Matthew R. Hanson, a wildlife biologist working for Schoener Environmental, was killed in an airplane crash on March 3, 2020 while conducting bald eagle surveys related to a wind-power project in Lincoln, Illinois. Also killed in the crash were wildlife biologist Kevin G. Chapman and pilot Mitchell Janssen.
Hanson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Steven’s Point, with a BS in Biology in 2004 and received a MS from Florida Atlantic University after completing a thesis project relating to bald eagles in the Everglades.
Sources: Legacy.com; Chicago (IL) Sun Times, March 4, 2020.