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This year’s Native Student Professional Development recipients
Meet the six students who received grants to attend TWS’ Annual Conference in Baltimore
The Wildlife Society is happy to introduce the six recipients of the 2024 Native Student Professional Development program.
Recipients will receive funding to attend TWS’ Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
The NSPD program has been possible this year thanks to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Native American Fish & Wildlife Society. TWS and the Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group Committee also thank Johns Hopkins University Press and Vortex for their generous in-kind contributions.
The NSPD program has operated since 2014 with support from federal, corporate and nonprofit entities. If you or someone you know is interested in supporting this important program, please contact TWS to learn more about how to get involved.
Keolohilani H. Lopes Jr.
Keolohilani H. Lopes Jr. is a PhD student at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa’s Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department. Lopes Jr. is working on detecting invasive marine algae in the state using computer vision and robotics. Lopes Jr. is a native Hawaiian/Kānaka Maoli.
Marie Taylor
Marie Taylor is majoring in zoology at Utah Valley University, just south of Salt Lake City. Taylor is from the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe.
Hunter Grove
Hunter Grove recently graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science from Oregon State University. Grove is currently conducting an assistantship program funded by TWS, and is working on a collaborative project with the University of Montana and the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station. Grove is a descendant of the Karuk Tribe.
Steelle Scearce
Steelle Scearce is studying for a Master in Environment, Natural Resources
and Society and is a Distinguished Graduate Scholar in their master’s program at the University of Wyoming. Scearce is from the Cherokee Nation.
Nadira Mitchell
Nadira Mitchell is studying natural resources at the University of Arizona. Mitchell is from the Navajo Nation.
Ryleigh John
Ryleigh John is majoring in biology and minoring in sustainability at the State University of New York at Albany. John is from the Seneca Nation.
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Header Image: Students that were part of the 2019 Native Student Professional Development program. Credit: TWS
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