Tammy Patterson

Woman sitting between two malamute dogs with show ribbons in the background
Data Science Ecologist
Alaska Migratory Birds Office
Migratory Birds
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Migratory Bird Management
1011 E. Tudor Rd., MS 201
Anchorage, AK 99503
United States

(219) 921-4508
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About Tammy Patterson

Tammy joined the Alaska migratory bird team as a data manager in September 2021, from the USGS Great Lakes Science Center. Her roles there included wildlife field biologist, GIS specialist, and project and data manager. Tammy earned her Bachelor of Science in ecology and an Associate of Science in veterinary technology at Purdue University, and began her first career in wildlife as a certified zoo veterinary technician. After experiencing field work trapping manned wolves and fox in Emas National Park, Brazil, Tammy left the zoo and completed her Master of Science in conservation biology from the University of Michigan and promptly volunteered for a field season with the Wildlife Conservation Society-Russia to trap and sample Amur tiger and leopards in the Russian Far East. Upon returning home, Tammy began her federal career as a seasonal biological technician with the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore where she worked on a joint NPS-USGS project to study the effects of climate change climate change
Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century humans have had an unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.

Learn more about climate change on the endangered Karner blue butterfly.  Her family includes her 4 dogs, two cats, and a flock of backyard chickens.

Publications:

. In Journal of Conservation Science and Practice. Vol. 2(1), 2020.

. In The American Midland Naturalist Vol. 180(1), 2020.

. In Journal of Great Lakes Research Vol. 40(2), 2014.

Data Citations:

. doi.org/10.5066/P95GFNGQ

. doi.org/10.5066/P9S7O86U

. doi.org/10.5066/P9L3Q0KR

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. doi.org/10.5066/P9B93C17