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Avalon, California, United States

Manage, design, plan, implement, monitor, and maintain restoration projects. Manage and produce grant reports and proposals.

Avalon, California, United States

Led, scheduled, and managed field and nursery workers for the Conservancy’s Plant Program. Directly monitored field staff to ensure completion of invasive plant management, restoration projects, restoration project maintenance/monitoring, and invasive and native plant surveys. Trained field staff, interns, contractors, and volunteers on standard operating procedures for all programmatic operations. Used ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online to produce maps and other materials to guide daily field activities, be used in reports, and aid in restoration planning. Managed and produced grant reports.

Avalon, California, United States

Led field and nursery workers for the Conservancy’s Plant Program. Assisted in training field staff, interns, contractors, and volunteers on standard operating procedures for all programmatic operations. Used ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online to produce maps and other materials to guide daily field activities. Oversaw maintenance of equipment/field gear, vehicles, and project base yard, including proper storage of herbicides. Assisted with the production of grant and funding proposals. Lead installation and maintenance of fencing and posts.

Santa Catalina Island, Ca

Conducted office administrative tasks including photo management, data entry, data proofing, and inventory. Conducted invasive plant management in the field, using manual and chemical methods. Conducted field inventories and monitored plant populations. Conducted vegetation plot and transect surveys, measuring quantity and abundance of native and invasive plants. Assisted in maintaining exclosure fencing and nursery operations. Collected field observations of natural resource conditions and plant materials from various native and invasive species (e.g. seeds, tissue samples, vouchers, cuttings). Mapped native and non-native plant populations by operating ArcGIS Field Maps. Inputted and updated data.

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States

Handled all administrative tasks such as booking events, sending and receiving correspondence through email and over the phone, as well as opening and closing the facility. Greeted clients and customers while providing tours to those interested. Trained and oversaw all employees and their responsibilities while ensuring the safety of up to 100 children. Adjusted job assignments to keep pace with dynamic business needs, factoring in processes, employee knowledge and customer demands. Handled all cash and credit transactions, including those over the phone. Mentored new employees on all of their responsibilities. Operated and hosted parties (up to 7 per weekend) including food and beverage service to up to 30 families per party. Completed setup and cleanup for all parties (up to 22 per weekend).

Athens, Ohio, United States

Assisted in studies on parental provisioning in Hooded Warblers, Eastern Bluebirds, and Tree Swallows. Organized, quantified, and input wildlife video data in Microsoft Excel. Maintained feeding stand for bird banding. Sexed and then identified birds based on their specific combination of colored bands. Identified invertebrate feed species and load size to determine quality and quantity of feed.

Athens, Ohio, United States

Assisted in a study on the phylogeography of Plethodon electromorphus and Plethodon cinereus. Conducted habitat surveys in Wayne National Forest. Collected environmental data such as: soil moisture, soil temperature, canopy cover, leaf litter depth, number of cover objects, relative humidity, and air temperature. Captured salamanders along a transect, recorded sex, size using a caliper, and coordinates using Trimble GPS unit.