Bill Donahue is a research consultant with Freshwater Research Ltd. and a Research Associate in the University of Alberta's Department of Biological Sciences. In 2000, he completed his Ph.D. on effects of UV radiation, acidification, and climate change on boreal lakes at the Experimental Lakes Area. As a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow with Alberta Environment he studied metals accumulation in Alberta lakes, focusing on dynamics, sources, and fates of mercury. His current research interests include the study of climate change and water supply, impacts of changing landuse on boreal lakes, and impacts of hydrologic change on carbon-cycling in the boreal forest. In addition, he is currently investigating boreal forest sustainability issues with the Adaptive Management Experiment Research Team, comprised of government, academic, and industry scientists.