Williamson's sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Les W. Gyug is a Registered Professional Biologist with the College of Applied Biology of British Columbia. Les has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Biology from Carleton University, Ottawa, (1978) and a Master of Science degree in Zoology from University of Western Ontario, London (1979). Les has worked throughout the southern interior of British Columbia since 1981: with the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1981-1984 on the wildlife component of the biophysical inventories of mountain National Parks; as a seasonal naturalist for Parks Canada from 1986-1990; and as a consulting biologist from 1987 to the present. For the past 12 years most of his work has involved assessing the effects of modern forestry on wildlife including songbirds, woodpeckers, owls, ungulates, Grizzly Bears, small mammals, and amphibians from the stand to the landscape level, on a number of contracts to the British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. Review of forestry plans and forestry methods to mitigate impacts on wildlife has been a major component of this work. Les prepared the COSEWIC status report for Mountain Beaver, Aplodontia rufa, in 1999.

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