Jim Hainline
Jim served at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges from 1977 to 2003, first as Assistant Refuge Wildlife Biologist until 1982 and then as Senior Refuge Wildlife Biologist until his retirement. He was responsible for all of the wildlife and habitat monitoring and inventory during that time. One of his principle duties was to conduct bimonthly aerial waterfowl inventories in the Klamath Basin, and he continues with those surveys now as a contractor.
Jim came to the Klamath Basin before Bear Valley Refuge had been added to the refuge complex and he helped collect data that supported that acquisition. He was an active participant during the formative days of the of the Bald Eagle Conference, which later became the Winter Wings Festival. According to Jim, the tremendous diversity of wildlife and habitats in the Klamath Basin, combined with an equal diversity of political and ecological issues concerning its natural resources, makes the Basin one of the most rewarding areas for a biologist to spend a career.
Prior to coming to the Klamath Basin, Jim worked as a wildlife habitat planner for the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California, and as an aquatic biologist for the Desert Research Institute in Nevada. He received a BA in Zoology from Southern Illinois University and a MS in Zoology from the University of Nevada, Reno.