Council Activities:<\/b><\/p>\n
2018-2024<\/span> Canadian Representative to The Wildlife Society Council<\/span> 2024<\/span> Alberta Chapter \u2013 Awards Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2018-2024<\/span> Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society (CSTWS) – <\/span>Board member<\/strong><\/p>\n 2023-2024<\/span> Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society (<\/span>CSTWS) – Search Committee for Canadian Policy Consultant<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2023-2024<\/span> Joint CSTWS-AB Chapter Annual Meeting \u2013 Abstract Review Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2022-2023<\/span> Joint CSTW-BC Chapter Annual Meeting \u2013 Open Session Co-planner<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2019-2023<\/span> Chapter meetings – Invited speaker<\/strong> at Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan <\/span><\/p>\n 2022<\/span> Norway Student Chapter meeting, Evanstad, Norway – Speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2019-2021<\/span> Leadership Institute \u2013 mentor program<\/span><\/p>\n 2015-2018<\/span> Canadian Section TWS – Canadian Section Awards, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2014-2016<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Wildlife Management<\/span><\/i> (2 yrs) – Editor-In-Chief<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2013-2015<\/span> Canadian Section TWS – President-elect, President, Past President (second time)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2012-2014<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Journal of Wildlife Management – Associate Editor<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n 2012<\/span> \u00a0The Wildlife Society – Aldo Leopold Award Committee, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2011-2012<\/span> TWS Wildlife Technical Review, co-author<\/strong>: Ungulate Magt in National Parks<\/span><\/p>\n 2011<\/span> CSTWS-Alberta Joint meeting, 1st Student Conclave – Co-organizer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2011<\/span> The Wildlife Society – Jim McDonough Awards, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2009-2011<\/span> Alberta Chapter – President elect, President, Past President<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2009<\/span> The Wildlife Society, Presidential Nominations – Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2009-2010<\/span> Canadian representative<\/strong> to EAB<\/span><\/p>\n 2008-2009<\/span> Canadian Section – Executive Board Member<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2007-2008<\/span> Chair – The Wildlife Society \u2013 Canadian Section – Nominations Committee<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2008<\/span> Joint Canadian Section-Central Mountains & Plains<\/span>\u00a0Section, Gimli, MB – Plenary Session, Co-Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2008<\/span> Canadian Section (starting year) – Past president<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2005<\/span> ID Chapter of TWS, Women in Wildlife Symposium, Boise ID – Invited speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2002<\/span> Northwest Section Annual Conference, Banff Alberta – Plenary Session, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2001-2002<\/span> The Wildlife Society \u2013 Alberta Chapter TWS – Executive Board Member<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2000<\/span> Journal of Wildlife Management (EIC search) – Selection Committee Member<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2000-2002<\/span> Alberta Chapter – TWS – Membership Committee, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1994-1999<\/span> Wisconsin Chapter of TWS – Member<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1992-1993<\/span> Wyoming TWS Chapter, Awards Committee, Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1990-1991<\/span> Wyoming Chapter, Resolutions and Position Statements\u00a0 – Chair<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1990-1994<\/span> University of Wyoming Student Chapter – Advisor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1991-1993<\/span> Wyoming Chapter of TWS – Newsletter editor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 1988-1990 <\/span>The Wildlife Society, Wyoming Chapter \u2013 1988-1990 – Newsletter Editor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Certified Wildlife Biologist since 1996 (approximate)<\/span><\/p>\n TWS publications: <\/strong><\/p>\n TWS Awards<\/strong> Chapter Memberships:<\/strong> (approximate dates on early memberships<\/span><\/i>) <\/b> Council Activities: 2018-2024 Canadian Representative to The Wildlife Society Council 2018-2024 Publications Committee, Chair (2021-2024) 2018-2024 Position Statements Committee, Chair (2020-2021); Liaison to Ad-hoc Committee on Lead in Hunting Ammunition and Fishing Tackle (2022-2023) 2023-2024 Strategic planning Committee 2020-2023 Bylaws Committee 2018-2024 Fellows Committee 2018-2024 Policy Committee 2018-2024 Group Awards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Other Activities 2024 Alberta Chapter … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1621","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1621"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1633,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1621\/revisions\/1633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>2018-2024<\/span> Publications Committee, Chair (2021-2024)<\/span>
\n<\/span>2018-2024<\/span> Position Statements Committee, Chair (2020-2021); <\/span>Liaison to Ad-hoc Committee on Lead in Hunting Ammunition and <\/span>Fishing Tackle (2022-2023)<\/span>
\n<\/span>2023-2024<\/span> Strategic planning Committee<\/span>
\n<\/span>2020-2023<\/span> Bylaws Committee <\/span>
\n<\/span>2018-2024<\/span> Fellows Committee<\/span>
\n<\/span>2018-2024<\/span> Policy Committee<\/span>
\n<\/span>2018-2024<\/span> Group Awards\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>Other Activities<\/b><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>2012-2021 Invited talks: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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\n<\/b>2023 Alberta Chapter \u2013 The Wildlife Society- Publication Award: Technical Journal Article 2020 Alberta Chapter \u2013 The Wildlife Society- Publication Award: Technical Journal Article<\/span>
\n<\/span>2017 Alberta Chapter \u2013 The Wildlife Society – Group Special Recognition Award<\/span> with M.<\/span>\u00a0Boyce for joint contributions to the Chapter<\/span>
\n<\/span>2016\u00a0 The Wildlife Society –\u00a0 Distinguished Service Award for service to Publications<\/span>
\n<\/span>2013\u00a0 Alberta Chapter \u2013 William Rowan Professional Service Award (top award of Chapter)\u00a0<\/span>
\n2012 Fellow, The Wildlife Society<\/span>
\n<\/span>2011 Alberta Chapter – Dedicated Service Award<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/b>1976-1978 <\/span> University of Idaho Student Chapter of TWS, member<\/span>
\n<\/span>1979-1982<\/span> Idaho Chapter of TWS<\/span>
\n<\/span>1983-1986<\/span> Washington Chapter of TWS<\/span>
\n<\/span>1987-1994<\/span> Wyoming Chapter of TWS<\/span>
\n<\/span>1994-1999<\/span> Wisconsin Chapter of TWS<\/span>
\n<\/span>1999-present\u00a0 \u00a0 Alberta Chapter of TWS<\/span>
\n<\/span>2018 \u2013 present: Chapter of British Columbia<\/span>
\n<\/span>2020 \u2013 present: Chapters of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"