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Lecanto, Florida, United States

Review and apply land use regulations, codes, and ordinances for the planning and development of the County.• Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, codes and regulations, and the Land Development Code.• Prepare and present reports to various planning commissions, including the Board of County Commissioners, for land development requests such as variances, conditional uses, land development code amendments, and comprehensive plan amendments. • Assist the public in interpreting compliance with County codes, regulations, and ordinances.

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States

Partner biologist to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USFWS, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.• Implemented Farm Bill programs by developing conservation plans for private landowners that protect, enhance, and restore natural resources while benefitting landowners, their operations and lands, and wildlife.• Worked with private landowners to assess natural resource concerns on their properties and identify and suggest management actions to improve the quality and function of natural resources.• Partnered with federal, state, and county agencies and private organizations to achieve conservation on private lands.• Co-hosted a Rangeland Health and Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) Habitat workshop for private landowners.• Participated in education and outreach events. Wrote two education and outreach articles for a local newsletter and a local newspaper.• Edited and presented Bird Conservancy of the Rockies’ Stewardship Program poster with an ignite talk at the Society for Range Management 2020 conference.

Starke, Florida

Monitored and managed biological resources on a 73,000-acre Florida Army National Guard installation. • Conducted biological surveys for threatened and endangered wildlife species. Monitored and managed wildlife and habitat resources, oversaw all field activities, and trained and supervised technicians. • Provided recommendations for and participated in habitat management decisions and activities that benefited threatened, endangered, and at-risk species and their habitats.• Coordinated with and participated in necessary consultations with regulatory agencies to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations for the management of threatened and endangered species. Coordinated and collaborated with other state and federal agencies and other organizations to assist with research projects on target species.• Created and delivered presentations and conducted field tours for various groups including Audubon chapters, Florida Teacher Tours, and children’s groups.• Assisted USFWS in developing a completely habitat-based Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances.

Ocala, Florida

Implemented Florida's Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW) Safe Harbor Program. Worked with private landowners who had RCWs or RCW habitat on their properties to achieve conservation on private lands.• Identified and met with private landowners to discuss the program, assess habitat condition, provide management recommendations, discuss implementation schedule, and verify baseline surveys.• Enrolled 6 properties totaling 8,500 acres in a year-and-a-half.• Worked closely with partners in a variety of state and federal agencies as well as other organizations to promote the program and identify potential participants.• Created educational materials, presentations, and events for private landowners, the public, and internal agency personnel, including website content, a brochure, a poster, and a magazine article. Planned and executed a media event to promote the program.

Brooksville, Florida

Coordinated interagency effort between Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida Forest Service to assess and manage a population of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (RCW) on the 45,000-acre Citrus Wildlife Management Area of the Withlacoochee State Forest in Central Florida. • Banded and monitored RCWs per USFWS RCW Recovery Plan protocol. • Performed habitat restoration of sandhill ecosystem using techniques such as mechanical hardwood removal and assisting with prescribed fires.• Created and maintained a tree survey database and integrated data into ArcView GIS shapefiles. Created maps using ArcView GIS.

Master'S Degree, Natural Resources Stewardship

Master'S Degree, Biology - Ecology, Evolution, And Behavior

Bachelor'S Degree, Resource Ecology And Management