Tom Shearer, wildlife biologist from the Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office, holding a juvenile endangered green sea turtle he recovered during one of his wildlife patrols while looking for oiled wildlife along the beach on the Matagorda Is. Unit of Aransas NWR, during the Texas ‘Y’ oil spill response. Tom was one of several Service staff that conducted the wildlife patrols along the Matagorda beach. Tom has been the Service lead for Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle recovery since 2004. He works with a group of volunteers from the Texas Master Naturalists/Friends of Aransas NWR that have been coming to the beach on Matagorda Is. since 2003, during the Kemp’s nesting season each spring to look for and record the nests. Usually they are moved, due to invasive predators (hogs, fire ants) and other threats. When he is not working with wildlife Tom also serves as office IT support in the Corpus Field office.
A Day in the Life of a Southwest Region Biologist
