Photo: Mallard

"One of the most familiar of ducks, the Mallard is found throughout North America and all across Eurasia." Learn more about this and other birds at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds website. Photo courtesy of Tom Grey.

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Science Advisory Team

The Playa Lakes Joint Venture (PLJV) Science Advisory Team, led by Conservation Science Director Anne Bartuszevige, is comprised of scientific, biological and technical professionals who work together to develop monitoring, evaluation and research plans and procedures. They provide the biological foundation for PLJV's habitat conservation goals and actions. The team also reviews and sets guidelines for habitat and research project proposals, and makes funding recommendations to the Management Board.

  • Grant Beauprez, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
  • David Haukos, US Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Unit at Kansas State University
  • David Klute, Colorado Parks & Wildlife
  • Ted LaGrange, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
  • Duane Pool, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
  • Susan Skagen, US Geological Survey

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