Author Biography
Les Flake is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University (SDSU), Brookings, where he primarily taught ornithology, wildlife management, and waterfowl ecology until retirement in August 2003. He has authored or coauthored numerous papers in professional research journals along with four books. He received an M.S. in Biology from Brigham Young University in 1966 and, in 1971, a Ph.D. in Zoology from Washington State University. Since retirement, Les has been living in Springville, Utah with his wife Marcia. He has returned to South Dakota each fall for two to three weeks of upland bird hunting, visiting with friends, and work with co-authors on a series of three wildlife books and a technical report for the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP). Les is an avid upland game bird enthusiast and long-time gun dog owner and has hunted South Dakota for over 41 years.
