Jill Shaffer
Jill Shaffer is an Ecologist with the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota.
Jill Shaffer is an avian ecologist whose research advances the understanding of the effects of wind-energy facilities on birds. She has evaluated the behavioral impacts of wind facilities on grassland birds and waterfowl and devised a method, the Avian-Impact Offset Method, that quantifies those impacts so that State and Federal agencies can seek offsetting measures for the impacts.
When not working on renewable-energy projects, Jill continues work on the writing of a 43-chapter synthesis on the effects of rangeland practices on grassland birds, an endeavor undertaken for 27 years and counting.
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
Science and Products
Status assessment and conservation plan for the Western Burrowing Owl in the United States
Brown-headed cowbirds in grasslands: Their habitats, hosts, and response to management
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Sora
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Black tern
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Yellow Rail
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Virginia rail
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: American Avocet
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Marsh Wren
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Eared Grebe
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Range expansion of pileated woodpecker in North Dakota
Non-USGS Publications**
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/1001692
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=usgsnpwrc.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/159/.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Status assessment and conservation plan for the Western Burrowing Owl in the United States
Brown-headed cowbirds in grasslands: Their habitats, hosts, and response to management
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Sora
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Black tern
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Yellow Rail
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Virginia rail
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: American Avocet
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Marsh Wren
Effects of management practices on wetland birds: Eared Grebe
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Range expansion of pileated woodpecker in North Dakota
Non-USGS Publications**
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/1001692
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1159&context=usgsnpwrc.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/159/.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.