Favorite Place in the Northwest:Northeast Washington
Favorite Northwest Animal:Northern Saw-whet Owl
Jay Shepherd leads our wolf recovery and coexistence field program, including our Range Rider Pilot Project and administering the independent Northeast Washington Wolf-Cattle Collaborative.
Jay Shepherd, Ph.D. has a long history in wildlife research and management with state and federal agencies in western North America, most recently immersed in wolf recovery and reducing wildlife conflicts in Washington. Jay grew up in Walla Walla, Washington where he worked on his family’s wheat farm and cattle ranch into his twenties. As a biologist, Jay worked with amphibians, ungulates, predators, seabirds, and raptors, as well as shrub-steppe and old-growth forest habitat. He has a B.S. in Wildlife Resources, an M.S. in Wildlife Biology, and a Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of Idaho. Jay loves the landscape and people of northeastern Washington.