Lois Moyer Loges

USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
12100 Beech Forest Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708-4034

Telephone: 301-497-5531

Fax: 301-497-5826 

Email: LLoges@usgs.gov 

IT Specialist

Primary Responsibilities: 
Webmaster of Patuxent Core Server; Web-related support for Center staff; Member of Web Committee; Serves variety of web databases using Cold Fusion software; SAS statistical software support; ESRI products contract representative for Center; Manages and maintains home pages for Patuxent partners including Partners in Flight and the North American Waterbird Conservation Plan; Provides guidance and documentation for ordering of computer hardware and software.

Education/Training: 
Several computer-related training courses or workshops concerning web design and development and other desktop software packages.
Two graduate school courses in Biostatistics, University of Maryland, 1978.
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1975; Conservation and Resource Development: Fish and Wildlife Management, College of Agriculture.

Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements: 

2006: BBL Employee of the Year Award

2006: Member of Certification and Accreditation - Configuration Standards Team for USGS Enterprise Web

2006: Star Award for working on the EWeb Configuration Standards Team

2006: Star Award for contributions towards the FY-2006 Biennial Science Meeting

2006: Time Off Recognition for help in reconstruction of whooping crane pens

2006: Time Off Recognition for web support on a variety of projects

2006: Star Award for assistance in preparation and testing of COOP plans

2006: Star Award for PWRC Certification and Accreditation effort

2004: 30-Year Length-of-Service Award

2004: Patuxent STAR award for contributions for the 2004 BiAnnual Science meeting

2004: Patuxent STAR award for support and extra work during staff moves

2004: Patuxent STAR award for preparing web page that provides access to Patuxent BASIS+ Information

2002: Time-off Award for participation in workshop to develop 5-year Science Plan

2002: Time-off Award for assisting with the Patuxent Wildlife Festival

2001: Partners in Flight (PIF) 2000 Public Awareness award, October, 2001. 

2001: Patuxent STAR award for work done by Web Committee on revising Standard Operating Procedure 25 for the Patuxent Website, May, 2001. 

2001: Participation in USGS Open House in Reston, VA, including web page development for IRM display and demonstration of our exhibit, April, 2001. 

2000: Patuxent STAR award for technical expertise assistance in producing 2 compact discs about the Contaminant Hazard Reviews, authored by Ron Eisler, May, 2000. 

2000: Patuxent STAR award for development of world wide web access to two databases concerning contaminant exposure and effects, April, 2000.

Active Projects: 
Maintenance and management of the following websites: Patuxent core web server, Bird Banding Laboratory's Web Encounter Pages, Whooping crane web page for Patuxent; Maintenance of several databases that we serve on the web including: Contaminant Exposure and Effects--Terrestrial Vertebrates (CEE-TV),  Biological and Ecotoxicological Characteristics of Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Residing in Estuaries, Partners in Flight Home Page, North American Waterbird Conservation Plan Home Page.

Ongoing support for Patuxent's Certification and Accreditation effort for our network and Enterprise Web.

Using DOI contracts for purchasing of hardware and software for staff and following correct procedures.  

Publications/Products: 

Eisler, R., R.E. Munro, L.M. Loges, K. Boone, M.M. Paul,  and L.J. Garrett, 2000. Contaminant Hazard Reviews 1-35 on Compact Disc; All reviews were authored by Ronald Eisler. 

Rattner, B.A., N.H. Golden, J.B. Cohen, L.M. Loges, R.M. Erwin, and M.A. Ottinger.  1999. Contaminant exposure and effects--Terrestrial vertebrates database:  A web-based risk assessment tool.  Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting Proceedings 20:abstract no. IP25. 

Golden, N.J., M.A. Ottinger, B.A. Rattner, J.B. Cohen, L.M. Loges, and R.M. Erwin.  1999.  Contaminant exposure and effects database for wild terrestrial vertebrates:  A source for information on endocrine disrupting chemicals.  International Symposium on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors Abstracts 1999:241.  

Moyer, L.M. and P.H. Geissler. 1991. Accommodating Outliers in Wildlife Surveys, Wildl. Soc. Bulletin 19:267-270. 

Moyer, L.M. and P.H. Geissler.  1984.  Improving stability of annual state waterfowl harvest estimates in highly-skewed data. American Statistical Association, Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods 1984:467-471.