1. Dallin Saurey
Address: 2997 W. 4000 N. Rexburg, ID 83440
Home: 208-351-3407, Cell: 208-705-6723
Email: dallins549@gmail.com
Date of Birth: September 4, 1984
Personal Goals and Abilities
I am interested in Wildlife Biologist type positions. My strengths include hard working, dependable,
honest, and complete tasks in an efficiently and a timely manner. I am very good at doing wildlife
surveys, working with and identifying plants, learning new techniques quickly, and doing what is
required of me. I am especially good at collecting field data. I am willing to work hard and be the best I
can be at whatever is asked of me.
Education
Brigham Young University – Idaho
2006-2010
Major: Recreation Management
Emphases: Natural Resources, Organizational Communications
BS Recreation Management December 19, 2010 GPA 3.36
Madison High School
1999-2003 High School Diploma
Professional Experience
• Wildlife Biologist I National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Bureau of Land
Management Roseburg Oregon district, and Umpqua National Forest Service- March to
September 2013 performed spotted owls’ surveys, banding, nest searching, office work and
setting up points.
• Wildlife Aid North Dakota Game and Fish- Williston North Dakota- May to August 2012
performed Various Field Duties including fencing, weed spraying, Agricultural work, pheasant
and mourning dove surveys, Electro shock fish and gill netting.
• Biological Aid, Bureau of Reclamation- Socorro, New Mexico- May to July 2011 Performed
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher and Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Presence/absence Surveys and
assisted with collection of hydrology data.
• Wildlife Technician Worked for Department of Wildlife Resources in Salt Lake City Region
office performed pellet surveys for elk, deer, cow, cottontail rabbit, jackrabbit and sage grouse.
Also measured badger burrows, prairie dog and small mammal burrows. I also assisted with bird
surveys. May to July 2010.
• Interned 569 hours at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge performing shore bird surveys,
Monitoring wood ducks and eastern blue birds, and banding doves. In addition, I cleaned
Campgrounds, chopped thistles, helped in painting the shop, and washed vehicles. I also
organized kids programs and worked at the visitor’s center. April to July 2009.
Volunteer Experience
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• Idaho Bird Observatory, Audubon Society, and Hawk Watch International: Banded song birds,
Hawk count and banded Hawks Sept 2013.
• Bird Conservation Network: performed bird point count Dec 2012.
• US Geological Survey: performed Bald Eagle survey Dec 2012.
• Swan Society: performed swan survey Dec 2012.
• Nature Abounds: performed Environmental impact assessment Dec 2012.
• Fish and Wildlife Service: performed bird point count Dec 2012.
• Idaho Fish and Game: drop fence Nov 2012.
• Us Fish and Wildlife Service: and US geological Survey performed bird point count for land
birds Oct 2012.
• National Phenology Network: performed bird, mammal and plant observations Oct 2012.
• Humboldt State University: performed river otter survey Sept 2012.
• Cornell labs performed: Black Billed Gull survey and E bird migratory bird count Sept 2012.
• Idaho Fish and Game: performed marked brook trout at Ashton Fish Hatchery Sept 2012.
• Hawk Migration Association: performed Raptor survey April 2012.
• Teton Regional Land Trust: went to grouse meeting April 2012.
• Nature Abounds: performed Environmental assessment birds, mammals and plants Mar 2012.
• Idaho Fish and Game: spawn hybrids at Henry Lake Fish Hatchery Mar 2012.
• Cornell Labs: performed great backyard bird count Feb 2012.
• US Army Corps of Engineers: Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle survey Jan 2012.
• Idaho Fish and Game: creel survey for Yellowstone Cutthroats, Brown Trout, and hybrids Jan
2012.
• Virginia Wildlife: Conservation performed owl survey Dec to Jan 2011.
• Audubon Society: Christmas bird count Dec 2011.
• Nature Abounds: Environmental assessment birds, mammals, plants and temperature Sept 2011.
• Friends of Teton River: Electro- shock fish, and put pit tags in them for Cutthroats, hybrids,
Rainbows, Browns and Brook trout Sept 2011.
• Idaho fish and game: user survey on Market Lake Wildlife Management Area Sept 2011.
• Fish and Wildlife Service: performed western colonial bird survey Sept 2011.
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• National Geographic: project NOAH observation birds, mammals, plants and butterflies Sept
2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: Banded ducks Aug 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: set up fence Aug 2011.
• International Crane Foundation: Sand hill Crane and Whooping Crane survey Aug 2011.
• Cornell labs: nest monitoring and nest searching for Osprey, Barn Swallows and Cliff Swallows
august 2011.
• Hawks Aloft: Monitoring owls and hawks July 2012.
• Fish and Wildlife Service: marsh bird survey May 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game-planted Bitterroot Brush on Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area April
2011.
• Santa Cruz Working Group- monitor and nest search for Peregrine Falcon April 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: putting screens on raceways and yard work at Ashton Fish Hatchery April
2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: Stacking hay at Market Lake Wildlife Management area April 2011.
• Nature Abounds: environmental assessment with climate, birds mammals plants, and trees at
Warm Springs Wildlife Management Area April 2011.
• University Illinois Chicago: squirrel Survey March 2011.
• Hawk Migration Association of North America: raptor migration surveys March 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: spawning for hybrids March 2011.
• US Forest Service, Dubois Ranger District called Grand Targhee National Forest: surveys for
Boreal, Great Gray, Flammulated and Great Horned owls. March 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game Spawning Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout at Henrys Lake March 2011.
• American Bird Conservancy: endangered and threatened bird survey Feb 2011.
• Idaho Fish and Game: aging, and weighing Rainbow Trout Jan 2011.
• Army Corps of Engineer: midwinter Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle survey Dec 2010.
• Audubon Society: Christmas bird count in Rexburg Idaho Dec 2010.
• Cornell Labs: House Finch disease survey Dec 2010.
• Cornell Labs: project Bird Feeder survey Dec 2010.
• Wildlife and Ecology Techniques class: molecular DNA test on cow’s blood, search for radio
collars with radio telemetry search for radio collars with radio telemetry Nov- Dec 2010.
• Camas National Wildlife Refuge: plant restoration- planted Serviceberry, Elderberry, and
Hawthorn bushes October 2010.
• Wildlife and Ecology Techniques class: fecal chloroform and biochemical oxygen demand water
sample October 2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: took fence down for year at Sand creek WMA Oct 2010.
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• Wildlife and Ecology techniques class: water sampling Oct 2010.
• Wildlife and Ecology techniques: class for BYU-Idaho performed measure Sage Brush and
Bitteroot Sept 2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: fencing at Heise Area carrying fence poles Sept 2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: banding ducks, avian influenza samplings at Mud Lake Aug to Sept 2010.
• National Wildlife Federation: wildlife watch for bird’s mammals, trees, shrubs, flowers, reptiles,
and amphibians Aug 2010.
• National Elk Refuge: Vegetation Surveys July to August 2010.
• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences: international shore bird survey Aug 2010.
• Center for Conservation Biology: Night Jar survey August 2010.
• US Geological Survey: breeding bird survey August 2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: fencing project at Foster property in Heise Area August 2010.
• Cornell Labs: warbler migration survey August 2010.
• US Geological Survey: swan band searches and neckbands at Harriman State Park July 2010.
• Trumpeter Swan Society: swan survey at Harriman state park July 2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: creel survey for Yellowstone Cutthroat, Kokanee Salmon, Smallmouth
Bass, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Suckers, and Chubs at Ririe Reservoir July 2010.
• Cornell Labs: bird survey abundance, distribution, and diversity July 2010.
• Cornell Labs: bird survey in various habitats, such as sagebrush, juniper, cottonwood, mixed
conifer and riparian areas July 2010.
• Idaho Department of Fish and Game supervised youth fishing program May 2010.
• Teton Regional Land Trust: planted Dogwood, Aspen, Rosewood, Wild Birch, Hawthorn,
Golden Currant, and Willows at Fox Creek Area restoration project May 2010.
• Cornell Labs: performed pigeon courtship survey May, 2010.
• Cornell Labs: perform urban bird surveys at Nature Park May 2010.
• Teton Regional Land Trust: planted Choke Cherry, Cottonwood, and Aspen in riparian habitat in
Fox Creek Area May 2010.
• Idaho Department Fish and Game: planted Bitterroot Brush on BLM land in Idaho Falls Apr
2010.
• Idaho Fish and Game: planted Bitter Brush at Rainbow Ranch Apr 2010.
• Idaho Department of Fish and Game cut willows at Market Lake Apr 2010.
• US Forest Service, Dubois Ranger District called Grand Targhee National Forest performed
surveys for Boreal, Great Gray, Flammulated and Great Horned owls. April 2010.
• Cornell Bird Lab: surveyed for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Feb 2010.
• Audubon society Christmas Bird Count in Rexburg, ID Winter of 2009 and 2010.
• Idaho Department of Fish and Game: count area personnel by radio collaring Mule Deer near
Dubois, ID. December 2009.
• Secretary for the BYU-Idaho Student Chapter of the Wildlife Management Society. 2009.
• Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Planted shrubs on big game winter range in Mud Lake.
October 2009.
• Idaho Fish and Game working at the big game check station. October 2009.
• Idaho Fish and Game banding ducks at Mud Lake Wildlife Management Area. September 2009.
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• Idaho Fish and Game collecting choke cherry seeds at Sand Creek, ID Wildlife Management
Area. August 2009.
• Camas National Wildlife Refuge: 144 hours participated in elk and sage grouse surveys, mapped
water structures and invasive weeds using GIS and GPS. July to Aug 2009.
• Benchley Retirement Home: 150 hours reading books to an elderly gentleman named Dean Call.
Oct 2008 to Jan 2009.
• BLM National Public Day: cleaned up camp grounds. Oct 2008.
• For the Relay-For-Life kids’ camp: 400 hours organize kids camp with games and activities. Dec
2007 to July 2008.
• Saurey Construction: forming and finishing concrete, built foundations and poured footings. May
2002 to Sept 2008.
Skills
• GPS and GIS
• Monitoring shorebirds, ducks, and songbirds
• Vegetation Surveys
• ATV and UTV off road driving
• Maintenance (painting, large and small scale construction, trap building)
• Mountaineering
• Leave-No-Trace
• Wilderness Survival skills
• Canoeing
• Kayak
• Cross country skiing
• Snow-shoeing
• First Aid Certified Including Wilderness First Aid
Awards
• Intern-of-Year 2009 received March 2010 for Recreation Management Department at BYU-
Idaho
• $1250 Internship Scholarship from Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
• Idaho B Promise Scholarship 2006
• Eagle Scout Award 2002
• Dry back Award 1999 from Boy Scouts of America at Salmon River.
Interests
Hunting, Fishing, Birding, Backpacking, Hiking, Camping, Sports.
Work References
James Brower – Volunteer coordinator
Idaho Fish and Game
cell: 208-360-2854
Email: james.brower@idfg.idaho.gov
Greg Birkenfeld - Manager
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
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Office: 361-550-5076
Email: greg_birkenfeld@fws.gov
Kent Luttschwager- Wildlife Resource Supervisor
North Dakota Game and Fish
Office: 701-774-4320
Cell: 701-770-0918
Eric K. Cole- Wildlife Biologist
National Elk Refuge
Office: 307-733-9212 Ext.7
Email:eric_cole@fws.gov
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Office: 361-550-5076
Email: greg_birkenfeld@fws.gov
Kent Luttschwager- Wildlife Resource Supervisor
North Dakota Game and Fish
Office: 701-774-4320
Cell: 701-770-0918
Eric K. Cole- Wildlife Biologist
National Elk Refuge
Office: 307-733-9212 Ext.7
Email:eric_cole@fws.gov
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