Allison Melcher Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I currently work as a biologist for the wildlife resources division within the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. My primary responsibilities are managing habitat for game species (white-tailed deer, turkey, grouse, quail, small game, furbearers, etc.) on Wildlife Management Areas in Northwest Georgia, assisting the public with management.

Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States

I worked as an adjunct lecturer at Western Carolina, teaching introductory natural resources concepts and topics to undergraduate students.

Clemson, South Carolina, United States

I worked as a graduate research assistant at Clemson University, with a thesis project looking at the effect of prescribed fire seasonality on songbird populations and forest structure in the Southern Appalachians.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

From June-August 2020 I worked as the lead researcher for the Raleigh, NC chapter of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's Neighborhood Nestwatch Program. I coordinated, scheduled, and implemented survey visits to participant backyards over the course of two months. Surveys consisted of daily point counts, mist-netting, banding, and re-sight forays in.

From January 2020 to March 2020 I worked as a wildlife technician on a graduate research project with the University of Tennessee. The goal of the project was to determine if cover crops planted on corn, soybean, and cotton fields during the off-season benefit bird species during three critical periods (wintering, migration, and breeding). My primary.

From August 2019-November 2019 I worked as an avian surveyor studying migratory birds on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. My primary duties included conducting a daily transect survey for birds, weekly arthropod surveys, and weekly fruit and flower counts. I also assisted with daily mist netting surveys by opening and closing nets daily, extracting birds, and.

West Virginia

From April 2019-August 2019 I worked as a research technician on a PhD project designed to determine the effect of regenerated hardwood forests on songbirds, ruffed grouse, woodcocks, and salamanders. My primary responsibilities included conducting point counts for migratory and breeding songbirds, ruffed grouse and woodcocks, as well as capturing and.

Clemson, SC; Brevard, NC; Franklin, NC

From November 2017 to August 2018 I worked as a seasonal technician on a project designed to study the larval ecology of hellbender salamanders. Initially, my primary duties included building wire-framed nest boxes to be used as artificial nest rocks for adult hellbenders and then installing those shelters into rivers throughout Western North Carolina..

Clemson, South Carolina

I worked as a student assistant in the horticulture department of the South Carolina Botanical Gardens at Clemson University from August 2016 to November 2017, with work consisting mostly of weeding out undesired plants, planting, transplanting, and watering. I also drove 4WD vehicles, drove gator utility vehicles, and power steer lawn mowers as part of my.

Master Of Science - Ms, Wildlife Biology

Activities and Societies: Natural Resources Graduate Student Association

Bachelor'S Degree, Wildlife Biology