Nancy Mason White                                   

Business Address:
Campus Box 7701
108 Brooks Hall
N.C. State University
Raleigh, N.C. 27695-7701
voice: (919) 515-4678;
fax: 515-7330
email: Nancy_White@ncsu.edu
Home Address:
402 West Park Street
Cary, North Carolina
(919) 469-8233
Education
Institution Fields of Study Degree Date Conferred
North Carolina State University Major: Forestry / Minor: Water Resources Ph.D. May 1996
North Carolina State University Major: Landscape Architecture/ Minor: Interdisciplinary M.L.A. Dec. 1991
University of North Carolina Major: Political Science/Fine Arts A.B. May 1975
Norfolk Academy College Preparatory   June 1971
Employment
Dates Organization Position
7/98 to Present NC State University/ CES/ School of Design Extension Program Leader
6/96 to 6/98 NC State University/ CES / ARE Visiting Scientist
1/96 to 6/96 NC State University/ CES / ARE Research Associate
1994 to 1996 N.C. State University/ Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering Research Assistant
1992 to 1994 N.C. State University Teaching/ Forestry GIS Research Lab Research Assistant
1990 to 1992 N.C. State University/ Landscape Architecture and Virtual Environments Laboratory Research Assistant
1977 to l989 Landscape Associates, Inc. Owner/ Design/ Build/ Consulting firm
1977 to 1975 Landscape Concepts, Inc. Supervisor/Designer

Research
Specialty Areas
Landscape Ecology, Land Use Impacts on Water Quality, Bacteria fate and transport, Sediment transport, Urban hydrology, Hydrologic Restoration.

Geographic information systems, Spatial analysis.

Projects
Bear Creek EPA 319 Project, Investigator, monitoring, modeling, and demonstration of land use impacts on coastal water quality and investgation of BMP and planning mitigation techniques to protect shellfish resources; 1998-2001.

Upper Shalotte River Tributary Urban Planning and BMP Demonstration Project, Project Coordinator and Investigator, monitoring, demonstration, and education of the effectiveness of planning and site design techniques for the mitigation of urban runoff impacts on water quality in the coastal zone, 1998-2003.

Crabtree Creek Urban Planning and BMP Demonstration Project, Project Coordinator and Investigator, monitoring, demonstration, and education of the effectiveness of site design and planning techniques for the mitigation of urban runoff impacts on water quality in an neo-urban development, 1998-2003.

Evaluating the Efficiencies of Temporary Sediment Controls for Protecting Water Quality, Project Coordinator and Investigator, monitoring and modeling of the impact of construction activities on water quality on the Piedmont and Coastal Zones and investigation of design parameters for mitigation, 1998-2000.

Jumping Run Creek Shellfish Restoration Project, Investigator, monitoring and modeling of the impact of development on stormwater hydrology and investigation into design solutions for mitigation, 1998-2001.

Methodologies to Estimate Benefits from Sediment Pollution Control, Investigator, methodological study into the links between environmental and economic costs and benefits of the erosion and sedimentation pollution control program, 1997-1998.

Watershed Education for Communities and Officials (WECO), Project Coordinator, a watershed education project for communities and local officials working with a stakeholder group in the White Oak River watershed, 1997-2000.

Upper Neuse Watershed 319 Demonstration and Education Project, Investigator, monitoring, demonstration, and education of the effectiveness of site design techniques for the mitigation of urban runoff impacts on water quality, 1996-1999.

White Oak Basin 319 Demonstration and Education Project, Investigator, monitoring, demonstration, and education as to the effectvieness of BMPs on both urban, forested, and agricultural watersheds on coastal water quality, 1996-1999.

Evaluation of Water Quality Using Environmental Indicators, Investigator, SMP 2/ Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy project to evaluate the use of environmental indicators for the assessment of shellfish resource degradation, 1997-1998.

Neuse River Atlas, Web Site to demonstrate Land use and Water quality issues in the Neuse Basin to support CES-Neuse River Education Team activities, 1996-1997.

NC Watersheds Poster, topographic and hydrologic data to display watershed concepts, 1996-1997.

Sea Grant, Localized Impacts of Crab Shedding, experimental design, data collection and analysis, reporting on the localized effects of crab shedding operations on coastal water quality1996-1997.

Fecal coliform bacteria fate and transport, Long Creek EPA National 319 Project, Investigator, monitoring and modeling of bacterial die off and transport in dairy manure from a farm field, 1994-1996.

Sea Grant, Environmental Assessment Team, Protecting Coastal Resources from Cumultive Impacts: An Evaluation of the NC CAMA, 1995-1996.

USDA Distance Education Program, conducted comparison of educational effectiveness between direct-taught and distance instruction using GIS/ natural resources curriculum of lectures and lab modules, 1992-1993.

Delaware Water Gap, developed methodologies for land use assessment and critical area delineation for the Delaware Water Gap Project, co-authored grant proposal, 1993.

Cary Urban Tree Canopy Change Detection and Database Development, investigated methodologies for the conversion of CAD-based DXF file format to GIS formats. Investigated methodologies for the assessment of large-scale urban tree canopy change detection, and co-authored grant proposal to the American the Beautiful Foundation, 1993.

Streamwatch, authored guidebook for communities to design methods and guidelines to assess riparian areas and involve communities in the development of river trails as a corridor resource protection tool, 1990-1991.

Research Triangle Institute, contributor, viewshed analysis of Davis Drive corridor, 1990.

Texas-Gulf, contributor to wetland mitigation site-analysis study, 1990.

MEAS/ NOAA, contributor to depth-current data imaging project, Spring, 1990.

Design Foundation, developed digital database for Neuse River Critical Area Study, 1990.

Teaching
Designing for Water Qualilty

LAR400, Integrated Studio: Site Planning to Protect Water quality in the Upper Neuse Basin, Fall 1997.

Design for Sensitive Environments, University of Washington, San Juan Islands Biological Preserve, Summer, 1997.

Carteret County Master Gardeners, Landscaping to Protect Water, Spring, 1997.

PRT 563, Advanced GIS, Fall 1993

"Map Making, Data Entry, and Spatial Analysis", National Park Service Introductory GIS Workshop for Cultural Resources Managers, Summer, 1993.

"Introduction to Digital Maps", Forestry Educational Outreach Program for middle school-students, Spring 1993.

PRT 562, Introductory GIS, Spring 1993.

GIS modules for Forestry 405 and 401, Fall 1993.

USDA Distance Education Program, Delivery of GIS to technical schools and smaller universities, Spring 1992-Fall 1993.

LAR 430: Site Planning and Engineering Fall 1991.

LAR 457 Construction Materials and Methods, Spring 1991.

Committees and Advising
Juliellen Sarver, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

David Lisowski, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

Pat Allen, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

Kevin Selger, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

Mindy Coe, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

Katherin Oury, MLA, Landscape Architecture, in progress

Sarah Chambers, MLA Landscape Architecture, completed, Urban Design and Stormwater Management.

Elaine Walker, MLA Landscape Architecture, Lot-scale ecological design to protect water quality, 1997-1998.

Administrative Council, School of Design, Fall 1998- Present.

Research, Outreach and Extension Committee, School of Design, Fall 1998- Present.

Ph.D. program committee, School of Design, Fall 1998- Present.

Technical Committee, and Communications Committee, School of Design, Fall 1998.

Landscape Architecture Faculty Search Committee, School of Design, Fall 1998.

CEMP 2 Committeee, NC Cooperative Extension Service

CEMP 18 Committeee, NC Cooperative Extension Service

Authorship
White, Nancy M., Daniel E. Line, JD Potts, William Kirby-Smith, Barbara Doll and W.F. Hunt. 1999. Jump Run Creek shellfish restoration project. Journal of Shellfish Restoration. In Review.

Frank M. Wefering, Leon E. Danielson, and Nancy M. White. 1998. Using the amoeba approach to measure progress toward ecosystem sustainability. Ecological Modelling. In review.

Cherry, Diane; Leon Danielson, Steve Smutko, Tom Vukina, and Nancy White. 1998. Framework and methodologies for estimating the benefits from erosion and sedimentation pollution control.Report to NC Sedimentation and Pollution Control Commission. June, 1998.

White, NM and Jennifer Platt. 1997. Guidelines for the Administration of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund. Report to Coastal Land Trust and Environmental Defense Fund.

White, NM. 1996. Spatial analysis of fecal coliform bacteria fate and transport. NCSU Thesis, Department of Forestry, Raleigh, NC.

White, N.M.; Daniel E. Line, Casson Stallings, and G.D. Jennings. 1994. GIS and the spatial analysis of fecal coliform bacteria ecology, Phase I: Land form model development. In: Proc. International Water Quality Modeling Conference, 1995, Orlando, Fl., ASAE , April 1995.

Jennings, G.D.; D.E. Line, S.W. Coffey, Jean Spooner, N.M. White, W.A. Harman, and M.A. Burris. 1994. Water quality and land treatment in the Long Creek watershed project (poster). Clean Water Conference, ASAE, March 1995, Kansas City, MI.

White, N.M.; G.D. Jennings, and W.A. Harman. 1994. Ecological modeling of riparian systems using a GIS. In: Proc: Computers in Agriculture Conference 1994: Fifth International Conference. ASAE Pub. # 03-94, ASAE, St. Joseph, MI. pp 592-597.

Kit Creek: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Development and Wetland Assessment Teams, Fall 1990.

Presentations, Conferences and Workshops
Collaborative Partnerships for Success, NC Cooperative Extension Annual Conference, Fall, 1998.

Designing for Water Quality, NC Cooperative Extension Annual Conference, Fall, 1998.

Designing for Water Quality, Gaston County NC Cooperative Extension Service Workshop for Developers, Fall, 1998

Jump Run Creek Shellfish Restoration Project: International Conference of Shellfish Restoration, Hilton Head, SC, Nov. 1998.

Wetland Restoration Workshop, NE North Carolina Tour Sites, Summer, 1998.

Handling the Hot Issues Training, Charlotte, NC, March 1998

GIS and Water Quality, NCSU Student Chapter -- AWRA, Spring, 1998.

Urban Stormwater Workshops, New Bern, June 3-4, Raleigh, June 15-16.

Mid-Atlantic Shellfish Conference, Morehead City, NC, Summer, 1997.

Schuler Urban BMP Workshop, Silver Springs, MD, Spring 1997.

Rosgen Stream Restoration Workshop, McKimmon Center, Spring 1997.

Conservation Easements: Tool to Protect Water Quality, Environmental Summitt, NC Coastal Federation, Morehead City, NC, Spring, 1997.

WECO: Watershed Education for Communites and Officials, Albemarle-Pamilico Estuarine Conference, New Bern, NC Fall, 1997.

Fate and Transport of Fecal Coliform Bacteria, US-AILE Conference, Durham, NC, Spring, 1996.

GIS and the spatial analysis of fecal coliform bacteria ecology, Phase I: Land form model development. 1995, Orlando, Fl., ASAE.

Ecological modeling of riparian systems using a GIS. 1994, Fifth International Conference Computers in Agriculture Conference, Orlando, FL.

Academic Honors
Xi Sigma Pi, National Forestry Honor Society.

1991 North Carolina Society of Landscape Architects Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence and Professional Promise.

Secretary, North Carolina State University Chapter- American Society of Landscape Architects Executive Council, 1990-1991. .

Professional and Community Service
National Academy of Science Competition, Spring 1998.

Board of Directors, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1998- Present

Land Stewardship Committee, Triangle Land Conservancy, 1998- Present

Sedimentation and Erosion Control New Technology and Design Standards Workgroup, 1998-Present.

Water Classification Standards Triennial Review Advisory Commission, 1997-1998.

White Oak River NPS Team, 1997-Present.

Upper Neuse River NPS Team, 1997-Present.

NC River's Assessment Program, 1997.

Expanding Youth Horizons Workshop, 1995

Board Member, Town of Cary Urban Tree Advisory Board, appointed by Cary Town Council, 1993-1995.

Arbitrator, Certified Senior Dispute Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau Volunteer Services, 1989-Present.

Consultant, Boylan Heights Neighborhood Association for the preservation of Rocky Branch, 1991-1994.

WRAL Coastal Celebration, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994.

Olympic Festival, Equestrian Venue/ Jump Events: Horticultural Design and Coordination, 1988.

Special Olympics Awards Coordinator, 1986.

Professional Affiliations/Memberships
Society for Soil and Water Conservation

International Association of Landscape Ecologists

American Water Resources Association

North Carolina Landscape Contractor's Association

North Carolina Landscape Contractor, License # 583