Advisory Board
John Takekawa
John has spent 33 years leading waterfowl and wetland projects years as a supervisory research biologist of the U. S. Geological Survey and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 1995 he founded the USGS San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station which focuses on Bay Area waterbirds and habitat. He was instrumental in growing the program to support 30 full-time staff as well as numerous graduate students. Most recently, he worked on avian conservation projects for the National Audubon Society. John was inducted into the California Waterfowler’s Hall of Fame in February 2017. He has coauthored more than 200 peer-reviewed papers with many on waterfowl ecology, and his numerous projects have ranged from the Pacific coast partnerships to international cooperation.