Erik Olson
Treaty Natural Resources Division Administrator for the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Affiliate Scientist at the Burke Center for Ecosystem Research, and owner of Olson Ecological Consulting LLC.
I have been involved in felid conservation throughout the Americas focusing specifically on jaguars, pumas, and numerous small felids. As a self-proclaimed interdisciplinary ecologist, I examine key issues in carnivore conservation from conservation conflict to population dynamics, from human attitudes to life history. As a professor, I teach courses relevant to felid conservation including: Conservation of Large Carnivores, Wildlife Ecology & Management, Conservation Biology, Wildlife Handling & Immobilization, Wildlife Techniques, and Carnivore Tracking. In 2015, I co-founded the JaguarOsa Project in Costa Rica, a wildlife conservation and monitoring project designed to support conservation decision-making within multiple National Parks.
