Society for Conservation Biology UI chapter
When I was President of the Society for Conservation Biology UI chapter I involved both students and community members in building bird boxes to help our local Kestrel populations as well as getting people outdoors going an edible mushroom hike expedition. Another project I organized included a stream restoration project where we planted and protected willows to stabilize a local stream-bed.
(Not Edible!)
Planting Project
For my undergraduate thesis project, Pollinate the Palouse, I organized a Butterfly Garden Project where I first involved a local boy-scout group to help me seed the area in late fall with native grasses and wildflowers that would sprout early in the spring to compete with invasive weeds. I also outreached to the University of Idaho Landscape Architecture Club to collaborate with designing my Butterfly Garden. This not only beautified my garden plans but provided the landscape architecture students a chance have hands on experience and see one of their plans come to life.
