Ellen Eberhardt Email & Phone Number

Corvallis, Oregon

Western United States

I served as a National Park Ranger for about 11 seasons in five western parks: Grand Teton National Park, Olympic National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. General duties of an interpretive park ranger are to educate park visitors about unique features in the parks and why they are so valuable. Given that direction, each park ranger develops their own programs (themes, goals, and objectives), conducts research on the topic, and plans to keep park visitors engaged and informed. In Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, these duties were very unique. We boarded larger and smaller cruise ships nearly every day, spent the day on board providing narrative from the ships bridge around the entire vessel. We also presented slide programs in the show lounges of the ships. We had a peer-to-peer relationship to the captains and bore responsibility to both provide the passengers with an excellent experience while protecting the park's wildlife. Around the Glacier Bay Lodge, I gave evening programs and led walks similar to those given in other national parks. Researched and presented programs on geology (Grand Teton, Glacier Bay, and Olympic), gray whales and the ocean ecosystem (Point Reyes and Glacier Bay), charismatic megafauna (Grand Teton), forest ecology (Olympic). Coordinated the Field Seminar program in Redwood National Park, recruiting lecturers, writing descriptions of classes, distributing flyers, and managing problems arose. Wrote, designed, and worked with a professional printing operation on the twice-a-year park newspaper.

Northwestern Oregon And The Central Valley Of California

A mudlogger is a professional geologist responsible for operating a computerized logging unit at both onshore and offshore drilling sites. Mudloggers are responsible for evaluating the lithologyof all strata penetrated by drilling and reporting any hydrocarbon discoveries by analyzing rock cutting samples from drilling mud, evaluating gas chromatography data used to screen for hydrocarbons in the cuttings. Mudloggers also monitor aspects of rig operations and downhole conditions on a wellsite, and report suspected unsafe conditions to other rig personnel. Mudloggers provide time-sensitive geological and drilling data to clients in the form of daily reports and logs, often transmitted live via satellite. They also write longer summary reports upon well completion.To be a successful mudlogger you have to be a team player and interface on a daily basis with industry clients, as well as many other field personnel in the diverse, dynamic world of the “oil patch.” These skills are necessary when you consider you must work in some of the mostremote and unforgiving environments on earth. However, you will be prepared to work in these places by ample safety and other specialized training once you have the job.

Florence, Oregon

Cleaned restrooms.

Master’S Degree, Geology

Master's Thesis "Dynamics of Intermediate-Size Stream Beach Outlets, Northern Oregon Coast."

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology-Geology

Majored in a combination of biology and geology, focusing on surficial geology and botany. Founding member of the Whitman College.