USGS Director Names Haseltine as Associate Director for Biology

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Director Charles Groat today announced the appointment of Susan Haseltine as the new Associate Director for Biology.

"Sue brings a wealth of experience and leadership to this position and is an outstanding choice to lead the Biology discipline in integrating biological information within the USGS and across the landscape," Groat said. "I am confident that she has the technical knowledge, the organizational ability, and the initiative to develop and implement our vision for providing the science and information to address the many high-priority environmental challenges for the Nation, the Department of the Interior and the USGS."

Dr. Susan Haseltine grew up in a small town in Maine, received a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Science from the University of Maine and her Masters and Ph.D. from Ohio State University in Zoology, investigating the physiological mechanisms of eggshell thinning in wild birds. She joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) as a researcher for the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Maryland. After more than a decade as a researcher and research manager in the Service, she moved to the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, North Dakota, as Center Director. In 1995, Haseltine moved to Minneapolis, Minn., to manage the Refuges and Wildlife program in the Upper Midwest for the FWS and then joined the former National Biological Service (NBS) as the Eastern Region Director. When NBS joined the USGS in 1996, Sue took the position as the Chief Scientist for Biology.

"I look forward to the challenges and opportunities of this position. I am eager to help our scientists to provide the essential biological science information to natural resource managers for the last wild places that are part of America's distinctive heritage," Haseltine said. "The USGS is uniquely qualified to address the integrated biological science issues such as invasive species, global change, and wildlife diseases that will face the country in the next decade."

Dr. Haseltine is a resident of Oakton, Virginia.

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