Experience

Two Dot Consulting

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Avian Biologist

  • May 2022 - Present



Bureau of Land Management

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wildlife Technician

  • Apr 2022 - May 2022



Bureau of Land Management

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Wildlife Technician for the Snowshoe Hare Survey Project

  • Aug 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Navigating to randomly selected survey sites with all the necessary gear• Locating survey site and setting up transects following the North American Snowshoe Hare Protocol• Identified, measured, and documented local tree species, understory shrubs, forbs, and grasses• Identification and collection snowshoe hare pellets • Additional services performed: cheat grass surveys, road decommissioning and surveying, winter big game browse surveys, vehicle maintenance

• Watershed / Hydrological Technician

  • May 2021 - Oct 2021

  • Proper functioning condition assessments, photo documentation, and final rating of perennial springs and mesic meadows to determine priority for restoration projects for the Gunnison Sage Grouse• Identification of local wetland and upland species• Water quality, flow measurements, and filtered water sampling for local BLM sites along with the Coal Creek Water Coalition priority sites. • Survey experience with the Natural Resource Conservation Service using Trimble survey equipment• AIM sampling experience with lotic and lentic AIM crews at three sites• Experience and training received in BDAs and PALs• Experience and training received in Zeedyke wet meadow restoration techniques along with road decommissioning tactics



Western Colorado University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher on the Great Blue Heron Study

  • Jan 2019 - Sep 2021

  • Developed project questions and methods• Proposal writing to secure funds for the projecto Acquired grants from: Thornton, SOURCE, the Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Denver Field Ornithologist Education and Conservation Grant, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife small funds grant.• Deliberately collaborated with a local working group to utilize adaptive management tactics to conserve a species while also compromising with recreationalists• Two years of extensive data collection recording heron phenology, demography, behavior, and human activities• Performed detailed data analysis of heron time budgets in relation to temporal covariates in addition to analyzing heron response to human disturbance• Utilized R Studio to conduct analyses and developed generalized linear mixed models, generalized additive models, and zero inflated Poisson models of heron behavior and climatic variables as well as behavior and human activities.• Developed a final report for the Crested Butte Land Trust, two thesis chapters, and two journal style articles with the final research.



Bureau of Land Mangagement

• Wildlife Technician

  • May 2018 - Oct 2018

  Wildlife Technician assisting the BLM Wildlife Biologist with a bat acoustic monitoring project. Responsibilities: deploying bat acoustic detectors according to the North American Bat Monitoring Program, applying an understanding of bat behavior and habitats to assist with selection of sample sites within a 10 km grid cell using a combination of GIS, maps, and field reconnaissance, ability to identify local trees and shrubs to species, review bat vocalizations using specialized software and be responsible for data processing and management.



Research Assistant through WSCU, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management

• Uncompaghre Fritillary Butterfly Monitoring Project

  • Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  Using topographic maps to find colonies of butterflies along with a GPS, driving on 4 wheel drive roads, hiking in high altitudes, precise monitoring and protecting of and endangered species Using topographic maps to find colonies of butterflies along with a GPS, driving on 4 wheel drive roads, hiking in high altitudes, precise monitoring and protecting of and endangered species