Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member


Jeremy Kientz

Jeremy Kientz - trout

Master's
Email: jeremy.kientz@sdstate.edu

Biography

Jeremy grew up in the Black Hills of western South Dakota. After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy for 4 years. Jeremy graduated from Black Hills State University in 2012 with a BS in Environmental Biology. He is working on his master's degree studying rainbow trout ecology in the Black Hills with Dr. Steve Chipps.. Currently working with Dr. Steve Chipps on his master's degree, Jeremy is studying the rainbow trout population within the Deerfield Reservoir and the Castle Creek tributary system in the Black Hills.

Research Publications Publication Date
Kientz, J.L., J.L. Davis, S.R Chipps, G. Simpson. 2020. Effect of environmental factors on the movement of rainbow trout in the Deerfield Reservoir system. Journal of FisheriesSciences 14(1) 1-6. January 2020
Presentations Presentation Date
Kientz, J.L., S.R.Chipps, and J.L. Davis. 2016. Evaluation of Stable Isotope Analysis and Otolith Microchemistry for the Classification of Wild and Hatchery Origins and Natal Stream Origins of Rainbow Trout in the Deerfield Reservoir System, South Dakota. Annual meeting Dakota Chapter American Fisheries Society, Spearfish, SD. February 2016
Kientz J, and S.R. Chipps. 2022. Assessment of isotope shifts in Northern Pike in response to increase Rainbow Trout stocking length. 58th Annual Meeting of the Dakota Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Sioux Falls, SD February 2022
Technical Publications Publication Date
Kientz, J. 2016. Survival, abundance and relative predation of wild rainbow trout in the Deerfield Reservoir system. Final Report, Project F-15-R, Study 1525, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, Pierre, SD May 2016