Meghan May Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Oregon, United States

Term in Wildlife & Silviculture at the Upper Willamette Field Office.

Macdoel, California

Leading field survey crews for Threatened, endangered & listed sensitive species of concern: northern spotted owl, northern goshawk, American pika, Gray wolf, bald eagle, black-backed woodpecker, mollusks, vegetation monitoring, and incidental species. NEPA, IDP meetings, database creation/entry, analysis, GIS, GPS, camera traps, mentoring interns.

Springfield, Oregon

Supervised, conducted, and managed wildlife species-specific scientific surveys and habitat condition surveys for threatened, endangered and sensitive species as directed in species recovery plans and forest plans for northern spotted owl, barred owl, western pond turtle, and northern goshawk on (BLM) lands and private lands in steep, mountainous terrain.

Macdoel, CA

Led field survey crews for T&E species, northern spotted owl, northern goshawk, American pika, Gray wolf, bald eagle, black-backed woodpecker, and vegetation monitoring. NEPA, IDP meetings, database creation/entry, analysis, GIS, GPS, camera traps, mentored interns, technicians, and trained avian identification skills by sight, sound, habitats of over 300.

Macdoel, California

• Raptor Banding Field Assistant, Butte Valley Swainson's Hawk Project, University of Nevada, Reno, in cooperation with USDA Klamath National Forest 05/2016-07/2016, 05/2015-07/2015, 05/2014-07/2014, 05/2013-07/2013.
• Performed Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni), Ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis), Long-eared owl (Asio otus), and golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nest checks and nestling banding for long-term monitoring of population.
• Effectively and safely handled raptors, banded all individuals with metal and color bands, collected bio-metric measurements with calipers, scales, swabs, blood samples, feather collection, photo-documentation of color.

Fort Jones, California

• Worked for the fisheries department conducting salmon spawning surveys for Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) along the Salmon and Scott Rivers in Northern California for 3 months
• Assembled information on fish populations, implemented species-specific protocols, identified and monitored listed salmonids, hiked long distances in arduous terrain and in inclement weather, took accurate and detailed.

Ashland, Oregon

• Bird Banding Field Assistant, Klamath Bird Observatory, Ashland, OR 06/2016 - 10/2016 Hours per week: 4
• Assisted with and trained in songbird banding and mist net operations at a remote, long-term bird banding station site in the Klamath National Forest
• Trained in and applied safe bird handling techniques, mist net use, maintenance, bird extraction, data collection, identification of birds in the hand, the use of the Peter Pyle guide for taking data including plumage.
• Led surveys conducting area search surveys and point count surveys throughout the work day

Eureka, California

• Performed and managed avian field surveys for listed bird species: northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, willow flycatcher, and snowy plover; conducted point counts, breeding bird surveys in a variety of habitats in.
• Conducted species and habitat surveys in: coast redwood, mixed conifer, riparian, fresh/saltwater marsh, and tidal mudflat ecosystems
• Routinely conducted and organized northern spotted owl surveys in proposed timber harvest areas on private lands; Prioritized and managed wildlife survey workloads with varying and changing field conditions
• Conducted nocturnal surveys for northern spotted owls using digital wildlife callers, reproductive status monitoring surveys, observed and recorded color-band information of owls, often alone in remote locations, took.
• Conducted Marbled Murrelet surveys which entailed: 2-hour long surveys beginning at dawn in old-growth coast redwood forests
• Trained in and successfully applied North American bird species identification skills by sight and sound in the field of over 400 avian species

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Environmental Science (Ecological Restoration)

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant

Associate'S Degree, Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences