Rachel Richter is an Urban Wildlife Biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. She received her Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology from Texas State University. Her graduate thesis focused on home range and habitat use of a reintroduced population of javelina in the Llano Uplift ecoregion. Rachel began working for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 2013 with a position in the Big Game Program. She started her current position in 2016. As an Urban Wildlife Biologist, Rachel works with land managers to improve our communities for both wildlife and people. She also provides a variety of wildlife-focused outreach programs. In addition, Rachel manages a project in Tarrant and Parker Counties for the Urban Wildlife Information Network, which is an international research effort. The goal of this project is to monitor wildlife along the urban to rural gradient in order to better inform urban wildlife management decisions