Wildlife Biologist
Resume:
Rebecca M. Miller
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Objective: To pursue a career as an environmental scientist.
Education:
Bachelor of Science, Wildlife and Range Management, Graduate May 2008
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas
• Major: Wildlife and Range Management
• Related course work: Principles of Wildlife Management, wildlife management techniques, rangeland plants, large mammal ecology, wetland ecology, rangeland resource ecology, wildlife policy and law, mammalogy, and ornithology
Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware, Transferred May 2005
• Major: Wildlife and Fisheries Science
Lake Forest High School, Felton, Delaware, Graduated May 2004
• Graduated with a distinguished diploma
• GPA: 3.78/4.00 Received: May 2008
Research/Activities
Research
Throughout my three years at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, I was given the opportunity to participate and tech on a variety of research projects that were being conducted through Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. Research project that I was involved in, I completed task such as covey call counts, deer/fawn captures, wetland invertebrate sample sorting, walking line transects, aerial nest counts for bobwhite quail, vegetation sampling, GIS mapping, necropsies on foxes and coyotes, spotlight surveys on deer, hogs and javelina and drying and organizing plant specimens. Other extended research projects included working for Dr. Michael Tewes analyzing felid research, tasks for this job included data sorting, developing and preparing posters and presentations for conferences, reviewing literature & mapping transects. During my senior year I was given the opportunity to volunteer on two graduate research projects the first was looking over preference of food for bobwhite quail and analyzing the nutritional content of the food samples they were given. The other project was on camera sensing techniques on captive/known populations of white-tailed deer.
Sophomore Research Project: “Effects of Temperature and Rainfall on the Supplemental Feeding Consumption of White-tailed Deer in South Texas.” This project was used to better understand how weather plays a role in the supplemental feeding habits of white-tailed deer. Supervisor: Dr. David Hewitt
Activities
• Chairman of the 1st Annual Duck Jam on the Bay. 2007
• Chairman of the 1st Annual South Texas Greenwing Event. 2007-2008
• Participated in a month long GIS training where 20 students traveled from South Texas to Glacier National Park, MT: May 2007 – June 2007.
• Volunteered with Wildlife Alliance for the Youth Competition at Welder Wildlife Center in April 2006, 2007 & 2008.
• The Wildlife Society Field Day, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Feb 2006, 2007. 2008.
• Presented my sophomore research project at Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting in South Padre, TX: March 2006.
• Presented project on “Effects of Temperature and Rainfall on the Supplemental Feeding Consumption of White-tailed Deer in South Texas at the Caesar Kleberg Symposium in May 2006.
• Attended the Wildlife Society Conclave in Fort Collins, CO in March 2008
• Volunteered to guide youth hunters hunting on Parker Drilling Lease in Dec. 2006 and Dec. 2007.
• Texas A&M University-Kingsville Leadership Conference attended in September 2007 and 2008.
• Mentored freshman wildlife students throughout there first year of college. 2007 & 2008.
Awards/Scholarships
• Outstanding President of a Collegiate Chapter of TX Ducks Unlimited: 2007
• South Texas Chapter of Quail Unlimited Scholarship: 2007 & 2008
• National Wild Turkey Federation Scholarship: 2004
Leadership/Professional Organizations
• National Wildlife Federation: June 2008 - Current
• Ducks Unlimited: Member: 1992 – Current
President: Jan. 07 – May 08
Vice President: Aug. 06 – Jan. 07
• The Wildlife Society: Secretary – Nov. 06 – Jan. 08
Member: Aug. 05 – Current
• Student Ambassador representing Range and Wildlife Management students for the Dick & Mary Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Life Sciences: Aug. 07 – May 08
• College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Life Sciences Student Council: Aug. 06 – May 08 – Board Member representing Range & Wildlife Manage students.
• Alpha Tau Alpha: Aug. 06 – May 08
• Delaware State University Chapter of the FFA: 2004-2005
Employment:
Sales Associate, West Marine, Rehoboth Beach, DE (May 2005 - Current)
Customer Service, sales, event promotion and ordering
Research Technician, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD (May – July 2009)
Worked on a duck and Pheasant nesting success project.
Public Policy Intern, Ducks Unlimited, Ann Arbor, MI (June 2008- May 2009)
Job task have and included: trapping black ducks, organize public policy events, attend NAWCA meetings, writing grants, working on state and national legislation issues, working on the Clean Water Act, attended conferences and meetings on the Farm Bill, represent DU at outreach events, writing white papers, etc.
Waitress, Pizza Parlor, Kingsville, TX (January 2008 – May 2008)
Waiting tables, morning prep, etc.
Research Technician, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Kingsville, TX (March 2006 - May 2008)
Worked on research projects on wild cats, bobwhite quail, white-tailed deer and wetland ecology.
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