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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/chad-dickinson
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T22:02:11.166526'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Chad Dickinson
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Biological Science Technician
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/norock
   email: chad_dickinson@usgs.gov
   orcid: null
   intro_statements:
   - Chad Dickinson is a biological science technician working with the Interagency
     Grizzly Bear Study Team, a cooperative research team that addresses monitoring
     and research needs for the Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear population.
   expertise_terms:
   - Grizzly bear ecology
   - Bear trapping and handling techniques
   - Radio-telemetry techniques
   - Advanced anesthetic and immobilization techniques for bears
   - Bureau Firearms Safety Program
   professional_experience: []
   education:
   - B.S. Fish and Wildlife Management. 1994. Montana State University, Bozeman,
     MT
   - A.S. Fish and Wildlife Management. 1992. Hocking College, Ohio
   affiliations: []
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: Research InterestChad's research focus for the past 22 years
     has been on grizzly bear capture and handling with an emphasis on advanced immobilization
     and emergency anesthetic techniques.  Along with his current research on Yellowstone
     grizzly bears, he assisted research studies involving the capture and handling
     and location via radio telemetry of wolverines, bighorn sheep and bison.  Chad
     serves as the U. S. Geological Survey Firearms Safety Program Manager and oversees
     all firearms safety training within the bureau and is also a USGS firearms safety
     instructor.