Ms. Karen Vermillion

Karen Lee Vermillion

*** ***** ******, ***** *****, Wisconsin 54022

Phone: 715-***-**** / Cell: 802-***-**** / E-mail: ***************@*****.***

EDUCATION

M.S. Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies

2007: Woodbury College, Montpelier, Vermont

B.A. Cultural and Physical Geography

1985: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

1987: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction License and Certifications

CREDENTIALS

Partner Member of the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals

US EPA Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR)

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction License No.V654000138772

Certifications: 952 Alternative Education; 715 Geography; 701 Broadfield Social Studies

EXPERIENCE

Bayfield School District, Bayfield, Wisconsin

Teacher, Apostle Islands Academy Alternative Education Program, Grades 9-12

2000 - 2005

Developed and taught in Alternative Education Program serving a diverse population of at-risk students, School Districts of Bayfield and Washburn. Created partnerships with community members, organizations, and agencies. Emphasize an individualized and collaborative approach to learning, especially service learning and character education

Canton School District, Canton High School, Canton, New York

Teacher, 1998 -1999

Taught Earth Science, General Science and a collaborative hands-on Environmental Science at Canton’s instructional farm and staff Leader of Canton’s Environmental Club

St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York

Teacher, Upward Bound Program, summer of 1995

Developed and taught hands-on surface water ecosystems courses to a diverse student population, primarily Mohawk tribal members

Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Odanah, Wisconsin

Environmental Section Leader, Biological Services Division, 1992 – 1994

Investigated and technically assisted tribes with environmental issues in ceded territory.

Established and maintained relationship as liaison between GLIFWC and state and federal agencies, as well as nongovernmental organizations. Developed and expanded PCB and mercury contaminant temporal and spatial monitoring programs to include joint research with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Spooner, Wisconsin

Water Resources Management Program, Northwest District Headquarters

Water Quality and Surface Water Ecosystems Biologist, 1989 – 1992

Designed and implemented water resources monitoring plans and collection activities to include pollutant assimilation studies. Investigated sites which cause or threaten to cause environmental degradation in order to “Hazard Rank” through a derived evaluation to generate a hazard ranking score. Administered Citizen Self-Help Monitoring Program

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Bureau of Endangered Resources

Timber Wolf Monitor, 1988-1992

Monitor Eastern Timber Wolf populations in northern Wisconsin for distribution and population dynamics through ground tracking and radio telemetry

PUBLICATIONS

• Native American Exposures to Mercury by Consuming Spearfished Walleye,

John S. Dellinger, Joseph Ross, Karen Vermillion, and Kate Beattie. Proceedings for International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 1994, British Columbia.

• "Lone Wolf Odyssey", December 1990, Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine.

• “The Ninemile Wolf Pack”, 1/1 Spring 1991, International Wolf Quarterly.

• “Lone Wolf Odyssey”, 1/2 Summer 1991, International Wolf Quarterly.

• “Parks as a Classroom; Service-Learning In The National Park Service (NPS)”,

Jim Lee and Karen Vermillion, Cooperative Educational Services Agency #12. A publication provided by the NPS, sponsored by the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Department of the Interior. April 2002.

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