Dakota Raine Moberg
Texas A&M University – Kingsville
M.S. Range and Wildlife Management. Changes in landscape structure after wildfire in South Texas
I grew up in Smithville, Texas and my lifelong exposure to hunting, hiking, and the outdoors influenced my decision to pursue a degree that encompassed all my interests. After graduating high school early, I went on to attend Texas A&M University – Kingsville where I graduated with my B.S. in Range and Wildlife Management in 2022. Additionally, I was also engaged in research during my bachelor’s degree about the spatio-temporal movements of pronghorn in the Texas panhandle and quantifying the impacts of long-term rangeland changes on scaled quail. My research won numerous awards, including first place in undergraduate poster competitions at both the Texas Section Society for Range Management and Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society. I am now a second-year graduate student at Texas A&M University – Kingsville with Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute where my thesis research covers how fine temporal vegetation composition and woody connectivity has changed within a rangeland post-wildfire. In addition to drones, I’m also utilizing and assessing the feasibility of imagery provided by Planet. This imagery is available daily at 3-meter resolution and will help assess wildfire damage and vegetation recovery for two-years following the wildfire.
