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Wenatchee, Wa, Us

Wenatchee, Wa

Twentynine Palms, Ca

• Conducted general nursery and greenhouse duties including seed cleaning and germination, transplanting, watering and weeding.• Conducted herbarium activities including using dichotomous keys to verify voucher specimens, mounting pressed plants, herbarium database management, and photographing herbarium specimens for digital archives • Assisted in vegetation surveys to locate and document the phenology of native and invasive plants

Mammoth, Wy

• Assisted in the planning and establishment of permanent vegetation monitoring plots in sagebrush steppe habitats using GIS software, aerial photography, and on ground assessments• Conducted vascular plant surveys for sagebrush steppe monitoring project at Yellowstone NP; identifying herbs, shrubs, and trees to species level using dichotomous keys, including Dorn’s Vascular Plants of Wyoming• Collected native plant seed for restoration activities and seed production; seeded and planted native herbs, shrubs and trees for restoration projects occurring throughout the park• Conducted GIS and database management tasks using ArcGIS 10x, MS Access and MS Excel

Marblemount, Wa

• Conducted vascular plant surveys for vegetation mapping project at North Cascades NP; using dichotomous keys to identify herbs, shrubs, and trees to species and document habitat characteristics• Conducted GIS and database management tasks, production of reports summarizing field data collection• Assisted in the training of interns in field sampling protocols and plant identification• Volunteered with plant propagation program conducting general nursery duties including: harvesting native plant seeds and cuttings, planting and transplanting, and general plant care

Hathaway Pines And Groveland, Ca

• Conducted rare plant surveys throughout district project areas within northern Sierra Nevada mountains• Conducted meadow and aspen stand restoration activities, including: vegetation monitoring, removal of encroaching conifers, photo point documentation and other restoration activities• Laid out forest improvement timber sales under the agency forest health program, including: conducting stand exams and timber cruises, locating and marking timber sale unit boundaries, tree marking and GPS mapping

Eugene, Or

• Used ArcGIS software to create and edit biological data, and to produce both informal field-use maps and print quality maps for meetings and reports• Conducted plant inventories, weed treatments, and assisted with rare species surveys and monitoring• Performed native plant seeding and planting; conducted general greenhouse and nursery duties, including: seed cleaning, germination, and transplanting

Ukiah, Or

• Conducted backcountry riparian vegetation surveys throughout the Columbia River Basin using dichotomous keys to identify grasses, herbs, shrubs, and trees to species• Conducted grazing impact surveys along steam channels and adjacent riparian zones

Ashland, Or

• Conducted vascular plant surveys for vegetation mapping project at Lassen Volcanic NP, Oregon Caves NM, and Lava Beds NM; identifying herbs, shrubs, and trees to species and documenting habitat characteristics• Worked independently conducting vegetation surveys for the accuracy assessment phase of the vegetation mapping project at Oregon Caves NM, managing daily work schedules and routines to sample entire park• Assisted in identification, mapping, and estimating abundance of non-native plants for weeds mapping project

Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Science

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Biology; Certificate Of Botany

Environmental Studies