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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

- Maintain a network of meteorological stations, which monitor air temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, solar radiation, fuel temperature and fuel moisture- The data from these stations are transmitted in real time and are used for emergency weather alerts and fire danger rating

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

- Maintain a network of streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and meteorological monitoring equipment at field stations throughout New Mexico- Calibrate environmental monitoring equipment, such as water level sensors, water quality probes, and meteorological sensors- Program, test and install electronic data loggers and data collection platforms that.

Northborough, MA

- Made stream discharge measurements using various techniques, equipment, and protocols that aid in the development and refinement of stage-discharge relationship curves.- Operated and maintained measuring equipment, electronic recorders, and sensors, keeping detailed notes and site sketches that aid in the computations of surface water records..

Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

- Performed routine field measurements such as water temperature and specific conductance, and performed field or lab analysis of data collected.- Perform water-level measurements from wells.- Used standard computer software to compute, enter, quality check, and revise water-quality and groundwater data as needed for publication.- Installed, maintained.

Rapid City, South Dakota Area

I work for the Northern Great Plains Inventory & Monitoring network. I serve on a field crew conducting botanical studies at a dozen national parks in the region - Mt. Rushmore, Badlands, and Devil's Tower to name a few. We conduct plant identification, forest health surveys, tree measurements, and fuel load inventories in the field. We also practice plant.

Eagle Lake, TX

Implement various natural resource management projects related to protecting the habitat and population of the critically endangered species, Attwater’s Prairie ChickenManage exotic species using chemical pesticides; restore native habitat by planting native plants on treated landConducted scientific studies on the impact of red imported fire ants on.

Las Cruces, New Mexico Area

I monitor the presence and abundance of exotic plant species in the national parks within the Southern Plains and Chihuahuan Desert Inventory and Monitoring networks. I contribute to written reports that advise exotic plant management teams on when, where and how to manage exotic plants in the national parks.

Woodstock, VT

I worked as part of a 4-person field crew and with NPS partners on invasive plant identification, inventory and management. We conducted our management program on a 555-acre national historical park and adjacent conservation lands. During our 12-week internship, the four of us together pulled over 20,000 individual plants of upwards of 15 different upland.

Borger, Texas, United States

I participated on a field crew to conduct the long term monitoring of a wide variety of vegetation and fuel plots at Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and six other parks in the National Park Service Southern Plains Fire Management Group. We navigated to and established over 75 plots on which we identified grasses, trees, shrubs and forbs to the.

Boulder, CO

• Worked with a field crew to support a doctoral study on the severity and extent of past bark beetle outbreaks
• Navigated to backcountry field sites in the Colorado Rocky Mountains using compass, GPS and topographic maps
• Interpreted field sites to evaluate stand structure, age and disturbance history
• Collected data on fuel load, vegetation ground cover, and species, age, size and condition of trees

Master'S Degree, Hydrology And Water Resources Science

Bachelor Of Arts, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: Speakers Forum, Campus Accountability Now (now called Food Truth), Clark Sustainability Initiative (CSI), Clark.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Cross Country Team, Key Society