Staff Member
Ms. Leah White
Master's
Email: leahw42@nmsu.edu
Biography
Leah earned a B.A. in Biology in 2015 from Appalachian State University, in her home state of North Carolina. Since then, she has contributed to numerous wildlife and natural resource management projects across the US and abroad, notably with bighorn sheep in Grand Teton National Park, elk in Chaco Canyon, and king cobras in Thailand. As a graduate student in the NM Coop Unit, Leah will be creating a multi-species occupancy model investigating the effects of wildfire, prescribed burns, and forest management on large mammal ecology in the Jemez Mountains.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| White, L.M., S.J. Gifford, G. Kaufman, E. Gese, M.A. Peyton, R.R. Parmenter, and J.W. Cain III. 2024. Seroprevalence, blood chemistry, and patterns of canine parvovirus, distemper virus, plague, and tularemia in free-ranging coyotes (Canis latrans) in northern New Mexico, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 60:14–25. | Download | January 2024 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Responses of large mammals to forest restoration treatments and wildfire in the southwest Jemez Mountains, New Mexico | August 2025 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| White, L.M., J.W. Cain III, F. Abadi, J.S. Lewis, R.R. Parmenter. 2023. Large mammal distribution, habitat use, and co-occurrence in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: responses to wildfire and forest management. Joint Annual Meeting of Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Farmington, New Mexico, USA. | February 2023 |
| White, L.M., F. Abadi, R.R. Parmenter, J.S. Lewis, and J.W. Cain III. 2022. Influence of wildfire and forest management on large mammal distribution, habitat use, and co-occurrence in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. 29th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Spokane, Washington. | November 2022 |
| White, L., J.W. Cain III, F. A. Gabreselassie, J.S. Lewis, and R. Parmenter. 2021. Effects of wildfire and forest management on large mammal distribution, habitat use, and co-occurrence in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico. 54th Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona/New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Virtual Online. | February 2021 |