Scott Petrie
Research Director,
Long Pt. Waterfowl & Wetlands
Research Fund

Telephone Ext. 208

My early interest in the outdoors and wildlife can be attributed to two people; my father, who required me to lug ducks during numerous hunting trips, and my grandfather, who required me to lug milk during summers spent on his dairy farm. Although hunting on the Delta Marsh was my idea of ecological nirvana, I became more and more inquisitive about biological processes and wildlife conservation. This led to my completing a wildlife biology degree at the University of Guelph in 1990. I also spent two summers working at the Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station and two more working on robins, warblers and Yellow-headed Blackbirds at the University of Manitoba Field Station, as well as at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre - see, I'm not just a duck guy! Following graduation, I spent a few years working for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, and Ducks Unlimited. In 1992, I decided to see the world by doing a research contract in South Africa. This led to a five-year stay and attaining my PhD. on the White-faced Whistling Duck. I was very pleased to be hired as the Research Director of the Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund in September 1997, as it enables me to continue doing research on waterfowl and wetlands and live in a relatively untouched portion of southern Ontario. I live in Simcoe, ON with my wife Valerie, and our sons Noah and Caleb.