False-rue anemone COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

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Biographical Summary of Report Writer

Melinda J. Thompson graduated in 1998 from McMaster University with an Honours degree in Geography and Environmental Studies. She has been working as a botanist through various positions in Southern Ontario, specializing in aquatic and woodland plant communities. In addition to an interest in botany, Melinda has obtained a Geographic Information Systems Specialist Certificate through Mohawk College and McMaster University. She has prepared COSSARO status reports for Vulnerable, Threatened and Endangered species in Ontario, including white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) and Virginia mallow (Sida hermaphrodita) and a Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) status report for white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata). She is also involved in the recovery of many species in Ontario and has prepared RENEW recovery strategies for hoary mountain mint (Pycnanthemum incanum), white wood aster (Eurybia divaricata) and eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea).