Rita Dixon is Biodiversity Program Leader for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Conservation Sciences, where she endeavors to converge plant, animal, and systems ecology. Rita also serves as Idaho’s technical lead for ongoing development and revision of the state’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (aka State Wildlife Action Plan). In addition, Rita works with the Idaho BLM Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) program to evaluate abandoned mines for their suitability to and use by bats. She recently served as Vice President and President of the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society, currently chairs the Idaho Bat Working Group, and serves as Idaho’s representative to the Western Bat Working Group. Rita received a BS in Biology from the University of California at Riverside, a MS in Wildlife Resources from the University of Idaho, and will complete her PhD at the University of Idaho in fall 2009, where she studied the ecology and metapopulation biology of White-headed Woodpecker. Rita’s professional interests include bat community ecology, avian ecology, captive care and rehabilitation of insectivorous bats, geostatistical modeling, conservation planning, and critical thinking.

Rita Dixon
Biodiversity Program Leader
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
600 S Walnut St, PO Box 25
Boise, ID 83707 USA
208-761-4958
email
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/