Conducted corridor-wide inventories and mapping of 100+ targeted noxious and invasive plant species across multi-hundred-mile utility transmission corridors.

Surveyed public and private lands across BLM and USFS jurisdictions, navigating rugged montane and desert terrain via 4x4 and UTV.

Logged geospatial population boundaries, canopy cover classes, phenology, and gross vs. infested acreage using ArcGIS Field Maps.

Conducted rangeland vegetation monitoring across private ranches to assess grassland bird habitat response following brush management.

Executed standardized 100-meter monitoring transects measuring line-point intercept (LPI), foliar cover, and canopy/basal gap intercept.

Recorded horizontal visual obstruction using Robel pole measurements and compiled comprehensive floristic inventories.

Collected and managed high-precision spatial ecological data digitally using Survey123 and ArcGIS Field Maps.

Directed multi-resource biological compliance surveys across a 6,397-acre solar footprint and 10-mile gen-tie corridor.

Led standardized protocol transects for Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and Western Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia subsp. hypugaea).

Conducted jurisdictional desert wash and stream delineations using Arid West and MESA (Mapping Episodic Stream Activity) protocols.

Managed training, daily logistics, safety briefings, and ArcGIS Field Maps QA/QC for an 18-member field crew.

Served as lead botanist directing a crew of 4 surveyors across 18 miles of desert terrain on BLM lands.

Conducted protocol-level Rare, Threatened, and Endangered (RTE) species surveys targeting special-status Chihuahuan Desert cacti.

Identified, delineated, and mapped populations of Opuntia arenaria, Coryphantha robustispina subsp. scheeri, and Peniocereus greggii var. greggii.

Documented geospatial population boundaries, demographic data, and associated microhabitat characteristics for compliance reporting.

Conducted biological and wetland surveys for a proposed pipeline corridor spanning hundreds of miles across West Texas.

Performed USACE jurisdictional wetland delineations, tracking both existing and historical wetland features, and characterized soil profiles.

Assessed plant community composition and species diversity throughout the project footprint.

Surveyed for rare and endangered species habitat, specifically for Burrowing Owls, and identified raptor nests adjacent to the corridor.

Working with Texas A&M University & S.M. Tracy Herbarium to evaluate bryological biogeography across the state of Texas

Accessing and exploring private lands to find undescribed populations of mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lichens, and fungi

Conducting Rare, Threatened, and Endangered plant species surveys across 8,000 survey acres in the Sacramento Mountains

Describing population details and invertebrate associates for the Critically Imperiled Cirsium vinaceum (Sacramento Mtns. thistle)

Discovered new populations of the rare orchid Microthelys rubrocalosa (Green Medusa Orchid)

Monitoring Rare, Threatened, and Endangered plant species populations including Croton elliottii, Baptisia spp., Nolina georgiana, et al.

Documenting the spread and intensity of invasive plant and noxious weed species populations of the southeast

Hiking 10-15 miles per day in dense vegetation, through swamps, wetlands, riparian zones, and forests

Coordinating and conducting Special Status Plant (SSP) inventories for slickspot peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum) populations and habitats across 20,000 acres with a crew of 8 people in southwestern Idaho

Documented all plant species within the survey area and recorded individual sagegrouse populations.

Documenting invasive and noxious plant species populations in arid desert ecosystems

Using 4-wheel drive on rugged canyon terrain, primitive camping without cell, internet, or easy access to water