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MaKinli Slaugh

Summary

A hard worker, who is detail-oriented and motivated to stay on task. Meets aggressive timelines and accomplishes goals, independently or in teams, with strong analytical and organizational skills. Which have been demonstrated while working for the UDWR as a Wildlife Technician 2, on the Native Aquatics crew. Who received a Bachelor's Degree in Wildlife Ecology and Management from Utah State University.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Wildlife Technician 2

UDWR
02.2024 - Current
  • Put our shop back in order after insulation and lights were added to the shop which included: moving shelves , tool boxes, freezer, fridges, and boats back into the shop, and placing all of our gear back into the correct locations
  • Getting the Jon Boats ready for the season, loading up dry box along with all the needed equipment that needs to be on the boats
  • Creating a great list needs to be on each boat and truck for the day
  • Measuring the Annuli of Bluehead Suckers, Flannelmouth Suckers, and Rountail Chub from the White River

Wildlife Technician

UDWR
03.2023 - 11.2023
  • Trailer Safety
  • Loading and Unloading Jon Boats off of trailers
  • Backing boats down rocky and dirt ramps
  • Replacing the bearing and raceways on trailer tires
  • Properly hooking up the trailer to the truck, ensuring that everything is secure in the load
  • Boat Safety
  • Loading and unloading boats with proper safety and science equipment for daily and multi-day trips.
  • Preformed regular maintenance to Jon Boats such as, flushing the water pump after every use, and washing the boats.
  • Driving the John Boats, reading the river to avoid sandbars, rocks and other obstacles, while running the shocking equipment, with netters on the front of the boat netting fish.
  • Setting and dismantling shocking equipment on a daily basis, and adjusting the voltage based off of water temperature, conductivity, and the scales of the fish
  • Netting fish off a Jon Boat
  • Proper Handling of fish some included below (Colorado Pikeminnow, Razorback Sucker, Bonytail, Roundtail Chub, Small Mouth Bass)
  • Taking weight and length of fish.
  • Property entering collected data into a Allegro
  • Using an HPR and a Cheese Block to look for Pit tags. Properly administering a pit tag to fish such as (Colorado Pikeminnow, Razorback Sucker, Flannel Mouth Sucker)
  • Helping prepare food and supplies for multi-day trips
  • Going on overnight trips on Jon Boats, and multiple multi-day trips on rafts.
  • Removal of nonnative fish on Jon Boats and Rafts
  • Raft Safety
  • Helping rig rafts with proper sciences and needed gear for multi-day trips, on white river and green river.
  • Cleaned and unloaded rafts after trips.
  • Properly Unloading and loading of rafts unto trailers.
  • Doing a Desolation Canyon run for 6 days while removing non native fish with a mixture of netting, rowing a gear raft, a cat raft, and motoring.
  • Seining and collecting data for young of year Pikeminnow and Roundtail Chub on the Green and White River.
  • Entering seining data for young of year Colorado Pikeminnow
  • Going on an overnight canoeing, seining trip for young of year Roundtail Chub
  • Cleaning and organizing our shops where the gear is stored
  • Proper Barge Shocking Safety
  • Barge Shocking and Netting Fish on Strawberry River and Duchesene River
  • Cleaned and watched water levels of the Red Fleet Screens
  • Cleaned the fish screens at Starvation
  • Helped run the Myton fish trap which included: taking depth and temperature of water, cleaning screens, raising and lowering of trap to remove fish. Processing fish, and removing nonnative fish from river
  • Helped at the Ouray fish hatchery to move Razorbacks Suckers and Bonytails from the outside ponds to the inside containers, and making sure the correct amount of fish were in each container. then cleaning tanks afterwards

Stewart Lake

  • Cleaning and maintaining fish screens
  • Clearing away vegetation around gates and screens
  • Opening and lowering the gate to increase or decrease water flow
  • Installing fences and attaching nets to keep the nonnative fish out due to high water
  • Helping remove and install the fish trap
  • Netting the fish trap, Identifying non-native from native fish, counting all fish, while working up native fish releasing them back into the Green River.
  • Seining inside of gates to push fish into the trap
  • Assisting in collecting fry from light traps on a canoe and looking at fry under a microscope
  • Keeping Native Fish alive under the shade in aerated water

Raptor Crew Lead

Utah State University Uintah Basin
05.2022 - 09.2022
  • Created and organized schedules of interns on a daily and weekly basis
  • Developed an google form for data entry
  • Supervised crew data entry
  • Making maps on nest locations from given GPS points in ArcGIS
  • Planned and organized a 3-day camping trip in Book Cliffs, Utah for 6 interns
  • Navigated with a handheld GPS efficiently to nest points
  • Collaborated directly with BLM and Forest Service wildlife biologists to plan the season
  • Planned daily for independent/team nests surveys and data collection
  • Rigorous data collection of nest conditions, habitat, and environmental factors
  • Conducted both physical data entry in the field and digital data entry in the office
  • Invasive plant identification
  • Raptor identification, efficiently aging chicks in the nest
  • Accurately identified different raptor nests to species
  • Certified to drive institutional vehicles in various weather conditions
  • Formal 4WD training both in-person and online training
  • Wilderness First Aid Training valid May 2022-2025
  • Properly handled Ferruginous Hawks, Goshawks, and Burrowing Owls
  • Transported nestlings from nest to nearby banding site safely
  • Trained in drawing blood from an ulnar vein with a sterile technique
  • Blood collection, ectoparasite collection, and banding according to strict protocol
  • Vigorous hiking in extreme weather and terrain conditions with a 30 lb backpack with a typical distance of 4–8 miles a day
  • Navigated diverse landscapes including various cliff sides, sand dunes, mud, thick vegetation, and deadfall
  • Assessed personal and team safety risks in a variety of field conditions
  • Safely assessed and handled different dangerous wildlife situations such as; feral horses, cougar, and bear encounters
  • Assisted in Black Footed Ferret Surveys
  • Assisted in Waterfowl Surveys
  • Monarch Butterflies Tagging
  • Placing and Retrieving Acoustic Monitors
  • Ute Lady's Tresses Surveys
  • Prepared summative report of previous 5 years of nest monitoring data
  • Prepared end-of-year progress report according to BLM agreement requirements

Intern

Northeastern Utah Avian Education Center
05.2022 - 01.2023
  • Assisted in putting on jesses and leashes on raptors
  • Proper tying of Falconers Knot one-handed, and proper length of leash
  • Manning down different types of raptors
  • Cleaned living areas, while raptors were weathering
  • Proper handling of raptors while walking, standing and sitting
  • Proper transport and handling of raptors between different areas
  • Helped dismantle carcasses for food and fed raptors
  • Transportation of raptors, in transport boxes, and by hand, in vehicle
  • Helped clean a crack located in the beak of a Peregrine Falcon
  • Made designs for education show flyers
  • Help build and clean education show displays
  • Presented education shows with live raptors and displays
  • Marketed education shows by editing signage, setting up and removing displays for education shows in a tight time frame
  • Talked to crowds of up to 50 people at a time about raptors
  • Answered one on one questions about raptors for educations shows
  • Helped clean blood and apply antibiotic ointment to a wing of a Gyrfalcon

Camera Trap Technician

Mark Chynoweth
04.2022 - 05.2022
  • Processed over 100,000 photos of 26 different camera traps; entered data for every triple-burst set of images
  • Identified different land animals in Africa, focused on mammals of conservation concern
  • Rigorous data collection based on time and type of animal in photos
  • Used excel and large data file transfer programs, such as Box to access photos and manage data
  • Learned detailed examination of photos, to list which species are in the photo, and how many are present

Raptor Crew Technician

Utah State University Uintah Basin
05.2021 - 08.2021
  • Navigating with a handheld GPS efficiently to nest points
  • Experience with a compass and map
  • Planned daily for independent/team nests surveys and data collection
  • Rigorous data collection of nest conditions, habitat, and environmental factors
  • Conducted both physical data entry in the field and digital data entry in the office
  • Invasive plant identification
  • Raptor identification, efficiently aging chicks in the nest
  • Accurately identifying different raptor nests to species
  • Certified to drive institutional vehicles in various weather conditions
  • Formal 4WD training both in-person and online training
  • Wilderness First Aid Training Valid May 2021-2023
  • Properly handling Ferruginous Hawks, Goshawks, and Burrowing Owls.
  • Blood collection, ectoparasite collection, and banding according to strict protocol
  • Vigorous hiking in extreme weather and terrain conditions with a 30 lb backpack with a typical distance of 4–8 miles a day
  • Navigated diverse landscapes including various cliff sides, sand dunes, mud, thick vegetation, and deadfall
  • Collaborating directly with Federal/State wildlife biologists to meet management objectives
  • Assessed personal and team safety risks in a variety of field conditions
  • Safely assessed and handled different dangerous wildlife situations.

Manager's Assistant

Mountain West Propane
11.2023 - 02.2024
  • Organized customers online and physical folders to match
  • Scanned Documents into the online system
  • Documented into excel customers delivery history along with dates of signed documents, along with documents which needed to be signed.
  • Contacting customers to inform them about which documents needed to be signed, filled out documents based off of customers information and sent the documents to sign online or physical
  • Took payments, along with entering checks from the mail
  • Updated the system with new customers.
  • Removing physical files of inactive customers, which organizing current customers into alphabetical order.
  • Completing different tasks that my managers needed help with such as, submitting invoices, scanning receipts.

Special Education Teacher Assistant

Uintah School District
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Reading tests, and fulfilling accommodations through IEPs
  • Deescalating frustrated students
  • Reviewing materials with small groups of students for tests and/or quizzes.
  • Assisting with assignments and helping students with specific needs according to their IEPs
  • Communication with multiple teachers about assignments and learning intentions
  • Communication with Special Education Teachers about student's progress
  • Aspen Hold Training
  • Behavior Training

Part-Time Manager

Maurices
09.2020 - 05.2022
  • Customer Service Skills, on phone and in person
  • Cashier Knowledge; ability to check out customers and employee sales
  • Changing Associate and Manager schedules
  • Multitasking, helping the customer, and getting an assigned job done
  • Headset communication between employees to keep the store running smoothly
  • Communication with customers, about sales, and clothing knowledge
  • Setting the store's daily monetary goal
  • Assigning associates to areas of the store that will best reflect their strengths
  • Process and organize new inventory
  • Displaying inventory on the sales floor, organizing by inventory type location
  • Filling out safety inspections forms for the store every month
  • Checking the gauges on fire extinguishers

Front Desk Receptionist

Alpine Pediatricians
05.2018 - 06.2020
  • Customer service skills on phone and in person
  • Collected copays and balances
  • Scheduled appointments for multiple providers in correct timeframes
  • Created and maintained patient charts, with updated information
  • Ran different computer programs at the same time to check patients in
  • Checked the active status of multiple insurances, before the patient is seen
  • Front office trainer, for receptionist and medical scanners
  • Scanned medical records and faxed them to authorized users
  • Received medical records via faxes, and organized them to the correct locations
  • Scheduled Drug Rep lunches
  • Orchestrated front office matters while the manager was away
  • De-escalated emotional parents over the phone and in person
  • Coordinated front and back-office needs.
  • Worked night clinic as the only receptionist
  • Trained in Phreesia, NextGen, and Document Management

Education

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife Ecology And Management

Utah State University
Vernal Utah
12.2022

High School Diploma -

Utah Academy of Sciences High School
Orem Utah
05.2018

Associates Degree - Sciences

Utah Valley University
Orem Utah
05.2018

Skills

  • Boating
  • Trailering
  • Rafting
  • Canoeing
  • Fish Identification for the Upper Colorado River
  • Pit Tagging
  • Handling Fish
  • Microsoft Windows Certified
  • Microsoft Office Specialist
  • Google Documents
  • Google Forms
  • Excel
  • Document Management
  • Phreesia
  • NextGen
  • EHR
  • 4WD
  • Handheld GPS
  • WFA Certified 2022-2025
  • Raptor Identification
  • Gun safety
  • Hiking
  • Trained in Avian Blood drawing from ulnar vein
  • Communication
  • Self-motivated
  • Organization/ Logistics
  • Time and detail-oriented
  • Hard-working
  • Works well in teams
  • Works well independently
  • Dedicated
  • Time management skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Leadership

Volunteer

  • Black-Footed Ferret Surveys - 24 hours, BLM
  • Waterfowl Surveys - 6 hours, BLM
  • Monarch Butterfly Tagging - 25 hours, BLM and FS
  • Razorback Sucker Tagging - 3 hours, BLM
  • Pellet Transects - 6 hours, BLM
  • Goshawk Nest Surveys - 8 hours, FS
  • Placing and Retrieving Acoustic Monitors - 3 hours, BLM
  • Ute Lady's Tresses Surveys - 1 hour, BLM


References


Becky Williams:

Associate Professor, Utah State University, Uintah Basin, Raptor Crew supervisor

becky.williams@usu.edu

(435) 722-1787


Mark Chynoweth:

Assistant Professor, Utah State University, Uintah Basin, Academic Advisor, African Camera Trap Project Supervisor

mark.chynoweth@usu.edu

(435) 722-1781

Timeline

Wildlife Technician 2

UDWR
02.2024 - Current

Manager's Assistant

Mountain West Propane
11.2023 - 02.2024

Wildlife Technician

UDWR
03.2023 - 11.2023

Special Education Teacher Assistant

Uintah School District
10.2022 - 03.2023

Raptor Crew Lead

Utah State University Uintah Basin
05.2022 - 09.2022

Intern

Northeastern Utah Avian Education Center
05.2022 - 01.2023

Camera Trap Technician

Mark Chynoweth
04.2022 - 05.2022

Raptor Crew Technician

Utah State University Uintah Basin
05.2021 - 08.2021

Part-Time Manager

Maurices
09.2020 - 05.2022

Front Desk Receptionist

Alpine Pediatricians
05.2018 - 06.2020

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife Ecology And Management

Utah State University

High School Diploma -

Utah Academy of Sciences High School

Associates Degree - Sciences

Utah Valley University
MaKinli Slaugh