Andrew Jakes is the Great Plains Science Program Manager for the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, based out of Missoula, MT. Andrew received his B.S. from James Madison University, VA (1998), and his M.S. at Towson University, MD (2001), where he studied beaver habitat selection at the Savannah River Ecology Lab, SC.  He worked several years for federal and state agencies on a variety of species and systems until starting his PhD on pronghorn movement ecology at University of Calgary which he completed in 2015. He was a post-doctoral researcher at University of Montana and then worked for National Wildlife Federation as their Western Wildlife Biologist where he focused his efforts on grassland and sagebrush systems in the Great Plains and Intermountain West. Over the course of his academic and professional career, he has studied beaver habitat, pronghorn movement, and the effects of fending on wildlife movement and habitat. He seeks to use science to guide implementation of on-the-ground efforts for wildlife and ecological conservation. Andrew works out of Missoula and currently serves on the board of the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society. 

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