joanna woodruff

* Used radio telemetry to track 26 mule deer for a study investigating reason of mortality focusing on vehicular collisions * Input data from research into computer * Used ArcGIS to track deer movements * Involved extensive hiking within mountainous landscape

* Operated passive netting mist nets for songbird study (20 years of data) * Gathered data for yearly and long term trends in average population size and survivorship * Banded and recorded around 300 breeding song birds * Use of Peter Pyle field guide as well as the Sibley Bird Guide * Educated age groups ranging from 5 years old to senior citizens on importance of birds as indicator species within environment

Aquatic fitness instructor at Noblesville Rehab and Fitness and Hazel Dell Rehab and Fitness. Instructor for: Aquatic Aerobics, Aquatic Arthritis, AquaTots, and AquaBabes classes

Everyday maintenance on a 60,000 acre cattle ranch in the northern mixed grass prairie ecosystem of Northeastern Montana. The Matador's goal is to ultimately promote grassland conservation on the land that has been used by ranchers for generations. Working with the ranchers through a grazing program, referred to as a "grassbank," it is evident that conservation and ranching are still able to coincide, benefiting both wildlife and the ranchers in the end.