By PJ DelHomme Michigan State University’s Boone and Crockett Chair, Dr. Jerry Belant, champions sustainable use of hunted wildlife to address hunger and human-wildlife conflict. For millions of Americans facing food insecurity, wild game donated from hunters and fish and game agencies offers a...
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Michigan State University
The University Program at Michigan State has successfully integrated multiple disciplines into its curriculum, particularly through two key courses: Integrating Fisheries and Wildlife Science and Policy, and Hunting and Conservation. Students engage directly with the Michigan Natural Resources...
Michigan State University - Projected to Graduate 2025 Project Title: Population Dynamics of Gray Wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region in Response to Anthropogenic Mortality
Michigan State University Project Title: Quantifying individual and population-level responses of black bears to baiting in Michigan
Michigan State University - Ph.D. Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate 2026 Project Title: Remote Cameras as a Tool for Estimating Wolf Abundance and White-Tailed Deer Winter Habitat Use in the Upper Peninsula, MI
Michigan State University - Fisheries and Wildlife, MSc Project Title: Effects of Environment and Governance on Financial Sustainability of Communal Conservancies in Namibia
Michigan State University - Wildlife Conservation - PhD student - Projected to Graduate 2025 Project Title: Brown Bear Denning and Harvest on the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, USA
Michigan State University - Fisheries and Wildlife Management, PhD - Projected to Graduate 2024 Project Title: Human Activity Mediates Mammal Local Space Use, Dial Activity, and Interspecies Spatial Interactions.
By Kasey Rahn Boone and Crockett Fellow Alejandra Zubiria Perez uses collaborative data sharing to shed light on wolves in the Great Lakes. Zubiria Perez backpacking in her free time in Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia. Photo credit: Megan Lapstra In certain circles, mentioning wolves...
Michigan State University - Masters - Graduated 2021 | Monitoring brown bear abundance at Katmai National Park in Southwest Alaska
Michigan State University – Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Completed 2020 - An Agent-Based Approach for Surveillance and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease
Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Factors Influencing the Movement and Space Use of White-Tailed Deer in Michigan and Implications for the Management of Emergent Chronic Wasting Disease
Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Evaluating Management Strategies for Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan White-tailed Deer
Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife – Projected to Graduate in 2022 – Potential Wolf Expansion into the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan - Impacts on Cervid Ecology and Local Economies
Michigan State University- BS in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
Michigan State University - M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2023 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2017 | Conserving avian biodiversity on managed forest landscapes: the importance of pattern and scale
Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2014 | Landscape-level effects of weather and land cover on wild turkey abundance, productivity, and regional harvest potential
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE INCREASE RESULTING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE HAS A POTENTIAL TO AFFECT NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS IN PROFOUND WAYS. BIRD COMMUNITIES ARE A GOOD INDICATOR OF THE IMPACTS Global temperature increase resulting from climate change has a potential to affect natural ecosystems in profound ways. Bird...
Bryan Stevens Michigan State University, Ph.D. 2016 Dr. Bryan Stevens completed his doctoral degree under the mentorship of Dr. Bill Porter, where he developed population assessment and decision support tools to inform wild turkey harvest management in Michigan. While completing his doctoral degree...
David M. Williams Michigan State University David Williams' research interests focus on understanding how landscape heterogeneity influences animal movements and habitat use and applying that knowledge in the context of larger ecological processes and management decisions. His dissertation...
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