Madison Lutes

Highly-motivated wildlife technician with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability, and interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

• First Aid/CPR
• Wilderness First Aid
• ATV/UTV
• IACUC
• Entomology

• Wild Turkey Project – University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 01/2024 - 08/2024, Set up traps (walk-in and drop net) and triggered from hunting blinds, processed turkeys (banded, took measurements, collected DNA samples, attached radio transmitters, and recorded data), monitored turkeys via point data, used telemetry to locate nesting females and dead birds, surveyed vegetation near nesting females, put up acoustic monitors for gobbling data, programed and deployed game cameras for predator data, sorted through and analyzed data.
• Desert tortoise Surveys – Arizona Game and Fish Department, 10/2023 - 11/2023, Hiked several miles a day through rough terrain, often climbing over boulders and up steep hills, searched for tortoises and tortoise burrows, processed tortoises (determined sex, measured mcl, weighed tortoises, marked tortoises by carving notches into scutes and painting on identification numbers), recorded data and weather conditions, camped at or nearby plots.
• Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Surveys – Arizona Game and Fish Department, 05/2023 - 10/2023, Tracked various reptiles on the Barry W. Goldwater range (occasionally using radio telemetry), located horned lizards on transects, processed horned lizards (determined sex, measured svl, weighed lizards, marked lizards, inserted pit tags or preformed toe clips), identified any other species found on plot, recorded data and weather conditions, drove 4x4 vehicle off road and through sand, used maps and GPS to navigate the range.
• Mohawk Fringe-toed Lizard Surveys – Arizona Game and Fish Department, 09/2023, Set up pit traps along transects in the Mohawk Dunes, checked traps, identified any herp species caught, processed mohawk fringe-toed lizards (determined sex, measured svl, weighed lizards, marked lizards, inserted pit tags or performed toe clips), recorded data and weather conditions, released lizards, and closed traps.
• Aquatic Invertebrate Sampling and Processing – University of Arizona, 01/2023 - 05/2023, Independent Research Project. Sampled and collected aquatic invertebrates from streams and pools around Tucson, identified order, family, and genus of specimens in the lab, and determined how aquatic invertebrates are bioindicators that can give important information, such as water quality.
• Native Fish Surveys – University of Arizona, 10/2021; 04/2022; 10/2022; 04/2023, Hiked 11 miles through Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness while carrying equipment, seined for fish, identified species and reproductive condition, recorded data, camped in the desert.
• Bubbling Ponds Hatchery Intern – Arizona Game and Fish Department, 05/2022 - 08/2022, Fed fish daily, monitored fish health, treated fish for disease/parasites, cleaned fish enclosures, stocked fish in rivers and lakes in Arizona, weeded around property, removed invasive plants, maintained nature trail, and patrolled visitors.
• Springsnail Surveys – Arizona Game and Fish Department, 07/2022, Hiked to springs, counted springsnails and other snails, took note of any other invertebrates or aquatic life, measured conditions of spring, recorded data.
• Vegetation Sampling – University of Arizona, 10/2022, Hiked the Santa Cruz River, used GPS to locate transects, counted and identified plant species, and recorded data.
• Small Mammal Trapping and Bat Mist Netting – University of Arizona, 09/2022, Set and baited traps around the Chiricahua Mountains, returned in the morning to check traps, identified species, sex, and reproductive condition of mammals caught, measured total length, tail length, right hind foot, and ear length of mammals, recorded data, formatted data into field notebook. Participated in mist netting and processing bats by identifying species and taking measurements.
• Mark Recapture Survey (killifish) – University of Arizona, 09/2021, Set Promar traps in mangrove habitat of Biosphere II, handled and measured fish, determined species, marked by clipping caudal fin, recorded data, reset traps, returned to measure fish again, counted individuals with and without marks, determined a population estimate.

• Sky Arnett-Romero, Senior Research Biologist, Wildlife Specialist II, Supervisor, (480) 797-5496, SRomero@azgfd.gov, 5000 W Carefree Hwy, Phoenix, AZ, 85086
• Michael Bogan, Associate Professor - University of Arizona SNRE, Professor, Supervisor of Independent Research Project, (831) 601-9231, mbogan@arizona.edu, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ, 85719
• Quinn Rodney, Wildlife Technician, Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Crew Lead, (928) 246-0551, qdrodney@gmail.com, 5000 W Carefree Hwy, Phoenix, AZ, 85086