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0-5 years of experience
Coordinated events for CEU credit, biannual Aeroallergen Identification Courses for allergists and researchers
- Performed microscopy training and pollen and spore identification; provided daily pollen count for the Minneapolis area
- Performed site recruitment and database management of an extensive nationwide network of pollen counting stations
- Assisted in development of Pollen.com's Pollen Library, a web database in dictionary form of 1200 allergenic plant species including recruitment and supervising employees, content generation and editing, gathering resources
- Reported pollen and mold counts to the media
- Entered data into ACCESS database for research
- Recruited participants for scientific research paper on ragweed pollen seasons throughout the country; gathered data and assisted in the writing of the manuscript to be published in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology called A Survey of Television Meteorologists About their Sources for and Understanding of Pollen Counts
0-5 years of experience
- Researched, developed, and published monthly technical advancement newsletters.
- Lead a team to increase awareness of deforestation, over-exploitation, and illegal logging practices.
- First and only female recipient of the Outstanding Performance Award.
0-5 years of experience
Seasonally monitored Woodbridge and other vernal pool mitigation preserves on the Santa Rosa Plain.
- Measured water levels throughout the year.
- Identified all plant species using dissecting microscope.
- Counted rare plants, calculated percent cover of all wetland and non-wetland plants, and entered data into Excel, finalizing reports for 5 years according to mitigation standards.
0-5 years of experience
- Conducted surveys for state and federally threatened and endangered plants and remnant prairie within proposed Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) corridors
- Collaborated with other botanists, wetland ecologists, and GIS specialists to produce reports outlining the location of rare plants and plant communities for IDOT
- Assisted with collection, preparation, and organization of plant specimens for the herbarium
- Applied prescribed fires for prairie management
0-5 years of experience
Performed surveys for target species including vascular and non-vascular plants, fungi, and lichens using BLM and USFS protocols.
- Documented and mapped invasive vascular plant species for noxious weed control.
- Collected specimens for identification using dichotomous keys and online tools.
- Wrote and submitted unit reports including complete species lists, listed species sites, and habitat descriptions.
0-5 years of experience
Specialized in planting, cultivating and harvesting horticulture including flowers, shrubs, and trees
- Applied knowledge of environment systems regarding common pests, disease identification and control
- Determined soil auditions, nutrients and moisture requirements, detection and isolation of pest infestation
- Studied green house management, botany, plant propagation, gardening and basic landscaping principles
- Assisted in the green house and landscaping of a 200+ acre historical facility
6-10 years of experience
Make impact determinations for threatened, endangered, and Utah BLM sensitive plants resulting from proposed projects based upon biological survey reports written by environmental consultants; BLM's GIS layers including known plant locations, geological maps, and soil survey data; and in person site inspections.
- Serve as the BLM VFO's point of contact with the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for consultations on federally listed, and proposed plant species. Including working with the USFWS and the project proponent on mitigation measures, writing biological assessments, and entering into Section 7 Consultation with the USFWS.
- Investigate current and past issues of industry non-compliance with the Endangered Species Act and suggest corrective actions to field office management.
- Assist the Renewable Resources Botanist/Weed Program Lead with the administration of the VFO Weed Program. Oversee the development and local approval of Pesticide Use Proposals (PUP) associated with weed treatments around oil and gas facilities, assist with the preparation of the VFO's annual Pesticide Use Report, and ensuring compliance with approved PUPs.
- Participate as a member of the NEPA Interdisciplinary team on lands and minerals projects, including proposed rights-of-way and oil and gas developments, for rare plants, vegetation, and invasive plants.
0-5 years of experience
Designed and undertook vegetation surveys and forest resource inventories
- Monitored reforested/ restored sites of community forests over time
- Prepared compliance documents pursuant to the Environmental Protection Act, National park and wildlife reserve act (NPWRA), Wetland management policy (WMP), Forest and community forest management act (FCFMA)
- Analyzed & summarized data, prepared reports and articles for scientific journals
0-5 years of experience
- Used UC Riverside herbarium specimens and the Jepson Manual of California Plants to learn and identify 63 rare plants and their phenotypically similar relatives
- Conducted surveys, modified from the California Native Plant Society’s Rapid Assessment Protocol, of rare plant populations to assess size and vitality
- Baited, trapped, handled, and ear tagged federally endangered Stephen’s Kangaroo Rats (Dipodomys stephensi) using Sherman traps on grids of varying size
- Obtained permit to survey for federally endangered Delhi Sands Flower-Loving Fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)
0-5 years of experience
- Coordinated with state and Federal resource specialists to update the BLM plant and animal special status lists for the BLM California State Office.
- Provided assistance and knowledge for California state resource specialists for effective restoration procedures, current special status changes, and botanical name changes.
- Spatially located and compiled list of potentially impacted botanical resources for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan using ArcGIS.
0-5 years of experience
- Conducted rare plant surveys for housing developments and timber harvests
- Reared and monitored effectiveness of biological agents for invasive purple loosestrife management
- Established a cooperative weed management area with federal, state and private landowners in order to improve eradication effort of invasive garlic mustard. Utilized funds attained through the U.S.D.A Natural Resources Conservation Service to hire the Minnesota Conservation Corps to increase eradication efforts
- Independently wrote and received grants through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
- Produced the majority of the tribe's herbarium.
- Served as a tribal liaison for proposed electric utility corridor, oil pipeline corridor and U.S. Forest Service projects. Commented on these projects through the NEPA process
- Assisted fisheries department by mapping aquatic vegetation, monitoring fresh water fish populations, culturing and stocking walleye and white fish for tribal use and sport fishing
- Prepared forest prescriptions and independently conducted timber inventories
- Participated in the research and management of cormorants for the purpose of reducing nesting habitat competition with the state threatened common tern
0-5 years of experience
- Assisted in creating the first technical fungi field guide for Central Oregon through collaboration with a small team of passionate individuals.
- Collected data online and in the field in order to assemble the guide before the spring season.
- Volunteered with government agency
0-5 years of experience
Implemented Vegetative Index of Biotic Integrity monitoring protocol which includes navigation to, set- up of, and sampling of 0.1 hectare vegetation plots
- Experienced using The North Carolina Vegetation Survey and performed wetland delineations using the 1987 United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Manual
- Managed quality control protocols to ensure scientific rigor
- Identified tree and herbaceous species, estimated plant coverage, and determined forest community types
- Used various dichotomous keys to identify unknown species of plants
- Determined soil texture, color, redox features, and hydrology
- Estimated invasive plant species coverage
- Determined extent of deer browse and identified preferential plant species to monitor forest regeneration
- Regular use of Munsell Soil Guide, topographic maps, and field technology such as GPS units for navigation and Apple iPads for data collection
- Recorded field data using Microsoft Excel and Access
0-5 years of experience
Identification of trees and some herbaceous species along the Appalachian Trail from North Carolina to Maine
- Hiking with field equipment (transect tape, data sheets, DBH tape, quadrat poles, GPS, PLB, field vest, field guides)
- Spent extended periods in the wilderness to sample and worked very long days
- Some overnight camping was necessary to sample remote locations
- Data entry from field data sheets into Microsoft Excel
- Worked with private landowner to draft a conservation plan addressing the goals of the landowner
- Designed a sampling method and techniques for eradicating and monitoring invasive plant species on the property
0-5 years of experience
- Conducted rare botanical surveys and floristic inventories in annual grassland, oak woodland, various wetland, and serpentine soil-type of vegetation communities in San Luis Obispo and Monterey Counties
- Assisted in a long-term research project on the federally endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox. Duties included GPS/radio telemetry, trapping, and habitat surveys
- Conducted over 1000 hours of biological construction monitoring for special-status species, including California Tiger Salamander, Western Spadefoot Toad, California Red-legged Frog, Burrowing Owl and San Joaquin Kit Fox
- Conducted environmental compliance monitoring (construction monitoring)
- Conducted wetland mitigation and monitoring
0-5 years of experience
- Managed a National Park Service contract for a survey of rare plants and natural communities along the Upper Delaware River.
- Wrote grant proposals and carried out corresponding studies on plant communities along the upper Hudson River.
- Wrote grant proposal for funding a study of coastal areas of New York State for the New York State Department of State.
0-5 years of experience
Organized/Priced many items
- Helped customers when in need
- Cared for plants, flowers, and fish
- Cleaned bathrooms, floor, windows, etc.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded the necessary information.
0-5 years of experience
- Assess habitats for the Range Training and Land Assessment Program (RTLA). Responsibilities include the verification of vegetative species using field observations and various identification manuals, photographic documentation of identified plant species in order to assess the percentage of vegetation to determine the effects of the presence/absence of vegetation on erosion rates.
- Use global positioning system (GPS) to locate and record field data points for use in geographical information system (GIS) programs, such as ArcGIS.
- Conducted prescribed burns to indicated areas assigned by the DMVA forestry department within 17,000 acres of wild land in the Fort Indiantown Gap military training areas.
- Maintain database of soil and surface water analytical data, photography and maintenance of photo database and data.
- Conducted wildlife studies with small mammal trapping, butterfly (the endangered regal fritillary) through habitat restoration and turtle identification and marking.
0-5 years of experience
- Identified herbaceous and woody species by genus and species in designated plots
- Estimated percent coverage of those species and canopy coverage of plots in an 800,000 acre study site
- Used topographic maps and compasses to locate plots
0-5 years of experience
Developed the Online Colorado Rare Plant Field Guide with a team of Botanists and students
- Created species land owner management and threats graphs
- GIS mapmaking
- Created plant Element Occurrence Records
- Wrote protocol to transfer data from field site surveys into Element Occurrence Records
- Plant data entry and fact checking using Biotics tracker
- Connected literary references to plant records using Biotics tracker
- Cataloged field site photo slides using Silverfast photo scanner
- Edited portions of the 2013 Colorado Wetland Field Guide
0-5 years of experience
Develop methods of conserving or managing soil, as to produce the most fruitful harvest
- Select and purchase seeds, plant nutrients, disease control chemicals, and garden and lawn care equipment
- Determine plant growing conditions, and set planting and care schedules
- Germinating seeds and cloning off mother plants
0-5 years of experience
Develop methods of conserving or managing soil, as to produce the most fruitful harvest
- Select and purchase seeds, plant nutrients, disease control chemicals, and garden and lawn care equipment
- Determine plant growing conditions, and set planting and care schedules
- Germinating seeds and cloning off mother plants
0-5 years of experience
Member of Plant Community Assessment Program.
- Identify tree species within designated 0.1 hectare sampling plot.
- Collect and record accurate data on the composition and condition of plant communities including assessing the condition of ash trees.
- Evaluate soil samples for mottling, color and texture.
- Navigate to and set-up plots for long-term vegetation monitoring.
- Recognize and document location of invasive species.
6-10 years of experience
Field sites located in southern Mississippi on private timber land and government property.
- To conduct field surveys for native plant species.
- Perform research and field activities in the conservation and management of wildlife.
- Collect data on plant ecology and pheneology.
- Record plant locations using hand held global positioning system.
- Develop research plot locations and setup experiments.
- Perform simple data analysis and data development.
- Communicate with private lease holders, timber company representatives, and government officials.
0-5 years of experience
- Mapping of exotic and invasive aquatic weed infestations using GPS/GIS methods in Lake Tahoe, CA and Friant Dam/San Joaquin River, CA.
- Data entry and analysis using statistical and graphic hardware.
- Assist with plant research experiments conducted in growth chambers and aquatic plant vats at the USDA Aquatic Weed Research Facility on the UC Davis Campus.
0-5 years of experience
- Pharmacognostic analysis and certification of powdered plant material via microscopy.
- Certification and potency testing of finished herbal supplements via microscopy.
- Thin Layer Chromatography, and FTIR analysis and certification of herbal plant material.
- Maintain and catalog Botanical Reference Material in a herbarium.
0-5 years of experience
- Operated of lawn equipment
- Upheld all health and safety regulations
- Ensured customer satisfaction and quality performance
- Maintained plants by watering, pruning, and replanting
0-5 years of experience
Preformed vegetation surveys of native and invasive species in training areas.
- Updated and mapped Valley Oak Restoration sites.
- Planted 100+ young Valley Oak trees.
- Hydro-seeded and hydro-mulched erosion control sites in new training areas.
0-5 years of experience
Manage plant care via traditional methods (aka water and fertilizer)
- Incorporate new plants by cultivation
- Develop care method for sick, bug infested, or failing plants
- Assist in planning for addition of plants to improve environmental needs and atmospheric conditions
0-5 years of experience
- Captured Swainson's warblers with song recordings and mist nets.
- Tracked birds using radio telemetry; banded, processed and took blood samples of birds.
- Located active warbler nests and set up cameras to review footage of nest activity.
- Acted as project botanist, identifying and measuring surrounding flora of active nests.
6-10 years of experience
- Direct, organize, coordinate, and advise field assistants.
- Monitor 2 endangered/sensitive plant species and Collect seeds for storage.
- Lead and organize annual groups of volunteers for conservation efforts.
0-5 years of experience
- Vegetation monitoring and Floristic Quality Index reporting
- Ecological consulting, project proposals, permitting and implementation
- Prescribed Fire (ignitions, water, weather, mop-up)
- Management of field crew in habitat restoration
- Native seed/plug installation
- Urban forestry inventories
- Mock-up of potential site changes as a sales tool
0-5 years of experience
Identifying plant material using various techniques
- Work includes Identification of plant material via microscopy, chromatography and macroscopic analysis. Reports must be written regularly and made available to others within the office as well as clients.
- Lab includes measuring carbohydrate, arginine and chlorophyll levels using spectrophotometry. Labs also measure effects of nutrient deficiencies and hormones on plants.
- Additional labs include teaching students plant identification tactics as well as training them on plant family and species recognition.
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