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Bridget M. Donaldson
Research Scientist

Phone: (434) 293-1922
Email: Bridget.Donaldson@VDOT.Virginia.gov

Research:

Wildlife and roadway interactions and mitigation
Water-quality assessment
Threatened and endangered species
Geographic Information Systems

Education:

M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
B.S., Ecological and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado

Memberships:

Transportation Research Board Committee ADC30T (Task Force on Ecology and Transportation)
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Reduction Task Force

Awards:

Science Alliance Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching, University of Tennessee, 2001
Herpetologist League Award for Best Paper in Graduate Research, 2001

Team Memberships:

Environmental & Business Practices

Projects:

92134 - Evaluation of Pipe Repair Options Available for Use by the Virginia Department of Transportation, Phase II - Co-Principal Investigator

84858 - Development of Regional Channel Geometry Curves for the Piedmont Physiographic Provinces of Virginia - Project Monitor

82106 - Testing an Integrated PDA-GPS System to Collect Standardized Roadkill Data - Co-Principal Investigator

80774 - Understanding the Environmental Effects of Cured-in-Place Pipes for Utility Pipe Rehabilitation - Co-Principal Investigator

79242 - Identification of Wildife Hotspots along Roadways in Virginia's Coastal Zone - Co-Principal Investigator

73839 - Range-Wide Assessment of Habitat Suitability for Roanoke Logperch (Percina Rex) - Principal Investigator

73197 - The Use and Effectiveness of Highway Underpasses by Large Mammals in Virginia - Principal Investigator

Publications:

08-R16 - Understanding the environmental implications of cured-in-place pipe rehabilitation technology

08-CR10 - Testing an integrated PDA-GPS system to collect standardized animal carcass removal data on Virginia roadways

07-R25 - Installation of warm mix asphalt projects in Virginia

07-R14 - Use of a GIS-based model of habitat cores and landscape corridors for the Virginia Department of Transportation's project planning and environmental scoping

07-R13 - A toolkit of measures for reducing animal-vehicle collisions

07-CR8 - Range-wide assessment of habitat suitability for Roanoke logperch (Percina rex)

06-R2 - The use of highway underpasses by large mammals in Virginia and factors influencing their effectiveness

04-R13 - Highway runoff in areas of karst topography