- Gravette, Arkansas, United States
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- Hello! I own Enviroscapes Ecological Consulting, LLC, based in Gravette, Arkansas. Prior to starting my business, I... moreHello! I own Enviroscapes Ecological Consulting, LLC, based in Gravette, Arkansas. Prior to starting my business, I was on faculty at South Dakota State University where much of my research focused on evaluating the economic and biological trade-offs of using perennial grasses on both cellulosic bioenergy and wildlife production. In 2014 and 2017, I was contracted as a “Bioenergy Liaison” for the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies – the collective voice of North America's state, provincial and territorial fish and wildlife agencies. I am a Certified Wildlife Biologist through The Wildlife Society and chaired TWS’s Technical Review Committee on the “Effects of Bioenergy Production on Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat.” She currently has a contract with Louisiana State University modeling the effects of bioenergy production on wildlife and wildlife habitat. My future goal is to address the environmental and energy issues associated with poultry farms in northwest Arkansas while simultaneously providing wildlife habitat.edit
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Rupp, S. P. (Chair), L. Bies, A. Glaser, C. Kowaleski, T. McCoy, T. Rentz, S. Riffell, J. Sibbing, J. Verschuyl, T. Wigley. 2012. Impacts of bioenergy development on wildlife and wildlife habitat. The Wildlife Society Technical Review 12-03. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. December...more
ABSTRACT
Estimating annual harvests of deer (Odocoileus spp.) is an objective for all state wildlife agencies. Sound management requires frequent evaluation of these methods. We conducted a nationwide survey of state agencies to evaluate the... more
Estimating annual harvests of deer (Odocoileus spp.) is an objective for all state wildlife agencies. Sound management requires frequent evaluation of these methods. We conducted a nationwide survey of state agencies to evaluate the efficiency of hunter harvest survey techniques. State agencies (96%, n=48) reported that they used check stations (56%, n=27), mail questionnaires (54%, n=26), report cards (19%, n=9), telephone surveys (13%, n=6), and toll-free telephone services (2%, n=1) to estimate annual deer harvests. Agencies have attempted to increase response rates by increasing sample size, offering incentives, adding additional reporting options, redesigning forms, and increasing public relations efforts. Eighty-one percent (n=39) of state respondents used hunter survey data to estimate annual harvests, 40-44% of respondents used such data to track deer population trends, and >70% of respondents used survey data to establish hunting regulations. Each hunter harvest survey t...
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... 37(1): 147-161 (2001) VOLUME 37( 1), 2001 Co-editors: Warren B. Ballard Arthur R. Rodgers Associate Editors: Edward M. Addison Rehaume Courtois Vince Crichton Kris J. Hundertmark Patrick D. Karns Ron Moen Thomas R. Stephenson Edmund... more
... 37(1): 147-161 (2001) VOLUME 37( 1), 2001 Co-editors: Warren B. Ballard Arthur R. Rodgers Associate Editors: Edward M. Addison Rehaume Courtois Vince Crichton Kris J. Hundertmark Patrick D. Karns Ron Moen Thomas R. Stephenson Edmund S. Telfer Page 2. ...