Silas Ott

Experience

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  LCRA

  May 2012 - Jul 2018

  Interpretive Naturalist

  Provide outdoor educational and recreational opportunities toschool groups, summer camps, and other visitors. Educational programs focus of teaching identification of local flora and fauna, river stewardship, and ecology.

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  Texas State University

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2018

  Research Assistant

  Performed range wide distance sampling of Texas State threatened species, the Texas Kangaroo Rat. Surveying used roadside spotlight surveying, in addition to Sherman trapping and camera trapping. Used radio telemetry equipment to determine nightly movements. Used Sherman trapping based mark-recapture to estimate population densities. Managed and analyzed resulting data, performed GIS based habitat modeling, and assisted in writing summary reports for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Currently working on writing manuscript for publication. Job was performed in remote locations using 4x4 vehicles without outside support. Show less

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  Bio-Spatial Services, Inc.

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  Wildlife Biologist

  Performed a multitude of ecological surveying tasks including avian point counts at pre-construction wind-energy developments, pipelines, and roadways. Performed bat and bird mortality surveys at wind-energy developments. Surveyed for threatened and endangered species at pre-construction sights. Performed wildlife management activities including camera tapping, avian surveys, and habitat enhancement for 1-D-1 property tax evaluation purposes. Conducted baseline flora and fauna surveys for wind-energy developments and municipalities. Assisted in data management and report writing for all previously stated surveying activities, including use of GIS to create maps and figures. Show less

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  Landmark Wildlife Management

  Apr 2017 - now

  Wildlife Biologist

  Assist landowners with developing wildlife management plans to comply with 1-d-1 wildlife evaluations.

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  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

  Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

  Wildlife Technician

  Assisted in Feral Swine research project.

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  Blanton & Associates

  Apr 2019 - Jul 2022

  Biologist

  Perform biological surveying for various fauna.