Gerald C. Hughes
GIS Specialist
GeoGraphics, Inc.
90 W Center
Logan, Utah 84321
Phone: 435‑753‑5429
Email: ghughes@geograph.com
QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Hughes, founder of GEO/Graphics, is responsible for all project involving Geographic Information Systems (GIS) development and implementation, GPS surveying, cartographic design and graphics production. With a B.A. in Geography from California State University, Fullerton (1975), Mr. Hughes has over 25 years of Cartographic and GIS experience. . He also possesses advanced technical skills in the fields of GIS, GPS surveying, remote sensing, and photogrammetry.
Mr. Hughes has worked extensively with federal agencies and private sector consulting firms on environmental and biological projects. His project experience includes the preparation of map and graphic documentation for over 80 EIS and EIR reports, development of municipal maps for numerous communities, and involvement in many biological and environmental planning and assessment projects.
EDUCATION
B.A. Geography, 1975, California State University, Fullerton.
FORMAL TRAINING
U.S. Forest Service, Geometronics Service Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, Remote Sensing and Aerial Photo Interpretation, 1979
Bureau of Land Management., Cadastral Survey Training Course, Salt Lake City, Utah ,1980.
Soil Conservation Service, Snow Survey Training Course, McCall, Idaho, 1982
Automated Geographic Reference Center, Introduction to Arc Macro Language (AML), Salt Lake City, Utah, 1994.
ESRI, Introduction to ArcView, Boulder, Colorado, 1994.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
GEO/Graphics, Inc., Logan, Utah (1985 to present). GIS specialist, partner.
Bio/West, Inc. Logan, Utah (1980-1985) Cartographer.
Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, Utah (1979-1980) Cartographer
U.S. Forest Service, Geometronics Service Center, Salt Lake City, Utah (1978-1979) Cartographic Technician.
Orange County Planning Dept., Program Planning Division, Santa Ana, California (1974-1975) Staff Aid I
Fisher Cr.,Smiley Cr., Baker Cr., and North Fork-Boulder S&G Allotments EIS, Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Ketchum Ranger District, Ketchum, Idaho. 2003-present. Develop and maintain GIS database in support of resource specialist requirements for EIS documentation. Conducted for Cirrus Ecological Solutions, Inc. under contract to USFS, Ketchum , Idaho
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Delta County Transmission Line Project – Delta, Colorado 2003-present.
Development of GIS database for mapping, analysis, alternative analysis and documentation for 3 alternative transmission line alternatives in support of an Envronmental Impact Statement. Conducted for Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Denver, Colorado
Miracle Mile to Cheyenne, Wyoming Transmission Line Environmental Assessment – Cheyenne, Wyoming, 2003-present. Development of GIS database for mapping, analysis, alternative analysis and documentation in support of an Envronmental Assessment. Conducted for Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Denver, Colorado
San Diego County Water Authority Vegetation and Land Use Mapping – San Diego, California, 2003 – present. Provided GIS support and data capture requirements for updating agricultural uses and development within the water service area of the SDCWA. Conducted for Brian Mooney & Associates under contract to San Diego County Water Authority
Development of Orthophotography and Digital Terrain Models – Lower Hobble Creek, Utah, 2003. Created high-resolution color orthophotography, digital terrain models and one-foot contour data for the Lower Hobble Creek. Conducted for Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Orem, Utah.
Development of Orthophotography and Digital Terrain Models – Lower Provo River, Utah, 2002. Created high-resolution color orthophotography, digital terrain models and one-foot contour data for the Lower Provo River. Conducted for Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Orem, Utah.
North Huntington Reservoirs RMP, 2001-present. Responsible for GPS data collection, GIS data development, data analysis and map composition for the North Huntington Reservoir RMP, Utah.
Conducted for Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office
La Plata River Wetlands Mitigation Project. Colorado, 2001-2002. Responsible for data capture, GIS development and map display for wetlands mitigation planning efforts along a stretch of the La Plata River. Conducted for Frontier Corp, Logan, UT.
Madrid, Spain Digital Terrain Model and Orthophotography Development, 2000. Responsible for GPS data capture, and development of ARC/Info database for use in development of 3D building model and orthophotography for the city of Madrid, Spain.. Conducted for AirFiber, Inc., La Jolla, California..
City of Logan, Utah Orthophoto Development 1998-1999. Responsible GPS data collection and QA/QC for the projuction of new high resolution digital orthophotography for the city of Logan, UT..
Conducted for City of Logan, UT..
Colville-Okanogan National Forest Vegetation Mapping 1998-1999. Responsible for aerial photo interpretation to produce data used in supervised classification process using multi-spectral imagery.
Conducted for US. Forest Service in collaboration with USU Remote Sensing Lab.
Hyrum and Newton Reservoirs RMP, 2001. Responsible for GPS data collection, GIS data development, data analysis and map composition for the Hyrum and Newton Reservoirs RMP, Utah.
Conducted for Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office
Brantley-Avalon Reservoir RMP, 1998-2000. Responsible for GPS data collection, GIS data development, orthophoto production, data analysis and map composition for the Brantley-Avalon RMP, New Mexico. Conducted for Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office
Elephant Butte-Caballo Reservoirs Resource Management Plan, 1997-2000. Responsible for GPS data collection, GIS data development, orthophoto production, data analysis and map composition for the Elephant Butte and Caballo Reservoir RMP., New Mexico. Conducted for Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office
Heron Reservoir Resource Management Plan, 1996-97. Responsible for GPS data collection, GIS data development, orthophoto production, data analysis and map composition for the Heron Reservoir RMP, New Mexico. Conducted for Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office.
Nucla-Telluride Transmission Line EIS, Colorado 1997-2000. Responsible for GIS and GPS data capture, and development of ARC/Info database and orthophotography for use in EIS analysis and document map production. Conducted for Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Denver, Colorado.
Fraser Valley Loop Transmission Line EIS, Fraser, Colorado, 1996. Responsible for data capture, and development of ARC/Info database for use in EIS analysis and document map production. Conducted for Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
SR905 Freeway Expansion EIS, San Diego, California, 1995-1998 Responsible for data capture, and development of ARC/Info database for use in EIS analysis and document map production. Conducted for HELIX Environmental & Planning, San Diego, CA.
SR56 Freeway Expansion EIS, San Diego, California, 1996-1999. Responsible for data capture, and development of ARC/Info database for use in EIS analysis and document map production. Conducted for KEA Environmental, San Diego, CA.
San Juan River Habitat Mapping., New Mexico, 1993-1998t. Responsible for airborne videography data capture vie scanning of 3/4 inch video tape, digitizing and processing data to Arc/Info Coverages for 225 mile of the lower San Juan River. Conducted for Keller-Bliesner Engineering, Logan, Utah.
Travel and tourist map for Cache Chamber of Commerce, Logan, Utah 1993-1995. Produced county wide map with city enlargement for area map and update yearly. Conducted for the Cache Chamber of Commerce, Logan, Utah.
Vegetation Mapping for the Southern California Gnatcatcher Habitat Study, 1993. Produced habitat map of the southern California region depicting established habitat area. Conducted for BIO RESOURCES, Logan, Utah
San Diego Pipeline No. 6, San Diego, California, 1992. Produced maps for EIS documentation for water pipeline serving San Diego. Conducted for Keller Environmental Associates, San Diego, California.
Chula Vista-Midbayfront EIS, San Diego, California, 1992. Produced maps and performed analysis for EIS documentation for powerline construction in San Diego county. Conducted for Keller Environmental Associates, San Diego, California.
Mission Valley Water Reclamation Project EIS, San Diego, California, 1991. Produced maps of water reclamation distribution network and impacts to environmental resources. Conducted for Keller Environmental Associates, San Diego, California.
Kern River No. 3 Relicensing EIR, 1991. Produced maps for Environmental Impact Report for FERC relicensing requirements. Conducted for Keller Environmental Associates, San Diego, California.
City of Huntington, West Virginia city map, 1990. Developed map for use by city chamber of commerce for tourist and advertising purposes. Conducted for Spectrum Map Publishing, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio.
City of Erie, Pennsylvania city map, 1990. Developed map for use by city chamber of commerce for tourist and advertising purposes. Conducted for Spectrum Map Publishing, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio.
City of Allentown, Pennsylvania city map, 1990. Developed map for use by city chamber of commerce for tourist and advertising purposes. Conducted for Spectrum Map Publishing, Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kramer-Victor 220 kV Transmission Line EIS, Victorville, California, 1989. Produced maps for EIS documentation for transmission line project in southern California. Conducted for Keller Environmental Associates, San Diego, California.
Lake Catamount Ski Area EIS, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 1988. Produced maps for ski area EIS. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Sohare Oil Field EIS Project, 1987. Responsible for all graphics and mapping for oil field development in Lincoln and Sublette Counties, Wyoming. Conducted for Ecotone Environmental Consulting, Logan, Utah.
Rock Creek/Muddy Creek Reservoirs EIS, Colorado, 1987. Responsible for all mapping and graphics for EIS documentation for two proposed reservoir projects. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
West Desert Pumping Project EIS, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986. Responsible for all mapping and graphics for EIS documentation for massive pumping project to curtail flooding problems to the rising level of the Great Salt Lake, Utah. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Carson National Forest, New Mexico map, 1986. Responsible for drafting Carson N.F. map using traditional scribing techniques. Conducted for U.S. Forest Service, Geometronics Service Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sandhills Area Hydrology Project, Sandhills, Nebraska, 1985. Responsible for mapping and graphics for EIS for water development projects in Western Nebraska. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Lower Colorado River Backwaters Study, Arizona, Nevada & California, 1984. Inventory and mapping of all backwaters on the Colorado River between Davis dam and the U.S.-Mexico border. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Jackson Lake Dam EIS, Jackson Lake, Wyoming, 1983. Responsible for graphics and mapping for EIS documentation involving potential dam failure and downstream hazards. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Florida and Piedra Rivers Instream Flow Study, Durango, Colorado, 1983. Field technician responsible for instream flow measurements for fish habitat analysis on two rivers in southern Colorado. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Riley Ridge Soil Survey, Riley Ridge, Wyoming, 1982. Responsible for aerial photo interpretation and mapping of soil information. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Farmland Mapping Unit Projects, Utah, 1982. Responsible for developing farmland maps from Soil Conservation Service soil surveys for 3 counties in southern Utah. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Data Collection, Utah Snow Surveys, State of Utah, 1982. Field technician responsible for snowpack data collection for monthly statewide surveys. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Instream Flow Study, Yakima, Washington, 1982. Field technician responsible for instream flow measurements for fish habitat analysis on numerous rivers in the state of Washington. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Chaco Strippable Coal Area EIS, Chaco, New Mexico, 1982. Responsible for all graphics and mapping for EIS documentation. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Liberty-Coolidge Transmission Line EIS, Phoenix, Arizona, 1982. Responsible for all graphics and mapping related to new transmission lines proposed in the Phoenix area. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Threatened and Endangered Plant Inventory, Bookcliffs, Utah, 1982. Prepared all maps diagrams and overlays for 5 volume report for T&E species for the Oil Shale Resource Master Plan the Bookcliffs Resource Area. Conducted for Frank Smith, Logan, Utah.
Schell Grazing EIS, Ely, Nevada, 1982. Responsible for graphics and mapping related to grazing study in the Schell Resource Area of Nevada. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
Instream Flow Study, Northwest U.S., 1982. Field technician responsible for instream flow measurements for fish & wildlife habitat analysis on numerous rivers in California, Oregon, and Washington. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
San Juan River Benthic and Planktonic Study, San Juan River, New Mexico, 1980. Responsible for all graphics and mapping related to water quality study. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.
White River Dam EIS, Bonanza, Utah, 1980. Responsible for all graphic, maps and visual simulations for proposed dam construction on the White River in Utah. Conducted for Bio/West, Inc., Logan, Utah.