Marcus Bianco Email & Phone Number

La Grande/Corvallis

La Grande, OR

Primary duties include field coordination, risk management, capture and immobilization, data collection and management, training, and other tasks associated with examining the interactions between large and medium sized carnivores and their prey in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon.

Yakima, WA

In the foothills of central Washington, above the banks of the Columbia River, I was able to aid in the recovery one of the last vestiges of greater sage-grouse. In addition to radio collaring and translocating grouse, during nesting season our department monitors the spring nest success of every owl, hawk, eagle, falcon, and raven in an area greater than.

Yellowstone National Park

Cougar Project: Conducted non-invasive sampling of puma throughout Yellowstone National Park's northern range. Daily activities included snow tracking, proper collection of genetic samples (scat and hair), perform necropsies on wolf and cougar kills. Located kills, bed sites, latrines, and scrapes. Worked with houndsmen and hound dogs to tree and fit pumas.

North Bend, WA

As the city of Seattle's nearest Forest Service district and federally designated wilderness area, our recreation areas received heavy use. As a member of the Trails and Wilderness program I was responsible for maintaining the trail system and wilderness sites to a high standard as means of keeping the public safe and protecting the resources from being.

Working with a University of Washington graduate student looking at the effects of recolonizing wolves in Washington state, afforded me the opportunity to be on the ground getting to understand the effects of predators on the landscape. By trapping and radio collaring prey species we were able to monitor their movements and feeding habits with and without.

North Bend, WA

Supervised and ensured the safety of volunteers of all ages and experience levels in frontcountry, backcountry, and wilderness area trail reconstruction and maintenance

Henderson, NV

Validated cougar presence in remote off-trail locationsPerformed field necropsy and data collection on wildlife mortalitySelected micro-sites for trappingMonitored traps and VHF collars using radio telemetryAssisted immobilization and processingCollected biological samples and archived photographsMaintained upkeep of remote desert field camp during winter.

Seattle, WA

Master Of Science - Ms, Wildlife Science

Fisheries & Wildlife

Distance Education

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Men's Ice Hockey Team, Guitar Ensemble, People for Animal Welfare (Fox P.A.W.)

Biology

Distance Education