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Helena, Montana, United States

• Develop and lead collaborative large carnivore conservation campaigns that engage a diversity of interest groups and potential partners.• Increase utilization of nonlethal predator coexistence tools through partnerships with private landowners, and federal and state agencies.• Advocate for public and private land management in areas critical to large carnivore persistence and landscape connectivity.• Utilize best practices in natural resource conflict resolution to resolve conflicts between conservationists and livestock producers.• Evaluate legislation pertaining to large carnivore management and prepare testimony.• Support fundraising and development teams through grant development and communications strategies.• Serve as the lead on gray wolf conservation issues in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming.

Helena, Montana, United States

• Participated as a key member of collaborative proposals to achieve large landscape protection.• Developed partnerships to advance wildlife management with state, federal, and tribal agencies along with other conservation non-profits.• Engaged with state, federal, and tribal policymakers to pursue conservation policy and wildlife management objectives that embrace cross-cultural values.• Served as the lead on national forest planning, predator management, science-based wildlife management, and landscape connectivity.• Initiated and led conservation campaigns for wolves, grizzly bears, bison, and landscape connectivity efforts. • Developed outreach materials to increase public awareness of wildlife conservation issues, public access, and landscape connectivity efforts.

Helena, Montana

• Maintained public relations by exhibiting core firefighter values in all situations.• Performed structure protection in the wildland-urban interface.• Communicated with homeowners and firefighters in high-stress situations.• Maintained accountability through reports and documentation as well as adherence to wildland firefighting principles.• Operated technical equipment in fast-paced, high-stress wildland firefighting scenarios.

Helena, Montana, United States

• Worked with private landowners to develop wildland fuel reduction metrics that met wildlife habitat needs as well as wildfire risk reduction.• Promoted science-based land management to private landowners.• Developed partnerships with private landowners, local government, and federal agencies.• Assisted with land health assessments.

Powderly, Texas

• Developed and implemented natural resource projects utilizing best management practices and sound scientific methods. • Supervised fish and wildlife technicians in their role to survey ungulates and recovering turkey populations.• Developed hunting regulations based on yearly wildlife survey reports.• Managed contracts associated with natural resource enhancement/restoration to accomplish management objectives for native flora and fauna. • Developed recommendations for habitat restoration for various flora and fauna as well as associated public use regulations. • Maintained relationships with various constituents including hunting/angling groups, non-profits, local news outlets, and other agencies. • Surveyed for chronic wasting disease and coordinated reporting with the state veterinary lab.• Utilized GIS software for program planning and storytelling.

Spearfish, South Dakota

• Conducted surveys for various raptor species as well as hydrologic and vegetation features using established scientific methods. • Implemented natural resource enhancement projects through construction of wildlife water sources, invasive weed removal, and hydrologic damage mitigation. • Coordinated outreach days to enhance public awareness of conservation issues and the mission of the U.S. Forest Service. • Developed and implemented American marten surveys to map potential marten habitat and habitat linkages.

Happy Jack, Az

• Utilized established protocols to survey for songbird nests, monitor nesting behavior, and to examine nearby vegetation characteristics. • Collaborated with various songbird crews and graduate students to ensure complete data acquisition and to maximize survey results. • Operated technical equipment such as camcorders, GPS’, and laptops in remote field conditions.

Missoula, Mt

• Utilized Microsoft software packages to update and maintain biological databases used to store songbird behavioral data.• Managed office organization within a natural resources office environment. • Analyzed and transcribed behavior from songbird video recordings to help establish behavioral characteristics of various species.

Missoula, Mt

• Mapping mixed-conifer forest complexity and forest vertical complexity in the Swan Valley region of Montana.• Collected data such as tree height, diameter breast height, crown ratio, and tree disease related data.

Cottonwood Falls, Ks

• Conducted radio telemetry on greater prairie-chickens in the Flint Hills of Kansas• Assisted with nighttime brood captures and vegetation sampling at nesting sights.

Graduate Certificate, Natural Resource Conflict Resolution

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Wildlife Biology