Wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Talena Kraus completed her Honour’s Bachelor of Science at the University of Guelph in 1999, with a specialization in Wildlife Biology. She spent the summers of 1999 and 2000 working for Kim Smith on Wood Turtles in Algonquin Park. Over the next four and a half years, she worked a variety of contracts in her field, including work for Ducks Unlimited, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Natural Heritage Information Centre, and a forestry company in northern Ontario. She spent seven months travelling in Australia and New Zealand, one month of which was spent working on Tasmanian Devils in Tasmania. She is currently working on her Master’s at Laurentian University in Sudbury, studying fisher. She intends to complete her Ph.D. and continue to work in the field, and with species at risk.

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