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Bend, Oregon

Managment of wildlife in human care including fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals. Administration of budgets, staffing, hiring, and associated departmental resources.Supervision of full-time staff, seasonal, intern, and volunteer personnelDevelopment and implementation of husbandry standards and protocols for all taxaStandardization and streamlining of records keeping for all aspects of wildlife collection management. Coordination of veterinary care and development of contractual agreements with consulting veterinarians.Experience with chemical immobilization, restraint, and firearms use.Design and construction of wildlife exhibits, enclosures and live animal demonstration areas Crafting of equipment for training, handling, housing, and transporting wildlife. Management of all state and federal permits related to wildlife acquisition, transport, holding, and exhibition. Collaboration with communications, education, and development departments on programs, exhibit content, and museum media. Program development including field trips, workshops, and outreach. Coordination of conservation science projects and collaboration with state, federal, and tribal agencies. Training of wildlife for public demonstrations and development of content for live animal programs.Raptor free-flight demonstration including training and flying large raptor species such as eagles.

Bend, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

Collaborative field work with the USGS and USFWS investigating sources of lead exposure in raptors. Construction and use of Phai, Bal Chatri, Dho Ghazza, noose carpet and other traps to sample raptor species including ferruginous hawks, red-tailed hawks, rough-legged hawks, Swainson's hawks, and prairie falcons. Banding and collection of morphological data. Collection of feather and blood samples for analysis of environmental toxins. Locating and GPS mapping active raptor nest locations. Entering nests to sample chicks, including golden eagles. Conducting transect surveys of ground squirrel colonies and energy budget surveys of raptor behavior.Collaborative work with ODFW and the USFS documenting the occurrence of forest carnivore species in the Deschutes National Forest. Set up and maintenance of remote bait stations using trail cameras and hair snares. Collection of Sierra Nevada Red Fox scat and hair for genetic analysis by biologists at UC Davis. Development of museum education programs based on field work including daily public talks on carnivore ecology and conservationComplete training of of golden eagles, hawks, falcons, and owls for free-flight demonstrations. Development of public interpretive demonstrations about the natural history of the high desert ecoregion including raptor biology, fisheries conservation, and carnivore ecology. Training and supervision of staff, interns, and volunteers in administering public interpretive programs, caring for captive wildlife, and handling live animals. Experience using and maintaining all equipment associated with raptor husbandry, including radio telemetry.

Bend, Oregon

Conducted wildlife surveys to measure roadkill mortality of mule deer and other wildlife species along state road projects. Provided data to state and contract biologist to investigate the effectiveness of fencing and undercrossing structures designed to move migrating deer safely under the road. Data collection using Reconyx trail cameras and Trimble GPS systems to monitor various undercrossing and related structures to identify wildlife use patterns.Data mining of statewide dispatch records to identify animal-vehicle collisions and assign GPS/GIS data to appropriate records to enable update of statewide roadkill "hot spot" analysis.Compilation and organization of large data sets using Microsoft Excel.

High Desert Museum

Wildlife husbandry for Oregon native wildlife including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibans. Training of wildlife for public educational demonstrations using operant conditioning methods, and all aspects of weight management for raptors including various species of hawks, falcons, and owls. Construction and maintenance of wildlife enclosures and exhibits, including raptor and mammal housing facilities as well as public displays, enclosures, terrariums, and aquariums for reptiles and amphibians. Daily public naturalist demonstrations, interpretive demonstrations, and raptor free-flight programs safely using live wildlife. Supervision of interns and volunteers.

Boring, Oregon

Manged a crew of eight other employees in daily operations of a manufacturing facility dealing in production of cabinet box components and custom sizing of wood panel products. Use of forklift for materials handling and shipping and receiving. Use of CNC routers, computerized horizontal beam saws, and edgebanders as well as a wide variety of other saws, equipment, and hand tools. Responsible for daily organization of work schedule, and flow of materials and finished product into and out of the shop.

Bachelor Of Science, Natural Resources, 3.97 Gpa

Natural Resources with policy emphasis. Minor in Fisheries and Wildlife Science.

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