Rhett Good has been a Project Manager and Wildlife Biologist for WEST since 1998. He received his B.S. in Biology from Ball State University in 1995 and an M.S. in Zoology and Physiology from the University of Wyoming in 1998. He has received formal training and/or certification in Wetland Plant Identification and Delineation, Habitat Conservation Planning, preparation of National Environmental Policy Act documents, and the identification and survey methods for several Threatened and Endangered (T&E) species, including Ute’s ladies tresses, Colorado butterfly plant, black-footed ferrets, Preble’s meadow jumping mouse and American burying beetle.
Rhett has a wide range of experience conducting and managing field studies for several species and habitat types. He has studied the foraging ecology of northern goshawks for his Master’s research, the breeding ecology and distribution of mountain plovers in Wyoming, the distribution of golden eagles in the western U.S., and the effects of wind power, highway construction, cellular towers, and other forms of development on wildlife several locations throughout the U.S. Rhett is also currently involved in research designed to estimate impacts of wind development in Indiana bats at several proposed and existing wind-energy facilities in the Midwest. Rhett has also assisted in several wetland delineations and the preparation of numerous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents.
Rhett currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana and enjoys spending time with family, hunting, birding and hiking.
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