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Senior Research Associate
Jill Handwerk, Botany Team Lead and Information Manager at CNHP, has over 20 years of experience in Colorado botany. Through her work as lead organizer of the annual Colorado Rare Plant Symposia, and at CNHP, she has close working relationships with botanists throughout the region, including USFWS, USFS, BLM, UT and WY heritage programs, local consultants, and regional herbaria. Ms. Handwerk has been the principal investigator on numerous botanical projects including work for the USFWS, USFS, BLM, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Most recently Ms. Handwerk was the lead author on the Rare Plant Addendum to the 2015 Colorado Wildlife Action Plan, and the lead botanical editor of the 2015 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Colorado Bureau of Land Management.
Research Associate III: Environmental Review and Data Distribution
I am a conservation scientist at CNHP with expertise in technical report writing, geographic information systems, spatial analysis, information technology, graphic design, desktop publishing software, project administration, photography, public outreach and communications.
Senior Research Associate
Population ecology and conservation of rare vertebrates and invertebrates
Research Associate III
Larval Fish Laboratory Curator Assistant Collection Manager (145k containers and counting!)
M.S. Candidate - Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Statistical and mathematical methods for estimating population processes to improve wildlife management and conservation
