Deanna Russell Email & Phone Number

Henderson, NV, US

Nipton, CA

Care and handling of wildlife detection dogAvian fatality surveys using a detection dog at solar energy facilitiesReport and proposal writing, editing, literature research, statistical analysesGeospatial Information Systems (GIS), use of a GPS, compass, map, data loggerData collection, entry, database managementMicrosoft Access, Word, ExcelConstruction.

Peck Ranch Conservation Area, Missouri

Monitoring survival, dispersal, diet, disease, and stress levels in a population of recently reintroduced elk.

Kenya

Assisted in camera trap study, cheetah fecal sample collection, monthly diurnal and nocturnal game counts, human-wildlife conflict investigations, involvement of local communities in cheetah and wildlife conservation initiatives, and data collection, entry and analysis for all mentioned items.

Masai Mara, Kenya

Research Assistant on Dr. Kay Holekamp's long-term research on hyenas in Kenya's Masai Mara.

Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, AK

Study on the breeding biology of Kittlitz's murrelets on Kodiak Island. Nest searching, analyzing remote camera images from nests, data entry and analysis, chick measurements, genetic material collection.Also worked on a seabird survey using distance sampling for shoreline and offshore transects of all seabirds on the east coast of Kodiak NWR.

Poughkeepsie, NY

Assisted with study on ranavirus infection rates in woodfrog tadpoles based on foraging behavior and densities. Helped set up and run the experiments. Currently helping write the methods section for the manuscript (2011).

Albany, NY

Worked 1 month in 2008 as an invasive species intern, removing water chestnut from local ponds/lakes and creating waypoints for other invasive species in Wildlife Management Areas.2009: Managed habitat for the endangered Karner blue butterfly in a section of the Albany Pine Bush, planting favorable tree species, removing unfavorable ones. Discovered rare.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Wildlife Science

Activities and Societies: The Wildlife Society, Bob Marshall Hiking and Outing Club, Alpha Xi Sigma Honor Society, Kincentric Native.

B.S, Wildlife Sciences

Activities and Societies: The Wildlife Society