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Dr. Stuart Slattery has been appointed as IWWR's new research scientist specializing in boreal waterfowl ecology.
DUC Appoints New Specialist in Boreal Waterfowl Ecology 
Ducks Unlimited Canada is pleased to announce that Dr. Stuart Slattery has been appointed as the new research scientist specializing in boreal waterfowl ecology at the Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research.
Come April, Slattery will begin work as part of DU's growing boreal forest team based at Oak Hammock Marsh. He will work to develop and lead groundbreaking research on the ecology and demography of boreal waterfowl and guide DU's conservation initiatives in the region in support of the Western Boreal Forest Initiative.
The expansive Western Boreal Forest is undergoing dramatic change as oil and gas production, forestry and mining rapidly expand. Waterfowl populations are declining in Canada's Western Boreal Forest and species in the region are in trouble. DU wants to understand the factors responsible for the decline of ducks in the boreal forest and will partner with industry, universities and government agencies to implement needed conservation actions.
This newly created IWWR position, along with a new senior biologist position in Edmonton, is proof of DU's growing commitment to conservation of wetland ecosystems in the Western Boreal Forest in Canada and the United States.
In addition to his academic training on habitat use and population demography of waterfowl, Slattery has extensive experience managing a remote northern research camp in the Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut. His diverse field experience has taken him from the Central Valley of California to the North Atlantic Ocean, and from Churchill, Man. to New York.
Most recently, he worked as the senior biologist for DU's Pacific Region where he helped develop a biologically-based conservation plan for the Fraser River Delta of British Columbia that was adopted by DU and the Pacific Coast Joint Venture.
