Vickie Smith

     Graduated in 1997 from Lake Superior State University with a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Management.  In 2002, she received a M.S. from South Dakota State University in Wildlife Science.  She specialized in GIS mapping of wildlife habitats for the state of South Dakota and coordinated the completion of South Dakota’s Gap Analysis Program (SD-GAP) which included land cover mapping, habitat mapping for approximately 350 wildlife (game and non-game) species and delineation of public land boundaries for South Dakota. 

     After completion of SD-GAP, she participated in the Upper Missouri River Basin Gap Analysis Program for fish species (yet unpublished).  This project included river delineation, land cover mapping, and delineation of public lands for portions of 7 states (MT, WY, SD, ND, MN, IA, and NE) and 2 Canadian provinces (Sask and Alberta).