BRI Deputy Director
Lucas removing a Harlequin Duck from a mist net.
Lucas Savoy, B.S.
Deputy Director, Director of Loon Program, and Co-director Center for Waterbird Studies
lucas.savoy@briwildlife.org
207-839-7600 x104
Lucas Savoy joined BRI in 2000 as a wildlife research biologist. Early in his tenure, he focused primarily on Common Loon contaminant and breeding ecology field studies across North America, while also developing an interest in waterfowl conservation.
As BRI’s deputy director, and with more than 22 years of hands-on bird research experience, he continues to build BRI’s loon program and to develop partnerships with a focus on loon conservation in North America and internationally. His primary research studies have included the exposure and risks of contaminants to water birds, and the migratory and seasonal movements of marine birds in relation to offshore wind power developments.
Education & Certifications
Education
- Unity College, 1999 – B.S. Environmental Sciences (Wildlife Biology)
Certifications
- First Aid CPR AED
- National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA)
Research Interests
- Loon and Waterfowl conservation
- Sea duck population delineation
- Satellite telemetry
- Contamination accumulation and impacts on loon and waterfowl
- Sea duck winter ecology
- Common Eider duckling survival
Journal Articles
Lamb, J. S., C. Cooper‐Mullin, S. G. Gilliland, A. M. Berlin, T. D. Bowman, W. S. Boyd, S. E. W. De La Cruz, D. Esler, J. R. Evenson, P. Flint, C. Lepage, D. E. Meattey, J. E. Osenkowski, P. W. C. Paton, M. C. Perry, D. Rosenberg, J. ‐P. L. Savard, L. Savoy, J. Schamber, D. H. Ward, J. Y. Takekawa, & S. R. McWilliams. 2024. Evaluating conservation units using network analysis: A sea duck case study. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: e2648.
Stenhouse, I. J., A. M. Berlin, A. T. Gilbert, M. W. Goodale, C. E. Gray, W. A. Montevecchi, L. Savoy, & C. S. Spiegel. 2020. Assessing the exposure of three diving bird species to offshore wind areas on the U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf using satellite telemetry. Diversity and Distributions 26. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ddi.13168.
Ackerman, J. T., M. P. Herzog, D. C. Evers, D. A. Cristol, K. P. Kenow, G. H. Heinz, R. A. Lavoie, R. L. Brasso, M. L. Mallory, J. F. Provencher, B. M. Braune, A. Matz, J. A. Schmutz, C. A. Eagles-Smith, L. J. Savoy, M. W. Meyer, & C. A. Hartman. 2020. Synthesis of maternal transfer of mercury in birds: Implications for altered toxicity risk. Environmental Science and Technology 54: 2878-2891. Available at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.9b06119.
Lamb, J. S., P. W. C. Paton, J. E. Osenkowski, S. S. Badzinski, A. M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L. J. Fara, S. G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M. L. Mallory, G. H. Olsen, M. C. Perry, S. A. Petrie, J. -pierre L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C. S. Spiegel, & S. R. McWilliams. 2020. Assessing year‐round habitat use by migratory sea ducks in a multi‐species context reveals seasonal variation in habitat selection and partitioning. Ecography 43: 1842-1858. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.05003.
Lamb, J. S., P. W. C. Paton, J. E. Osenkowski, S. S. Badzinski, A. M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L. J. Fara, S. G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M. L. Mallory, G. H. Olsen, M. C. Perry, S. A. Petrie, J. -pierre L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C. S. Spiegel, & S. R. McWilliams. 2020. Implanted satellite transmitters affect sea duck movement patterns at short and long timescales. The Condor 122: 1-16. Available at https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/doi/10.1093/condor/duaa029/5878822.
Mallory, M. L., R. A. Ronconi, R. B. Allen, C. Dwyer, S. Lair, C. D. Mallory, N. R. McLellan, G. R. Milton, G. J. Parsons, L. Savoy, & M. D. Tomlik. 2020. Annual movement patterns of American Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima dresseri). Wildlife Biology 2020: 1-10. Available at https://bioone.org/journals/wildlife-biology/volume-2020/issue-2/wlb.00665/Annual-movement-patterns-of-American-common-eiders-Somateria-mollissima-dresseri/10.2081/wlb.00665.full.
Lamb, J. S., P. W. C. Paton, J. E. Osenkowski, S. S. Badzinski, A. M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L. J. Fara, S. G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M. L. Mallory, G. H. Olsen, M. C. Perry, S. A. Petrie, J. ‐P. L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C. S. Spiegel, & S. R. McWilliams. 2019. Spatially explicit network analysis reveals multi‐species annual cycle movement patterns of sea ducks. Ecological Applications 29: e01919. Available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eap.1919.
Meattey, D. E., S. R. McWilliams, P. W. C. Paton, C. Lepage, S. G. Gilliland, L. Savoy, G. H. Olsen, & J. E. Osenkowski. 2019. Resource selection and wintering phenology of White-winged Scoters in southern New England: Implications for offshore wind energy development. The Condor 121: 1-18. Available at https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/doi/10.1093/condor/duy014/5347918.
Meattey, D. E., S. R. McWilliams, P. W. C. Paton, C. Lepage, S. G. Gilliland, L. Savoy, G. H. Olsen, & J. E. Osenkowski. 2018. Annual cycle of White-winged Scoters (Melanitta fusca) in eastern North America: Migratory phenology, population delineation, and connectivity. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96: 1353-1365. Available at http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/10.1139/cjz-2018-0121.
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.
Research Reports
Savoy, L., C. R. DeSorbo, & D. C. Evers. 2002. Mooselookmeguntic Lake Common Loon Population Survey and Management Report: 2001 Season. Falmouth, Maine.
Evers, D. C., C. De Sorbo, & L. Savoy. 2001. Assessing the impacts of methylmercury on piscivorous wildlife: as indicated by the Common Loon, 1998-2000. Report BRI00-01. Falmouth, Maine. Available at http://www.fws.gov/newengland/pdfs/Mercury_loons_2000.pdf.
