Huisache Daisy. Photo courtesy of B.C. Glasscock

Conservation Educators

 

Our educators have B.S. or M.Sc. degrees in wildlife biology or a related field making them knowledgeable about the scientific method and the fundamentals of various science fields. In addition, they are well-versed in contemporary issues related to wildlife biology, wildlife and range management and natural resource conservation. Often they are students in the Welder Wildlife Foundation graduate fellowship program. For more information on our education programs please contact our educators.

 

 

Elizabeth Bates

Conservation Education and Volunteer Coordinator

Elizabeth received her B.S. from the University of Delaware in 2001 where she majored in Wildlife Conservation and minored in Biology. During the summers she worked as a seasonal naturalist for the Hamilton County Park District in Cincinnati, OH.  After graduation she worked as a seasonal intern with the Nature Conservancy.  She decided to go back to school and received her M.Ed. in Science Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Delaware in 2005.  She then went to Texas A&M University-Kingsville and received her M.S. degree in Range and Wildlife Management in 2007 and her Ph.D. in Wildlife Science in 2011.  She began working for the Welder Wildlife Foundation in August 2011.

Ashley Whaley

K-12 and Teacher Educator

Ashley Whaley is currently a Welder Wildlife Foundation Fellow working as a conservation educator in the Welder Wildlife Foundation graduate assistant program. She is a masters student at Missouri State University obtaining a degree in biology, with an emphasis in wildlife biology and conservation education, under the guidance of Dr. Janice Schnake Greene. Her M.Sc. research entails evaluating the elementary rangeland curriculum entitled Rangelands: A Conservation Education Guide developed by the Welder Wildlife Foundation. Her plans are to continue in the field of conservation education when she finishes her degree.

Sarah Kahlich

K-12 and Teacher Education

Sarah Kahlich is currently working as the Conservation Educator at Welder Wildlife Foundation. She obtained a Bachelor of Science from Texas A&M; majored in Wildlife Ecology and Management and minored in Rangeland Ecology and Management. After graduation, she worked as a Fish and Wildlife technician for Texas Parks and Wildlife. Sarah is a graduate student at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas under Dr. Moody-Harveson.  Her M.Sc. is Welder’s Fellow Association.