Noah Burrell Email & Phone Number

Gainesville, Fl, Us

Eureka, California

I worked on a variety of projects with endangered and threatened bird populations. I worked as the primary monitoring biologist of Snowy Plover nesting habitat on South Spit beach and as the liaison with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). My primary duties included: monitoring plover breeding activity, conducting regular surveys, managing the surveying schedule, managing data, using Personal Data Assistants (PDA) to collect data, and drafting the final summary report of breeding activity of Snowy Plovers on South Spit beach to be presented to the BLM. I also worked as a biologist on other projects involving endangered and threatened species, such as Marbled Murrelet forest surveys, Yellow-billed Cuckoo breeding surveys, and aerial, fixed-wing surveys for Sage Grouse leks in northeastern California.

Barrow, Alaska

As a STEP hire for the USFWS, I worked on several shorebird studies on the arctic tundra. My primary duties consisted of: nest searches; monitoring of shorebird nests; capturing, banding, measuring, and sampling blood and feathers of a variety of shorebird species for avian influenza; conducting bird surveys; tracking radio-marked Dunlin using on-the-ground and aerial telemetry; operation and maintenance of ATVs; conducting small mammal and predator surveys; and collating and managing data.

Arcata, California

Assistant teacher and grader for Non-game Management (WLDF 423). Duties included grading, advising students, organizing course materials, and managing course logistics (e.g. organizing transport for trips into the field, managing lab materials, etc). I also assisted in instructing students in labs. Assistant teacher for Ecology and Management of Wetland Habitats (WLDF 430). Duties include teaching labs, grading, advising students, organizing course materials, and managing course logistics (e.g. organizing transport for trips into the field, managing lab materials, etc)Assisted in teaching and grading Nongame Management (WLDF 423). This course focused on ecology, special management considerations, taxonomy, and conservation issues of shorebirds in the Western Hemisphere. Duties included teaching, grading and advising students. I conducted instructional presentations in lab on shorebird ID, assisted students with statistics, writing and identifying shorebirds.I assisted in teaching and grading a 400-level lab entitled Ecology and Management of Upland Habitats for Wildlife (WLDF 431). This course explored the processes operating in wildlife-habitat relationships, discussed challenges in conserving upland habitats for wildlife, and evaluated modern approaches to managing wildlife habitats. Duties consisted of grading, assisting in labs, advising students and helping with course logistics. My primary duties were to instruct students on use of Microsoft Excel and several statistical programs (e.g. SAS, NCSS, R) and to provide guidance to students writing research papers.

Gold Bluffs Beach, California

Monitoring restoration of coastal dune habitat at Carruther’s Cove on Gold Bluffs Beach. Duties include: monitor for Snowy Plovers and sensitive plant species, overseeing heavy equipment operation, GIS analysis of study area, monitoring spreadsheets, and organizing all relevant project data.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

I am a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Florida. My research focuses on exploring the causes and consequences of large-scale.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Natural Resources (Wildlife), 3.96

Activities and Societies: Student Chapter of The Wildlife SocietyI conducted research on a population of federally threatened Western.