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5/5/2022: "SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic", by Roland Kays et al., has been accepted for publication in Ecology.

5/3/2022: Congrats to Stephanie Augustine for graduating with her MS! Stephanie will begin work as an Avian Conservation Specialist for the Ecostudies Institute in Olympia, WA.

4/19/2022: "Global camera trap synthesis highlights the importance of protected areas in maintaining mammal diversity " by Cheng Chen et al. has been published in Conservation Letters.

4/11/2022: Erin Morrison successfully defended her thesis, titled "Reproductive rates, kitten survival, and den site selection of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Black Hills, SD". Congratulations Erin!

4/11/2022: "Understory structure and heterospecifics influence occupancy of a ground-nesting species of conservation concern, the Canada Warbler", by Gordon Dimmig et al. has been published in Avian Conservation and Ecology.

4/4/2022: Stephanie Augustine successfully defended her thesis, titled "Population and Migratory Ecology of Canada Warblers (Cardellina canadensis) in the Central Appalachian Mountains, West Virginia, USA". Congratulations Stephanie!

4/1/2022: "Habitat management for stopover and breeding songbird communities along rights-of-way in forest-dominated landscapes", by Eric Margenau et al., has been published in Ecological Applications.

3/31/2022: Hannah Clipp has been awarded the Outstanding Merit Fellowship for the 2022 -- 2023 academic year.  Congratulations Hannah!

3/20/2022: "The effect of urbanization on spatiotemporal interactions between gray foxes and coyotes" by Arielle Parsons et al. has been published in Ecosphere.

3/15/2022: "Non-native species limit stream restoration benefits for brook trout" by Brock Huntsman et al. has been accepted for publication in Restoration Ecology.

1/19/2022: "Distinct forest bird communities are strongly associated with red spruce-northern hardwood ecosystems in Central Appalachia, USA ", by Hannah Clipp et al. has been published in Ecological Indicators.

12/1/2021: "A penalized likelihood for multi-species occupancy models improves predictions of species interactions" by Hannah Clipp et al. has been published in Ecology.

10/12/2021: "Female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) behavior during pregnancy, parturition, and lactation in two contrasting eco-regions" by Chloe Wright et al. has been published in Wildlife Society Bulletin.

9/7/2021: Hannah and Stephanie presented about bird research in the Monongahela National Forest at the WVU Core Arboretum as part of the Nature Connection Series.

8/15/2021: Welcome new MS student Sarah Pesi!  Sarah will study white-tailed deer home range dynamics and methods for estimating abundance from game camera photos.

8/15/2021: Welcome undergraduate students Jacob Lam and Shawna Weatherholtz! Jacob and Shawna will work on the Urban Bird Demography Project.

8/14/2021: Erin wrapped up her final season in the Black Hills, SD!

8/12/2021: Stephanie presented early results from her thesis and Hannah presented results from the first chapter of her dissertation at the annual (virtual) AOS-SCO meeting. See Stephanie's presentation here: youtu.be/3eltMRc_qOc 

8/8/2021: Hannah wrapped up her third and final field season in the Monongahela National Forest, WV!

6/24/2021: Erin gave a talk on bobcat demography for The Nature Conservancy's Science Thursday series. See Erin's talk here.

5/21/2021: Hannah was awarded a 2021 Mortar Board Foundation Fellowship.

5/10/2021: Hannah received the West Virginia University Farm Credit of the Virginias Student Value-Added Opportunity Fund Award to support her field research.

4/23/2021: Hannah earned the  PhD Lightning Presentation Award and  Overall Presentation Award for presenting a lightning talk at the West Virginia University Davis College Graduate Student Research and Creative Scholarship Day.

4/13/2021: Hannah was one of 100 women out of 847 nominees selected to receive a P.E.O. Scholar Award for the 2021-2022 academic year.

4/1/2021: "SNAPSHOT USA: the first coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States -- data from 2019 " by Michael Cove et al. has been published in Ecology.

4/2021: Stephanie received research grants from both the American Ornithological Society and the Eastern Bird Banding Association. Hannah was also awarded a research grant from the American Ornithological Society.

3/2021: Stephanie and Erin were both awarded the Carl del Signore Foundation Scholarship by the WVU Office of Graduate Education and Life.

12/15/2020: Erin was awarded a research grant from the Panthera Small Cat Action Fund.

11/2020: Stephanie and Erin were both awarded funding from the David & Catherine Samuel Wildlife Fund at WVU to support their field research.  Stephanie was featured in a video by the WVU Foundation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KANdC6n2Knk 

11/2020: Hannah presented her research on forest bird communities associated with red spruce-northern hardwood ecosystems in Central Appalachia at the Central Appalachians Spruce Restoration Initiative conference.

9/25/2020: Erin presented preliminary findings on bobcat kitten survival and Hannah presented preliminary findings on avian use of wildlife openings at The Wildlife Society annual conference.

9/1/2020: Hannah was awarded the AEHS Foundation’s Dr. David F. Ludwig Memorial Student Travel Scholarship to support fieldwork expenses.

9/1/2020: Hannah was awarded a research grant from the American Wildlife Conservation Foundation.

8/31/2020: Hannah earned a Love of Learning Award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

8/27/2020: "Factors influencing productivity of eastern wild turkeys in northeastern South Dakota " by Reina Tyl et al. has been published in Ecology and Evolution.

8/2020: Hannah presented about post-breeding bird use of wildlife openings in a heavily forested landscape at the North American Ornithological Conference.

7/2020: Stephanie received the Student Membership Award from the American Ornithological Society.

3/29/2020: Hannah was selected to receive a 2020 Exploration and Field Research Grant to support her fieldwork.

3/21/2020: "A comparison of wetland characteristics between Agricultural Conservation Easement Program and public lands wetlands in West Virginia, USA " by Katherine Lewis et al. has been published in Ecology and Evolution.

February 2020: "Resource selection in animals" by Joshua Millspaugh et al., which is a chapter in the book Population Ecology in Practice, has been published.

12/3/2019: "Effects of forest management on vertebrates: synthesizing two decades of data from hardwood forests in Missouri, USA" by Kenneth Kellner et al. has been published in Ecological Applications.

10/2019: Hannah presented her in-progress research on multi-species occupancy of game and non-game bird species in wildlife openings within Central Appalachian forests at The Wildlife Society conference.

8/2/2019: "Urbanization focuses carnivore activity in remaining natural habitats, increasing species interactions" by Arielle Parsons et al. has been published in Journal of Applied Ecology.

6/27/2019: "Nutritional condition and physiological stress levels of elk in the Black Hills, South Dakota" by Chadwick Lehman et al. has been published in PeerJ.

3/27/2019: Hannah earned a PhD Poster Award for presenting a poster at the West Virginia University Davis College Graduate Student Research and Creative Scholarship Day 

1/14/2019: "Resource Selection of a Recently Translocated Elk Population in Missouri" by Trent Smith et al. has been published in the February issue of Journal of Wildlife Management.

1/11/2019: "Influence of the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program wetland practices on winter occupancy of Passerellidae sparrows and avian species richness" by Katharine Lewis et al. has been accepted for publication in PLoS ONE.  Nice work Katy!

12/14/2018: Congrats to Gordon for receiving the prestigious Carl Del Signore Graduate Scholarship!

10/2/2018: "Mammal communities are larger and more diverse in moderately developed areas" by Arielle Parsons et al. has been published in eLife.

9/5/2018: "An Improved Mechanical Owl for Efficient Capture of Nesting Raptors " by Meghan Jensen et al. has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Raptor Research

8/15/2018: Welcome new PhD student Hannah Clipp!  Hannah is a Ruby Fellow and NSF GRFP Fellow and is co-advised with Dr. Petra Wood in the USGS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.  Hannah's dissertation will evaluate long-term changes in the avian communities of the Monongahela National Forest and Appalachian Mountains in relation to climate change and forest management.

8/2/2018: Effects of an Extreme Flood Event on Federally Endangered Diamond Darter Abundances by Austin Rizzo et al. is available in the July 2018 issue of American Midland Naturalist.

7/6/2018: Chris presented methods for estimating survival probability from age at harvest data at the International Statistical Ecology Conference in St. Andrews, Scotland.

6/8/2018:  Chris presented ongoing research from the Monongalia National Forest evaluating distributions of birds along an elevation gradient at the joint meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society.

6/5/2018: Chris presented ongoing avian and mammalian citizen science research in the WVU Core Arboretum as part of the Nature Connection Series.

4/27/2018: Congrats to Brett and Katy for graduating with your MS!

4/27/2018: Congrats to Gordon for receiving a travel grant to attend the 2018 Wildlife Society Conference in Cleveland, OH.

4/16/2018: Our chapter on how to use multi-species occupancy models, by Brett Skelly et al., is now available in Program MARK - A Gentle Introduction.

1/22/2018: Pumas affect elk dynamics in absence of other large carnivores by Chad Lehman et al. is now available in the February 2018 issue of Journal of Wildlife Management.

12/18/2017: Congratulations to Reina for receiving the prestigious Carl del Signore Foundation Scholarship!