| Gregory Johnson - Ecologist/Wetlands Specialist |
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Greg Johnson has been an Ecologist and Project Manager for WEST, Inc. since 1991. He received a B.S.
degree in Wildlife Conservation and Management and a M.S. degree in Zoology and Physiology from the
University of Wyoming. He has over 22 years of consulting experience in wildlife and ecological studies.
He is a Certified Wildlife Biologist through The Wildlife Society, a Professional Wetland Scientist
through the Society of Wetland Scientists, and a certified Senior Ecologist through the Ecological
Society of America. His specialty areas include wildlife research with an emphasis on contaminants and
wind power development; endangered species; wetland delineation, mitigation, and functional value
assessment; and vegetation sampling.
He has supervised 17 field studies to assess effects on terrestrial and aquatic wildlife of pesticides
and other contaminants throughout the U.S. Over the last 14 years he has studied wildlife–windpower
interactions at proposed or existing wind energy facilities in 16 U.S. states and Alberta, Canada, and
is currently Project Manager for the first large-scale greater sage-grouse telemetry study to evaluate
impacts of wind energy development on this species.
He is a member of the National Wind Coordinating Committee Wildlife Working Group, Ecological Society of
America, The Wildlife Society, Society of Wetland Scientists, Wyoming Bird Records Committee, and Bat
Conservation International. He is the primary author of 24 and coauthor of 13 professional journal
articles, book chapters or peer reviewed proceedings papers and is an author/coauthor of 35 presentations
at scientific meetings. He has also been a manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Wildlife Management,
Wildlife Society Bulletin, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecological
Applications, and the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. His interests include hunting, birding,
fishing, and carving decorative wooden decoys.
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