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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.

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.

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