BRI Deputy Director
On Block Island ready to release a Peregrine Falcon as part of BRI’s Block Island Raptor Project.
Kate Taylor, B.S.
Director of Operations
kate.taylor@briwildlife.org
207-839-7600 x211
Involved in loon conservation since 1995, Kate brings a wealth of experience to her position as BRI’s Director of Operations. Before joining BRI, she spent 12 years overseeing the scientific program for the Loon Preservation Committee in New Hampshire.
She is a contributor to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Status and Assessment Plan for the Common Loon in North America and co-authored the Common Loon Species Profile and Loon Recovery Plan for the New Hampshire Fish and Game. She is the co-author of a series of books by Willow Creek Press about the Common Loon and the Northwoods.
Research Interests
- Environmental conservation
- Conservation of the Common Loon
Books
- Evers, D.C. and K.M. Taylor. 2015. Journey with the Owls. Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI. 160 pp.
- Evers, D.C. and K. M. Taylor. 2014. Journey with the Loon. Willow Creek Press, Minocqua, WI. 144 pp.
Journal Articles
Sayers, C. J., D. C. Evers, V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, E. Adams, C. M. Vega, J. N. Pisconte, V. Tejeda, K. Regan, O. P. Lane, A. A. Ash, R. Cal, S. Reneau, W. Martínez, G. Welch, K. Hartwell, M. Teul, D. Tzul, W. J. Arendt, M. A. Tórrez, M. Watsa, G. Erkenswick, C. E. Moore, J. Gerson, V. Sánchez, R. P. Purizaca, H. Yurek, M. E. H. Burton, P. L. Shrum, S. Tabares-Segovia, K. Vargas, F. F. Fogarty, M. R. Charette, A. E. Martínez, E. S. Bernhardt, R. J. Taylor, T. H. Tear, & L. E. Fernandez. 2023. Mercury in Neotropical birds: A synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data. Ecotoxicology 32: 1096-1123.
Miller, M. W. C., J. R. Lovvorn, A. C. Matz, R. J. Taylor, C. J. Latty, M. L. Brooks, & T. E. Hollmén. 2019. Interspecific patterns of trace elements in sea ducks: Can surrogate species be used in contaminants monitoring? Ecological Indicators 98: 830-839.
DeLuca, W. V., B. K. Woodworth, S. A. Mackenzie, A. E. M. Newman, H. A. Cooke, L. M. Phillips, N. E. Freeman, A. O. Sutton, L. Tauzer, C. McIntyre, I. J. Stenhouse, S. Weidensaul, P. D. Taylor, & D. R. Norris. 2019. A boreal songbird's 20,000 km migration across North America and the Atlantic Ocean. Ecology 100: e02651. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2651.
Evers, D. C., M. Sperduto, C. E. Gray, J. D. Paruk, & K. M. Taylor. 2019. Restoration of Common Loons following the North Cape Oil Spill, Rhode Island, USA. Science of The Total Environment 695: 133849. Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133849.
Savoy, L., P. Flint, D. Zwiefelhofer, H. Brant, C. Perkins, R. Taylor, O. Lane, J. Hall, D. Evers, & J. Schamber. 2017. Geographic and temporal patterns of variation in total mercury concentrations in blood of Harlequin Ducks and Blue Mussels from Alaska. Marine Pollution Bulletin 117: 178-183. Available at http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025326X17301145.
Miller, M. W. C., J. R. Lovvorn, A. C. Matz, R. J. Taylor, C. J. Latty, & D. E. Safine. 2016. Trace elements in sea ducks of the Alaskan Arctic coast: Patterns of variation among species, sexes, and ages. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71: 297-312.
Gray, C. E., J. D. Paruk, C. R. DeSorbo, L. J. Savoy, D. E. Yates, M. D. Chickering, R. B. Gray, K. M. Taylor, D. Long, N. Schoch, W. Hanson, J. Cooley, & D. C. Evers. 2014. Body mass in Common Loons (Gavia immer) strongly associated with migration distance. Waterbirds 37: 64-75. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1675/063.037.sp109.
Yates, D. E., E. M. Adams, S. E. Angelo, D. C. Evers, J. Schmerfeld, M. S. Moore, T. H. Kunz, T. Divoll, S. T. Edmonds, C. Perkins, R. Taylor, & N. J. O’Driscoll. 2014. Mercury in bats from the northeastern United States. Ecotoxicology 23: 45-55. Available at http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10646-013-1150-1.
Cristol, D. A., L. Savoy, D. C. Evers, C. Perkins, R. Taylor, & C. W. Varian-Ramos. 2012. Mercury in waterfowl from a contaminated river in Virginia. The Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 1617-1624. Available at http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/jwmg.430.
Lane, O. P., K. M. O’Brien, D. C. Evers, T. P. Hodgman, A. Major, N. Pau, M. J. Ducey, R. Taylor, & D. Perry. 2011. Mercury in breeding Saltmarsh Sparrows (Ammodramus caudacutus caudacutus). Ecotoxicology 20: 1984-1991. Available at http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10646-011-0740-z.
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