Executive Board

ORTWS Board Elections 2015!

It’s time to elect officers and board members for the next year! Watch your email boxes for ballots! You can also vote at the Annual Meeting. We are voting to fill eight board positions:  President-elect, Vice President-elect, Treasurer, and five general Board positions. Descriptions of the candidates are below. Please return your ballot to Kendel Emmerson via […]

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Member Spotlight – Autumn Larkins

Education: B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University Present Position: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Assistant District Wildlife Biologist, Harney District. Former Positions: Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Acting Sage-Grouse Conservation Coordinator; Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Senior Technician on Mule Deer Research Project; Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Acting Assistant

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Member Spotlight – David Shepherdson

Education:      B.Sc. Biology, University of Sussex, UK, 1981. Ph.D. Behavioral Ecology, University of Sussex, 1996.  Present Position: Deputy Conservation Manager, Oregon Zoo. Visiting Professor, Portland State University. Former Positions: Conservation Program Scientist, Oregon Zoo 2005. Research Fellow, Zoological Society of London 1991. Independent Wildlife Biologist, Sussex, UK 1986. TWS Activities: Member since 2008; presenter

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Member Spotlight – Todd Mabee

Todd Mabee is a Senior Scientist and Research Coordinator with ABR, Inc.—Environmental Research & Services  in Forest Grove, Oregon. He received his B.A. degree in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an M.S. degree in Zoology from Colorado State University. His research  interests include the study of avian and

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Member Spotlight – Jeff Everett

Education: B.S. Environmental Science, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1998. Present Position:  U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Office, Portland. Former Positions: Wildlife Biologist, Montana Partners for Fish & Wildlife Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Dillon, MT (2005 – 2011); Project Manager,Big Blackfoot Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Missoula, MT (2002‐2005); Biological Science Technician, Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Great Falls, MT (1999 – 2002). TWS Involvement: Current member of OR TWS; member of the TWS renewable energy workgroup; past presenter at OR and national TWS. Interests:  Currently, the primary focus of my work is the development and implementation of conservation for the Greater sage‐grouse, which the USFWS designated as warranted for protection under the Endangered Species Act in 2010. I also focus on the cooperative development of Avian and Bat Protection Plans and Eagle Conservation Plans in partnership with energy project developers, primarily wind farms. I am part of a USFWS team that is processing the first programmatic golden eagle take permits for wind projects in the country. In addition to wind energy, the team works on geothermal, ocean energy and transmission projects, and influencing and developing national policy. I also serve on the team of instructors for the national wind energy guidelines training and webinar series. A relatively recent transplant to the Pacific Northwest, I spent the first 10 years of my career working on native fish restoration on private land throughout western Montana, where I also worked on a variety of other native species and generally avoided questions about wolves. I enjoy a wide range of outdoors activities, from running marathons and off‐road triathlons to bird hunting and fly fishing. I especially enjoy exploring Oregon’s diverse habitats with my three young kids, hoping to instill a sense of appreciation and stewardship for wildlife and their habitats at an early age.

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Member Spotlight – Vanessa (Vee) Blackstone

Education: M.S. Biology, California State University, Long Beach and B.S. Wildlife Management, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University Present Position: Wildlife Biologist with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Stewardship Division. I address wildlife issues for the entire state park system, including threatened and endangered species management, regulatory permitting, reducing impacts to wildlife from

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Member Spotlight – Jenniffer Bakke

Education Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources from the College of Forestry at the University of Washington (2003). Major – Wildlife Science, Minor – Quantitative Science. Present Position Wildlife Biologist for Hancock Forest Management, the property management subsidiary of the Hancock Timber Resource Group. Primary duties include managing risk of timber harvest on forest-dwelling wildlife

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Member Spotlight – Kendel Emmerson

Education: B.S. Wildlife Science, Oregon State University (1995) Present Position: Wildlife Biologist, PacifiCorp, Portland, OR (2006 – present). I manage an 13,100 acres of wildlife mitigation area and assist/manage various permitting, restoration, and relicensing projects associated with renewable energy facilities. Former Positions: Wildlife Biologist, Mason, Bruce & Girard, Portland, OR (2000 – 2006); Research Scientist,

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