President: Angie McIntire
I have always been interested in wildlife. In my youth, I carried the Golden Guide to Mammals with me everywhere, caught frogs, fireflies, and caterpillars, played in streams and wanted to look at everything through a microscope. I feel very fortunate to have been involved in Arizona's efforts to reintroduce black-footed ferrets, but was exhilarated by my first opportunity to work with bats and have been hooked ever since.
I have worked for the Arizona Game and Fish Department since 1993, first as a summer intern conducting small mammal surveys for bats, Gunnison's prairie dogs, Mount Graham red squirrels, and Hualapai Mexican voles and full time since 1996. Over the last 15 years, I have worked as a field team leader to re-establish black-footed ferrets in Arizona, a habitat and environmental compliance specialist, and since 2003 in my current role as statewide bat management coordinator. I earned a BS in Wildlife Conservation from Arizona State University.
I have been a state representative for the Western Bat Working Group as well as State Chair of Arizona's Bat Resource Group since 2003 and have served as Presidential Appointee for two years. I have played an active role in efforts to communicate bat conservation needs to the Association for Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Western Association for Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Trilateral Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and to revitalize the North American Bat Conservation Alliance.
Besides studying bats, my favorite things are traveling, writing, and photography. I am obsessed with Bikram yoga and love running and cycling. Someday I hope I can play more than three songs on my guitar. I also compete in dog agility and conformation with my Rhodesian ridgebacks, Alex and Baloo.
Angie McIntire
Bat Specialist
Arizona Game and Fish Department
5000 W. Carefree Highway
Phoenix, AZ 85086 USA
625-236-7574
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Arizona Game and Fish