Officer-at-large: Donald Solick
I am a wildlife biologist with 15 years experience conducting research on bats throughout the U.S. and Canada. I received my M.S. in Ecology from the University of Calgary, Alberta, where I compared the morphology, thermoregulation, and roosting ecology of western long-eared bats living in mountain and badland environments. I also hold a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from The Evergreen State College, Washington.
I currently help coordinate the bat research program at Western EcoSystems Technology (WEST), Inc., an environmental consulting firm based in Cheyenne, Wyoming, but with projects across North America. I have served as the lead bat biologist on approximately 100 projects over the past three years, and am primarily involved with acoustic monitoring (using Anabat and full-spectrum detectors), radar, and night-vision surveys to assess risk to bats at wind energy facilities. Prior to joining WEST, I worked as a seasonal field technician on a variety of bat projects (and for a variety of agencies) in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Oregon, where I gained considerable experience with mist-netting and radio-telemetry of bats.
I have long been involved with the Western Bat Working Group, having attended the inaugural meeting in Reno in 1998 while still an undergrad. I have been a member of Working Groups in Arizona and Washington, and am currently an active member of the Colorado Bat Working Group. At the most recent Western Bat Working Group Workshop (Austin), I presented on the use of marine radar to study bats. I have also religiously attended NASBR meetings since 1998 (Madison), and served on the Research/Education Committee for Bats Northwest, a non-profit based in Washington, between 1997 and 1999. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado, with my wife and daughter.
Donald Solick
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