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Portrait of Dustin Howland

Honor Society® member

Dustin Howland

  • Humboldt State University?utm_source=Campaigner
  • naturalist
  • Class of 2015
  • arcata, CA

Member since August 2014

About

I have always loved nature and the great outdoors. Ever since being a small child I was the type to wonder off and return with some animals I had found. I also have always loved extra curricular outside the classroom. I started a club in high school and in my community college was alway an officer for either the biology club or the geo club. Now that I am at Humboldt State I am an officer for the Wildlife Society and part of the Quizbowl team. I try to keep busy, always having some volunteer work to do and I take extra classes within my interests which may not be needed for my major. I've always enjoyed taking extra field courses and they have taken me all over. I believe this has helped make me more hands on, inquiring and proactive in my learning with a more well rounded knowledge base.

Education

  • Humboldt state

    wildlife

    2013 – 2015

  • Los Angeles City College

    AS in biology

    2012 – 2013

Honors and awards

  • Coastal Naturalist

    Awarded by Friends of the Dunes for taking their class and volunteering as an educator, restoration biologist and taking their course in natural history of the California coast

  • Bat Misnetting

    workshop with the Wildlife Society studying bat mitigation, conservation and field techniques in catching and handling

Goals and interests

Career goal

Field work in conservation and restoration.

Outside the classroom

Backpacking, road trips, hiking, SCUBA diving, bat misnetting, herpping, traveling, my garden, and anything that gets me outside.

Volunteering

  • surveying biologist

    CREES

    Jul 2014 – Aug 2014

  • Coastal Naturalist

    Friends of the Dunes

    Aug 2013 – Dec 2015

  • Naturalist

    Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden

    Apr 2012 – Nov 2013

  • zookeeper

    Mickey Groove Zoo

    Jun 2007 – Dec 2010

  • zoo camp leader

    Mickey Groove Zoo

    Jun 1999 – Aug 2003

Additional information