Jeff Gleason

Jeff received his BSc degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD (1992).  He completed an MSc at South Dakota State University (1997) in Wildlife Management where he studied survival of resident giant Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima).  He completed a PhD in Zoology (2003) from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada, where he studied reproductive performance and behavior of breeding Southern James Bay Canada geese (B. c. interior) in the presence and absence of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) on Akimiski Island, Nunavut; supervised by Dr. C. Davison Ankney. 

His first permanent federal appointment was as a Wildlife Biologist with the Minerals Management Service, Environmental Studies Section in the Alaska Regional Office, Anchorage, AK (2004-2007).  The position included review of avian and marine mammal NEPA sections, as well as project management and oversight on 9 agency-funded projects (~$2.9M). After that, he accepted a position as the Asst. Pacific Flyway Representative for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management in Portland, OR (2007-2008).  Following that, we took a position as a Wildlife Biologist at the Kulm Wetland Management District in Kulm, ND (2008-2010). As part of a large collaborative research team, we evaluated the influence of wind energy development on pre-breeding and breeding waterfowl and waterbirds. Following the position in ND, he accepted a position as a General Biologist with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico Regional Office in New Orleans, LA (2010-2012). In 2012, he accepted a position with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alabama Ecological Services Field Office in Daphne, AL serving as the GCPO LCC Science Liaison (2012-2014).