Brandon Gottung

• Lead all natural resource field work in COLM.
• Assist Chief of Resources with NEPA and NHPA compliance using PEPC, PMIS and PUPS interfaces.

Supervisor: Sarah Studd; sarah_studd@nps.gov; 520-343-8845

• Crew lead for field operations including upland vegetation surveys, desert springs and seeps monitoring, and wildlife occupancy analysis.
• Primarily working in rugged desert landscapes in Big Bend NP, Guadalupe NP, Saguaro NP, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Chiricahua NM

Supervisor: Justin Romanowitz; jromanowitz@newfields.com ; 480-231-3539

• Experienced tortoise monitor on large solar energy project east of Las Vegas, NV.

Supervisor: Erin Borgman; erin_borgman@nps.gov; 970-267-2124

• Crew Lead for field work collecting data for Wetland Ecological Integrity, Stream Ecological Integrity, and Vegetation Composition and Soil Structure protocols.
• Collected water quality data using pressure transducer data loggers, inSitu SmarTroll and Aquatroll sondes and stream discharge data using a Flowtracker.
• Lead botanist, identifying hundreds of species of plants, primarily in wetlands, riparian areas and mixed conifer forests.

• Trained and permitted in handling desert tortoise by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service.
• Over 24 hours experience handling desert tortoise, including health assessments, tagging and relocating.
• Over 350 hours experience walking desert tortoise transects employing line distance sampling techniques in rugged Mojave desert terrain.
• Safely and effectively navigating complex, inhospitable terrain throughout the Mojave desert.

Supervisor: Dana Witwicki; dana_witwicki@nps.gov; 435-719-2352

• Crew lead since April 2012, managing and training crews of 2-6 technicians on Upland and Big River vegetation monitoring protocols.
• Developed intimate knowledge of the flora of the desert southwest and inter-mountain region, specialty in riparian and upland communities.
• Upland, Big River and Riparian vegetation monitoring following standardized protocol.
• Worked extensively in national parks of Colorado including: Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Dinosaur N.M. and Colorado N.M.
• Involved with project design on Big River protocol, collaborating with research scientists, surveyors and park staff.
• Navigated whitewater (up to class IV) in 16-foot rigged oar raft.

Note: Employed seasonally April - October, totaling 6 field seasons.

Supervisor: Heather Dial; Heather.Dial@az.usda.gov; (520) 292-2999, ext. 106

• Primary technician maintaining the farm, growing native plants for restoration projects throughout the southwest.
• Grow native grasses and forbs and harvest seed, maximizing production and purity.
• Monitoring pilot restoration sites to determine effectiveness of treatment.
• Control plant, insect and mammal pests using mechanical, chemical and biological controls.
• Maintain and operate 3 tractors, many farm implements, forklift, ATVs and trucks with manual transmissions preforming routine maintenance.

Supervisor: Carl Roland; Carl_Roland@nps.gov; 907-455-0672

• Vegetation monitoring following state-of-the-art protocol.
• Identified grasses, forbs, shrubs, trees, lichens and mosses of Alaska and Intermountain Region to species.
• Lead Technician for forestry and photography protocols.
• Followed LNT camping ethic, important for bear safety, for 8 separate 10-day hitches in Alaska backcountry.

Supervisor: Kennedy F. Rubert IV; rubert@entomology.wisc.edu; 608-262-4319

• Assisted with research focusing on chemical mechanisms that mediate ecological interactions, primarily in plant-insect interactions.
• Tannin and phenolic glycoside assays by chemical extraction, high performance thin layer chromotograpy (HPLTC)
• Gel electrophoresis on soil samples to characterize fungal and bacterial communities.
• Used, disposed and maintained inventory of chemicals following MSDS safety standard