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I tackle fisheries and wildlife issues with meticulous, detail-oriented strategies based on my experience in GIS analysis and mapping, as well as data collection and analysis.My interest in wildland fire ecology began while serving as a Firefighter/Paramedic and Emergency Operations Analyst. In the Spring of 2017, I completed a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Science. After completing my post-bacc, my wife and I moved across the country so I could focus on graduate school. Since my post-bacc had a strong wildlife & ecology focus, I applied to Oregon State's graduate certificate program in Fisheries Management. This eventually lead to my transferring into the M.S. program in Fisheries Science in the winter of 2019. I successfully defended my thesis, “Use of Landscape Characteristics to Quantify Hybridization Risk Between Native and Introduced Salmonids” in November 2021, and graduated on December 10th, 2021. Now, as I begin the next part of my journey, I am looking for opportunities to apply my education and past experiences to the field of conservation biology. This was a lifelong dream, and while it may have taken a bit longer to achieve, it has been well worth it.“Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.” ~Stephen Hawking

Listed skills include Emergency Management, Gis, Disaster Response, Public Safety, and 33 others.