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Todd Rawlinson
Biological Technician
Phone: (575) 682-7881
Abbreviated Vitae
CAREER GOALS
- Complete a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Science, Forestry, or Biology.
- Continue a career in wildlife research with an emphasis on threatened and endangered species.
- Apply adaptive management techniques with a research-based approach.
- Contribute scientifically-based research to the professional community to enhance wildlife conservation.
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Effects of fuels-reduction treatments on Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
- Development and assessment of experimental forest-thinning projects on focal wildlife species.
- Demography of the Mexican spotted owl in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
- Radio-telemetry monitoring of Mexican spotted owls in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.
ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF CURRENT EFFORTS
- Development and evaluation of current silvicultural treatments on Mexican spotted owls, their prey, and habitat.
- Complete a diet analysis of Mexican woodrats (Neotoma mexicana), a primary prey species of the Mexican spotted owl.
- Inventory of herbaceous communities within the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, before and after silvicultural treatments are implemented.
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