| Allison Jones. Allison Jones received her B.A in Environmental Studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz under the guidance of her mentor and advisor, Michael Soule. She then completed her M.S in Conservation Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno in 1996. Her Masters study analyzed the effects of cattle grazing on small mammal communities in the Great Basin. Allison then went on to work as an endangered species specialist for ecological consulting firms in Denver, and then her new home in Utah, where she completed habitat analyses and surveys for endangered plants, birds and mammals. Allison is now working as the staff conservation biologist for the Wild Utah Project (The Wildlands Project affiliate for Utah). In addition to collecting and assembling biological data to be used in reserve design for the Colorado Plateau and other parts of Utah, Allison also provides biological analyses for Utah conservation groups that do not typically have these services in-house. These include things such as status reviews and ecological analyses of various federal land management plans and other actions. She has recently been approached by Utah conservation groups who have created a coalition to work on grazing issues in southern Utah. Allison is providing scientific support for this effort, such as targeted literature reviews, and analysis and synthesis of grazing impacts. As part of this effort, she is currently the Principle Investigator on two different grazing research projects in southern Utah. |