Biologist

• Apr 2023 - Present

• Invasive plant species mapping, biomonitoring, and removal• Nesting bird surveys• Rare plant surveys• Plant health and vegetation cover assessments• Monitoring tree crews for Environmental Release to Construction (ERTC) compliance• Report writing• Storm damage assessments

On-call Biologist

• Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

On-call Biologist

• Oct 2022 - Present

• Biological Assessment writing • Housing development statutory worksheets • Monitoring trash accumulation at culvert drains off Caltrans right of ways • Biological Assessment writing • Housing development statutory worksheets • Monitoring trash accumulation at culvert drains off Caltrans right of ways

On-call Biologist

• Sep 2022 - Present

• Nesting bird surveys • Identifying and flagging watercourses • Providing WEAP training • Nesting bird surveys • Identifying and flagging watercourses • Providing WEAP training

Avian Biologist

• Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

• California least tern, western snowy plover, and Ridgway’s rail monitoring and predator surveillance (i.e., documenting predator activity and location and searching for and identifying tracks and signs of predation) • Report writing • California least tern, western snowy plover, and Ridgway’s rail monitoring and predator surveillance (i.e., documenting predator activity and location and searching for and identifying tracks and signs of predation) • Report writing

On-call Biologist

• Apr 2019 - May 2023

• Nesting bird surveys • Monitoring tree crews for Environmental Release to Construction (ERTC) compliance • Rare plant surveys • Nesting bird surveys • Monitoring tree crews for Environmental Release to Construction (ERTC) compliance • Rare plant surveys

Biologist

• Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

• Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with permits • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Report writing • Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with permits • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Report writing

Field Wildlife Avian Biologist

• Aug 2021 - Sep 2022

• Nesting bird surveys • Riparian and Caltrans hazard tree surveys • Conducting biological pre-assessments and providing environmental oversight to tree crews on the Creek Fire Wood Management Project • Training co-workers on nesting bird survey procedures • Conducting habitat assessments • Setting up and maintaining Watercourse Protection Zone (WLPZ) flagging • Nesting bird surveys • Riparian and Caltrans hazard tree surveys • Conducting biological pre-assessments and providing environmental oversight to tree crews on the Creek Fire Wood Management Project • Training co-workers on nesting bird survey procedures • Conducting habitat assessments • Setting up and maintaining Watercourse Protection Zone (WLPZ) flagging

Staff Professional II

• Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

• Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with permits • Nesting bird surveys (including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers) • Report writing • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Burrow excavation • Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with permits • Nesting bird surveys (including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers) • Report writing • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Burrow excavation

Biologist

• Dec 2019 - Feb 2021

• Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with Best Management Practices • Report writing • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Nesting bird surveys (including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers) • Biological constructing monitoring to ensure compliance with Best Management Practices • Report writing • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Nesting bird surveys (including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers)

Staff Biologist

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

• Biological constructing monitoring and ensuring compliance with permits • pH and turbidity water quality monitoring • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Report writing • Fish relocation • Biological constructing monitoring and ensuring compliance with permits • pH and turbidity water quality monitoring • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Report writing • Fish relocation

On-call Biologist

• Jul 2018 - Jun 2019

• Constructing monitoring and ensuring compliance with permits • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Monitoring nesting birds including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers • Report writing • pH and turbidity water quality monitoring • Report writing • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Bat surveys • Constructing monitoring and ensuring compliance with permits • Surveying for sensitive species and documenting wildlife at project sites • Monitoring nesting birds including the establishment and maintenance of nest buffers • Report writing • pH and turbidity water quality monitoring • Report writing • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Bat surveys

Biological Monitor

• Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

• Identifying wildlife and surveying for burrowing owls at the Dixon Naval Radio Transmitter Facility • Biological construction monitoring • Providing daily monitoring reports • Providing environmental education to construction personnel • Identifying wildlife and surveying for burrowing owls at the Dixon Naval Radio Transmitter Facility • Biological construction monitoring • Providing daily monitoring reports • Providing environmental education to construction personnel

Tongan Ground Dove Technician

• Oct 2017 - May 2018

• Call-broadcast surveying for endangered Tongan ground doves • Helping to develop survey protocol • Using radio telemetry to track Tongan ground doves • Extracting and banding birds • Call-broadcast surveying for endangered Tongan ground doves • Helping to develop survey protocol • Using radio telemetry to track Tongan ground doves • Extracting and banding birds

Biological Field Technician

• Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

• Preventing eagle mortality at a wind power facility through observer directed turbine shutdowns • Site mapping eagle activity • Preventing eagle mortality at a wind power facility through observer directed turbine shutdowns • Site mapping eagle activity

Pest Control Technician

• Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

• Providing pest control service to ~120-160 customers a month by treating for target pests with various materials • Providing pest control service to ~120-160 customers a month by treating for target pests with various materials

Field Assistant

• Apr 2016 - Jul 2016

• Monitoring American kestrel nesting activity at 25 nest boxes in blueberry fields • Conducting point counts and transect surveys • Banding 11 American kestrel nestlings • Monitoring American kestrel nesting activity at 25 nest boxes in blueberry fields • Conducting point counts and transect surveys • Banding 11 American kestrel nestlings

Intern

• Aug 2015 - Nov 2015

• Helping to trap 1,300+ raptors in dho-gazas, bow nets, and mist nets • Extracting 1,800+ birds out of dho-gazas, bow nets, and mist nets • Banding 404 raptors (including 14 different species) and taking measurements • Identifying and counting raptors • Providing animal care • Routinely operating the station without supervision • Training visitors and volunteers on how to operate the station • Developing and improving trapping techniques with implementation of new methods • Helping to trap 1,300+ raptors in dho-gazas, bow nets, and mist nets • Extracting 1,800+ birds out of dho-gazas, bow nets, and mist nets • Banding 404 raptors (including 14 different species) and taking measurements • Identifying and counting raptors • Providing animal care • Routinely operating the station without supervision • Training visitors and volunteers on how to operate the station • Developing and improving trapping techniques with implementation of new methods

Research Associate

• Apr 2015 - Aug 2015

• Nest searching an brood monitoring federally threatened western snowy plovers (1,100+ nests) & endangered California least terns (1,500+ nests) • Handling, measuring, and weighing 100+ western snowy plovers and California least terns • Banding 38 shorebirds (23 western snowy plovers & 15 California least terns) • Resighting color banded western snowy plovers • Documenting human disturbances, bird behavior, and predator activity • Working with the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS) predator control team • Enforcing and posting nesting habitat signs • Building chick pens • Public outreach • June Census Breeding Pair Survey Show less

Intern

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2014

Biological Science Technician GS-05

• Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

• Coordinating with biological aide with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to nest search for and monitor broods of federally threatened piping plovers at 15 different lakes • Resighting color banded birds • Floating eggs to estimate hatch date • Exclosing nests • Coordinating with biological aide with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to nest search for and monitor broods of federally threatened piping plovers at 15 different lakes • Resighting color banded birds • Floating eggs to estimate hatch date • Exclosing nests

Intern

• Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

• Providing animal care (i.e., refilling feeders, injections) • Monitoring, extracting, and euthanizing 200+ brown-headed cowbirds • Monitoring snare traps and euthanizing nuisance species • Baiting bird blinds • Providing animal care (i.e., refilling feeders, injections) • Monitoring, extracting, and euthanizing 200+ brown-headed cowbirds • Monitoring snare traps and euthanizing nuisance species • Baiting bird blinds

Intern

• Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

Biology Intern

• Apr 2013 - Aug 2013

• Nest searching and monitoring federally threatened piping plovers and American oystercatchers • Setting up and monitoring caged exclosures around piping plover nests • Reporting all of the refuge’s sighted bands on American oystercatchers into a website database • Interacting with the public by answering questions and enforcing closures around the breeding area • Resighting color banded birds • Aiding injured shorebirds, horseshoe crabs, and assisting with marine mammal strandings • Sea turtle nest searching • Identifying southern pine beetle infected trees • Searching and removing wood duck boxes • Endangered sea beach amaranth plant surveying Show less

Intern

• May 2012 - Aug 2012

• Mapping the Port LaBelle Utilities System infrastructure (2,500+ pipes, valves, meters, and hydrants) by using Google Earth and referring to local engineering documents • Conceptualizing and laying out a District Meter Area system for the Port LaBelle Utilities System to identify leaks • Writing weekly technical papers and reports (Standard Operating Procedures, summaries) • Mapping the Port LaBelle Utilities System infrastructure (2,500+ pipes, valves, meters, and hydrants) by using Google Earth and referring to local engineering documents • Conceptualizing and laying out a District Meter Area system for the Port LaBelle Utilities System to identify leaks • Writing weekly technical papers and reports (Standard Operating Procedures, summaries)