Emily Reynolds Email and Phone Number

• Partaking in the Dudley Peninsula eradication program, trapping and monitoring feral cats across private property and conservation parks• Self-managing daily trap runs including, setting and checking 60+ cage traps and soft-jaw leghold traps• Ethically euthanising feral cat captures and processing them to collect scientific data, such as, gender, weight, reproductive status and stomach contents• Enhancing project management skills through developing and implementing a barn owl nest box program, to supplement the removal of feral cats and encourage native predators back into the eradication area (Winner of the People’s Choice Award 2023 – Solstice Media Regional Showcase Awards)• Assisting with deployment and maintenance of a large array of camera traps, including 200+ 4G connected cameras, to monitor both pest and native species (notably southern brown bandicoot & KI short-beaked echidna)• Pairing 4G connected cameras with Evorta’s online AI system to monitor real-time feral cat movement and location, and identify individual animals• Gaining new skills and qualifications in pest management and data collection including, Level 1 & 2 Poisons Administration (1080), DEW Guns at Work training, and the use of the Fulcrum data management app• Collaborating and engaging with landholders to spread awareness and gain support for feral cat eradication• Undertaking regular maintenance of Thylation Felixer grooming traps and deploying 1080 cartridges• Aiding with annual aerial and roadside PAPP Curiosity baiting program

• Assisted with the implementation of the 2022 Southern Yorke Peninsula fox baiting program, engaging with landholders, distributing neighbour notifications and retrieving 1080 approval forms• Self-managed bait station deployment on private properties and conservation parks on a fortnightly rotation, utilising a combination of Fox-Off, De-Fox and 1080 meat baits• Created data management apps within the Fulcrum system to streamline collection of scientific field data• Collaborated with the regional ecologist, PhD students, WWF staff and volunteers on the Marna Banggara rewilding project, assisting with brush-tailed bettong trapping, health checks and the application of tail transmitters

• Provided exceptional customer service in food and beverage at the award-winning Reflections Restaurant

• Aided with UNSW prey-naivety project, examining bilby and burrowing bettong movement, genetics, and predator interactions• Co-managed and delegated daily project tasks including, radio-tracking bilbies and bettongs, setting and checking camera traps, preparing food and filling water stations across the reserve• Gained valuable skills in mammal handling, such as checking body condition, checking pouches, and measuring with a caliper, as well as valuable knowledge of mammal trapping techniques including building pen traps, and setting cage traps• Acquired new skills in checking and fitting radio collars and GPS trackers onto medium sized mammals

• Cultivated strong customer service skills over 5 years, for event planning and product promotion

• Carried out field and laboratory trials over 2 months, researching effectiveness of a Cassytha biocontrol for invasive plant species, undertaking plant monitoring, maintenance, and measurements

• Entered over 10,000 professional data records into online database for the Turretfield Rabbit Project and digitised handwritten notebooks