ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Tessa Martin-Bashore has an B.S. in biology and a M.S. in ecology from the University of Maryland. Tessa was trained by Dr. Howard Reinert to do implantation surgery. Her herpetological work includes a study of species composition, diversity, and relative abundance of reptiles and amphibians in West Texas and New Mexico; home range and habitat use by barrier island black rat snakes; an annotated bibliography of reptiles and amphibians; and she developed the National Military Fish and Wildlife Association’s (NMFWA) Herp Project Data Base. Tessa is the CEO and owner of her own consulting firm; a environmental program manager; and President of the Worcester Coastal Foundation, a non-profit educational, research, and coastal land acquisitions organization. Tessa is a member of the NMFWA and the Herp Work Group.

Dr. Terry L. Bashore serves as the HQ Air Combat Command’s Director of Aerospace Operations authority, scientific expert, single point of contact, and program director for all MAJCOM range and airspace activities related to the management and conservation of fish and wildlife, threatened and endangered species, natural/cultural resource management, outdoor recreation, flood plain and wetland protection, and other related programs. Terry has served as a senior wildlife ecologist/operations officer at Ft. Bliss, TX; natural/cultural training program manager for the Army Corps of Engineers; and the Army’s natural resources subject matter expert. Terry is a member of the NMFWA and the Herp Work Group.