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Jill Shaffer

Jill Shaffer is an Ecologist with the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota. 

Her research focus broadly encompasses grassland bird ecology and conservation.  She has evaluated the behavioral impacts of wind facilities on grassland birds and devised a method to quantify that impact for the purposes of offsetting the impact.  She has supervised numerous field crews throughout the northern Great Plains in the process of investigating the impact of land use change and landscape composition on grassland and wetland birds. She has spearheaded a twenty-year effort to compile, synthesize, and publish information on the effects of rangeland practices and energy-extraction activities on grassland birds.​​​​

Professional Experience

  • 1999-present; Ecologist, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota

  • 1996-1999; Biological Science Technician, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota

Education and Certifications

  • M.S. (1996) Zoology, University of Arkansas

  • B.S. (1993) Biology, University of Wisconsin

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