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JESSICA L. CLARK
2139 Northampton Way, Lansing, MI 48912
Email: clark.jess.leigh@gmail.com; Phone: 517.242.0554
OBJECTIVE
• I have had various fisheries jobs in the past twelve years that have been temporary positions,
but these experiences have prepared me to succeed in securing a full time permanent position in the
aquatics field.
EDUCATION
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY East Lansing, MI
B.S., Fisheries and Wildlife, 2004
LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE Lansing, MI
Undergraduate classes, 2001
Honors College
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015-2016 FISHERIES RESEARCH TECHNICIAN East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University
• Participating in a study surveying young-of-year Largemouth Bass in 16 lakes in Michigan.
• This study is assessing lakeshore development in order to determine Largemouth Bass recruitment
and productivity in inland lakes
• Performed night electroshocking for adult and young-of-year Largemouth Bass
• Analyzed gut contents, performed zooplankton and macroinvertebrate taxonomy, aged fish via
scales
• Supervisors: Joe Nohner, Phd Candidate, and Dr. William Taylor
2014-2015 LANDSCAPE AND WATERGARDEN SPECIALIST Chardon, OH
Aqua Doc Lake and Pond Management
• Maintained roughly one hundred watergardens
• Communicated and interacted with these customers on a daily basis
• Maintained healthy fish, plants, and water quality, plumbing and electrical work
• Supervised spring cleanings, trained new employee
• Supervisor: Eric Koch
2013 LAB AND BOAT TECHNICIAN Fairport Harbor, OH
Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife
• Conducted long term monitoring trawl and gill net surveys on Lake Erie
• Processed data by aging fish via otoliths, analyzed fish diet contents
• Reviewed long term data to enter into database
• Interacted with fish clerks in order to help collect data for a long term creel studyon Lake Erie
• Collaborated with commercial trap net fisherman and charter fishermen on a Yellow Perch pit tag
study, met the boats to scan the Yellow Perch for data collection
• Supervisor: Kevin Kayle
2011-2012 HEAD FISHERIES TECHNICIAN Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University, Aquatic Ecology Lab
• Worked for a Phd candidate that was conducting a natal origin project on larval Walleye in the
Maumee and Sandusky Rivers
• Ordered and organized lab and field work supplies
• Supervised undergraduate working on an independent study
• Collected larval Walleye on the Maumee and Sandusky Rivers using a neuston net
• Comfortable driving a boat on large rivers

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WORK EXPERIENCE (cont.)
• Processed larval Walleye otoliths through Inductively Coupled Plasma mass spectrometry (ICP)
analysis in order to determine barium and strontium concentrations
• Also aged larval Walleye using growth rings once they were mounted
• Supervisor: Alex Chen, Phd Candidate, and Dr. Elizabeth Marschall
2007-2011 FISHERIES AQUATIC ECOLOGIST TECHNICIAN Sullivan, IL
Illinois Natural History Survey, Kaskaskia Biological Station
• Participated in a long term research study that evaluated changes in Largemouth Bass and
Muskellunge densities and recruitment in many Illinois reservoirs, helped monitorprey abundance
over time through zooplankton and larval fish collection and identification
• Ran AC and DC electrofishing equipment in order to catch species listed above
• Used ArcView to map vegetation on each reservoir in order to determine aquatic vegetation
density and variety
• Deployed hydroacoustic gear to record gizzard shad abundance on each reservoir
• Deployed and retrieved trap nets to catch Muskellunge
• Surveyed the Chicago Shipping Canal to see if Asian Carp have moved that far North, concluded
that they were not present in that stretch of water
• Performed zooplankton taxonomy, macroinvertebrate taxonomy, chlorophyll a anaylsis, and otolith
removal and aged fish for long term study
• Supervisor: Dr. David Wahl and Matthew Diana
2006 INTERPRETIVE NATURALIST ASSISTANT Mattawan, MI
Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery
• Led tours of the hatchery to the public and led school programs
• Communicated with the public on a daily basis and am comfortable in front of large groups
• Led kids’ fishing weekends
• Supervisor: Shana Ramsey
2006 HEAD HATCHERY TECHNICIAN
Michigan State University Mattawan, MI
• Raised approximately 3,000 threatened Lake Sturgeon from fertilization to fingerling size for release
back into the Black River system in the upper Lower Peninsula of Michigan
• Collected genetic data to contribute to the long term Black River study
• Supervisor: James Crossman, Phd and Dr. Kim Scribner and Martha Wolgamood
2006 ON-CALL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University, University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR)
• Prepared clean equipment for use in animal husbandry research
• Supervisor: Kelly Hill
2005 FISHERIES TECHNICIAN I Sitka, AK
Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association, Hidden Falls Hatchery
• Reared Pacific salmon for release back into the Pacific Ocean
• Lived remotely on a floathouse in Takatz Bay, while rearing salmon
• Comfortable operating a skiff on a large body of water in inclement weather
• Supervisor: Lon Garrison
2004 ZOOLOGY PROGRAM ASSISTANT Lansing, MI
Michigan Natural Features Inventory
• Measured coarse woody debris in managed and unmanaged northern hardwood and aspen forests in
the northern lower peninsula of Michigan
• Navigated with map and compass, used topographic maps and aerial photos to locate coarse woody
debris

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WORK EXPERIENCE (cont.)
2004 FISHERIES TECHNICIAN I Cordova, AK
Prince William Sound Aquaculture, Cannery Creek and Wally Noerenberg Hatcheries
• Harvested adult Pink Salmon during egg take in order to collect gametes for hatchery production of
Pink Salmon
• Performed hatchery maintenance to ensure salmon stayed in floating net pens
• Supervisors: Paul Santavy and Mark Somerville
2004 SUMMER BIOLOGICIAL AIDE Ann Arbor, MI
Great Lakes Science Center/USGS
• Processed benthic samples from Lake Erie for the Lake Erie Nearshore project, learned invertebrate
taxonomy
• Used fyke nets in Crane Creek, located in Ohio, to catch fish in order to identify and measure them
• Supervisor: Bruce Davis
2004 STUDENT ASSISTANT East Lansing, MI
Michigan State University, Department of Forestry
• Used the Access database to enter plant species in order to understand white-tail deer disturbance in
hardwood plant communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
• Supervisor: Joseph Lebouton, Phd Candidate
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
2015-present Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
• Assist Dr. Jo Latimore in operating and maintaining the Michigan Inland Lakes Partnership website
2015-present Fenner Nature Center Lansing, MI
• Communicate with the public about the center as a front office volunteer
2004-2005 Michigan United Conservation Clubs Lansing, MI
• Performed general office duties and worked with birds of prey that were used in public programs
2003 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
• Worked with Tracy Dobson to conduct literature searches about tribal fisheries in the Great Lakes
after the year 2000
2003 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
• Helped remove debris from the Red Cedar River on campus during the Red Cedar River Clean Up
2003-present Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
• Volunteer with Mark Stephens of Project Fish to educate children about the basics of fishing
CERTIFICATIONS
• Ohio Division of Watercraft
• OSHA Laboratory Safety Training
• Biological Safety Training
• Chemical Hygiene Training
• IACUC Training

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RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Ecology; Ecology Laboratory; Limnology and Fisheries Techniques; Great Lakes Biology and
Management; Ichthyology; Principles of Fisheries and Wildlife Management; Wetland Ecosystem
Management; Wildlife Biometry; Plants of Michigan; Stream Ecology; Conservation and Management
of Marine Resources; Aquatic Ecosystem Management; Aquaculture; Cell Biology; Organismal
Biology; Basic Chemistry; Survey of Organic Chemistry; Calculus with Applications; Ecological
Problem Solving; Population Analysis and Management; Human Dimensions of Fish and Wildlife
Management; Environmental Physiology; Introductory Physics I; Larval Fish Identification Workshop
at Stone Laboratory
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS ATTENDED
• Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference 2007
• Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference 2016
• American Fisheries Society 2009-2010
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• American Fisheries Society 2015
• Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2015-2016
• Illinois Chapter of the American Fisheries Society 2008
• Michigan State Fisheries and Wildlife Club 2002-2004
• Michigan State Sportfishing Club 2002-2004
REFERENCES
Joel K. Nohner
Resource Analyst
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
nohnerj@michigan.gov| 517-284-6245
525 W. Allegan St Lansing, MI 48933
Dr. David Wahl
Private Investigator and Field Station Director
University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey
d-wahl@illinois.edu | 217-728-4851
Kaskaskia Field Station
1235 CR 1000 N, Sullivan, IL 61951
Jennifer Kleitch
Wildlife Biologist
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
kleitchj@michigan.gov | 989-732-3541 x5031
1732 W. M-32, Gaylord, MI 49735