Hill’s thistle (Cirsium hillii) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Gary Allen received an Honours B.E.S. in 1979 and an M.A. in Regional Planning and Resource Development in 1984, both from the University of Waterloo. From 1981 to 1984, he worked as an Interpretive Naturalist at Point Pelee National Park, and from 1984 to the present he has worked for the Ministry of Natural Resources, always in the Natural Heritage Program, with postings in Toronto, Chatham, Richmond Hill, Simcoe, and currently, Midhurst. His responsibilities as Natural Areas Ecologist in Midhurst District are primarily Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSIs), Species at Risk, and Wetlands, and he is a member of the Provincial Wetlands Committee (WETT), the Lake Huron Coastal Dune Grasslands Recovery Team, and the Eastern Fox Snake & Eastern Hognose Snake Recovery Team. He has prepared COSEWIC status reports on Liatris spicata (1988), Liparis liliifolia (1986), Aristida basiramea (2003), and an update on Liatris spicata (2000).

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