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EDUCATION
Schools Attended
Cate School, Carpinteria, California
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
North Dakota State University, Fargo
Degrees Awarded
B.A. - Biology
St. Olaf College
M.A. - Biology
University of Northern Iowa
G.P.A. 3.79
Ph.D.- Botany
North Dakota State University
G.P.A. 4.0
Dissertation Title: Rangeland Analysis and
Land Cover: A Computerized Approach
Military Status
Veteran, U.S. Naval Security Group, stationed in Rota,
Spain for three years. Honorable Discharge.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming
- BASIC, FORTRAN, DBASE IV, Clipper 5.x, Lotus 1-2-3
Applications
- Windows: Word, Excel, MS Exchange, Visual dBASE,
PowerBuilder, FrontPage 2000, MS Outlook 2000, Dreamweaver MX
- DOS: WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, DBASE
Network Environments
- Banyan Vines, Novell, LANTASTIC
Internet Browsers
- Internet Explorer and Netscape
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Beta Beta Beta, National Honor Society for Biologists
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
President, Soil and Water Conservation Foundation
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Environmental Scientist, Public Service Comm. 1981-1985
Supervised inspection and enforcement of active coal mining in the State of North Dakota. Served as a data processing specialist for the Reclamation Division, which regulates coal mining within the State of North Dakota. Computer graphics were employed to illustrate topographic and environmental changes that result from mining and reclamation activities. Reviewed vegetation, land use and wildlife sections of coal mining permits.
Lecturer, Mary College, Bismarck, ND 1982-1983
Taught introductory courses in computer science.
Adjunct Professor, Continuing Studies Program, North Dakota State University, Fargo. 1983-1984
Instructed public school teachers and administrators in several rural towns on the use of Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium(MECC) software for Apple computers.
Adjunct Prof. of Math., Bismarck State College 1985-1992
Taught credit and non-credit computer science courses at the collegiate level. Developed course curricula for the non-credit courses which were taught through an adult education program.
Director, Abandoned Mine Lands(AML) Division, Public
Service Commission 1985-Present
Administer a federally-funded program to reclaim abandoned coal mines in North Dakota. An annual budget of nearly two million dollars is used to repair sites which are potentially hazardous to the public. I draft the division budget and defend it before the Commission and the State Legislature.
I supervise four full-time and one part-time staff. I ensure that grant applications are submitted in a timely manner to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement(OSMRE) and serve as Chief Procurement Officer for professional and construction services. I initiate public meetings to provide for comment on planned reclamation, conduct preliminary analysis of potential reclamation sites and acquire requisite concurrence from State and Federal agencies for threatened and endangered species assessments and cultural resource evaluations. I developed a "home page" on the Internet (http://www.psc.state.nd.us/psc/jursidiction/aml.html) that describes current AML activities. The current internet site was populated using Dreamweaver MX; the Intrant site was designed and populated using FrontPage 2000.
Private Consultant(General Partner), OK SYSTEMS 1986-Present
Customized database programming, web design, installation and administration of Local Area Networks (LAN) and construction of computers from scratch to user specifications.
PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS
Ogaard, L.A. The ins and outs of job hunting. Iowa Association for School, College and University (IASCUS).
Ehni, R.J., L.A. Ogaard, and W.C. Nelson. Effects of alternative cropping patterns and management decisions on soil erosion and revenue, Region VII. Department of Agricultural Economics, Ag. Econ. Rpt. No. 136, North Dakota State University (NDSU), Fargo. 60 p.
Ehni, R.J., L.A. Ogaard, and W. Becker. Costs associated with the procurement, collection, and transportation of biomass materials. In Biomass Resource Availability Feasibility Assessment, Tri-College Center for Environmental Studies, NDSU, Fargo. 250 p.
Ogaard, L.A. Strip mining impact on rangeland: a computerized approach. Paper presented to the 11th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, June 1, 1979, Minneapolis.
Ehni, R.J., L.A. Ogaard, N.B. Nelson, and W.C. Nelson. Impacts of coal development in western North Dakota: development and application of the Resource Inventory Monitoring and Analysis System (RIMAS). Department of Agricultural Economics, NDSU, Fargo. (Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency)
Ogaard, L.A. and W.C. Nelson. Rangeland inventory for the coal mining area of western North Dakota. Department of Agricultural Economics, NDSU, Fargo.(Prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency)
Ogaard, L.A. A synopsis of selected methodology and research potentially applicable to the study of wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region. Paper presented at a Wetlands Symposium, Department of Agricultural Economics, NDSU, Fargo. 24 p.
Ogaard, L.A. Soils, microbiology, and chemistry of Prairie Pothole Wetlands: research methods and annotated bibliography. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report No. 84, Agricultural Experiment Station, NDSU, Fargo. 30 p.
Ogaard, L.A. Wetland vegetation of the Prairie Pothole Region: research methods and annotated bibliography. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report No. 85, Agricultural Experiment Station, NDSU, Fargo. 50 p.
Ogaard, L.A. Fauna of the Prairie Pothole Region: research methods and annotated bibliography. Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report No. 86, Agricultural Experiment Station, NDSU, Fargo. 23 p.
Ogaard, L.A. Rangeland analysis and land cover: a computerized approach. Pages 1029-1034 in T. Braun(ed), Proceedings of the In-Place Resource Inventories: Principles and Practices, A National Workshop, University of Maine, Orono.
Ogaard, L.A. Wetland forage importance in a drought year. Ag. Econ. Misc. Rpt. No. 56, Department of Agricultural Economics, NDSU, Fargo. 15 p.
Costain, D.B., L.A. Ogaard, J.B. West and A.D. Klein. DEAR REV-1: a computer system to assist in reclamation planning of post-mine topography. Pages 139-142 in D.H. Graves(ed), Proceedings of the 1982 National Symposium on Surface Mining Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, Lexington, Kentucky.
Ogaard, L.A. and N.M. Safaya. Computer applications in the regulation of surface coal mining and reclamation: the North Dakota experience. Proceedings of the American Society of Agronomy, Washington, D.C. (Abstract).
Ogaard, L.A., S. Kahl, M. Spry, and M. Knell. Computer applications of the North Dakota AML and regulatory programs. Itinerant Reclamation Notes(3).
Hirsch, K.J., L.A. Ogaard and N.M. Safaya. Standards for evaluation success and recommended procedures for pre- and postmining vegetation assessments. Public Service Commission, Bismarck, ND.
Ogaard, L.A. Reclamation of abandoned coal mines in North Dakota. Paper presented to the Soil and Water Conservation Chapter of North Dakota, Mandan.
Ogaard, L.A. The Abandoned Mine Program in North Dakota in Geology and Utilization of Fort Union Lignites, R.B. Finkelmann, S.J. Tewalt and D.J. Daley(Editors).
Dodd, W. E. and L.A. Ogaard. Evaluating Reclamation Success at Three AML sites in North Dakota. Pages xx in Proceedings of the National association of Abandoned Mine Lands Programs, 20th Annual conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Ogaard, L.A. North Dakota has a new look on the internet. Page 4 in NAAMLP Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2, Fall, 2000.
Dodd, W.E. and Ogaard, L.A. 2003. Evaluating Reclamation Success at Three AML Sites in North Dakota in 1998 and 2003 in Pages xx-xx of Proceedings of 25th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, Louisville, KY.
ADDENDUM
Graduate Course Work Grade
History of Philosophy of Science A
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates A
Biological Techniques B
Vertebrate Embryology A
Field Zoology of Vertebrates B
Communication in Insects A
Experimental Embryology A
Advanced Plant Morphology A
Invertebrate Zoology A
Organic Evolution A
Research Methods in Biology A
Fundamentals of Computer Programming A
Fundamentals of Statistical Methods B
Plant Systematics A
Special Problems – Taxidermy A
Wetland Ecology A
Autecology A
Advanced Systematic Botany A
Advanced Plant Ecology A
Water Relations and Mineral Nutrition in Plants A
Ecological Methods A
Field Botany A
Techniques in Range Evaluation A
Range Watershed Management A
Range Survey and Mapping A
Postdoctoral Course Work Grade
Intermediate Economic Theory I (Microeconomics) A
Aquatic Plants A
Intermediate Economic Theory II (Microeconomics) A
Natural Resource Economics I A
Intermediate Economic Theory III (Macroeconomics) A
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