Michigan Boone and Crockett Partners
Professor’s Report
November, 2013
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Summary (2013)
Research Funding – 9 projects totaling $2,311,931
Proposals Submitted – 6 proposals totaling $10,865,569
Publications – 10 published, 7 in press, 5 in submission, 3 popular articles published
Professional Presentations/Posters – 22 presented
Professional Mentoring – 1 Postdoctoral Scholars, 2 Assistant Professors, 1 Outreach
Specialist
Graduate Student Advising – 7 PhD and 1 MS students, 12 graduate steering committees
Instruction – 6 courses taught (3 Porter, 3 Dechen Quinn, 3 Williams, 1 Stevens)
Professional Engagement – 7 national committees, 3 regional committees, 1 board of directors,
1 executive committee, 2 consultancies, 1 Visiting Professorship
Awards and Promotions
Amy Dechen Quinn was appointed Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management at the State University
of New York – Cobleskill, August 2013.
Amy Dechen Quinn was appointed Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife at Michigan State University, August 2013.
Jodi Kreuser completed her Master of Science degree in May 2013. Thesis title: Climate change,
range shifts and differential guild responses of Michigan breeding birds.
Jodi Kreuser accepted a position at the Michigan State University Diagnostic Clinic for Populations
and Animal Health, August 2013..
Nathan Snow received a scholarship to attend the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Career
Symposium at the National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, January,
2013.
Nathan Snow received the Ambrose Pattullo Fund for Environmental Issues Graduate Fellowship in
Literary Works, February, 2013.
Nathan Snow successfully passed his comprehensive examination and advanced to PhD candidate
status, May, 2013.
Marta Jarzyna received the Graduate Student Organization travel grant to go the 6th Biennial
Conference of the International Biogeography Society, January, 2013.
Marta Jarzyna received the MSU Graduate School Research Enhancement Fellowship to go the
workshop entitled The Use of Phylogenies in the Study of Macroevolution in Barcelona, Spain,
September, 2013.
Marta Jarzyna successfully passed her comprehensive examination and advanced to PhD candidate
status, April, 2013.
Andy Crosby received the MSU Graduate School Research Enhancement Fellowship to attend the
LANDIS-II Software Training and Meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, January, 2014
Research and Scholarship
Active Research – Externally Funded
Local-scale assessment and monitoring of deer populations following a major mortality event.
Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. D. Williams, W. Porter, and A. Quinn.
$243,731. Supports Sonja Christensen.
Spatially explicit capture-recapture estimation of black bear abundance in Michigan’s Northern Lower
Peninsula. Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. David Williams. $183,438.
Midwest wild turkey consortium for monitoring and research. Midwest States and National Wild
Turkey Federation. W. Porter, A. Bowling, and A. Stewart. $134,000. Supports Chad Parent.
Wildlife response to renewal of biomass treatments in Michigan forests. Division of Wildlife, Michigan
Department of Natural Resources. G. Roloff, K. Scribner and W. Porter. $539,851.
Michigan biofuels initiative – assessment of the influence of timber harvest on wildlife. Frontier
Renewable Resources, LLC. W. Porter. $50,000. Supports Andrew Crosby.
Multi-modeling framework for predicting fate and transport of pathogens originated from wildlife and
livestock interactions in fragmented agriculture-forest ecosystems. A. Guber, J. Rose, W. Porter, D.
Williams and A. Quinn. $99,471.
Facilitating urban-suburban deer management in Michigan: social, spatial, and population
considerations. Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. S. Riley, W. Porter, K.
Scribner, A. Quinn, and D. Williams. $583,202. Supports Sarah Yarwood (Riley) and Chad Blass
(Quinn/Porter).
Analytical techniques for wildlife-vehicle collisions and Midwest deer-vehicle collisions. Division of
Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. $150,000. Supports Nathan Snow.
Regional strategies for harvest management based on landscape-scale habitat and weather effects on
wild turkey populations. New York State DEC/National Wild Turkey Federation. W. Porter. $328,238.
Supports Andrea Bowling.
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Active Research – Internally Funded
Population dynamics and management of wild turkeys in Michigan: hunting quality, density
dependence, and decision-analytic approaches for linking models to harvest management. B&C
Endowment. $35,604. Supports Bryan Stevens.
Regional strategies for harvest management based on landscape-scale habitat and weather effects on
wild turkey populations. B&C Endowment. $36,800. Supports Andrea Bowling.
Using LIDAR to assess the roles of climate and land-cover dynamics as drivers of changes in
biodiversity. B&C Endowment. $11,797. Supports Marta Jarzyna.
Landscape ecology of trophy-quality white-tailed deer in the eastern US. B&C Endowment. $1000.
Supports David Williams.
Local-scale assessment and monitoring of deer populations following a major mortality event. Division
of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. B&C Endowment. $10,826. Supports David
Williams.
Spatially explicit capture-recapture estimation of black bear abundance in Michigan’s Northern Lower
Peninsula. B&C Endowment. $10,826. Supports David Williams.
Climate change and biotic integrity. B&C Endowment. $22,500. Supported Jodi Kreuser.
Risk of disease spread in deer. MSU. $32,377. Supports Amy Quinn and David Williams.
Active Research – Other
Adaptive management of sharp-tailed grouse in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Michigan
DNR. $35,500. Supports Heather Porter (MS student in the Quantitative Wildlife Laboratory [QWL]
supervised by Dr. Michael Jones and Dr. David Luukkonen).
Deer overabundance survey revisited - assessing overabundant deer ranges as first classified by Aldo
Leopold in 1947. No current funding provided (PhD student Sonja Christensen in collaboration with Dr.
Paul R. Krausman, Boone and Crockett Program in Wildlife Conservation).
Research Proposals
Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. D. Williams, W. Porter, and A. Quinn.
$243,731. Supports Sonja Christensen.
Spatially explicit capture-recapture estimation of black bear abundance in Michigan’s Northern Lower
Peninsula. Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. David Williams. $183,438.
Midwest wild turkey consortium for monitoring and research. Midwest States and National Wild
Turkey Federation. W. Porter, A. Bowling, and A. Stewart. $134,000. Supports Chad Parent.
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Wildlife response to renewal of biomass treatments in Michigan forests. Division of Wildlife, Michigan
Department of Natural Resources. G. Roloff, K. Scribner and W. Porter. $539,851.
Lake States woody biomass partnership. US Department of Agriculture. R. Miller, A. David, B.
Berguson, W. Porter, C. Saffron, D. Keathly, D. Shonnard, D. Rothstein, D. Williams, D. Zamora, F. Pan,
G. Roloff, G. Stanosz, K. Potter-Witter, L. Leefers, M. Kilgore, P. Nzokou, R. Froese, and B. Jackson.
(Michigan State University, Michigan Tech University, University of Minnesota, University of
Wisconsin, University of Georgia). $9,550,613. (not funded).
Deer range improvement program and habitat planning for white-tailed deer and other species.
Division of Wildlife, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. H. Campa, W. Porter, S. Winterstein
A. Quinn and D. Williams. $213,936. (not funded).
Technical Publications (Peer-reviewed)
Crosby, A. D., R. D. Elmore and D. M. Leslie. Northern bobwhite response to habitat restoration in
Eastern Oklahoma. Wildlife Society Bulletin. In press.
Dechen Quinn, A. C., D. M. Williams, W. F. Porter, S. D. Fitzgerald, and K. Hynes. Effects of
capture-related injury on postcapture movement rates of white-tailed deer. Journal of Wildlife
Diseases. In press.
Dechen Quinn, A. C., M. S. Kirchgessner, B. A. Rudolph, D. M. Williams and W. F. Porter. Applying new
analytical tools to the wicked problem of wildlife disease management. Transactions of the North
American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. In press.
Dechen Quinn, A. C., D. M. Williams and W. F. Porter. 2013. Landscape structure influences
white-tailed deer space use. Journal of Mammalogy 94:398–407.
Demarais, S., L. Cornicelli, R. Kahn, E. Merrill, C. Miller, J. M. Peek, W. F. Porter and G. A. Sargeant.
2013. Ungulate management in the national parks of the United States and Canada. The Wildlife
Society Technical Review 12-05. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD. 54pp.
Jarzyna, M. A., B. Zuckerberg, and W. F. Porter. Climate change and wildlife. Pages 262–278 In
Krausman, P. R., and J. W. Cain (editors). Wildlife management and conservation: contemporary
principles and practices. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and The Wildlife
Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. In press.
Kohl, M. T., P. R. Krausman, K. Kunkel and D. M. Williams. Bison versus cattle: are they ecologically
synonymous? Rangeland Ecology and Management. In press.
Ochoa-Ochoa, L. M., M. A. Jarzyna, A. Noriega-Lira, S. Nogue, C. Tovar, A. M. C. Santos, C. Tovar, J.
Hartal, R. Field, and G. Stevens. 2013. Research frontiers of early career biogeographers. Frontiers of
Biogeography 5:161–162.
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Parent, C. J., F. Hernández, D. B. Wester, F. C. Bryant. 2013. Temporal and spatial trends of northern
bobwhite survival and nest success. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 7:173–183.
Porter, W. F., and M. A. Jarzyna. 2013. Effects of landscape-scale forest change on the range
contraction of ruffed grouse in New York State, USA. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:198–208.
Porter, W. F. 2013. Lessons in leadership. In William Taylor (editor). Future of fisheries: perspectives
for emerging professionals. In press.
Sadoti, G., B. Zuckerberg, M. A. Jarzyna and W. F. Porter. 2013. Applying occupancy estimation and
modeling to the analysis of atlas data. Diversity and Distributions 19:804–814.
Snow, N. P. and W. F. Andelt. 2013. Capture success higher near roads for San Clemente Island foxes.
Wildlife Society Bulletin. In press.
Stevens, B. S. and B. Dennis. 2013. Wildlife mortality from infrastructure collisions: statistical modeling
of count data from carcass surveys. Ecology 94:2087–2096.
Stevens, B. S. D. E. Naugle, B. Dennis, J. W. Connelly, T. Griffiths, and K. P. Reese. 2013. Mapping
sage-grouse fence-collision risk: spatially explicit models for targeting conservation implementation.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 37:409–415.
Stine, D., T. Baily, C. Becker, R. Bowman, B. Burroughs, R. Chapla, D. Cline, A. Conklin,T. Ervin, B.
Garmon, P. Koro, A. Mangus, B. Manson, E. McDonough, W. Porter, J. Stachnik. D. Stencil, D. West.
2013. Managed Public Land Strategy. Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Lansing, MI. 41pp.
Witmer, G. W., N. P. Snow, R. S. Moulton. 2013. The effects of vitamin K1-rich plant foods on the
efficacy of the anticoagulant rodenticides chorophacinone and diphacinone, used against montane
voles (Microtus montanus). International Journal of Pest Management 59:205–210.
Manuscripts Submitted (Invited and Refereed)
Blass, C. R., T. M. Gehring, B. A. Murry and D. G. Uzarski. Occupancy-based habitat selection of mute
swans in Great Lakes coastal wetlands. Journal of Wildlife Management (in submission).
Finley, A. O., S. Banerjee, C. E. Fergus and M. A. Jarzyna. Bayesian hierarchical models for misaligned
multivariate spatial data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (in submission).
Jarzyna, M. A., A. O. Finley, W. F. Porter, B. A. Maurer, C. M. Beier, and B. Zuckerberg. Accounting for
the space-varying nature of the relationships between community turnover and the environment.
Ecography (in submission).
Smith, M. C., A. C. Dechen Quinn, D. M. Williams, W. F. Porter and S. A. McNulty. Implications of
seasonal migration of white-tailed deer to spread of infectious disease. Journal of Wildlife
Management (in submission).
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Williams, D. M., A. C. Dechen Quinn and W. F. Porter. Informing disease models with temporal and
spatial contact structure among GPS-collared individuals in wild populations. PLOS ONE. (In
submission).
Popular Articles
Porter, W. F. 2012. Managing wolves: the value of long-term research Fair Chase Fall issue.
28(3):76-77.
Schildwachter, G.and W. F. Porter. 2013. Changing landscapes: predators and policy constraints. Fair
Chase Winter issue. In press.
Snow, N. P. 2013. The metallic predator. Spotlight Magazine 2014 issue. In press.
Professional Presentations or Posters Given or to be Given
Blass, C. R., A. C. Dechen Quinn, and W. F. Porter. Social and spatial structure of white-tailed deer in
suburban/urban landscapes. 8th Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium.
February 22, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
Blass, C. R., A. C. Dechen Quinn, and W. F. Porter. Social and spatial structure of white-tailed deer in
suburban areas. Meridian Township Park Commission Meeting. April 9, 2013.
Bowling, A. C. and W. F. Porter. Regional Strategies for Harvest Management: Landscape-scale Habitat
and Weather Effects on Wild Turkey Populations. National Wild Turkey Federation Convention.
February 13–15, 2013, Nashville, TN.
Crosby, A., and C. R. Blass. Evaluating a transect-based occupancy model with spatially correlated
subsamples: winter track surveys for Martes spp. 8th Annual Graduate Student Organization Research
Symposium. February 22, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
Crosby, A. D., R. D. Elmore, and D. M. Leslie. Game species as umbrella species: northern bobwhites
and grassland bird conservation. The Wildlife Society 20th Annual Conference, October 8, 2013,
Milwaukee, WI.
Crosby, A. D. and W. F. Porter. Bioenergy and wildlife: aligning harvest and habitat at large scales.
Annual meeting of the Northeast Area Association of State Foresters. June 12, 2013, Marquette, MI.
Dechen Quinn, A. C. and W. F. Porter. Experiential learning can shift attitudes about contentious
wildlife policy issues. The Wildlife Society 20th Annual Conference, October 6–11, 2013, Milwaukee,
WI.
Guber, A., J. B. Rose, W. F. Porter, D. M. Williams, S. B. Tamrakar and A. C. Dechen Quinn. Modeling
Pathogen Transport in Fragmented Agriculture-Forest Ecosystems. Soil Science Society Meeting,
November 3-6, 2013, Tampa, FL.
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Jarzyna, M. A. Is the temporal beta-diversity of avian communities another fingerprint of climate
change impacts? Michigan State University Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Graduate
Colloquium Series, April 17, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
Jarzyna, M. A., B. A. Maurer, and W. F. Porter. Is climate change causing turnover of avian
communities? Michigan State University Graduate Academic Conference, February 15, 2013, East
Lansing, MI.
Jarzyna, M. A., B. A. Maurer, and W. F. Porter. Is the temporal β-diversity of avian communities a result
of climate change? 6th Bi-Annual Conference of the International Biogeography Society, January 9–13,
2013, Miami, FL.
Mountrakis, G., C. Beier, W. F. Porter, B. Zuckerberg, L. Zhang, B. Blair, M. A. Jarzyna, H. Jin, W.
Zhuang, J. Wiley. Using Lidar to assess the roles of climate and land-cover dynamics as drivers of
changes in biodiversity. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Conference, April 23–25, 2013,
Arlington, VA.
Parent, C. J., F. Hernández, L. A. Brennan, D. B. Wester, F. C. Bryant, and M. J. Schnupp. 2013. A
spatially explicit abundance model for northern bobwhites. Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society’s 49th
Annual Conference, Houston, TX. 21–23 February 2013.
Parent, C. J., F. Hernández, L. A. Brennan, D. B. Wester, F. C. Bryant, and M. J. Schnupp. 2013.
Limitations of using broad-scale weather data to assess small-scale ecological processes: A case study
using northern bobwhite. Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society’s 49th Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
21–23 February 2013.
Porter, H., D. Luukkonen, and M. L. Jones. Hierarchical modeling of sharp-tailed grouse observations in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 8th Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium.
February 22, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
Porter, H., D. Luukkonen, and M. L. Jones. Large-scale landscape characteristics associated with
occurrence of sharp-tailed grouse in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 30th Prairie Grouse Technical Council
Conference. October 11, 2013, Crookston, MN.
Porter, W. F. Organizational strategies for the 11th National Wild Turkey Symposium. National Wild
Turkey Convention. February 14, 2013, Nashville, TN.
Rose, J., Guber, A., Porter, W. F., Williams, D. M., Tamrakar, S., Dechen Quinn, A. 2012. Multimodeling
Framework for Predicting Water Quality in Fragmented Agriculture-Forest Ecosystems. 2012 Fall
Meeting, American Geophysical Union, December 3-12, 2013, San Francisco, CA.
Snow, N. P., D. M. Williams, and W. F. Porter. A landscape-based approach for delineating hotspots of
wildlife-vehicle collisions. 8th Annual Graduate Student Organization Research Symposium. February
22, 2013, East Lansing, MI.
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Snow, N. P., B. A. Rudolph, A. O. Finley, and W. F. Porter. A regional analysis of deer-vehicle collisions
throughout the Midwest United States. The Wildlife Society 20th Annual Conference, October 6–11,
2013, Milwaukee, WI.
Wegan, M. T., D. R. Etter, D. M. Williams. The impact of landscape features on black bear movements
in an agricultural region: implications for range expansion in southern Michigan, USA. The Wildlife
Society 20th Annual Conference, October 6–11, 2013, Milwaukee, WI.
Williams, D. M., K. S. Seewald, and W. F. Porter. To get to the other side: road crossing behaviors of
white-tailed deer in central New York State. The Wildlife Society 20th Annual Conference, October 6–
11, 2013, Milwaukee, WI.
Mentoring
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Scientist Advising
Andrea Bowling – Doctoral student
Andrew Crosby – Doctoral student
Bryan Stevens – Doctoral student
Chad Blass – Doctoral student
Chad Parent – Post-doctoral scholar
Jodi Kreuser – Masters student
Marta Jarzyna – Doctoral student
Nathan Snow – Doctoral student
Sonja Christensen – Doctoral student
Graduate Student Committees
Alexandria Dutcher – Fisheries and Wildlife Undergraduate working with D. Williams
Amira Oun – Doctoral student of Irene Xagoraraki (Williams, dissertation steering committee)
Heather Porter – Masters student of Mike Jones (resident in QWL)
Jessica Caton – Masters student of Jennifer Owen (Porter, thesis steering committee)
Kristie Hsieh – Zoology Undergraduate working with D. Williams
Kyle Seewald – Environmental Studies Undergraduate working with Dr. Williams
Lindsay Hunt – Masters student of Brian Maurer (Porter, thesis steering committee)
Miriam Toro Rosario – Masters student of Mark Rey/Bill Taylor (Porter, thesis steering committee)
Sarah Mayhew – Doctoral student of Scott Winterstein (Porter, dissertation steering committee)
Sarah Yarwood – Masters student of Shawn Riley (Quinn, thesis steering committee)
Sean Williams – Doctoral student of Catherine Lindell (Porter, dissertation steering committee)
Yushi Oguchi – Masters student of Jennifer Owen (Williams, thesis steering committee)
Faculty Mentoring
Dr. Amy Dechen Quinn – Assistant Professor (Porter, primary mentor)
Dr. David Williams – Assistant Professor (Porter, primary mentor)
Ms. Jordan Burroughs – Outreach Specialist (Porter, mentoring committee member)
Instruction
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Classes Taught
FW 491 – Wildlife Policy – W. Porter and A. Dechen Quinn, 13 students
FW 491 – Wildlife Policy Lab – C. Blass and A. Crosby, Teaching Assistants
FW 491 – Yellowstone Field Trip – W. Porter and A. Dechen Quinn (Instructors), and A. Bowling
(Teaching Assistant), 9 students
FW 885 – Leadership in Natural Resources and Environmental Management – W. Porter, 14 students
ISB 202 – Applications of Environmental and Organismal Biology (NSF FIRST IV) – A. Dechen Quinn, 200
students
FW 419 – Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resources Management – D. Williams, 22
students
FW 490 – Independent Study in Fisheries and Wildlife – D. Williams, 1 student
FW 891 –Advanced Topics – D. Williams, 1 student
Online Course – Quantitative Fisheries Center Online Course – R Essentials for Natural Resource
Professionals – B. Stevens
Guest Lecturing
FW 101 – Fundamentals of Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology and Management – W. Porter, 110 students
FW 419 – Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resources Management – A. Dechen Quinn, 22
students
FW 419 – Geographic Information Systems for Natural Resources Management – M. A. Jarzyna, 22
students
Outreach and Professional Engagement
International and National Activity
Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies – W. Porter, reviewer
Animal Behaviour – B. Stevens, reviewer
Canadian Journal of Zoology – D. Williams, reviewer
European Journal of Wildlife Research – D. Williams, reviewer
Frontiers of Biogeography – M. Jarzyna, reviewer and guest editor
International Biogeography Society – the Early-Career Conference committee – M. Jarzyna
Journal of Wildlife Management – N. Snow, reviewer; A. Crosby, reviewer; D. Williams, reviewer
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine – W. Porter, reviewer
Landscape Ecology – D. Williams, reviewer
National Wild Turkey Symposium – W. Porter, steering committee member
Northeast Naturalist – A. Dechen Quinn, D. Williams, reviewers
Oecologia Australis – N. Snow, reviewer
Pacific Science – D. Williams, reviewer
PLOS ONE – D. Williams, reviewer
Population and Environment – A. Dechen Quinn, reviewer
Population Ecology – A. Dechen Quinn, reviewer
Society for Risk Analysis – N. Snow, reviewer
Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society – Honorary Life Membership Committee, C. Parent
The Wildlife Society – Aldo Leopold Award Committee, W. Porter
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The Wildlife Society – Climate Change and Wildlife Working Group – J. Kreuser
The Wildlife Society – Contributed Papers Subcommittee – C. Parent
The Wildlife Society – National Park wildlife management review committee – W. Porter
Wildlife Society Bulletin – W. Porter, D. Williams reviewers
Regional Activity
Adirondack Research Consortium – W. Porter, Past-president, Board of Directors
Midwest Deer and Turkey Technical Committee – W. Porter and A. Bowling
Midwest Wildlife Society Conclave – A. Dechen Quinn, A. Bowling, D. Williams, telemetry workshops
Southeast Wild Turkey Landscape Research Initiative – W. Porter, steering committee member
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry – W. Porter, Visiting Professor
SUNY Adirondack Ecological Center – W. Porter, Consultant
SUNY Adirondack Interpretive Center – W. Porter, Consultant
State Activity
Michigan State University Extension – Instructor and mentor at 4-H Great Lakes and Natural Resources
Camp – A. Crosby
Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Committee to develop public land management
strategies – W. Porter
Michigan Legislature – Testimony in support of use of science as a cornerstone in natural resource
management – W. Porter
Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Leadership activity under the guidance of Al Stewart.
Re-evaluation of wild turkey harvest regulations and presentation of the proposed regulations
to the Natural Resources Commission – A. Bowling and H. Porter
Michigan Chapter of The Wildlife Society – Ad-hoc Revitalization Committee – C. Blass, A. Crosby, B.
Stevens
Michigan Sharp-tailed Grouse Advisory Committee – Meeting organizer – H. Porter
Michigan Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Webmaster – B. Stevens
Lansing Cub Scout Pack #15 – Presentation on mammals of Michigan and radio telemetry – D. Williams
University Activity
MSU Grievance Committee – W. Porter, member
Sustainable Michigan Endowed Project – W. Porter, executive committee member
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife – W. Porter, review committee for reappointment, promotion
and tenure
MSU Summer Undergraduate Research Forum – J. Kreuser, judge
Council of Graduate Students – A. Crosby, FW representative
FW Graduate Student Organization (GSO) – C. Blass, President; N. Snow, secretary, photographer
FW GSO Spotlight Magazine – H. Porter and B. Stevens editing committee; J. Kreuser, research briefs
editor, editing and design committees; N. Snow, copy editor, editing and design committees
FW GSO Research Symposium Planning Committee – A. Bowling and C. Blass, members
FW GSO Research Symposium – A. Dechen Quinn, judge; W. Porter, judge; D. Williams, judge
FW GSO Fundraising Committee – H. Porter, A. Crosby, and S. Christensen, committee members
FW GSO Green Committee – N. Snow committee member
FW GSO Seminar Committee – B. Stevens, committee member
FW GSO Faculty Meeting Representative – B. Stevens
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FW GSO Council of Graduate Students Representative – A. Crosby
FW GSO Graduate Committee Representative – C. Blass
Integrity of Science training with Roloff, Campa and Winterstein Labs – N. Snow, organizer
FW Club GIS Workshop – A. Dechen Quinn and D. Williams
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