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Seaside, Oregon, United States

Working to restore quality habitat to native fishes under Trout Unlimited's Salmon SuperHwy project in the Tillamook-Nestucca area.

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

Lead crews that sampled rivers and lakes in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico using a variety of jet boats, prop boats, and rafts to study endangered species as well as remove non-natives.Key Accomplishments:•Surveyed a variety of waterways via electrofishing, netting, and seining in both boats and rafts across CO, NM, and UT•Built upon my previous years’ experience rafting large crafts through mid-class rapid sections.•Utilized jet and prop powered outboards with multiple hull types for single and multi day sampling trips on rivers and lakes.•Lead multi-night camping float trips in lesser traveled backcountry river areas up to 7 nights.•Completed MOCC training to become a certified boat operator.•Operated telemetry equipment to track travel patterns of endangered fish species.•Assisted at the Hatchery performing tagging, counting, and stocking operations for multiple species.•Experienced at performing various shop tasks/repairs on both boats and vehicles.

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

• Surveyed a variety of waterways via electrofishing in both boats and rafts across CO, NM, and UT• Gained proficiency rafting large crafts through mid-class rapid sections.• Utilized jet and prop powered outboards on a variety of crafts for same day and multi day sampling trips on rivers and lakes.• Worked many multi-night camping float trips in little traveled backcountry river areas up to 7 nights.• Assisted at the Hatchery performing tagging, counting, and stocking operations for multiple species.

Cathlamet, Washington, United States

• Worked on two weir sites where we tagged and passed up wild salmon for mark-recapture studies. Recorded data in Microsoft tablet according to protocols. • Surveyed stream and river systems via hiking and floating while observing live fish, dead fish, and salmon redds. Collected data in iPad according to species and life stage.• Other duties included: Scanning fish for CWTs, FLOY gun tagging, Weir building and maintenance, backcountry hiking, CB radio communications, seining, creel surveys.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Throughout my life, I have been driven by my love for nature and exploration. This passion has brought me to each corner of the US and even overseas, searching for the world's most beautiful places while documenting my travels through photography and videography. I use this passion to work on many photography and videography side projects in my free time.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Spearheaded 11,000 mile, two-month long fishing road trip designed to promote ANGLR products.• With effective project management skills, planned, produced, and hosted ANGLR Tour Season two.• Onboarded and managed five high-profile professional fishermen in the ANGLR Expert Program.• Collaborated with industry professionals to generate constant flow of content, such as product information, news, and marketing, for ANGLR feeds on multiple social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, with 40K+ followers.• Directed support operations as head of customer support, using JIRA Services daily.• Developed and hosted a full season of a weekly Podcast, Fishing Intelligence, providing the modern angler with tactics for fishing improvement.• Selected to partner with marketing team to formulate strategy and create content for various marketing avenues.

Yellowstone National Park

• Worked within a team environment in potentially dangerous condition on a large body of water to perform vital Lake Trout research and various backcountry operations, requiring experience in camping, hiking, boating, backpacking, and survival in harsh environments.• Utilized several types of industry equipment, such as gill-net vessels to remove invasive Lake Trout at varying depths and suction dredges to smother Lake Trout spawning habitats. Completed 350+ hours of gill-netting.

Columbus, Ohio Area

• Increased hands-on knowledge of fisheries, fish identification, and fish and habitat preservation through field sampling of fish populations.• Attained expert status with backpack, semi-raft, and boat electrofishing over the course of four months.• Utilized analytical skills to during field work to enter data, survey fish populations, and analyze the environment, resulting in production of effective habitat scoring.

Performed day-to-day, full-cycle responsibilities of veterinary technician, including medicating, exercising, feeding, and caring for 40+ boarded dogs of all breeds, and efficiently assisting veterinarians with surgical procedures.