EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting (VNLC): Staff Ecologist, 2018—present
- Barrett-Henzi Lab (Eastern Cape, South Africa): Behavioral Research Assistant, 2017—2018
- Mattole Restoration Council (Petrolia, CA): Nursery Assistant, 2020—2021
- Mattole Restoration Council Board of Directors: Secretary, 2021—present
- Lost Coast Camp (Petrolia, CA): Director, 2017—present
EDUCATION
B.S. Wildlife, Fish, And Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, 2020
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Ms. Vollmar received her B.S. in Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology from the University of California, Davis, in 2020. During her undergraduate, she worked as a primatologist in South Africa, where she conducted observational research on wild vervet monkeys for the Barrett-Henzi Lab of the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Upon completion of her degree, Ms. Vollmar began working with the Mattole Restoration Council (MRC), a small non-profit in rural Humboldt County, and transitioned to working with botanical resources. There, she propagated native plants for riparian and coastal prairie restoration projects and conducted invasive plant management throughout the King Range. Ms. Vollmar also created science education programs for the local school district, and has served as secretary on the Board of Directors for the MRC since 2021. She worked as an on-call staff ecologist with VNLC for four years before joining the consulting firm full time in 2022.
Ms. Vollmar has applied her skills to a number of projects with VNLC throughout California. Her botanical experience includes targeted rare plant surveys, vegetation classification and mapping, floristic inventories, and general botanical surveys. Additional field experience includes vernal pool aquatic invertebrate surveys, amphibian larval seine surveys, wetland delineations, biological and general inspections, and residual dry matter monitoring. She has also written many reports including long-term management plans, baseline condition reports, and annual reports for multiple projects.
RELEVANT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
CNPS Vegetation Sampling and Rare Plant Treasure Hunt, March 2022
FFT2 Wildland Firefighter, May 2021
S-212 Wildland Fire Chainsaw, May 2021
REPRESENTATIVE PROJECT EXPERIENCE
City of Roseville Open Space Preserves Long-term Monitoring (Placer County, CA). Staff Ecologist. Assisted in the monitoring of 25 preserves owned and managed by the City of Roseville. Habitat types include vernal pool grasslands, oak woodland, and riparian corridors. Conducted surveys including aquatic invertebrate surveys, vernal pool floristics, vernal pool hydrology monitoring, invasive weed species monitoring, and biological inspections. 2019 – Present.
Environmental Stewardship Foundation Preserves (Placer, El Dorado, & Sacramento Counties). Staff Biologist. Assisted in the monitoring of 13 preserves managed by Environmental Stewardship Foundation. Habitat types include vernal pool grasslands, oak woodland, and riparian corridors. Conducted surveys including biological inspections and general inspections. 2019 – Present.
Flying M Ranch Wetland Preserve Project (Merced County, CA). Staff Ecologist. Conducted large branchiopod and amphibian surveys. 2019.
Wilson Homes Vista Ranch (Fresno County, CA). Staff Botanist. Conducted the floristic inventory for the roughly 400-acre proposed development site. Wrote the Long-Term Management Plan for the proposed mitigation site in Madera County. 2023.
Lazy K Monitoring (Madera County, CA). Project Manager and Staff Biologist. Conducted hydrological and floristics monitoring surveys on over 100 natural and created vernal pools. Conducted large branchiopod dipnet surveys. Assisted with irrigation for riparian restoration project using Trimble GPS units. Assisted with monthly compliance and annual reports. 2019 – Present.
King Range Invasive Plant Removal (Humboldt County, CA). Field Technician with Mattole Restoration Council. Assisted with ongoing efforts to reduce tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius), and European beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) in remote areas within the King Range. 2021.
Mattole Restoration Council Native Plant Nursery (Humboldt County, CA). Nursery Assistant. Propagated native grasses, herbs, shrubs, and trees for local restoration projects and public sale. Work included harvesting wild seed in the King Range Mountains as well as maintaining nursery database. 2020 – 2021.
Midpeninsula Open Space District (MIDPEN) (San Mateo County, California). Staff Botanist. Conducted botanical resource surveys for the MIDPEN Windy Hill Preserve which followed CNPS ‘Intuitive Controlled’ method and CDFW guidelines for conducting protocol-level botanical surveys. Mapped habitat types and invasive plant occurrences. 2023.
Montezuma Wetlands Project (Solano County, CA). Staff Biologist. Conducted biological monitoring including hydrology sampling, aquatic invertebrate surveys, protocol shrimp surveys, and botanical surveys for vernal pool plants. Oversaw invasive weed mapping and removal. 2018 – Present.
Parks Ranch (Lassen County, CA). Staff Biologist. Ms. Vollmar prepared the BCR and Land Acquisition Evaluation Report for the California Rangeland Trust. 3,634.77-acre ranch in northern Lassen County is situated in the Modoc Plateau and is partially within the Big Valley Basin. The property encompasses many plant community types, including sagebrush scrub, shrub, wetland, hardwood forest, herbaceous, agriculture, and conifer forest and woodland. Special status plant species documented on the property include Ash Creek ivesia (Ivesia particulata) and prostrate buckwheat (Eriogonum prociduum).
Walker Ridge (Colusa County, CA). Staff Botanist. Assisted with relevé and rapid assessment plot sampling alongside CNPS and VNLC senior botanists. 2022.
West Wilcox Ranch (Solano County, CA). Staff Biologist. Assisted with a wetland delineation and ground truthing of remotely mapped wetlands. Participated in branchiopod dipnet and California tiger salamander larval seine surveys. 2019.