Rowan W. Gould
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Rowan W. Gould is the Assistant Director for Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs at the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). He is responsible for administering the Federal Assistance program. This valuable program provides more than 700 million dollars in funds every year to aid state fish and wildlife agencies in conserving, developing and enhancing our Nation’s fish and wildlife resources and to protect their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Dr. Gould is a native of Oregon and received his B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in fish health and fish biology from Oregon State University. Dr. Gould started his Service career as a research microbiologist at the Seattle National Research Center in 1976. Over Dr. Gould’s extensive career with the Service, he has served in numerous research positions including as section chief at the National Fisheries Research Center in Seattle, Washington and the Director of the National Fisheries Research and Development Laboratory, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania.
Before becoming Assistant Director – Wildlife and Sports Fish Restoration, Dr. Gould was the Regional Director of the Alaska Region of the Service. Previous to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Director, Fisheries in Washington, DC followed by Deputy Regional Director for the Service’s Pacific Region.
Some noteworthy experiences for Dr. Gould came about when he served in Alaska. In 1989, as Assistant Regional Director for Ecological Services and Fisheries, he was responsible for coordinating the Service’s activities in response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill and served as the Department of Interior’s representative to the inter-governmental oil spill damage assessment management team. After that, he served as the Assistant Regional Director for Refuges and Wildlife in Alaska, where his responsibilities included the oversight of the 77-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System and the Migratory Bird program.
Last updated:
June 20, 2007