Game and Fish Biologist Featured in New Mexico Women of STEM Calendar

By Justin Stakes

Santa Fe, NM -(AmmoLand.com)- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish trout biologist Jill Wick is one of 17 New Mexico women featured on a calendar distributed statewide to encourage girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

About 3,000 of the 16-month calendars recently were delivered to middle and high school math and science teachers for display in classrooms around the state. Wick is featured in the month of May.

Wick, 36, is the department’s Gila trout biologist. She credits her dad for instilling in her a love of nature and wildlife by taking her hiking, camping and fishing while growing up in Two Rivers, Wis. She later discovered she was interested in the sciences after taking an extra biology class as an elective in high school.

Wick earned her bachelor’s degree in wildlife ecology from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. She holds a master’s degree in natural resource and environmental science from Alabama A&M University.

She said it is an honor to serve as a role model for young girls.

“It’s great to be able to show them that there really are cool …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand