Workshops
Unit Staff and Students
Blanchong, J.A., M.D. Samuel, and K.T. Scribner. 2006. Relationships between landscape features and CWD distribution. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, CWD Workshop, 16-17 August 2006.
Grear, D.A., M.D. Samuel, B. Weckworth, K.T. Scribner, and J.A. Langenberg. 2006. CWD infection patterns in female deer. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, CWD Workshop, 16-17 August 2006.
Osnas, E. E. 2006. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of CWD in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, CWD Workshop, 16-17 August 2006.
Spelman, M.C., and M.D. Samuel. 2006. Deer activity at scrapes - a potential route of CWD transmission? Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, CWD Workshop, 16-17 August 2006.
Thompson, A.T., and M.D. Samuel. 2006. The potential role of feeding deer in transmission of infectious disease. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, CWD Workshop, 16-17 August 2006.
Unit Affiliates
None reported
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH
Professional Activities
The Unit Leader is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Wildlife Management.
The Unit Leader is a member of the 2007 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference Steering Committee.
The Assistant Unit Leader is an Assistant Editor of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases.
The Assistant Unit Leader serves at the USGS Technical Committee representative to the Arctic Goose Joint Venture.
The Assistant Unit Leader is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for PrioNet Canada (One of the Network Centers of Excellence).
The Assistant Unit Leader is a member of USDA, NC1024 Multi-state Research Committee on Domestic Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Therapy of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies.
Outreach
Ellison, K.S., D.W. Sample, and D. Miller. 2006. The effects of fencerow vegetation on grassland birds and their predators. Greater Madison Area Naturalists' Winter Enrichment Lecture Series, Madison, WI, March 2006.
Murray, L.D. 2006. Using habitat models to predict bird abundance and occurrence in the Midwest. USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. La Crosse, WI, 31 August 2006.
Ribic, C. A. 2005. Grassland Conservation in an Agricultural Landscape-a Bird's Eye View. Iowa State University, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Ames, IA, 7 October. 2005. (Invited)
Ribic,
C.A. 2006. An overview of the Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research
Unit. WDNR Wildlife Managers Training Day, Madison, WI, 20 April 2006.
Samuel. M.D. 2006. Presentation on Chronic Wasting Disease research for UW Faculty Couterie, UW-Madison, Madison, WI, 14 February 2006.
Samuel, M.D. 2006. Chronic Wasting Disease research. WDNR Wildlife Managers Training Day, Madison, WI, 20 April 2006.
Samuel, M.D. 2006. Seminar on Emerging Wildlife Disease. Genetics Fridays at Noon group, UW-Madison, Madison, WI, 12 May 2006.
Unit research featured in the following:
News:
EARTHWATCH RADIO/ New Tests for
CWD: Scientists uncover new information about a widespread disease that's
killing deer. Richard Hoops / March 2006
Wisconsin State Journal article on CWD research by Jerry Davis "Scientists still digging away" 13 August 2006.
Unit Affiliates
None reported
HONORS AND AWARDS
None reported