Chief Scientific Officer

John began his Alaskan wildlife career in 1992 while at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has over 28 years of experience collaborating with private, federal, and state entities designing and conducting surveys of birds and mammals in Alaska, often with a focus on species that are protected, threatened, or endangered. Much of his work has been with the energy sector including oil and gas, wind, and hydroelectric. He has performed studies throughout the corners of Alaska in both terrestrial and marine biological studies including waterfowl, raptor, song bird, shorebird, seabird and mammal investigations. John has conducted extensive surveys for raptors, endangered eiders and waterfowl, performed waterfowl capture, and migration research as well as eagle permitting support (Eagle Conservation Plans), collision risk modeling, and fatality monitoring. In addition to ornithological studies, John has participated in small-mammal trapping, caribou surveys, marine mammal surveys and remote-camera monitoring, and fox-den monitoring. John’s skills include aerial, ground and boat-based survey techniques, GPS/GIS technology, radar ornithology, behavioral/disturbance monitoring, wildlife capture and marking, video, still and time-lapse photography, prey analyses, database creation, data analysis and reporting. John has over 26 years of leading crews and 18 years of project management experience. Additionally, he was a principal shareholder and on the Board of Directors of his former employer.