to initiate research on ecology of Allegheny woodrats

Funding/Granting Agency: Professional Development Grant – Dean’s Office Ferrum College

Award Period: 1989 Amount Awarded: $975



Role: PI
D. Recognitions and Outstanding Achievements

At University of Georgia

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Gold) – Manual Coordination, Editing, Revising – MT Mengak and M Foster – Georgia Landowner’s Guide to Wild Pig Management.

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Silver) – Journal Publication – EE Harper, JJ Vaske, CA Miller, MT Mengak, and S Bruno – Stakeholder attitudes and beliefs towards wild pigs in Georgia and Illinois – Wildlife Society Bulletin.

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Bronze) – Journal Publication – MT Mengak and L Hildreth. Evaluating the Georgia Master Naturalist Program, Journal of Extension.

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Bronze) - Extension Publication – MT Mengak and K Nitschke. Wildlife Damage Series – Tukey Vultures.

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Bronze) – Extension Publication – MT Mengak and J Kanine. Wildlife Damage Series – Feral Cats.

  • 2016 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence (Bronze) – Research Technology Transfer. MT Mengak. Georgia Wild Pig Survey – Final Report.

  • 2016 - TWS FELLOW – The Wildlife Society for exceptional service to the wildlife profession

  • 2016 - Teaching Award - University of Georgia – Freshman Year Odyssey

  • 2013 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Computer Software – Resolving Issues with Nuisance Wildlife CD

  • 2013 - Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Computer Software – Deer Tolerant Landscapes CD

  • 2010 – Best Technical Wildlife Publication Award – Southeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

  • 2009 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Computer Software – Georgia Master Naturalist CD

  • 2009 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Journal Publications – Multiple Articles

  • 2009 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Research Technology Transfer – Warnell Wildlife Management Series

  • 2009 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Silver Award for Excellence – Short Publication – “Nine-banded Armadillo” Warnell Natural History Series NHS No. 4.

  • 2006 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence – Mixed Media – General Audience for the publication “Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife” publication and PowerPoint presentation.

  • 2006 -- Southern Regional Extension Forestry – Award for Excellence – Mixed Media – General Audience for the publication “Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife” publication and PowerPoint presentation.

  • 2003 -- UGA Chapter – FFA – Distinguished Service Award


At Ferrum College
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