My name is Wieteke Holthuijzen and I am an environmental scientist with a passion for avian ecology and sustainable lifestyles.
Originally a Boise native, I graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.S. in Environmental Science (Biological Sciences emphasis) with minors in French and Wildlife Resources. During my undergraduate, I worked with the UI Sustainability Center as Projects Coordinator and then Director by initiating and supporting projects that reduced the University's environmental footprint and increased participation and collaboration among students, faculty, staff and community members in addressing sustainability-related issues. I have also worked in Missouri, New York, Arizona, Midway Atoll NWR, and Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park as an avian field tech and assisted on various research projects ranging from long-term effects of timber harvest on avian biodiversity to the composition and dynamics of avian dusk chorus communities to endangered species monitoring. Recently, I completed a Conservation Program Fellowship with the National Wildlife Refuge Association in Washington, D.C., advocating for increased protection and funding of the Marine National Monuments and National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) throughout the Pacific Ocean, and served as Midway Atoll NWR's Invasive Plant Control Specialist as an AmeriCorps member through Kupu's Conservation Leadership Development Program. Currently, I study the ecological effects of invasive house mice on the world's largest seabird colony as an NSF graduate fellow at Northern Illinois University. I also work as a Board Director with the Friends of Midway Atoll NWR, provide French translations for the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and help edit website content for the World Seabird Union.
Visit my website to learn more about my work, both in the field and in academia.
***NOTICE: All images of Midway Atoll NWR and wildlife on Midway Atoll NWR posted on this blog are property of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Originally a Boise native, I graduated from the University of Idaho with a B.S. in Environmental Science (Biological Sciences emphasis) with minors in French and Wildlife Resources. During my undergraduate, I worked with the UI Sustainability Center as Projects Coordinator and then Director by initiating and supporting projects that reduced the University's environmental footprint and increased participation and collaboration among students, faculty, staff and community members in addressing sustainability-related issues. I have also worked in Missouri, New York, Arizona, Midway Atoll NWR, and Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park as an avian field tech and assisted on various research projects ranging from long-term effects of timber harvest on avian biodiversity to the composition and dynamics of avian dusk chorus communities to endangered species monitoring. Recently, I completed a Conservation Program Fellowship with the National Wildlife Refuge Association in Washington, D.C., advocating for increased protection and funding of the Marine National Monuments and National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) throughout the Pacific Ocean, and served as Midway Atoll NWR's Invasive Plant Control Specialist as an AmeriCorps member through Kupu's Conservation Leadership Development Program. Currently, I study the ecological effects of invasive house mice on the world's largest seabird colony as an NSF graduate fellow at Northern Illinois University. I also work as a Board Director with the Friends of Midway Atoll NWR, provide French translations for the Wilson Journal of Ornithology, and help edit website content for the World Seabird Union.
Visit my website to learn more about my work, both in the field and in academia.
***NOTICE: All images of Midway Atoll NWR and wildlife on Midway Atoll NWR posted on this blog are property of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.