Cœur d’Alene salamander COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

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Biographical Summary

I. A. (Penny) Ohanjanian

Penny Ohanjanian has an M.A. from Oxford, England (Litterae Humaniores) and a M.Sc. (Biological Sciences) from Simon Fraser University (1986). Her thesis examined optimal foraging and prey selection by red-necked grebes (Podiceps grisegena) in the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area. Since 1985, Penny has worked as a biological consultant, specializing primarily on rare and endangered amphibians and birds, including the northern leopard frog, western toad, Cœur d'Alene Salamander, long-billed curlew, Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, western grebe and Williamson’s sapsucker. She is a member of the Northern Leopard Frog (Southern Mountain Population) Recovery Team.