Staff Member
Ms. Ashley Evans
Master's
Email: adevans@nmsu.edu
Biography
I grew up in rural upstate New York and received a B.S. in Wildlife Science from Paul Smith's College in the Adirondack Mountains. During my undergraduate years, I gained field experience banding raptors, collecting black bear genetic samples, rehabilitating primates, and other work in various ecosystems. After graduating, I worked for four years in the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts on the desert bighorn management program at California Department of Fish and Wildlife. This experience led to my M.S. research focused on the effects of human recreation on desert bighorn habitat use, movement, behavior, and population demographics in Southwest Colorado. In my free time, I enjoy backpacking, canoeing, horseback riding, and Nordic skiing.
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Effects of recreational disturbance on desert bighorn sheep in western Colorado | June 2025 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Evans, A.D., J.W. Cain III, B. Banulis, N. Perry, and C. Anderson. 2021. Effects of wildland recreational disturbance on desert bighorn sheep in western Colorado. 56th Meeting of the Desert Bighorn Council, Virtual Online. | April 2021 |
| Evans, A.D., J.W. Cain III, B. Banulis, N. Perry, and C. Anderson. 2021. Effects of human recreation on desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in western Colorado. 54th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Virtual Online. | February 2021 |
| Evans, A.D., B. Banulis, N. Perry, C.R. Anderson, and J.W. Cain III. 2022. The effects of wildland recreational disturbance on desert bighorn sheep in western Colorado. Joint Annual Meeting of Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Farmington, New Mexico, USA. | February 2023 |
| Evans, A.D., B. Banulis, N. Perry, C.R. Anderson, and J.W. Cain III. 2022. The effects of wildland recreational disturbance on desert bighorn sheep in western Colorado. 29th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Spokane, Washington. | November 2022 |
| Evans, A.D., B. Banulis, N. Perry, C.R. Anderson, Jr., and J.W. Cain III. 2024. Influence of wildland recreation on desert bighorn sheep behavior in western Colorado. Joint Annual Meeting of Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA | February 2024 |
| Evans, A.D., B. Banulis, N. Perry, C.R. Anderson, Jr., and J.W. Cain III. 2023. The effects of wildland recreation on desert bighorn sheep in western Colorado. 57th Meeting of the Desert Bighorn Council, Alpine, Texas, USA | April 2023 |