Jacqueline "JJ" Mackenzie

Abandoned Mine Lands (WYAML)-Lander, WY

• Investigate reclamation status and develop actionable recommendations to address issues related to native vegetation establishment, erosion, and noxious weeds at abandoned mine sites across Wyoming.
• Conducted field investigations to identify reclamation issues, facilitating targeted interventions for improved vegetation recovery and ecosystem restoration.
• Contributed to the refinement of future Abandoned Mine Land (AML) reclamation planning efforts through comprehensive analysis and recommendations for design and implementation improvements.

Native Plants Project (NP2)-Lander, WY

• Collaborated with the members of the Institute of Applied Ecology (IAE), BLM, WYDEQ and the TNC to enhance sage-grouse habitat across Wyoming.
• Conducted extensive research on native plant species suitable for seed mixes used in sage-grouse habitat restoration.
• Established a seed bank through the collection of native seeds within Wyoming.

Sentinel-Air Force Global Strike Command-Cheyenne, WY and Sidney, NE

• Conducted baseline biological surveys as a component of the Airforce Global Strike Command Sentinel Project spanning eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska.
• Identification of wildlife through visual observation, auditory detection, and analysis of scat, nests, and burrows.
• Conducted comprehensive habitat assessments and identify dominant plant species.

Natrium Advanced Reactor Project-Kemmerer, WY

• Conducted Terrestrial Visual Encounter Surveys (TVES), including detecting wildlife visually or audibly. Gave special attention to recording special-status species, including federally listed species, candidates for federal listing, bald and golden eagles, and Wyoming Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN).

Washington Ground Squirrel Surveys (WAGS)-Pendleton, OR

• Conducted walking biological surveys to identify and delineate colonies of endangered Washington Ground Squirrels in a prospective construction corridor.

Boardman to Hemingway (B2H)-Baker City, OR

• Performed preconstruction noxious weed and rare plant surveys prior to the installation of a multistate transmission line.

East Palestine Train Derailment-East Palestine, OH

• Aided in the Emergency Response for the East Palestine Train Derailment by performing routine air quality monitoring and sampling across the town of East Palestine.

• Liaison for private landowners enrolled in Audubon Rockies’ Conservation Ranching Initiative. Developed three-year habitat management plans to focus conservation actions on promoting avian habitat diversity.
• Conducted avian point count and habitat surveys across the Rocky Mountain and Great Plain ecosystems and analyzed data to discover temporal trends in bird diversity.
• Conducted routine wildlife monitoring across several open-pit coal mines in the Powder River Basin. Surveys included ungulates, raptors, breeding birds, lagomorphs, black-tailed prairie dogs, aquatic and invertebrates.
• Conducted detailed habitat assessment surveys to determine potential impacts of future oil and gas development on big game, greater sage-grouse, raptors, black-tailed prairie dogs, and BLM and USFWS Special Status Species. Surveyed over 268 square miles to determine raptor nesting success within oil and gas development in across Converse County, Wyoming.

• Conducted Assessment Inventory Monitoring (AIM) vegetation surveys on Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat across western Colorado to for public land management.
• Assisted with a NEPA analysis on the installation of a solar farm and surveyed for BLM and USFWS Special Status Species.