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Kurt K. Burnham, D.Phil.
Kurt was born in Colorado and moved to Idaho at the ago of nine. Kurt grew up in the outdoors and traveled extensively around the world, visiting various conservation and research projects throughout the third world with his father. During the summer of 1991 Kurt first visited Greenland and in 1997 received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Albertson’s College of Idaho. Upon graduating Kurt began working for The Peregrine Fund managing their Greenland Project and in 2003 was appointed as their Arctic Projects Director. In the fall of 2007 Kurt created the High Arctic Institute and in the spring of 2008 received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford, with his research focusing on Peregrine and Gyrfalcon populations in Greenland. Kurt has been to Greenland each summer for the past 17 years and it total has spent nearly two years of his life in Greenland.
Publications:
Johnson, J.A., Burnham, K.K., Burnham, W.A. & Mindell, D.P. 2007. Genetic structure among continental and island populations of gyrfalcons. Molecular Ecology. 16: 3145-3160.
Hunt, W.G, Burnham, W., Parish, C.N., Burnham, K.K., Mutch, B. & Oaks, J.L. 2006. Bullet fragments in deer remains: implications for lead exposure in avian scavengers. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 34(1): 167-170.
Burnham, W., Burnham, K.K. & Cade, T.J. 2005. Past and present assessments of bird life in Uummannaq District, West Greenland. Dansk Orn. Foren. Tidsskr. 99: 196-208.
Burnham, K.K. & Burnham, W. 2005. Dovekie response to glaucous gull behavior and approach in North Greenland. Dansk Orn. Foren. Tidsskr. 99: 115-118.
Burnham, K.K. 2004. Greenland: satellite tracking gyrfalcons in Greenland. Microwave Telemetry Inc. Newsletter. 5(1):3.
Burnham, K.K. 2003. Dundas. In Cade, T.J. & Burnham, W.A. (eds.) Return of the Peregrine, a North American saga of tenacity and teamwork: 252. Boise, ID:The Peregrine Fund.
Burnham, K.K. 2003. Growing up with Peregrines. In Cade, T.J. & Burnham, W.A. (eds.) Return of the Peregrine, a North American saga of tenacity and teamwork: 130-131. Boise, ID:The Peregrine Fund.
Burnham, K.K., Burnham, W.A. & Falk, K. 2002. Greenland. In Mittermeier, R.A., Mittermeier, C.G., Gil, P.R., Pilgrim, J., Fonseca, G., Brooks, T., & Konstant, W.R. Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places: 541-542. CEMEX: Mexico City.
Burnham, W. and K.K. Burnham. 1994. Nesting Peregrines in North Greenland. Wild Bird. Aug: 28-31.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jennifer Burnham, Ph.D.
Jennifer is an assistant professor of geography at Augustana College, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in 1997. After graduating Jennifer worked for several years in the soil conservation field, then returned to school and received her M.S. from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and her Ph.D. from the University of Washington. Her dissertation research focused on the spatial distribution of organic carbon stored in the soils of northwest Greenland. This research has important implications for the study of carbon cycling in the Arctic and the role that the release of previously frozen carbon may have on global climate change. Jennifer continues to work in the Arctic and teaches classes on global weather and climate, cartography, physical geology, and environmental geology at Augustana College.
Jack Cafferty
Jack was born and raised in Idaho, where he has spent a great deal of time enjoying the outdoors since his early childhood. Upon receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the College of Idaho in 1998, he made his first trip to Greenland working as a field assistant. In early 2001, Jack began working for The Peregrine Fund on fundraising, public relations, and publications. In late 2003, Jack took over the direction of the environmental education program and the Velma Morrison Interpretive Center at the World Center for Birds of Prey. He still holds that position at The Peregrine Fund and feels strongly that environmental education is the key to successful conservation initiatives. Jack and his wife Ashley reside in Boise, Idaho, with their two English pointers and Tennessee Walking Horses. Since that first trip, he has returned to Greenland many times to assist with field work and is a strong advocate for the High Arctic Institute’s continued research in the arctic. It seems he can just never get enough of that cold arctic wind and the slipping and sliding on the talus slopes!
Jeff Johnson, Ph.D.
Jeff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Applied Sciences at University of North Texas. Prior to University of North Texas, he was an Assistant Research Scientist for five years with the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology-Bird Division and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. While at University of Michigan, he worked directly with multiple researchers from The Peregrine Fund to help incorporate population genetic and phylogenetic research into their active conservation program. Jeff’s postgraduate education focused on evolutionary and conservation biology research. Jeff received his M.S. from the Zoology Department at North Carolina State University, where he was interested in animal behavior-based questions addressing sexual selection and other factors contributing to species divergence. For his Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin, Jeff was interested in identifying factors leading to avian species extinction. This work primarily addressed habitat fragmentation and life history constraints in maintaining viable populations of prairie-grouse, and his studies have been instrumental in changing prairie-grouse management practices by advocating connectivity among subpopulations to help maintain dispersal patterns and healthy populations. Since his dissertation work, Jeff has continued his research focus on conservation of natural populations distributed throughout the world, including the Arctic and Antarctic, where he has a fascination with the harsh environment and their unique and highly adapted inhabitants.
Find out more about Jeff’s current research
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Your support in conserving Peregrine and Gyrfalcon populations and their environment in Greenland are much needed and appreciated. Please make checks payable to the High Arctic Institute. All donations are tax deductible so please be sure to include your name and address so a receipt can be mailed to you.
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