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

Staff Member

Talesha Karish

Talesha Karish
PhD

Biography

Talesha grew up running around the woods of Pennsylvania. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Conservation and Wildlife Management from Delaware Valley College. Afterwards, she traveled the country working on various projects as a field technician. Currently, she is studying feral burros on the Fort Irwin National Training Center.

Research Publications Publication Date
Karish, T., G.W. Roemer. D.K. Delaney, and J.W. Cain III. 2023. Habitat selection and water dependency of feral burros in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Wildlife Management 87:e22429 | Download July 2023
Gedir, J.V., J.W. Cain III, B.C. Lubow, T. Karish, D.K. Delaney, and G.W. Roemer. 2021. Estimating abundance and simulating fertility control in a feral burro population. Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1187-1199. | Download July 2021
Project Completion Date
Resource selection and activity patterns of female mule deer and white-tailed deer in western Kansas. December 2022
An estimate of abundance and an assessment of the efficacy of sterilization techniques for the control of wild burro populations March 2018
Presentations Presentation Date
Karish, T., G.W. Roemer, and J.W. Cain III. 2017. Resource selection and movements of feral burros on the Fort Irwin National Training Center. 24th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. (POSTER) September 2017
Karish, T., G.W. Roemer, D.K. Delaney, and J.W. Cain III. 2023. Multi-scale habitat selection and water dependency of feral burros in the Mojave Desert. 57th Meeting of the Desert Bighorn Council, Alpine, Texas, USA April 2023
Karish, T., G.W. Roemer, D.K. Delaney, and J.W. Cain III. 2022. Habitat selection and water dependency of feral burros in the Mojave Desert. 101st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Tucson, Arizona, USA June 2022
Technical Publications Publication Date
Roemer, G.W., J.W. Cain III, C.D. Reddell, T. Karish, J. Gedir. 2018. Investigations into the control of invasive feral burro and coyote populations on the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Report to the U.S. Army Construction and Engineering Research Laboratory. January 2018