Andrea Palochak has been a Technical Editor with WEST since November, 2007. She received a M.S. in Zoology from Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) in 2004, and a B.S. from the University of Wyoming (Laramie, Wyoming) in 2000. Her graduate studies focused on black bear age and reproductive analyses conducted on the cementum annuli of black bear premolars, and the accuracy of such methods for Utah black bear study populations. Additionally, she has conducted goshawk nesting surveys, inventoried mist-net captured bats, prepared museum specimens, and produced photographs for local businesses and artisans.
Andrea is a member of the American Society of Mammalogists, The Wildlife Society, and the Cheyenne (Noon) Lions Club. She assists a Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Troop as an Assistant Scoutmaster and Merit Badge Counselor, serves a BSA Venture Crew as an Associate Advisor, is a Wood Badge Scouter, and holds an Amateur Radio License (Technician). When she is not out with Scouts somewhere, she enjoys reading, quilting, cooking, and photography.
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