Eric Somers

Eric Somers

Wildlife Biologist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Vice President at Owl Canyon Consulting

  • Education

    • Watkins Glen Central School

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    • State University of New York College at Brockport

      2007 - 2008
      MS, withdrawn in good standing Terrestrial Ecology 3.3

      Graduate coursework: Plant Ecology, Mammalogy, Wetlands Research, Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology, and GIS.Thesis topic: The ghost of competition past: Avoidance, antagonism, and character displacement in two sympatric Plethodontid salamander species; Plethodon wehrlei and Plethodon glutinosis.

    • State University of New York College at Brockport

      2005 - 2007
      BS Environmental Science

      Relevant coursework: Zoology, Herpetology, Botany, Ecology, Wildlife Ecology, Applied Ecology, Environmental Law, Environmental Impact Analysis, Statistics, Biological Statistics, Organic Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry.

  • Experience

    • Independent Wildlife Biologist

      Jun 2008 - now
      Wildlife Biologist
    • AECOM

      Dec 2012 - Apr 2013
      Authorized Desert Tortoise Biologist
    • Owl Canyon Consulting

      Jan 2018 - now
      Vice President
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Authorized Desert Tortoise Biologist (CA & NV)

      USFWS, CDFW, & NDOW
      Oct 2008