We are happy to announce grant funding for Heidi Albano. While she has been working with the Land Trust on a variety of outreach and conservation projects over the past year, this new grant will get Heidi into the field working with willing landowners to protect important bird habitat in and around Bear Lake, the Oxford Slough, and Grey's Lake.
Heidi was born in Blackfoot, Idaho and moved to Pocatello when she was 11 years old. She was fortunate enough to grow up exploring the mountain and desert regions around me, which lead to my love for the natural world. She enjoys spending time outdoors The focus of her research is the relationship between the invasive grass species, Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), the plant communities, and soil nitrogen cycle of the sagebrush steppe.
fishing, camping, hiking, backpacking, or just reflecting. For her, nothing can brighten a day better than sitting in the middle of an aspen grove and just listening to the wind rustle in the leaves.
Heidi obtained her master's degree from the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University. When she started college, her major was listed as Zoology, but after just one class in Ecology she knew that was the field of study she wanted to pursue. She began doing research for Dr. Nancy Huntly in the sagebrush steppe community at City of Rocks National Reserve while working on her undergraduate degree. It took one week in this amazing area for her to realize that plants are great study subjects--they are beautiful and they do not move! After receiving her undergraduate degree in Plant Community Ecology in May of 2008, she continued her research at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO) as a graduate student. The focus of her research is the relationship between the invasive grass species, Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass), the plant communities, and soil nitrogen cycle of the sagebrush steppe.
