Amanda Bailey Email & Phone Number

- Develop and provide standardized guidance documents to streamline and standardize the review of projects for potential impacts to threatened and endangered species. - Design and conduct monitoring and research on threatened and endangered bat species in NYS. - Train NYS DEC staff on the use of guidance documents to improve the efficiency and consistency of project reviews and implementation of bat monitoring and studies. - Serve as the DEC point of contact for guidance on northern… Show more - Develop and provide standardized guidance documents to streamline and standardize the review of projects for potential impacts to threatened and endangered species. - Design and conduct monitoring and research on threatened and endangered bat species in NYS. - Train NYS DEC staff on the use of guidance documents to improve the efficiency and consistency of project reviews and implementation of bat monitoring and studies. - Serve as the DEC point of contact for guidance on northern long-eared bats. - Screen flood recovery projects that may potentially impact at-risk, threatened, endangered or rare species. Show less

- Identify all wildlife encountered on cruises.- Educate passengers on life history and behavior of animals encountered, as well as the history of the surrounding area.- Identify individual whales seen on cruises.

- Currently developing a project to acoustically sample 24 sites for presence of the endangered Indiana bat (M. sodalis) in Pennsylvania.- Conduct mist-net surveys for various species of bats, including the federally endangered Indiana bat for clients. - Assist in tabulating data, assessing results and writing various reports for submission to clients.

- Assist with hibernacula surveys for bats in New York State. This includes identifying bats to species, performing on-site counts, photographing bats for later counting, and searching for previously banded bats. - Count bats from photographs using ArcGIS. Have personally identified over 50,000 bats using this method.- Analyze acoustic files to determine species composition and distribution of bat species across the state, as well as get an idea of the effects of WNS on summer bat… Show more - Assist with hibernacula surveys for bats in New York State. This includes identifying bats to species, performing on-site counts, photographing bats for later counting, and searching for previously banded bats. - Count bats from photographs using ArcGIS. Have personally identified over 50,000 bats using this method.- Analyze acoustic files to determine species composition and distribution of bat species across the state, as well as get an idea of the effects of WNS on summer bat activity.- Conduct summer mist-netting on bats to monitor the state of local populations of Myotis lucifugus and assess the effects of WNS on well-known, resident populations.- Capture and band Myotis lucifugus at winter hibernacula sites to assess survival and potential site fidelity.- Developed a management plan for Myotis leibii, a candidate for federal listing under the Endangered Species Act.- Compile information and write species assessments on marine mammal Species of Greatest Conservation Need for review and inclusion in the state Wildlife Action Plan. Show less

Bar Harbor, Me

- Went on whale watch cruises to photograph whales, identify individual whales, record behavioral and locational data and educate passengers on marine mammal research. - Conducted transects for marine mammals and birds for a project on habitat use by marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Maine.- Lived on Mount Desert Rock, Allied Whale’s remote research station 25 miles offshore. Maintained the research station and assisted on weekly supply runs. Scheduled and participated in daily… Show more - Went on whale watch cruises to photograph whales, identify individual whales, record behavioral and locational data and educate passengers on marine mammal research. - Conducted transects for marine mammals and birds for a project on habitat use by marine mammals in the northern Gulf of Maine.- Lived on Mount Desert Rock, Allied Whale’s remote research station 25 miles offshore. Maintained the research station and assisted on weekly supply runs. Scheduled and participated in daily tower watches for marine mammals from the lighthouse and monitored whales with the help of a theolodite. Performed small boat focal follows and photo-ID on whales in the area and assisted with various student projects, including: acoustic monitoring of whales, plankton tows and CTD casts to monitor productivity and the plankton community around Mount Desert Rock.- Assisted with marine mammal and turtle stranding calls and assisted with necropsies on dead animals.- Developed and maintained the Gulf of Maine Minke Whale Catalogue, which will be used in the future to monitor the Gulf of Maine minke population and help answer important life history questions such as whether the population exhibits site fidelity, average calving interval, and life span of individual animals. Show less

Orono, Me

- Teaching assistant for a wildlife conservation course.- In charge of grading assignments and entering grades for students. - Reviewed and graded weekly wildlife current events projects.- Prepared and gave a one hour lecture on marine mammal conservation.

Orono, Me

- Assisted graduate students with research on the Colorado potato beetle (CPB), an agricultural pest. This included removing and monitoring CPB egg masses and determining egg success and larval survival of pesticide-resistant and pesticide-susceptible strains of CPB. - In charge of caring for captive colony of CPB and ensuring survival of colony. - Extracted RNA of potato plants for analysis.- Prepared the literature cited, formatted, reviewed and edited chapters in the book 'Insect… Show more - Assisted graduate students with research on the Colorado potato beetle (CPB), an agricultural pest. This included removing and monitoring CPB egg masses and determining egg success and larval survival of pesticide-resistant and pesticide-susceptible strains of CPB. - In charge of caring for captive colony of CPB and ensuring survival of colony. - Extracted RNA of potato plants for analysis.- Prepared the literature cited, formatted, reviewed and edited chapters in the book 'Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and Management.' - Performed general cleaning and maintenance around the lab. Show less

Master'S Degree, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Wildlife Ecology