Soapweed (Yucca glauca) COSEWIC assessment and status report 2013: chapter 15

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Donna Hurlburt holds a B.Sc. (Agriculture) (Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, N.S.), an M.Sc. in Biology (Acadia University, Wolfville, NS) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Biology and Ecology (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB). Her Ph.D. was followed by an NSERC Industrial Post-doctoral Fellowship with Abitibi-Bowater in Nova Scotia. Her Ph.D. assessed the mutualistic interaction between Soapweed plants and Yucca moths at the northern edge of their range in Alberta and Montana.

At present, she owns and operates an environmental consulting business in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. She acts as a Technical Advisor to the Alberta Soapweed and Yucca moth Recovery and Maintenance Team and continues to engage in the monitoring of the Alberta populations of Soapweed, Yucca Moth, Non-pollinating Yucca Moth and Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth.

Donna has participated on several COSEWIC Subcommittees, including the Arthropods and Vascular Plants Specialist Subcommittees. She is an Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittee Co-chair and is also appointed to COSEWIC.

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