My name is Sebastian Harris. I’m a conservationist based out of southeastern Pennsylvania.
I am an advocate for the protection and appreciation of the natural world. Through a mix of creative mediums, I hope to highlight some of the cool (and concerning) things I get to see when I’m out and about. Hopefully I can inspire others to do the same.
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.”
- Baba Dioum
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Conservation Easement Steward, Heritage Conservancy October 2021 – Present
Wildlife Technician, East Stroudsburg University/United States Department of Agriculture August 2020 – October 2021
Biological Science Lab Technician, United States Department of Agriculture May 2020 – August 2020
Forest Insect Pest Aide 1, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture October 2019 – May 2020
Indiana Bat Field Technician, Environmental Consultation Services Inc. August 2019 – October 2019
Environmental Consultant, Ecological Associates May 2019 – October 2020
Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University-Camden September 2018 – June 2019
Teaching/Graduate Assistant, East Stroudsburg University September 2016 – May 2017
Timber Rattlesnake Field Technician, East Stroudsburg University September 2015 – September 2020
Animal Care, Lehigh Valley Zoo July 2014 – March 2015
Naturalist, Wildlands Conservancy May 2011 – September 2012
RESEARCH:
2019: Harris, S.A. and A.M. Savage. Use of Ant Mounds by Small-bodied Snakes in Northeastern Pennsylvania
2019: Harris, S.A. and A.M. Savage. Microclimates Associated with Allegheny Mound Ant Mounds in Northeastern Pennsylvania
2018: Harris, S.A. and A.M. Savage. Rapid Assessment of Amphibian Species Richness Along an Urban-Wildland Gradient
2015-2018: Harris, S.A. and T.C. LaDuke. Microhabitat Selection of Gestating Timber Rattlesnakes in Northeastern Pennsylvania
PUBLICATIONS:
Harris, S.A. and A.M. Savage. 2020. Notopthalmus viridiscens (Eastern Newt). Habitat. Herpetological Review 51:809.
Harris, S.A. and A.M. Savage. 2020. Observations of Snakes Associated with Active Nests of Allegheny Mound Ant (Formica exsectoides) in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Northeastern Naturalist 27:585-595