Sam Droege
Researcher
Wildlife Biology
The U.S. Geological Survey
United States Virgin Islands
Biography
Sam Droege has been spent most of his career at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. He has coordinated the North American Breeding Bird Survey Program, developed the North American Amphibian Monitoring Program, the BioBlitz, Cricket Crawl, and FrogwatchUSA programs and worked on the design and evaluation of monitoring programs. Currently he is developing an inventory and monitoring program for native bees, online identification guides for North American bees at www.discoverlife.org, and with Jessica Zelt reviving the North American Bird Phenology Program
Research Interest
Biodiversity biogeography ecosystem diversity ecosystem functions ecosystems
Publications
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North American Bird Phenology Program
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Native Bee Status and Vulnerability to Climate Change in National Parks
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DNA Barcoding for Identifying Native Bee Species
