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SOIL CONSERVATIONIST
Highlights
  • Self-starter
  • Problem Solver
  • Time Management
  • Client Relations
  • Computer Proficiency
  • Organizational Skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Professionalism
Experience
June 2013
to
Current
Natural Resource Conservation Service Helena, Montana Soil Conservationist
  • Delivered program information on NRCS Programs such as Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Conservation Stewardship Program, and Conservation Reserve Program.
  • Provided guidance to land owners to ensure conservation plans achieve results and adhere to all applicable NRCS policies.
  • Implemented plans that established conservation practices on forestland, cropland, and rangeland.
  • Performed status reviews to maintain plan deadlines.
  • Completed required documentation (i.e. conservation plans, cultural resources, CPA-52, designs, specifications, and job sheets) in accordance with the established policy and guidelines with few or no significant errors.
  • Certified forestry practices that were 100% in accordance with policy standards and policy.
  • Completed Highly Erodible Land (HEL) determinations and ensured determinations were in compliance with agency and national policy.
  • Developed conservation plans for sodbusts in order to ensure Highly Erodible Land Compliance.
  • Proficient in utilizing Web Soil Survey, Microsoft Word, Excel, & PowerPoint, Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, Version 2 (RUSLE2), Toolkit, ArcGIS, Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS), and Windows Pesticide Screening Tool (WIN-PST).
  • Conducted site-assessments on different land uses to determine resources concerns.
Cimarron Canyon State Park Eagle Nest , NM Seasonal ( 2 summers 2007 & 2008)
  • Provided information to tourists about trails, fishing, and camping.
  • Performed maintenance duties around park
  • Assisted in routine office duties

May 2011
to
August 2011
Natural Resource Conservation Service Kalispell, MT Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
  • Trained to do site-assessments on forestland and rangeland
  • Inventoried forests using zigzag transects and plots
  • Focused on plant identification
  • Learned NRCS programs and 9 steps of planning
  • Digitized and edited maps using ArcGIS software
  • Assisted in assembling conservation plans (EQIP and WRP)
  • Helped in certification of forestry practices
  • Trained on Garmin and Hemisphere ProXYZ GPS units
May 2010
to
August 2010
Natural Resource Conservation Service Big Timber, MT Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
  • Trained to do site-assessments on rangeland
  • Monitored rangeland plots
  • Focused on plant identification
  • Learned NRCS programs and 9 steps of planning
  • Helped in certification of rangeland practices
  • Assisted in implementation of Conservation Stewardship Program
Training
  • 3 week Conservation Bootcamp
  • Cultural Resource Training
  • Economics of Conservation Planning
  • Montana Conservation Planning.
Accomplishments
  • Received an award for assisting in the 2012 Fuel Break Initiative by assembling forestry conservation plans in limited amount of time.


Education
2012
New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM, USA Bachelor of Science: Environmental Science

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Environmental Education, Geo-hydrology, Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Contaminants, Environmental Impacts and Land Use, Epidemiology, Environmental Science, Principles of Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Science, Hazardous Material Incident Response Operation, Environmental Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry, Water Resource Management and Policy, Basic Toxicology, Environmental Chemistry, and Occupational Health.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Natural Resource Conservation Service
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park

School Attended

  • New Mexico State University

Job Titles Held:

  • Soil Conservationist
  • Seasonal ( 2 summers 2007 & 2008)
  • Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Science : Environmental Science

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