Dr. Ashley Thomson of Thunder Bay has been re-appointed vice-chair. She is an associate professor in the faculty of Natural Resources Management at Lakehead University and a registered professional forester in Ontario. She specializes in forest and wildlife genetics, with research focused on population and conservation genomics of boreal species such as woodland caribou and black spruce.
Megan Thompson, also of Thunder Bay, is a new appointee.
She is an aquatic researcher at Thompson Aquatic Consulting.
The committee's recommendations might call for farm management practices to protect species' habitat.
