Jodi has worked in the natural resource management field for over 25 years and currently works as an Environmental Scientist for California State Parks in Morro Bay where she dedicates much of her time to managing the threatened Western snowy plover in addition to habitat conservation and restoration.

Since 2005, she has operated a Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) station in coordination with the Institute for Bird Population, and in partnership with Audubon California has coordinated the Black Oystercatcher monitoring program since 2011.

Jodi completed her graduate work in Australia studying bird movements in a fragmented rainforest landscape, has worked with endangered bird species in Maui, and worked at other banding operations in Africa, Ecuador, and around California.

Favorite SFS Memories:

As a SFS student in Africa – brushing my teeth while watching a giraffe in the distance
As a SFS intern in Colorado San Juan Mountains – experiencing the epic landscape of the rocky mountains
As a SFS employee in Australia – the morning walks in the rainforest listening to the dawn chorus