Wildlife Management Intern

 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Southeast Farallon Island/Fremont, CA
Jan. 23-Mar. 29, 2012

- Performed plant surveys/mapping at remote, rustic field station at Farallon National Wildlife Refuge
- Controlled invasive plants utilizing methods including chemical and mechanical applications (hand-pulling and herbicide backpack sprayers)
- Conducted percent cover surveys and photo documentation of herbicide-treated vegetation plots
- Conducted wildlife surveys for birds (burrowing owl survey and pellet search, Cassin’s Auklet nest box checks), salamander cover board and invertebrate surveys
- Assisted with conducting bait degradation survey and morning gull count, mice trapping survey, and collecting weather and sea surface temperature

San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex - www.fws.gov/sfbayrefuges
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge - www.fws.gov/sfbayrefuges/Farallon/index.htm

Supervisors: Jonathan Shore (Wildlife Refuge Specialist), Gerry McChesney (Refuge Manager)