Chris Collier Curator

Joined: Feb 13, 2017 Last Active: Sep 29, 2024 iNaturalist Monthly Supporter since December 2020

Former Research Fellow with USFS. Currently working on occupancy and abundance analyses for small mammals, birds, and carnivores in response to forest thinning and fire in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades. I'm most passionate about plants, birds, and fungi, but honestly I love to photograph and learn about everything.

I completed my California Naturalist Certification in 2018. I have a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and a minor in GIS from Humboldt State University.

I recently completed my M.S. in Natural Resources with a concentration in Wildlife.

Check out this Belding's ground squirrel I documented at Sagehen Creek, it may be the first seen in the basin in decades:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sagehen-creek-basin-biodiversity/journal/53889-recent-sagehen-basin-discoveries

I post some of my best photos here - https://www.instagram.com/chrisophylla/

Formerly naturechris

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