Nell Smith, one of the Research assitants with Audubon measures and weighs "Patience" the final Common tern Fledgling of the 2019 Stratton Island season. Zeke Smith also pictured (right) and Parker Davis (left). The former is the island's supervisor and the latter is the other research assistant.
FIELD EXPERIENCE

I have spent over a decade now living and working in the outdoors as a field biologist, experiential outdoor educator, and tall ship sailor.

Most recently, I have worked as a field biologist for the National Park Service, National Audubon Society, Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research, and other organizations and research labs in Maine, Alaska, and throughout the Four Corners of the Southwest.

My interests are eclectic but primarily focused on ornithology, biodiversity, natural history, conservation biology, science communication, and arts-science integration.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED

Mahoney, Sean M., Anna Nellis B Smith; Peter J Motyka; Erick J Lundgren; Matthew J Johnson; Raemy R Winton; Bo Stevens. 2019. Russian olive habitat along an arid river supports fewer bird species, functional groups, and a different species composition relative to mixed vegetation habitats. Journal of Arid Environments. Vol 167: 26-33. doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.04.018.

NON-REFEREED / EDITED

Smith, Anna Nellis and Merkle, B.G. Meaning-Making in Science Communication: A Case for Precision in Word Choice. In prep for the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Please see Literary Work for more popular science & place-based writing

PRESENTATIONS & POSTERS

Anna Nellis Smith​. 2020. Russian olive habitat along an arid river supports fewer bird species, functional groups and a different species composition relative to mixed vegetation habitats. Poster for the North American Ornithological Conference.

Zeke Smith &​ Nell Smith. ​2019. Stratton & Bluff Islands Annual Update. Prouts Neck Audubon Society Meeting, Prouts Neck, ME.

Anna Nellis Smith​. 2012. One island, two nations: deforestation in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Conservation Biology Symposium Presentation at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ.