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United States

Responsibilities:Conduct sampling activities (including soil, air, groundwater, surface water, building materials)Oversee subsurface drilling activities and sampling collectionProvide remedial action oversight/direction to environmental service field crewsRespond to emergency releases of petroleum products, mercury, PCB's, etcOversee underground storage.

Massachusetts, United States

Collects and reviews biological data through field work on nesting, foraging and migrating species of shorebirds including abundance and distribution of target speciesAssists in management of databases including abundance, productivity and behavioral data, and creates GIS or Google Earth maps.Accomplish the wildlife management, protection, and education.

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Teach interns proper bird extraction techniquesSolo extraction of over 1500 birds from mist netsBanded 100+ birds Became knowledgeable in proper aging and sexing techniques of songbirds

Alaska, United States

• Conducted Intensive nest searching over harsh terrain and climate
• Preformed daily insect surveys and sorting
• Kept up daily data entry and organization
• Color banded and blood drawing from godwits and nest monitoring
• Worked in extreme bog wetlands which required intensive navigating skills
• Used radio telemetry to track Godwit chicks across a wide range of habits

Truckee, California, United States

• Territory mapping, bird nest searching, and nest monitoring for 8 passerine species across wet meadows
• Multi-species point count surveys; vegetation and habitat surveys
• Data entry and proofing
• Navigating cross-country in complex wetland habitats.
• Writing habitat reports, and doing data analysis

Idaho, United States

Conducted avian point counts of western species following strict protocol to ensure all birds tallied6-minute counts over 16 points per plotnoting calling bird distances through careful estimation and calibrationPreformed vegetation surveys over a wide range of habitats and terrains Extensive data entry and organization followed by careful.

Montana, United States

- Performed intensive nest searching, nest monitoring, territory mapping, data entry, and vegetation surveys Watched behavioral cues such as parental behavior to help locate the nest as well as o determine nest stagesWeighed eggs, measured nestlings, filmed nests and used temperature probs. monitored near to fledge fail status

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

• Mist netted and banded adult and nestling Saltmarsh Sparrows, including color-banding.
• Habitat assessments and vegetation surveys
• Oriented new, and less-experienced, field assistants to the project and field activities

Bachelor'S Degree, Natural Resources/Conservation, General

Associate'S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies