received his B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Ben investigated responses of grassland bird abundance and community structure to management of CRP grasslands. 

received her B.A. in General Biology from Washington and Jefferson College.  Heather investigated reproductive responses of grassland birds to management of CRP grasslands. 

received his B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology from Clemson University.  He investigated habitat associations of marsh birds in moist-soil wetlands in Kansas. 

received his B.A. in Circumpolar Studies from Sterling College.  He studied song divergence among bird populations in high-elevation life zones for his M.S. thesis. 

received his B.S. in Wildlife Ecology, Management, and Research (minor in Conservation Biology) from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.

Nathan led a research effort on avian responses to restoration of Cross Timbers savanna for his M.S. thesis. 

received his B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from Northwest Missouri State University.  For his M.S. thesis, Levi investigated demographic patterns of Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) in restored grasslands of western Missouri. 

received her B.S. in Biology from Northland College.  Ashley studied avian responses to prescribed burning in the southwestern Great Plains for her M.S. thesis here at ESU (degree received spring 2010).  We collaborated with Dr. Raymond Matlack at West Texas A&M University for this project. 

received his B.S. in Environmental Science and Biology from the University of Dubuque.  Jeff investigated habitat use by bats in the Red Hills of Kansas and Oklahoma for his thesis.

received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Emporia State University.  Jeff investigated the effect of mink (Mustela vison) presence on muskrat  (Ondatra zibethicus) foraging behavior and reproduction.