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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Ogden, Utah, United States

Teach Botany and Ethnobotany classes.

Salt Lake City, Utah

• Create and maintain records for the plants record database (BRAHMS), which includes plant identification, research, and mapping.• Chair of the Ethnobotanical Collections Committee.• Plant label creation which includes research, content creation, layout, and engraving.• Assist with the hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of seasonal staff and volunteers.• Create Bloom Blogs which includes photography, research, coding in HTML and CSS, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.• Lead a Poisonous Plants tour for a group of 11 year old Boy Scouts. • Lead an Ethnobotanical Tour for a group of Ute Tribe youth as well as for a summer camp class.• Botanist Team Member for Bears Ears Archaeological and Ethnobotanical Survey - Year 1 Pilot. September 2017.• Plant collecting for Ethnobotanical Collection.• Presentations on Ethnobotany.

Plant and habitat survey and monitoring using a tablet and/or Trimble, plant identification, field sampling, transects, and written reports. Field Work Performed• NV Energy ON Line Monitoring Project. Rare Plant Monitoring (Cryptantha welshii, Arctomecon merriamii, Lepidium nanum). Noxious Weed Survey. Vegetation Cover Monitoring. Qualitative and Quantitative Monitoring. Nevada. May 2017, October 2017, and October 2018.• Kern River Pipeline Noxious Weeds Survey and Written Report. Utah. Summer 2016.• Astragalus desereticus habitat survey for Energy Gateway South Project. Utah. Summer 2016.• Pediomelum pentophyllum survey for SunZia. Arizona and New Mexico. April 2015.

University Of Utah, Red Butte Garden And Arboretum, Salt Lake City, Utah

• Field work carried out all over Utah, primarily the Uintah Basin and Southern Utah. Work also extended into Idaho and Arizona.• Conducted field survey and monitoring of endangered and sensitive plants, plant identification, seed collection for national and local seed bank efforts, native plant transplants and re-vegetation, assisted in the setup of a rare plant seed germination experiment in its native habitat, data collection and analysis.• Carried out greenhouse duties including but not limited to germination and propagation trials of rare and native plant species. • Created maps (using ArcGIS) from survey data collected to be included in final reports and use in the field.• Supervised volunteers. • Professional meeting attendance at: the annual Utah Rare Plants meeting, the Uintah Basin Forum, and the AmeriCorps Volunteer Conference.• Collected, assembled and organized herbarium specimens. • Authored the following documents: simplified ArcGIS instructions for future employees to follow, articles to be put in the Red Butte Garden newsletter, end of year field reports, and plant profiles for the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) website.Field Work Performed• Sclerocactus wetlandicus transplant and monitoring project along Green River near Vernal, Utah. Summer 2011-2013.• Penstemon grahamii and Penstemon scariosus survey and monitoring in Vernal, Utah. Summer 2011-2013.• Rare plant seed collections in southern Utah. Summer 2011-2013.• Seeds of Success – Collection and preservation of native plant seeds throughout Utah. Summer 2011-2013.• Germination and propagation trials of native plant species in greenhouse at Red Butte Garden. 2011-2013.• Seed germination trial and monitoring of Sphaeralcea gierischii in its natural habitat, in Arizona. 2012-2013.• Revegetation grow out and transplant of native species on Mount Harrison in Idaho. Fall 2012.• Penstemon grahamii transplant project in Vernal, Utah. Summer 2012.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Seed collecting, mapping the garden using an electronic totaling station and GPS, gardening (pruning trees, planting, transplanting, watering, cutting back, etc.), assembling plant signs, data spreadsheets, plant photography, updating plant database.

Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.

Check people in and out, make schedules, place and answer phone calls, take reservations, maintain housekeeping list, open and close office, cashier duties, guest services, mailings, copies, invitations, etc.

Woodruff, Utah

Followed transects and collected data on the species Brachylagus idahoensis (pygmy rabbit). Research was successful in protecting the local ecosystem.

Master'S Degree, Ethnobotany

Activities and Societies: Environmental Campaign SocietyTaught in conjunction at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Dissertation: Conducted.

Bachelor'S Degree, Botany

Activities and Societies: Botany club, Science SaturdaysBotany Major, GIS minor