Atlas Committees
Management Committee
Gregor Beck (chair) – Birds Canada
Anne Bell – Ontario Nature
Peter Carter – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Lynne Freeman – Ontario Field Ornithologists
Emma Horrigan – Ontario Nature
Jack Hughes – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Liz Purves – Birds Canada
Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Finance and Fundraising Committee
Gregor Beck (chair) – Birds Canada
Jack Hughes – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Portia Mohlmann – Ontario Nature
Susan Nagy – Ontario Field Ornithologists
Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Indigenous Engagement Committee
Ted Cheskey (co-chair) – Nature Canada
Russ Weeber (co-chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Natasha Barlow – Birds Canada
Julee Boan – Ontario Nature
Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Teegan Docherty – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project
Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Andrés Jiménez – Birds Canada
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum
Julie Servant – Canadian Network of UNESCO Biosphere Regions
John Turner – Land Use Plan Coordinator, Moose Cree First Nation
Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie
Megan Young – Environmental Protection, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Significant Species Committee
Mike Burrell (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
John Brett – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ken Burrell – Natural Resource Solutions Inc.; Regional Coordinator, Waterloo
Glenn Coady – Regional Coordinator, Durham
Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Denis Lepage – Birds Canada
Shawn Meyer – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum
Mark Read – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; Regional Coordinator, Kingston
Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Don Sutherland – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Technical Committee
Kevin Middel (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ken Abraham – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Shannon Badzinski – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Peter Blancher – Retired ECCC Research Scientist
Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Ted Cheskey
Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada
Sandy Dobbyn – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Denis Lepage – Birds Canada
Alistair Mackenzie – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Stephanie Melles – Ryerson University
Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Adam Smith – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mary Theiss – Parks Canada
Doug Tozer – Birds Canada
Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie
Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Northern Sub-committee
Kevin Hannah (co-chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lisa Venier (co-chair) – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie
Ken Abraham – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Shannon Badzinski – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project
Julee Boan – Ontario Nature
Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Ken Burrell – Natural Resource Solutions Inc.; Regional Coordinator, Waterloo
Mike Burrell- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Ted Cheskey
Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada
Phil DeWitt – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Jennifer Foote – Algoma University
Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Steve Kingston – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Denis Lepage – Birds Canada
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Dave Moore – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum
Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Darren Sleep – Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Douglas Tate – Parks Canada
Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Volunteer Management and Communications Committee
Lynne Freeman (co-chair) – Ontario Field Ornithologists
Ruth Friendship-Keller (co-chair) – Birds Canada
Natasha Barlow – Birds Canada
Tanya Berkers – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Roxane Filion – Regional Coordinator, Timiskaming
Mark Gawn – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club
John Hassell – Ontario Nature
Emma Horrigan – Ontario Nature
Kathy Jones – Birds Canada
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Liz Purves – Birds Canada
Emily Rondel – Regional Coordinator, Toronto
Sarah Rupert – Parks Canada
Anna Sheppard – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Jeff Skevington – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club
Atlas Working Groups
Analysis Working Group
Charles Francis (chair) – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project
Glen Brown – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Andrew Couturier – Birds Canada
Dean Evans – Birds Canada
David Hope – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
David Iles – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Stephanie Melles – Ryerson University
Kevin Middel – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Adam Smith – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Lisa Venier – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie
Russ Weeber – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Autonomous Recording Unit Working Group
Lisa Venier (chair) – Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada; Regional Coordinator, Sault Ste. Marie
Erin Bayne – University of Alberta; WildTrax; Boreal Avian Modelling Project
Ted Cheskey
Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Samuel Hache – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ed Morris – Parks Canada
Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Rob Rempel – Retired OMNRF Research Scientist
Rich Russel – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
eBird Working Group
Mike Burrell (chair) – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Charles Francis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Denis Lepage – Birds Canada
Mark Read – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks; Regional Coordinator, Kingston
Jeff Skevington – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club
Northern Logistics Working Group
Mike Cadman (chair) – Atlas Staff; Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Corina Brdar – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Rod Brook – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Mike Burrell – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry; Regional Coordinator, Hudson Bay Lowlands
Ted Cheskey
Christian Friis – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Will Kershaw – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Alison Lake – Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Mark Peck – Royal Ontario Museum
Julia Put – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Rich Russell – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Doug Tate – Parks Canada
Owls and Crepuscular Species Working Group
Darren Sleep (chair) – Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Philip DeWitt – Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Danielle Ethier – Birds Canada
Lynne Freeman – Ontario Field Ornithologists
Kevin Hannah – Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kathy Jones – Birds Canada
Bernie Ladouceur – Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club
Julia Shonfield – LGL Limited