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...
By Kasey Rahn Printed in Winter 2024 Fair Chase Magazine Boone and Crockett Fellow Molly McDevitt's Innovative Approach Sheds New Light on an Iconic Western Species The temperature hovers just above freezing in remote Alaska. Two University of Montana wildlife biology graduate students trek toward...
As a Boone and Crockett fellow and Ph.D. student, Chloe Nouzille studies mountain lion ecology in South Texas through the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University–Kingsville By Chloe Nouzille Printed in Fall 2024 Fair Chase Magazine Large carnivores have indirect and...
The Boone and Crockett Wildlife Conservation Program supports graduate students in wildlife conservation and related fields through our Fellows Program. A Boone and Crockett Fellow is an undergraduate or graduate student, or postdoctoral associate, who is supported by Boone and Crockett funding and/or advised by a Boone and Crockett Professor or Professional Member.
The Boone and Crockett Club University Programs is designed to provide science-based knowledge from seasoned wildlife professionals and educators to college graduates in the wildlife field to better prepare the graduates for the responsible and wise management of wildlife in the future.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville – Ph.D. Student in Range and Wildlife Management - Projected to Graduate in 2024 - Mule Deer Spatial Ecology in the Texas Panhandle: Implications for Chronic Wasting Disease
Texas A&M University – Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences – 2014 - Empowering All Who Dwell Here: Natural Resource Management and Public Participation
Michigan State University – Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Completed 2020 - An Agent-Based Approach for Surveillance and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease
University of Montana – Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology – 2002 - Effects of Pinus Flexilis on the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities on The Northern Rocky Mountain Front and Training Biologists for Emerging Niches in Non-Traditional Jobs
University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point – B.S. Student in Wildlife Ecology and Management - Projected to Graduate in 2023 - Use of Snapshot Wisconsin Images to Predict Fall Harvest Demographics of Eastern Wild Turkeys
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
University of Montana – M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 - Impacts of Inter-Individual Variation in White-Tailed Deer Spatial Ecology and Survival
University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Fish and Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 - Identifying the Effects of Oil and Gas Development and Activity on Movement, Resource Selection, and Demographic Processes of Elk in the Badlands of Western North Dakota
University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Fish and Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 - Exploring Landscape and Environmental Drivers of Pronghorn Movement and Demography Across Spatiotemporal Scalesn
University of Montana – M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2024 - Analyzing Moose Abundance and Calf Recruitment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
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
University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 - Rethinking Rare: Novel Approaches to Monitoring and Understanding Rare Species
University of Montana - M.S. Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 | In the Pursuit of Greener Pastures: How Changes in Vegetation Influence Diet and Resource Selection of Pronghorn in Montana
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
Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Student in Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management - Projected to Graduate in 2025 | Nitrogen Metabolism and Adaptive Capacity of Carnivorous Bears
University of Montana - M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Management Authority on Federal Lands and Effective Collaboration on Habitat Connectivity
Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Student in Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences - Projected to Graduate in 2022 | Effects of Biting Insects on North American Ungulates
University of Montana - Ph.D. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2024 | Modeling Migration and Habitat Use of Elk on the Blackfeet Nation Indian Reservation (Montana, USA) and the Surrounding Landscape
University of Montana - PhD - Projected to Graduate 2021 | Integrated ecology of a reintroduction: Missouri elk restoration/ ecology and management of the restored elk population in Missouri
Texas A&M University-Kingsville - Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute - Ph.D. - 2021 Resource Selection, Habitat Influences on Population Performance, and Body Size Trade-Offs of Cervids in a Nutritionally Variable Environment
Michigan State University - PhD - Graduated 2014 | Landscape-level effects of weather and land cover on wild turkey abundance, productivity, and regional harvest potential
B&C Fellow Nora Hargett studying a nest and measuring its perimeter while conducting field work on sandhill cranes. University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Boone and Crockett Fellowship Program Since 2012, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has offered the Douglas R. Stephens Boone and...
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...
Students in this department are interested in making contributions to solving problems associated with the extinction of species, wildlife recreational uses, food production from aquaculture, environmental education, and urban wildlife and fisheries recreational activities. TAMU Wildlife Program...