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meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:21:16.895343' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/shelby-hunter profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: slhunter@usgs.gov expertise_terms: [] honors: [] intro_statements: - I assist in implementing the Occupational Safety and Health program for the the USGS Southeast Region (SER) (DOI Regions 2, 4, 6). name: Shelby Hunter name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-3049-7498 organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/regions/southeast organization_name: Southeast Region personal_statement: "I assist regional staff, science center management, safety\ \ staff, and the Regional Safety Manager Nathan Smiley with implementing USGS\ \ safety policy, preventing accidents through safety assistance visits and audits.\ \ We also assist with emergency management, response, and investigations. We\ \ work with USGS centers that are located in 14 different states and 2 US territories.I\ \ attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, Oklahoma and majored\ \ in Wildlife Conservation.I began working for the USGS in 2008 as a student\ \ in the Woodward Oklahoma office as part of the Oklahoma Water Science Center\ \ as a student internship working in surface water, groundwater, and water quality.\ \ I worked in Woodward for 3 years finishing my degree and was hired full time\ \ in the summer of 2011. Once full time I was transferred to the Oklahoma City\ \ USGS offices. In Oklahoma City I started in surface water as a Hydrologic\ \ Technician specializing in surface water data collection, levels, and surveying.\ \ As a Technician maintaining surface water sites all over the state of Oklahoma,\ \ I assisted in many surface water projects including seepage flow and dam breach\ \ studies. In 2017 I had the opportunity to become project chief overseeing\ \ my first bathymetric study surveying over 70 miles of rivers in Northeastern\ \ Oklahoma. In 2018 I received my USGS Drone Pilot Certification. While being\ \ certified I assisted in several surveys studying surface water cross sections,\ \ and piloted missions supporting in the 2018 Kilauea Volcano Eruption in Hawaii.\ \ The next several years included more Project Chief and collaboration opportunities\ \ including a Multi-Beam Bathymetric Study of Grand Lake O\u2019 The Cherokees\ \ in Northeastern Oklahoma.While working in surface water in 2015 I had the\ \ opportunity to take over the Safety Program for the Oklahoma USGS Water Science\ \ Center as the Collateral Duty Safety Program Coordinator. Over the five years\ \ serving as the CDSPC I found a passion for helping others and implementing\ \ safety policies. I served in this position until November of 2020 when I became\ \ the Full Time Safety and Occupational Health Specialist for the Southeast\ \ Region of the USGS." professional_experience: [] title: Safety & Occupational Health Specialist