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University of Montana Wildlife Biology Program Names Next Boone and Crockett Professor

The University of Montana’s top-ranked Wildlife Biology Program recently named Heather Johnson the new Boone and Crockett Professor of Wildlife Conservation. The inaugural Boone and Crockett Chair was appointed in 1993, and Johnson will be the sixth researcher to serve in the role.

Innovations In Adventure

Boone and Crockett Club Fellow Wesley Sarmento has spent two decades sleeping on the ground—from Montana’s backcountry to the Gobi Desert and back again. Today, he’s working with the Blackfeet Tribe o...

B&C Fellow - Eric Boyd

University of Montana - Masters Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate Spring 2027Project Title: Boats and Goats: Investigating impacts of river recreation on mountain goatsI am a master...

B&C Fellow - Andi Stewart

University of Montana - Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate Spring 2027Project Title: Factors affecting elk population dynamics in Northwest MontanaAndi earned her undergraduate degrees...

B&C Fellow - Wesley Sarmento

University of Montana - Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate Spring 2029Project Title: Blackfeet Bison Restoration: trophic cascades, extreme heat, and predation riskPrior to my fellowsh...

B&C Fellow - Marco Salvo

University of Montana - Masters Student in Wildlife Conservation Program - Projected to Graduate December 2025Project Title: Using Dedicated Bird Radar Systems to Classify Avian Targets and Identify ...

High Flyer

Boone and Crockett University Programs Fellow Marco Salvo uses machine learning to help prevent bird-aircraft collisionsBy Kasey Rahn Collisions between avians and aircraft, called bird strikes, are c...

Lights, Camera, Moose

Using Trail Cameras to Survey Moose Abundance and Calf Recruitment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and Glacier National Park in MontanaPrinted in Winter 2023 Fair Chase MagazineBy Landon Magee, Bo...

B&C in the Trenches: Montana Researchers Seek to Clarify Hunting Regs

Coming in at a weighty 143 pages, Montana’s 2022 book of deer, elk and antelope hunting regulations is an impressive tome listing license costs, permit drawing stats, season start dates, tag requirements and the ominous penalties for breaking any of its stated rules.

B&C Fellow - Sean Sultaire

University of Montana – Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Estimating Abundance of Big Game Species in Northern Nevada