Julie Betsch (April 2008- current)

Julie received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) in 2000. She has 8 years of field experience in conservation and wildlife biology with an emphasis on non-invasive methods to study large carnivores. Before starting her apprenticeship, Julie was employed by the Center for Conservation Biology of the University of Washington, where she trained dogs to find scat samples from endangered species. Other studies she has contributed to include population assessments of puma and grizzly in the Northern Rockies and response of wolf and caribou populations to oil development in north-eastern Alberta.

Joy Ritter (September 2007 - April 2008)

Joy completed a M.S. in Wildlife Biology at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks in 2007. Her M.S. project involved developing distribution models for four species residing in and around Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska). She used animal radio-locations and geographic information system (GIS) layers to build databases containing habitat variables derived at multiple scales.

Joy currently works in the GIS department of Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks in Helena.

Lisa Marr (February 2007 - July 2007)

Lisa graduated from Montana State University (Bozeman, MT) in 2006 with a B.S. in Earth Science and Physical Geography. Lisa's previous GIS work included several GIS and GPS technician positions through the Earth Sciences and Land Resources and Environmental Sciences departments at MSU. After completing her apprenticeship, Lisa accepted the position of GIS Technician at Trout Headwaters, Inc. (The River Restoration Company) in Livingston, Montana.

Sarah Fischer (June 2006- October 2006)

Sarah came to AWL with a fresh M.S. degree in Landscape Ecology from the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND). Her previous GIS projects include habitat models for Allegheny woodrats (Neotoma magister) in West Virginia and landscape modeling of native prairies in western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.