Experience

Dudek

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Biologist

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Biological compliance monitoring and surveying on a variety of projects in southern California, including wind energy, transmission lines, and solar energy. Involved in many hours of transect surveying for burrowing owl, desert tortoise, American badger, kit fox, nesting birds, Joshua trees, rare plants, and cactus species. Monitored mowing operations, wire stringing activities, installation of solar panels, grading, concrete pouring, drilling and excavating, inverter work, pile driving, and GenTie. Ms. Nash has also been involved in desert kit fox passive relocation efforts and remote wildlife camera checks. She has collapsed non-active American badger and kit fox burrows and dens (respectively) after verification and has also worked as a 3rd party monitor on two solar sites near Desert Center, CA. Show less

• Lead biologist

  • Jan 2021 - May 2022



None

• Chehalis, WA

• Leave of Absence

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2019

  Full-time caregiver during a family member’s illness, assisted in medication management and daily activities including driving to physical therapy sessions, doctor appointments, and radiation treatments Full-time caregiver during a family member’s illness, assisted in medication management and daily activities including driving to physical therapy sessions, doctor appointments, and radiation treatments



South Puget Sound Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher's Assistant for Botany 210 Lab

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  Part-time position which included assisting with classroom instruction, driver for field trips, provided detailed feedback to students on graded labs, and mentored and assisted students with labs and other classwork Part-time position which included assisting with classroom instruction, driver for field trips, provided detailed feedback to students on graded labs, and mentored and assisted students with labs and other classwork



Garcia and Associates

• Palmdale, CA

• Wildlife Biologist

  • Jun 2014 - Mar 2016

  Monitored environmental and road grading construction crews during the construction of transmission line towers for biological compliance for the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP); monitored in occupied Coastal horned lizard, Spotted owl, and nesting bird habitats; primary duties included attending daily tailboards, monitoring construction crews for the compliance of mitigation measures, conducting final clearance sweeps, and submitting daily FRED reports; activities monitored included weed abatement and restoration activities such as Plant Establishment Period (PEP) site visits to determine plant species growing from hydroseeded areas and container plant areas on restoration sites; road grading, installation and maintenance of wet crossings through jurisdictional drainages, excavation and recontouring access roads, backfilling, and BMP installation and removal; discovered and updated tree events, habitat events, jurisdictional drainage impacts, and bird nest events while construction monitoring and while performing restoration activities; extensive usage of 4WD vehicles, Garmin GPS, satellite phone, and TracPlus unit Show less



United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Quinault Indian Nation

• Quinault National Fish Hatchery

• Salmon Hatchery Technician and Volunteer

  • Nov 2013 - May 2014

  Part-time involvement in removal of Steelhead salmon adipose fins; inserted coded wire tags in Steelhead salmon smolts; assisted in spawning Chum salmon, placed fertilized eggs into egg trays, treated eggs with an iodine solution for external parasites, regulated water flow/pressure to egg trays Part-time involvement in removal of Steelhead salmon adipose fins; inserted coded wire tags in Steelhead salmon smolts; assisted in spawning Chum salmon, placed fertilized eggs into egg trays, treated eggs with an iodine solution for external parasites, regulated water flow/pressure to egg trays



Texas Christian University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Bat Research Technician

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2013

  Conducted fatality searches for bat and bird species on a large scale wind farm; acoustic monitoring via transect walks with a Pettersson ultrasound detector and TASCAM to record bat calls; bat-turbine interaction surveys via night vision; moth/insect light trapping, pinning, and identification; collected DNA samples from live and deceased bats; bat call identification using SonoBat software; live-handling of several bat species; Magellan eXplorist Pro 10 GPS unit usage; 4WD experience; extensive data entry; pre-Rabies vaccination Show less



Garcia & Associates

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Wildlife Biologist

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2013

  Biological consultant for Devers Palo Verde 2 (DPV2) transmission line project; authorized desert tortoise handler (6 handles); authorized venomous snake handler; pre-construction and post-construction surveys and line distance sampling for biological resources; rare plant surveys (Coachella Valley Milk Vetch, California ditaxis); helicopter trained; used radio telemetry to track collared kit foxes for California Department of Fish and Game; kit fox recognition and behavioral studies via remote wildlife cameras; assisted in locating active kit fox dens, live-trapping, and mortality determination; Trimble Geo Explorer experience for restoration monitoring (soil salvage at previously disturbed transmission line sites); Garmin GPS experience; extensive AWD and 4WD usage Show less



United States Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy

• Oakley, KS

• Black-footed Ferret Monitoring Volunteer

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2011

  Performed nocturnal spotlight surveys to determine presence of black-footed ferrets in northwest Kansas; conducted population estimates and litter counts for kits; GPS usage; used portable radios for communication; utilized 4WD trucks to navigate to specific pastures for surveys; communicated with private land owners; assisted in live-trapping ferrets and PIT tagging Performed nocturnal spotlight surveys to determine presence of black-footed ferrets in northwest Kansas; conducted population estimates and litter counts for kits; GPS usage; used portable radios for communication; utilized 4WD trucks to navigate to specific pastures for surveys; communicated with private land owners; assisted in live-trapping ferrets and PIT tagging



The Great Basin Institute

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Desert Tortoise Radio Telemetry Technician

  • Mar 2011 - May 2011

  Used radio telemetry to track desert tortoises; line distance sampling to determine tortoise population estimates in various Mojave Desert locations in southern Nevada; traveled to remote field sites using 4WD vehicles; identification of desert plants and wildlife; identified and recorded opportunistic tortoises as well as carcasses; extensive use of the Trimble JUNO and Garmin GPS units for tortoise burrows Used radio telemetry to track desert tortoises; line distance sampling to determine tortoise population estimates in various Mojave Desert locations in southern Nevada; traveled to remote field sites using 4WD vehicles; identification of desert plants and wildlife; identified and recorded opportunistic tortoises as well as carcasses; extensive use of the Trimble JUNO and Garmin GPS units for tortoise burrows



Idaho Fish and Game

• Council, ID

• Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel (NIDGS) Research Technician

  • Apr 2010 - May 2010

  Live-trapped NIDGSs using Tomahawk and Duke traps; involved in PIT tagging; conducted population survey estimates via line distance sampling; scat collection for DNA analysis; constructed transect line maps via ArcMap and MapSource; extensive use of Garmin GPS units Live-trapped NIDGSs using Tomahawk and Duke traps; involved in PIT tagging; conducted population survey estimates via line distance sampling; scat collection for DNA analysis; constructed transect line maps via ArcMap and MapSource; extensive use of Garmin GPS units



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• White-tailed Deer Research Technician

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2010

  Utilized darting rifles to chemically immobilize white-tailed deer; GPS collar fitting and ear tagging; population survey estimates via spotlighting and FLIR (forward looking infrared); remote camera surveys using bait sites; vegetation browse transect surveys; scat collection for population estimates and genetics; extensive use of 4WDs and ATVs for access to camera sites; photo recognition of bucks based on physical differences for abundance levels; recording data for scientific research purposes Show less



Student Conservation Association and National Park Service

• Wildlife Management Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

  Piping plover nest monitoring; endangered plant species surveys for seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus) and seabeach knotweed (Polygonum glaucum); conducted line distance sampling for white-tailed deer in communities on island; involved in immunocontraceptive deer darting for stabilization of deer populations; introduction to GIS and ArcMap; data entry

• Wildlife Management Intern

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2009

  Used radio telemetry to track eastern box turtles; conducted water quality testing; involved in invasive plant management; assisted in auditory bat surveys and frog surveys; amphibian (salamander and frog) egg counts; introduction to GIS; computer data entry