Gary Ivey Email & Phone Number

Bend, Oregon

This is a part-time position and my duties include working with agencies, conservation organizations, and other groups on crane management, conservation and research projects in the Pacific Flyway. My major project involved studying wintering ecology of sandhill cranes in California’s Central Valley.

Promote sandhill crane habitat conservation, environmental education and research.

• I mostly work on bird conservation plans, but also work on wetland restoration and management issues. Some examples of my recent work:
• Conducted an HEP analysis for a proposed Destination Resort in central Oregon in 2009.
• Conducted an analysis of factors influencing nest success of sandhill cranes at Malheur NWR (Ivey and Dugger 2008).
• Authored the Intermountain West Waterbird Conservation Plan for the Waterbirds for the Americas Initiative (Ivey and Herziger 2006).
• Conducted a study of sandhill crane wintering ecology for TNC in 2002-2003 (Ivey and Herziger 2003).
• Conducted a satellite telemetry study of sandhill cranes which stage in SW Washington, in 2001-2002 (Ivey et al. 2006).

Guide this non-profit organization.

I served as a National Wildlife Refuge biologist, including 15 years at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. My primary duty was to direct a very extensive biological program which included wildlife and vegetative surveys, and responsibility for supervision, development, implementation, coordination, evaluation, adherence to applicable policies, and.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Wildlife Science

Masters, Wildlife Science

Bachelors, Wildlife Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology