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DR. FELIPE CHAVEZ - RAMIREZ <br />Since 2001, Dr. Chavez - Ramirez has been employed by the Whooping Crane Habitat <br />Maintenance Trust as an Avian Ecologist. Felipe is a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, and <br />holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Wildlife Ecology from Texas A &M University. He has <br />worked for the Federal Government in Mexico, was an assistant professor of Avian Ecology 1� <br />at the Caesar Klebert Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A &M University - Kingsville, and <br />most recently served as the Director of the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion Program for the <br />World Wildlife Fund. Felipe has conducted research on whooping cranes and sandhill <br />cranes in Texas, and on birds in the U.S., Mexico, and Cuba. Felipe can be contacted at <br />308. 384 -4633. <br />DR. JANE AUSTIN <br />Dr. Jane Austin is a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources <br />Division, Northern Prairie Wildlife Science Center, 8711 37th Street SE, Jamestown, North <br />Dakota 58401. Dr. Austin was one of the principal investigators and co- author of a report <br />titled, "A Comprehensive Review of Observational and Site Evaluation Data of Migrant <br />Whooping Cranes in the United States, 1943.99 ". This report is a comprehensive analysis <br />of existing observational data (1943 -99) and site evaluation data (1977 -99) for locations <br />used by whooping cranes during migration through the United States portion of the Wood <br />Buffalo- Aransas population flyway. <br />GREG WINGFIELD <br />Mr. Wingfield is presently employed by The Nature Conservancy, 700 SW Jackson, Suite <br />804, Topeka, Kansas 66603 (785- 233. 4400). Mr. Wingfield formerly held the position of <br />Non -Game Biologist with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (Commission). While <br />with the Commission, he spent a considerable amount of time monitoring whooping <br />cranes and conducting site evaluations at use sites in Nebraska. He is knowledgeable <br />about the location and characteristics of whooping crane use areas in Nebraska. <br />14 <br />