Education & Outreach Program Manager Born in southwest Florida, Kaley has spent her life working in the field of wildlife conservation. That journey has taken her all over the country working to conserve wildlife populations and their habitats. She moved to central Washington in 2022 and is now working for the CBCD as a conservation biologist. Kaley went to school at Western Carolina University located just outside of Asheville, NC where her passion for wildlife biology grew into a career path. She completed an undergraduate thesis studying song sparrow aggression behavior in rural and urban environments, which allowed her to see many of North Carolina’s beautiful and unique places in her search for song sparrows. Before moving out here, Kaley lived and worked in Montana where she studied deer, elk, and antelope diets and migration patterns. She also assisted in a large-scale mapping project to map all of the fence lines within central Montana as part of an effort to identify migration corridors for wildlife that involved crossing fence lines. As those crossing points were identified, efforts were made to make those sections of fence wildlife friendly so the animals could safely get across. During her time in Montana, Kaley got a side job starting colts for a cutting horse breeder. Horses are near and dear to her heart and her time in Montana allowed her to meet a young horse named Dude. When not at work, you can find Kaley and Dude exploring central Washington together. RESOURCE CONCERNS - Wildlife Biology - Habitat Restoration - Aquatic - Riparian - Upland - Shrub-steppe EMAIL kaley-wisher@columbiabasincd.org