Jessica Linton is a Senior Biologist at Natural Resource Solutions Inc. in Waterloo, ON.

Although her consulting project work is varied and involves a number of taxonomic groups, one of her areas of expertise is butterflies. She is a member of the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) Arthropod Species Specialist Subcommittee and the Chair of the Ontario Butterfly Species at Risk Recovery and Implementation Team (www.onbutterflysar.com).

She will provide an overview of her research and ongoing work, which includes spear-heading Ontario’s first reintroduction project for Mottled Duskywing at Pinery Provincial Park, in addition to other current provincial and national efforts to protect and restore Ontario’s butterfly species at risk.

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