JACOB B. THACKER
Biloxi,MS
Summary
To develop and devote my knowledge, experience and skills to the conservation and protection of parks, wildlife and fisheries.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Environmental/Natural Resources Specialist II
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
04.2022 - Current
- Area Manager/Biologist for Ward Bayou WMA
- Performing routine management duties on Mississippi public lands
- Maintain roads, signage, and food plots for Southeast Region WMA’s
- Invasive Species Management
- Habitat Manipulation
- Wildlife Monitoring/Population Surveys
- Biological Sample Collections
Field Technician
Mississippi State University
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Placed game cameras for the hair snare traps.
- Set hair snares to collect data on black bear genetics.
- Conducted vegetation and vertebrate sampling for stable isotopes.
- Performed habitat sampling.
- Contact Information: Lucy Dolan (662) 325-3174, lad412@msstate.edu
Field Technician
Starkville
02.2020 - 03.2020
- Mist netting passerine birds.
- Handling birds.
- Setting up mist nets.
- Bird identification.
- Contact Information: Rebecca Bracken, (512) 662-0248, Rb2247@msstate.ed
Field Technician
Pascagoula River
07.2019 - 08.2019
- Sampling aquatic food webs.
- Worked with gill nets, Fyke nets, minnow and crayfish traps for collecting data.
- Conducted stomach lavage and dissections.
- Collected water quality data.
- Contact Information: Conner Owens, (804) 980-6396, Co568@msstate.edu
Education
Bachelor of Science Degree - Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mississippi State University
Starkville, Mississippi04-2021
Skills
- Wildlife Techniques: Wildlife trapping, bird trapping and banding methods, mist-netting, biological sampling and collecting, black bear research with hair snare traps
- Outdoor Skills: Utilizing small machinery and heavy equipment, off-road vehicle handling, use of compass and hand-held GPS
Certification
- NRA Basic Rifle Certified
- Certified Learning Tree Educator Seminar
- AHA Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED Certified
- Managing Invasive Species Along the Gulf Coast Seminar
- Controlled Burning Workshop
- Controlled Explosives Workshop
Timeline
Environmental/Natural Resources Specialist II
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks
04.2022 - Current
Field Technician
Mississippi State University
05.2021 - 07.2021
Field Technician
Starkville
02.2020 - 03.2020
Field Technician
Pascagoula River
07.2019 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Science Degree - Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mississippi State University
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