Declaration of Importance of Protecting Double-Crested Cormorants: Expert Signees
The following individuals with scientific, technical, legal and/or other relevant expert knowledge have signed this Declaration, recognize that Double-crested cormorants are vital to the health and ecological integrity of the environments in which they live and should therefore be protected by law from persecution, recreational killing and organized culling.
Dr. Paul Aird PhD, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
Hannah Barron, Wildlife Biologist
Kerrie Blaise, Blaise Law PC
Buzz Boles, Wildlife Biologist
Angela Brooks, Senior Ecologist/Conservation Councilor, Toronto Ornithological Club
Dr. Nedim Buyukmihci PhD, biologist
John Carley, Co-Chair, Friends of the Spit
Ted Cheskey, Naturalist Director, Nature Canada
Dr. Sheila Colla PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change, York University
Dr. Steven Cooke PhD, Canada Research Professor and Director of the Canada Center for Evidence-Based Conservation, Carleton University
Matthew P. Duda, Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Queens University
Sheryl Fink, Wildlife Biologist, International Fund for Animal Welfare
Dr. Gail Fraser PhD, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Dr. John W. Grandy PhD, The Pegasus Foundation
Chris Grooms, Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Queens University
Dr. Keith Hobson PhD, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario
Dr. Ian Jones PhD, Professor, Biology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Clement Kent PhD, Adjunct Professor Department of Biology, York University
Rupert Kindersley, Executive Director, Georgian Bay Association
Dale Kristensen MSc, Avian Ecology, Queens University
Rob Laidlaw CBiol MRSB, Biologist
Dr. David Lavigne PhD, Biologist
Michael Mesure, Executive Director, FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program) Canada
Dr. Faisal Moola PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
Dr. Martyn Obbard PhD, Biologist
Dr. Ronald Orenstein PhD, LLB
Rachel Plotkin, Boreal Project Manager, David Suzuki Foundation
Dr. James Quinn PhD, Professor, Biology Department, McMaster University
Garth Riley, Co-Chair, Friends of the Spit
Erika Ritter, Author
Dr. Rebecca Rooney PhD, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Waterloo
Clayton Ruby, C.M. LLD.
Cole Swanson MA, Artist, Educator
Dr. Dave Shutler PhD, Professor Emeritus, Biology, Acadia University
Dr. Andrea Smith PhD, Ecologist
Dr. John P. Smol PhD, OC FRSC FRS, Distinguished University Professor, Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Queens University
Dr. Emily M. Stewart PhD, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Linda Wires MA, MS, Conservation Scientist, Waterbirds