TESF supported Graduate Students

Liz Bradley
M.S. Project: “Management of livestock depredation by wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains” University/Department: University of Montana, Department of Wildlife Biology. Status: Starting first year of fieldwork. Ranches involved: Flying D and Snowcrest.

Zack Parsons
M.S. Project: “Desert bighorn sheep lamb mortality in the Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico” University/Department: University of Montana, Department of Wildlife Biology. Status: Completing second field season, degree expected in 2003. Ranch involved: Armendaris.

Peter Bangs
M.S. Project: “Habitat use by female desert bighorn sheep, Fra Cristobal Mountains, New Mexico” University/Department: University of Arizona, Department of Wildlife Science. Status: Thesis defense April 2002. Ranch involved: Armendaris.

Matt Hartsough
M.S. Project: “Foraging ecology, dietary preferences, and diet quality of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in northern Chihuahuan Desert grasslands” University/Department: New Mexico State University, Department of Range Science. Status: Thesis defense May 2002. Ranch involved: Armendaris.

Danielle Berardelli
M.S. Project: Burrowing owl (Athene caunicularia) nesting strategies and reproductive success in urban versus grassland habitats and among burrow types”. University/Dept.: New Mexico State University, Dept. of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences. Status: Research completed, degree expected 2002. Ranch involved: Armendaris.

Debra Shier
Ph.D. Project: “Development of antipredator behavior in the black-tailed prairie dog as it applies to reintroduction and translocation methodology”. University/Dept.: University of California, Davis, Animal Behavior Graduate Group. Status: Second year of field research underway. Ranch involved: Vermejo Park.

Hira Walker
Ph.D. Project: “Use of native and exotic vegetation by en-route insectivorous neotropical migrant land birds”. University/Dept.: University of New Mexico, Dept. of Biology. Status: Second year of field research. Ranch involved: Armendaris.