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Sara Wisner

NE CASC Graduate Fellow
M.S. Student
UMass Amherst

Research Interests

My research interests consist of endangered species conservation. I will be studying the effects of Climate change refugia and working with refuges in the Northeast to create management plans.

Affiliations

Department of Environmental Conservation

Education

B.S.: Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 2015
A.S.: Biology, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA, 2011

Experience

Field Technician, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), 2017
Assistant Laboratory Manager, Puritan Tiger Beetle Recovery Project, USFWS, Silvio O Conte Wildlife Refuge, 2018
Forestry Assistant, Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication Initiative, DCR Massachusetts, 2019

News

Weintraub, Karen. "Puritan Tiger Beetles, ‘Vicious Predators,’ May Soon Hunt Again." The New York Times 4 Dec. 2018

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "Many hands making an impactU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region. 2 Oct. 2018

WGBY. "Saving the Puritan Tiger Beetle from ExtinctionConnecting Point. 14 Nov. 2018