Experience

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Furbearer Technician

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  • Black bear radio telemetry (ground). Currently 35 collared sows • Den season: den scouting and bear visuals, approaching dens to anesthetize bears, offspring counts and measurements • Experience in responding to and handling nuisance and trapped bears • Anesthetizing (via jab stick), processing and collaring bears • Research baiting and monitoring of culvert traps • Heavy lifting of culvert traps, wildlife, and equipment • Data entry of sighting reports, necropsy reports, and yearly trapper harvest into Access database • Preparing data for annual public furbearer reports • Necropsies of black bears, bobcat, and fisher: weights, tooth extraction, stomach content ID (hair and vegetation samples), uteri flushing, counting blastocysts and placental scars, and crosscutting ovaries • Implementing hazing via paintball gun, bear spray, and noise makers • Assisting with euthanasia of black bears • Transporting wildlife • Training volunteers and interns to use telemetry and to speak with public • Locating dropped and malfunctioning radio collars by homing techniques • Pelt tagging and measurements of harvested furbearers. • Speaking to and advising public about concerns over residential wildlife, bear safety, orphaned animals, and human-wildlife conflicts • Creating safe situations with wildlife (bear, deer, coyote, fox) in close proximity to humans • Driving 4WD F150 pickup truck Show less



Tim's Place

• United States
• Real Estate

• Server

  • Feb 2014 - Nov 2014

  I work for an incredible man with such an inspirational story who bring joy to everyone he meets. Tim Hugs are the best hugs. I work for an incredible man with such an inspirational story who bring joy to everyone he meets. Tim Hugs are the best hugs.



Turner Enterprises Inc

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Amphibian Technician

  • Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

  • Visual encounter surveys for Chiricahua leopard frogs (CLF): count adult and juvenile frogs in wild steel rim and dirt tanks, take water quality and temperature readings • Egg mass surveys: search wild population for egg masses, record age of mass, location of mass in the tank, depth, temperature, and vegetation • Perform stream surveys and hike long distances to search for water (viable frog habitat) while recording habitat data • Assist captive facility technician with cleaning tadpole tanks and performing health checks on captive frogs • Netting, measuring, and pit tagging CLFs for mark/recapture • Managing habitat and planting vegetation at wild tanks • Use of I3S Spot recognition software to identify individuals via spots • Wild releases of captive raised tadpoles and adult frogs • Telemetry of belted frogs • Living and hiking in remote locations; 4WD in mountainous terrain Show less



New Haven Adult Education

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Data entry

  • 2005 - Jan 2014

  A job I work when not in the field. Help enter data of students: test scores, ID numbers, general student data A job I work when not in the field. Help enter data of students: test scores, ID numbers, general student data



Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Furbearer Technician

  • Aug 2012 - Mar 2013

  • Black bear radio telemetry (ground and aerial). Currently ~25 collared sows • Experience in responding to and handling nuisance and trapped bears • Anesthetizing (via jab stick), processing and collaring bears • Research baiting and monitoring of culvert traps • Heavy lifting of culvert traps, wildlife, and equipment • Den season: den scouting and bear visuals, approaching dens to anesthetize bears, cub counts and measurements • Data entry of sighting reports, necropsy reports, and yearly trapper harvest into Access database • Preparing data for annual public furbearer reports • Necropsies of black bears, bobcat, fisher, and river otter: weights, tooth extraction, stomach content ID (hair and vegetation samples), uteri flushing, counting blastocysts and placental scars, and crosscutting ovaries • Deer check stations (weight, measurements, age of harvested deer • Implementing hazing via paintball gun, bear spray, and noise makers • Assisting with euthanasia of black bears and moose • Transporting wildlife (black bears, moose, and white-tailed deer) • Training volunteers and interns to use telemetry and to speak with public • Locating dropped and malfunctioning radio collars by homing techniques • Pelt tagging and measurements of harvested furbearers. • Speaking to and advising public about concerns over residential wildlife, bear safety, orphaned animals, and human-wildlife conflicts • Creating safe situations with wildlife (bear, deer, coyote, fox) in close proximity to humans • Assisting with telemetry of New England cottontail rabbits • Driving 4WD F150 pickup truck and operating BF 400 Kubota tractor Show less



US Fish and Wildlife Service

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program Intern

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Radio telemetry (ground and aerial) of wolves in AZ and NM • Setting up trail cameras, scent stations, leg-hold traps, monitoring trap lines • Uncollared search using track and sign methods • Breeding pair surveys • Wolf visuals; pup counts at rendezvous sites • Working in adverse remote conditions: hiking, snow mobiles, 4WD trucks • Depredation/kill site investigations • Speaking with ranch managers/owners about human-wolf conflict issues • Implemented hazing efforts using bore thunders and fire crackers • Navigating through remote terrain using topo maps, compass and GPS units • Quartering road-kill elk, heavy lifting, hiking food into the forest for supplemental feed stations • Training volunteers to monitor wolves, perform kill site investigations, setting up trail cameras and scent stations, and to speak with public • Data entry into Access and a digital and paper journal, use of National Geographic TOPO program, use of walkie-talkies to speak with dispatch, and regular vehicle maintenance Show less



US Forest Service

• United States
• Government Administration

• Biological Technician

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Threatened Mexican Spotted Owls: Camping in remote areas to perform day and night surveys via hooting and mousing while hiking in rugged terrain. Locating historic nest sites using GPS to check for reproduction • Threatened Chiricahua Leopard Frogs (Capitve and wild): Feeding, cleaning, monitoring housed tadpoles and adult frogs. Seining release site prior to tadpole release. Hiking long distances to survey riparian areas and stock tanks for existing populations using dip nets • Northern Goshawk: Day transect surveys using goshawk call box in rugged terrain, checking historic nest sites for reproduction, recording all bird species heard at each survey point as well as environmental conditions • Narrowheaded Garter Snake: Salvaging wild snakes from wildfire burned area using minnow traps and hand catching. Recording precise data (weight, length, sex, location; ambient, ground, and water temp, relative humidity, and wind) of each snake for captive facility. Radio telemetry, visuals, and extensive data of snakes fitted with transmitters when released into unburned area • Hiking in steep terrain, thick riparian areas, recently burned areas, during monsoon season • Certification for Wildland Firefighter Type II Red Card. Pack test time: 42:23 • Seeding dozer lines from fire effects of Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire Show less

• Furbearer Technician

  • Jun 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Black bear radio telemetry (ground and aerial). Currently ~25 collared sows • Experience in responding to and handling nuisance and trapped bears • Anesthetizing (via jab stick), processing and collaring bears • Research baiting and monitoring of culvert traps • Heavy lifting of culvert traps, wildlife, and equipment • Den season: den scouting and bear visuals, approaching dens to anesthetize bears, cub counts and measurements • Data entry of sighting reports, necropsy reports, and yearly trapper harvest into Access database • Preparing data for annual public furbearer reports • Necropsies of black bears, bobcat, fisher, and river otter: weights, tooth extraction, stomach content ID (hair and vegetation samples), uteri flushing, counting blastocysts and placental scars, and crosscutting ovaries • Deer check stations (weight, measurements, age of harvested deer • Implementing hazing via paintball gun, bear spray, and noise makers • Assisting with euthanasia of black bears and moose • Transporting wildlife (black bears, moose, and white-tailed deer) • Training volunteers and interns to use telemetry and to speak with public • Locating dropped and malfunctioning radio collars by homing techniques • Pelt tagging and measurements of harvested furbearers. • Speaking to and advising public about concerns over residential wildlife, bear safety, orphaned animals, and human-wildlife conflicts • Creating safe situations with wildlife (bear, deer, coyote, fox) in close proximity to humans • Assisting with telemetry of New England cottontail rabbits • Nightbird (nightjars and owls) and CT anuran surveys • Driving 4WD F150 pickup truck and operating BF 400 Kubota tractor Show less

• Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program Intern

  • Jan 2011 - May 2011

  • Radio telemetry (ground and aerial) of wolves in AZ and NM • Assisting in 10 day helicopter capture (processing wolves: taking temperatures and measurements, giving fluids and vaccines, overnight observations, use of a Y-pole and catch pole, hard and soft releases) • Captive mating observations, captive feeding and monitoring of wolves • Captive facility maintenance, erosion control, creating natural landscape • Setting up trail cameras, scent stations, leg-hold traps, monitoring trap lines • Uncollared search using track and sign methods • Breeding pair surveys • Wolf visuals; pup counts at rendezvous sites • Working in adverse remote conditions: hiking, snow mobiles, 4WD trucks • Performing howl surveys, den diving, depredation/kill site investigations • Speaking with ranch managers/owners about human-wolf conflict issues • Construction/deconstruction of prerelease pens (wolf-proofing) and fladry • Implemented hazing efforts using bore thunders and fire crackers • Monitoring wolves in a prerelease setting • Navigating through remote terrain using topo maps, compass and GPS units • Quartering road-kill elk, heavy lifting, hiking food into the forest for supplemental feed stations • Training volunteers to monitor wolves, perform kill site investigations, setting up trail cameras and scent stations, and to speak with public • Data entry into Access and a digital and paper journal, use of National Geographic TOPO program, use of walkie-talkies to speak with dispatch, and regular vehicle maintenance Show less



Purdue University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Meso-predator Research Technician

  • Mar 2010 - Jun 2010

  • Collected >1,000 overnight telemetry locations on raccoons and Virginia opossums via truck-mounted Yagi triangulations in 3 months time • Retrieval of radio collars associated with mortality via homing • Trapping using Tomahawk traps; immobilization via hand injections,handling and processing of raccoons and Virginia opossum; collection of blood by drawing from the heart, ear-tissue samples, and morphological measurements • Use of Garmin GPS and walkie-talkies to communicate with co-workers • Use of ATV and mule to drive traps to long distance trap sites Show less



Keeping Track, Inc.

• Field Research Assistant/Volunteer with the 18th Annual Cougar Track Count

  • Jun 2007 - Jun 2007

  • One week of tracking cougars at Fort Huachuca Military Base (18th of a 20 year study) • Differentiation of scats, scrapes, tracks, and smells between local animal species (bobcat, mountain lion, coyote, and black bear) • Trailing animals to understand their movements and activities • One week of tracking cougars at Fort Huachuca Military Base (18th of a 20 year study) • Differentiation of scats, scrapes, tracks, and smells between local animal species (bobcat, mountain lion, coyote, and black bear) • Trailing animals to understand their movements and activities



Ridgehill Animal Hospital

• United States
• Veterinary
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Receptionist

  • May 2006 - Jan 2007

  • Handle phone calls and appointments for a 7 doctor hospital • Record and file patient’s charts • Update doctors and clients on patient’s conditions • Assist with emergencies and animal restraint, heavy lifting • Handle phone calls and appointments for a 7 doctor hospital • Record and file patient’s charts • Update doctors and clients on patient’s conditions • Assist with emergencies and animal restraint, heavy lifting



Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

• Marine Theater Volunteer

  • May 2005 - May 2006

  • Meal preparation, feeding, and medicating captive California Sea Lions who participate in the aquarium's theatrical show • Assisting with soundboard for theater shows, sea lion training using hand gestures and targets, and enrichment using food, toys, and visual effects • Meal preparation, feeding, and medicating captive California Sea Lions who participate in the aquarium's theatrical show • Assisting with soundboard for theater shows, sea lion training using hand gestures and targets, and enrichment using food, toys, and visual effects

• Stranding Team Volunteer

  • Sep 2001 - Feb 2005

  • Rehabilitation of pinnipeds, cetaceans, and chelonians. • Methods of restraint and physical support for various medical conditions, much heavy lifting and handling of wildlife • Responding to tri-state animal strandings and transportation of wildlife • Feeding, medicating, and enrichment of sick and injured wildlife • Working outdoors in adverse conditions • Collecting research data (samples) for other institutions and scientists • Assisting in necropsies • Educating public on wildlife awareness • Cleaning and maintenance of wildlife housing units Show less