In February I have three things to focus on writing: my thesis, and two conference presentations. Luckily, both of the presentations will be on the same material, so I just have to make one poster.
The first conference will be the trial run: a presentation at the Graduate Research Conference for UTRGV. Last year I presented on the success of the borescope and actually won first place poster presentation for biology. So really, I have a reputation to uphold. More importantly though, this year 1st place has a 1000$ prize - a bit more useful. I really enjoy making presentations, and this one is no different. I think it came out well.
The second conference will be more meaningful: the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Conference. My presentation is going to be on the distribution modeling that I worked on last semester. It came out really well and has some major impact on for future conservation practices and status determination.
Seeing that I'm nearing the end of my MS, these may be the last conferences I go to for black-spotted newt research. I'm looking to add a few more over summer and go back to IHS and ASIH, but that may not be so easy once I'm no longer a student at UTRGV. Part of the reason though is that I have some more plans to work on before I leave Texas, and presenting on one of those ideas would be a huge boost for me and the research.
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