Jon Almack is a Senior Research Biologist in WDFW's Research Division. Specializing in endangered species ecology, he has worked on grizzly bears in Montana, Idaho, and Washington since 1979 and wolves in Washington since 1989. In 1996, Jon shifted his focus from endangered large mammal predators to endangered large mammal prey; he is now the principal investigator on our woodland caribou recovery project in the Selkirk Mountains of northeastern Washington. The goals of this project include transplanting wild caribou from British Columbia, Canada, to the Selkirks in Washington and then monitoring their survival, as well as the intricate relationships between these unique critters and their new home. Jon has an M.S. degree in Wildlife Resources Management from the University of Idaho, Moscow, and a B.S. degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana, Missoula. Jon spends most of his spare time hiking and birding with his wife Sylvia from their home on a ranger station in the Selkirk Mountains.

Contact wildthing@dfw.wa.gov for more information about research.