Established in 2003, the home of the BEACONs' Team is the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta. Members of the BEACONs team are also affiliated with Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université Laval, University of Ottawa, and University of California, Berkeley. BEACONs work is reviewed by an independent group of science advisors.

Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow (Principal Investigator): Fiona is Director of the Northern Environmental and Conservation Sciences Program in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta. Since 2004, she has resided in the Yukon Territory, where her research on wildlife conservation, landscape ecology and land-management strategies are inspired by spectacular surroundings. Fiona is particularly interested in questions that bridge the science-policy interface.

Dr. Steve Cumming (Co-Investigator): Steve holds a Canada Research Chair in Boreal Ecosystems Modelling at the Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Université Laval. Steve works on statistical and spatial simulation models of boreal stand dynamics, fire regimes, wildlife habitat and forest management.

Kim Lisgo M.Sc. (Project Manager): Kim has studied and coordinated research on the effects of industrial development on the ecology of boreal wildlife (birds, weasels, flying squirrels, and caribou). Kim's primary interest is ecologically-sustainable resource development and the maintenance of ecological integrity in boreal systems.

Pierre Vernier M.Sc. (Spatial Analyst): Pierre has been involved in conservation and forest management research in boreal and coastal ecosystems since the early 1990's. Pierre has extensive experience in habitat modelling, biodiversity monitoring, and landscape planning using spatial and statistical analysis and tools.

Dr. Shawn Leroux (Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa): Shawn is a NSERC postdoctoral fellow working at the University of Ottawa (advisor: J. Kerr) and in collaboration with BEACONs. He uses mathematical and field-based techniques to understand the effects of spatial flows of energy, materials, and organisms in natural (e.g. aquatic-terrestrial) and human-modified (protected-areas-surrounding landscapes) ecosystems.

Dr. Meg Krawchuk: Meg is an Assistant Professor and lead of the Landscape Conservation Science research group at Simon Fraser University. Much of Meg's work focuses on the role of disturbances in ecological systems at landscape and global scales, with a particular interest in pyrogeography and the relationship between fire, ecosystems, conservation, and culture.

Frédérique Saucier (M.Sc. Student, Université Laval): Frédérique is working on the identification of ecological benchmarks and protected area networks in the Plan Nord region of Quebec.