Sara Woods is scientist and student. She completed both an A.S. in Ecology and a B.S. in Environmental Science. After settling in the Gorge in 2003, she completed a Master’s degree in Environmental Management at Portland State University. Her lust for learning shows in her diverse field work studies: southwest willow flycatcher, spotted owl, raptor banding, pine martens and fishers, Washington ground squirrels, salmon, bull trout and lamprey, botany, weed eradication, wildfire, GIS, teaching ecology to school children.