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Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, United States

Georgia

Limiting agricultural damage caused by invasive feral swine. Control methods: Deployment of trail cameras, identifying signs of damage, implementing various styles of traps to catch sounder groups, using thermals at night to eliminate active damage. Public relations: Communicating with landowners and the public about day-to-day tasks, educating public on.

Mio, Michigan

Surveyed for species of concern: Auditory and visual point counts, nest monitoring, Kirtland’s Warbler census, deployment of trail cameras, nocturnal road surveys. Public outreach: lead Kirtland’s Warbler educational tours. Data collection and entry: GIS and NRIS Wildlife. Habitat management: removal of beaver dams, assisted in a prescribed burn as a.

Ely, MN

Implemented noninvasive survey techniques to determine wolf pack territories and size. Noninvasive survey techniques: collection of DNA samples from scat, tracks, and urine. Deployment and retrieval of trail cameras. Radio telemetry to located kill sites of radio collared deer.

West Lafayette, Indiana

Assisted M.S. research projects focused on the use of cover crops by wildlife in agricultural systems. Projects investigate raptor use of cover-cropped fields, vole populations dynamics and crop damage. Responsible for coordination and completion of fieldwork along with supervision of undergraduate volunteers. Bird surveys; road transects and point counts.

Battle Ground, Indiana

Puppy raising: One of eight primary handlers who socialized seven 10-day old captive bred wolf puppies; worked with staff to understand canine body language and subtle ques; educated volunteers on proper human- canine interactions. Behavioral training: medical body handling, behavioral adjustments through desensitization and positive reinforcement..

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Breeding bird surveys: conducted auditory point count surveys of songbirds in forest and grassland habitats on public land in southern Indiana. Small mammal sampling: trapped, handled, marked, and determined sex and reproductive condition of rodents and shrews in silvicultural treatment areas for mark-recapture population research. Insect collection: set.

Battle Ground, IN

Behavioral training; canine handling, clicker training, leash training, operant conditioning and positive reinforcement. Animal husbandry; feeding, butchering, medicating, health observations, maintenance of enclosures, environmental enrichment, and hand-on interactions. Public relations: providing educational tours and lectures.

Springfield, Ohio

Clearing invasive species; clearing bird boxes; building brush piles to improve wildlife habitat.

Cared for Mexican King snakes by feeding, preparing, PIT tagging,cleaning cages and managing two other employees by scheduling andtraining.

Huron-Manistee National Forest, Mio, Michigan

Primary responsibility was conducting bat distribution research using Anabat Detector system; plotting bat locations into ArcMap. Assisting colleague with researching habitat selection of the Michigan Bog Grasshopper, which included vegetation plots, locating and identifying grasshoppers. Participated in Kirtland’s Warbler census, monitoring snake boards.