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La Conner, Washington, United States

I lead the team that manages WDFW's Department owned lands in North Puget Sound.

La Conner, Washington

The focus of my position is to provide high quality public recreation opportunities on private lands with high quality wildlife habitat. I build strong relationships with private land owners to overcome obstacles to public access. Using strong landowner relationships with landowners I implement habitat improvements for wildlife.

Anacortes, Washington

My research is focused on Columbian black-tailed deer of Whidbey Island, WA. I am examining the abundance and distribution of deer on the Island, and public opinions concerning deer and deer management on the Island. To answer the density and abundance questions, I designed and implemented road-based spotlight transects and analysed the data using Distance software. To answer questions about public opinion towards deer, I designed and implemented a mail-back survey to residents of Whidbey Island.

Missoula, Montana Area

Completed 23 credits of graduate course work. My research topic was assessing the effectiveness of fence mitigation strategies for pronghorn and greater sage-grouse. The project was discontinued do to lack of funding.

Phillips County, Montana

Conducted grassland bird point countsOrganized daily sampling effort for grassland bird point countsSupervised grassland bird sampling crewMaintained good relationships with area ranchers where research was conductedConducted prairie dog surveysConducted black-footed ferret spotlight surveysVarious jobs relating to ranch maintenance

Dupuyer, Montana

Assisted graduate student Sonja Smith (University of Montana) in mule deer winter habitat selection research.Deer capture and handlingRadio telemetryVegetation SamplingData entryPopulation surveys from helicopterLearned to work in an extremely cold and windy environment

Missoula, Montana Area

Was part of a large research project using non-invasive hair sampling techniques to estimate grizzly bear population in the Northern Continental Divide EcosystemExtensive hikingPlanning daily sampling effortsMaintaining data organizationRadio telemetry

Ninepipes National Wildlife Refuge, Montana

Assisted in capture mark recapture study on western painted turtles in the Mission Valley of Western MontanaTurtle capture and handling including measure, weigh, size, and sex of turtleData recordingData entry

Master Of Science (M.S.), Wildlife Biology

Defended Master's thesis 8 May 2015. Thesis titled: Abundance, Density, and Opinions about Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Whidbey Island.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Wildlife Biology

Activities and Societies: Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society