Natasha Lloyd

       Conservation Research Support Scientist

Natasha graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Zoology from the University of Calgary where her studies included predator-prey interactions between Western spruce budworm moths (Choristoneura occidentalis) and various species of bats. Natasha joined the Centre for Conservation Research in 2003 and received the Centre's national Conservation Research Fellowship in 2004. She has assisted on many of the Centre's research initiatives including northern leopard frogs, Vancouver Island marmots, burrowing owls and the Centre's fundamental reintroduction research study. In 2006, Natasha received Wildlife Preservation Canada's prestigious New Noah scholarship. Through this scholarship she studied endangered species management at the Jersey Zoo's International Training Centre and then conducted 8 months of field work helping to save critically endangered Mauritius passerine species such as the Mauritius olive white eye (Zosterops chloronothos) and the Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra). Now back at the Centre, Natasha is beginning her Masters of Science in collaboration with the University of Calgary. Her studies will focus on developing a greater understanding of black-tailed prairie dog ecology in Canada, an important component to ensuring the success of black-footed ferret recovery efforts in this country.