Staff Member
Mercedes Batalla
Master's
Email: Mercedes.Batalla@sdstate.edu
Faculty Email: mercedes.batalla@sdstate.edu
Biography
Mercedes is from Buenos Aires, Argentina; she developed her passion for the environment from a young age by going on hikes and road trips with her family all around Patagonia. Mercedes earned a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries, Range, and Wildlife Management from Brigham Young University – Idaho. During her time there, she collaborated with the Bureau of Land Management, Idaho Fish & Game, and interned with the U.S. Forest Service in the Salmon-Challis National Forest as part of the fisheries crew. She found a passion for aquatic invertebrates and fish through her studies of mountain streams in Idaho. Mercedes is currently working on her master’s degree studying prairie pothole wetlands in South Dakota with Dr. Steven Chipps.
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Development of an Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Framework for the ACEP-WRE Program | February 2026 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Millman, K., M. Batalla, S.R. Chipps, and J.D. Stafford. An assessment of avian and vegetation communities on agricultural conservation easement wetlands in eastern South Dakota. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, St. Louis, MO. 20 January 2025. | January 2025 |
| Millman, K., J.D. Stafford, M. Batalla, and S.R. Chipps. Vegetation and Avifauna Interactions in eastern South Dakota wetlands enrolled in the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The Wildlife Society SD and CMPS Combined Annual Meeting Rapid City, SD. 22 March 2024. | March 2024 |
| Millman, K., J.D. Stafford, M. Batalla, and S.R. Chipps. Avian use and habitat structure of wetlands enrolled in the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) in eastern South Dakota. Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, Nebraska City, NE. 12 March 2024. | March 2024 |
| Millman, K., J.D. Stafford, M. Batalla, and S.R. Chipps. 2024. Vegetation and Avifauna Interactions in eastern South Dakota wetlands enrolled in the USDA-NRCS Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. | January 2024 |
| Batalla, M., S.R. Chipps, K.M. Millman and J. Stafford. 2024. Influence of wetland condition on aquatic invertebrates, amphibians, and fishes in semi-permanent wetlands. 154<sup>th</sup> Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Honolulu, Hawai’i. | September 2024 |