I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Environmental/ Studies/Life Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2004.  As an undergraduate, I participated in many research  and management projects:

 

In 2001 I worked in tallgrass prairie restoration around the Omaha area.

 

In 2002 I participated in a project studying pronghorn antelope in the Ogalala National Grasslands in northwest Nebraska; I also worked on a study of Dickcissels near Omaha.

 

In 2003 I worked for the Nature Conservancy and Nebraska Game & Parks in prairie & wetland restoration of the central Platte River valley.

 

In 2004 I worked in invasive plant control in Bellevue, Nebraska’s Fontenelle Forest. I also spent the summer of 2004 working as a research assistant on a graduate student project studying the effects of cattle grazing on upland birds in the Nebraska Sandhills. This is when I took most of the photos used in this site.

 

After graduating in December of 2004 I got a job as a graphic designer (go figure) and worked at that position for the next three years. I am currently planning to return to school in 2009 and begin working toward a Master’s Degree in ecology.