Shalynn Pack Advisor Board Member (2020 – present) Biographical Sketch: Hi, fellow wildlifers! I am an Oregon State University graduate and Certified Wildlife Biologist who has worked primarily in wildlife field research, international community-based conservation, rural sustainable development, and protected area policy. I spent a decade working and living in Latin America, especially Chilean Patagonia, […]
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Jeremy Thompson ORTWS Vice President (2025 – 2026) Current Position: Energy Program Coordinator with ODFW Biographical Sketch: I have worked for ODFW for the last 25 years, starting my career working on multiple wildlife areas around the state, and then moving to the district office in The Dalles where I served as an assistant and
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Alina Blankenship ORTWS Secretary (2024 – 2026) Current Position: Master Falconer at Sky Guardian Falconry Biographical Sketch: Greetings ORTWS! I have been a falconer for 12 years and a professional abatement falconer for 7 years. In this capacity, I am able to offer a non-lethal but effective method of redirecting flocks of nuisance avian species
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Jenniffer Bakke ORTWS Board Member (2025 – 2027) Current position: Manager of Environmental Services, Manulife Investment Management Biographical Sketch: Hi all – I’m excited to be here again! It’s been about ten years since my previous time serving on the board (board member to VP to President) and I’m looking forward to where this chapter
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Nancy Doran ORTWS Board Member (2024 – 2026) Current position: Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Portland General Electric – Pelton Round Butte Hydropower Project Biographical Sketch: I've been lucky enough to have a really varied career and one that has given me incredible opportunities. I've been working in the natural resources field for my entire career,
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August 28, 2023 2023 Grant Report by Forests Today & Forever to The Wildlife Society, Oregon Chapter Forests Today & Forever used the $400 granted by the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society to purchase owl pellets for our Forest Field Day program, a field-based program that serves 2,000 middle school students during a
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Katie Moriarty ORTWS President-elect (2025 – 2026) Current position: Forest Wildlife Ecologist, NCASI Biographical Sketch: Dr. Katie Moriarty is a forest wildlife ecologist with research interests in sustainable forestry, balancing needs of sensitive wildlife species, and biodiversity. Katie’s current projects include assessing sensitive species use of managed forest landscapes and evaluating biodiversity (e.g., pollinators, bats,
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Eliana Pool ORTWS Board Member (2025 – 2027) Biographical Sketch: Hello everyone! I’ve been with Oregon TWS since 2017 and currently wear a couple of hats: I’m the liaison for the Oregon Society of American Foresters and lead the Student/Early Career Professional Affairs Committee for this Chapter. Outside of ORTWS, I’m a wildlife biologist with
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Vanessa Schroeder ORTWS Vice President-elect (2025 – 2026) Biographical Sketch: I hold an MS in Wildlife Science from OSU and I have had the privilege of working in Oregon in sagebrush country since 2013. In my current role I specialize in rangeland ecology to support wildlife habitat. I spend about half of my time on
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Winter Wildlife Field Days is a family-friendly event that invites the public to get involved with nature. This year, starting from March 1-31, all 21 community members created dozens of things for participants to explore the beauty of nature, including crafts (e.g., building bird feeders, strawberry DNA extraction), owl hikes and pellet dissection, outdoor reading,
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