Lindsay Ware

Instructor, Center for Wildlife Studies

Detection Dog Handler, Science Dogs of New England

Lead Dog Trainer, Force Free Pets

M.S. Biology, University of Western Ontario

Email: lindsay@sciencedogsne.com

Lindsay is a conservation dog trainer and founder of Science Dogs of New England. She trains and handles scent detection dogs to find cryptic species for conservation research. In 2019, she began collaborating with CWS on the Maine Wood Turtle Project to explore the use of scent detection dogs as a low-impact and efficient method of finding Wood Turtles and nests in terrestrial habitat. She is a CCPDT Certified Professional Dog Trainer and instructs canine training classes in Bangor, Maine.

    • Scent Detection Dogs in Conservation Research

    • Ware, L. L., B. T. Naumann, P. Wilson, S.A. Petrie, and M. L. Schummer. 2013. A lift-net method for capturing diving and sea ducks. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37: 877-880. 

    • Ware, L. L., S. A. Petrie, R. C. Bailey, S. S. Badzinkski, M. L. Schummer, Y. Chen, and N. Belzile. 2012. Effects of elevated selenium on body condition, oxidative stress, and organ health in greater scaup wintering at Lake Ontario. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36: 506-511. 

    • Ware, L. L., S. A. Petrie, S. S. Badzinkski, and R. C. Bailey. 2011. Selenium concentrations in greater scaup and dreissenid mussels during winter on western Lake Ontario. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 61: 292-299.