Arkansas Technical Assistance Activities
As part of our mission, each of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit scientists routinely provides technical assistance ranging from data analysis support, workshops, or consultations on a variety of natural resource issues.
Arkansas Unit scientists serve on various working groups, committees, and offer courses for wildlife and fisheries professionals. The Arkansas Unit offers assistance to natural resource managers on designing experiments and analyzing subsequent results.
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| Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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External reviewer for dissertation University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
Magoulick | May 2024 |
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To make inroads with the new AGFC Private Lands Division, I estimated tree cover trends in their Open Pines RCPP counties in southeast AR and northeast LA. The RCPP is a grant received by the USFWS/Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture/AGFC that incentivizes open pine savanna restoration on private lands. American Bird Conservancy |
Roberts | April 2024 |
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Independent reviewer for USFWS Crayfish Species Status Assessment Bayesian Belief Network approach US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Magoulick | February 2024 |
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Rocky Shiner Species Status Assessment team US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Magoulick | November 2023 |
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USFWS managers of the Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge in Marion, Indiana asked me to design a before/after/control/impact study for their planned aerial herbicide treatment of invasive shrubs (privet and bush honeysuckle). We hope to translate this project into an SSP grant. Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge |
Roberts | May 2023 |
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Served on the Arkansas Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force's Early Detection Rapid Response committee and provided technical input in creating an Aquatic Nuisance Species management plan for Arkansas. Arkansas Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force |
Roberts | January 2022 |
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I provided figures and feedback on a science report covering my in-review manuscript (Large-scale fire management restores grassland bird richness on private lands). This report will be sent to private landowner collaborators and state agencies. Loess Canyons Rangeland Alliance |
Roberts | August 2021 |
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In collaboration with Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, Caleb provided input on habitat suitability and abundance mapping for wild turkey. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission |
Roberts, Degregorio | March 2021 |
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In collaboration with Arkansas Game & Fish Commission, Caleb analyzed data, discussed results, and provided feedback on avian monitoring data collected at various Wildlife Management Areas. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission |
Roberts | March 2021 |
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Occupancy model of Northern Bobwhite Quail being Constructed Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |
Ellery, Christie, John, Massey | May 2020 |
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Conducted power analysis of point count survey data to inform bobwhite quail survey protocol across state. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |
Degregorio | July 2019 |
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Conducted analysis of bobwhite quail call frequency to provide feedback to AGFC regarding duration of surveys. Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |
Degregorio | July 2019 |
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External Reviewer for Dissertation, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Griffith University |
Magoulick | June 2019 |
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Species Status Assessment Team for USFWS regarding four petitioned crayfish species. US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Magoulick | January 2017 |
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Provided consultation on experimental design and data analysis to individuals at mulltiple universities, state and federal agencies, and NGO's National Park Service |
Magoulick | July 2015 |
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Provided consultation on experimental design and data analysis to individuals at mulltiple universities, state and federal agencies, and NGO's National Council for Air and Stream Improvement |
Magoulick | June 2015 |
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Provided consultation on experimental design and data analysis to individuals at mulltiple universities, state and federal agencies, and NGO's Missouri Department of Conservation |
Magoulick | May 2015 |
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I am a member of the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Arkansas Wildlife Action Plan revision team. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission |
Krementz | February 2015 |
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I am a member of the West Gulf Coastal Plain Bottomland Hardwood Bird Working Group where I assist in conservation planning. Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture |
Krementz | February 2014 |
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I am advising the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission wildlife division Region VII on how to better manage some of their wildlife management areas for American woodcock. Arkansas Game & Fish Commission |
Krementz | September 2013 |
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As a member of the Science Support Team for the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley Joint Venture, I assist in making science recommendations regarding monitoring and research to the JV. Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture |
Krementz | July 2013 |
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I am a member of the USFWS Webless Migratory Game Bird proposal selection committee. Division of Migratory Bird Management |
Krementz | November 2012 |
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I worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop habitat management guidelines for wintering American Woodcock on Southeastern Bottomland National Wildlife Refuges. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region IV Migratory Birds |
Krementz | March 2012 |
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I worked with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to establish guidelines for establishing and maintaining secretive marshbird habitat through the Wetlands Reserve Program. U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Krementz | March 2012 |
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I am on the review panel for the 2011-present Webless Migratory Game Bird Proposals for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
Krementz | December 2011 |
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| Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
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| Dept of Biological Sciences Planning Committee - Consider and vote on policy for departmental direction | Degregorio | January 2022 | May 2023 |
| Honors and Awards Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas - Nominate and consider faculty for awards. | Roberts | February 2021 | December 2021 |
| Graduate Student Committee - We focus on ranking incoming students and deciding on policies for current and future graduate students in the Biology department. | Degregorio | October 2019 | September 2020 |
| Facilities Working Group - We ensure that facilities in Biology department are up to speed and decide on how the resources will be allocated amonst faculty and students. | Degregorio | October 2019 | September 2020 |
| Unit Leader search committee | Magoulick | October 2017 | December 2018 |
| Member of Graduate Studies Committee - I am a member of the Graduate Studies Committee which is responsible for reviewing and admitting graduate students to our Department. | Krementz | August 2012 | September 2016 |
| Invertebrate Ecologist search committee | Magoulick | September 2015 | May 2016 |
| Member Facilities Committee, Dept Biological Sciences, Univ Arkansas - Assist in making decisions about how space is allocated in the Department facilities | Krementz | September 2008 | August 2015 |
| Aquatic Ecologist search committee | Magoulick | September 2014 | May 2015 |
| Landscape Ecologist Search Committee - Our 5-member committee was charged with advertising for and coordinating the job candidate interviews for a landscape ecologist. | Krementz | November 2013 | May 2014 |
| Member, Ecologist serach committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas. | Magoulick | October 2011 | May 2012 |
| Vertebrate Biologist Search Committee | Krementz | January 2010 | April 2010 |
| Chair, Graduate Studies Committee | Magoulick | May 2008 | August 2009 |
| Member, Graduate Studies Committee | Magoulick | August 2005 | May 2008 |
| Member, Ecologist Search Committee | Magoulick | August 2006 | May 2007 |
| Member, Ecologist Search Committee | Magoulick | May 2004 | May 2005 |
| Member, University Computer Committee | Magoulick | November 2000 | August 2004 |
| Member, Global Change Ecologist Search Committee | Magoulick | October 2003 | December 2003 |
| Seminar Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas - Nominate seminar speakers, arrange speaking engagements, and facilitate departmental seminars. | Roberts | December 2021 | Present |
| Greenhouse Committee | Magoulick | August 2016 | Present |
| Biological Sciences Curriculum Committee - This committee reviews the Biology curriculum, especially focusing on new class developments. | Krementz | September 2016 | Present |
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| Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
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| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion workgroup | Magoulick | September 2022 | December 2024 |
| RGE Panel | Roberts | May 2024 | May 2024 |
| Diversity, Equity and Inclusion workgroup | Magoulick | February 2022 | June 2022 |
| RGE Panel | Roberts | October 2021 | December 2021 |
| 11th American Woodcock Symposium | Krementz | April 2016 | June 2018 |
| RGE panel | Magoulick | January 2018 | May 2018 |
| Adapation Science Management Team for Gulf Coastal Plain Ozarks Landscape Conservation Cooperative | Magoulick | June 2012 | June 2017 |
| Chairman, Webless Committee, Mississippi Flyway Technical Section | Krementz | February 2006 | August 2016 |
| Inter-agency Climate Change Working Group | Magoulick | July 2010 | July 2015 |
| Don Rusch Memorial Award Committee, The Wildlife Society | Krementz | July 2013 | September 2014 |
| Organizer of special session on “Environmental flows: What, why and how?” at 2014 Arkansas Water Resources Conference. | Magoulick | March 2014 | July 2014 |
| Co-organizer (with Drs. Amanda Rosenberg and Nick Bond) of special session on “Finding Simplicity in Complexity: Matching Models to Data” at 2013 American Fisheries Society conference. | Magoulick | October 2012 | August 2013 |
| Research Grade Evaluation Panel | Krementz | September 2012 | October 2012 |
| International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Australia Freshwater Fish Conservation Work Group | Magoulick | November 2009 | June 2012 |
| Member, Amercian Woodcock Harvest Strategy Working Group | Krementz | February 2008 | February 2011 |
| Research Grade Evaluation Panel | Krementz | August 2010 | September 2010 |
| Member, Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority | Magoulick | August 2006 | June 2010 |
| Member, Ivory-billed Woodpecker Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Krementz | July 2005 | April 2010 |
| Member American Woodcock Research Advisory group | Krementz | August 2009 | December 2009 |
| Member, The Nature Conservancy Science Advisory Board | Magoulick | February 2007 | December 2008 |
| Member, Rail and Snipe Research Advisory Group | Krementz | November 2008 | November 2008 |
| Member, Upper White River Basin Foundation Technical Advisory Group | Magoulick | January 2008 | June 2008 |
| Member, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey | Magoulick | September 2005 | September 2005 |
| Member, Ozark and Ouachita National Forest Species Viability Evaluation Team | Magoulick | May 2003 | December 2004 |
| Member, Ozark and Ouachita National Forest Planning Committee | Magoulick | February 2003 | November 2004 |
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| Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
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| IFL science article about a recent paper we published in Global Ecology and Conservation. | Degregorio | April 2023 |
| A short article on the Wildlife Society's website featuring our recent research about nocturnal turtle basking. | Degregorio | April 2023 |
| This WIRED article discusses how woody plant encroachment/tree invasion of western US rangelands has cost the US $5 billion between 1990 and 2019. The article covers two peer-reviewed manuscripts on which I am an author (Roberts et al. 2022 in Journal of Environmental Management; Morford et al. 2022 in Journal of Applied Ecology). | Roberts | November 2022 |
| This was an interview and article written by the Center for Biological Diversity about 2 papers that my lab group wrote. | Degregorio | July 2022 |
| Interview with journalist from National Geographic about armadillo range expansion and ecology | Degregorio | May 2022 |
| An article on the Wildlife Society homepage featuring one of our publications. | Degregorio, Roberts | February 2022 |
| National Public Radio covered our research on grassland restoration in Nebraska. | Roberts | January 2022 |
| I provided written responses for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative/Working Lands for Wildlife 'Ask an Expert' newsletter concerning the findings of two of my recent publications. This newsletter is emailed out to >4,500 people. | Roberts | December 2021 |
| Discover Magazine article (Back from the brink: restoring prairies with fire) covered my upcoming publication in Ecological Solutions and Evidence. | Roberts | December 2021 |
| Arkansas Farm Bureau invited me to be a guest on their weekly podcast to discuss the impacts of invasive Egyptian Geese on ecosystems and agriculture and where the public can report sightings. | Roberts | October 2021 |
| Made a guest appearance at Pack Rat's "Wild and Scenic Film Festival" speaking about local conservation actions people can take to improve wildlife habitat locally | Degregorio | December 2020 |
| An interview aired on NPR affiliates regarding nest predation of birds and how snakes find nests and why birds incorporate snake skins in nests. On a show called <br>"away to garden" | Degregorio | April 2020 |
| Interviewed by EcoCast Podcast about how Mark-Recapture is used to study wildlife | Degregorio | January 2020 |
| Short article in local news outlet about one of my projects on Fort Stewart, GA. Features my technician Nick Schiltz and co-PI J.D. Willson | Degregorio | November 2019 |
| Wildlife Society did an online article about our recent publication. Features my graduate student, Sasha Tetzlaff. | Degregorio | October 2019 |
| Interview featured on University of Arkansas website. Features the turtle harvest project currently being conducted with Arkansas Game and Fish Commission | Degregorio, Massey | July 2019 |
| Article featuring turtle harvest study published in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette | Degregorio | July 2019 |
| Article about turtle harvest study featured in US News and World Report | Degregorio | July 2019 |
| Researchers Study Impact of Climate Change on Buffalo River Fish, Research Frontiers, University of Arkansas. Picked up by numerous other outlets. | Magoulick | December 2018 |
| Researchers Study Impact of Climate Change on Buffalo River Fish, KFSM interview. | Magoulick | December 2018 |
| Protecting a Threatened Crayfish, article in Research Frontiers, University of Arkansas. Picked up by several other outlets. | Magoulick | August 2015 |
| Fisheries Biologist Awarded Grant to Study Crayfish, Arkansas Catalyst. Picked up by several other outlets. | Magoulick | November 2014 |
| A website was developed to track satellite-marked American Woodcock. The website was placed on the Ruffed Grouse/American Woodcock website. | Krementz, Moore, Andersen, Cooper | August 2013 |
| "King Rail Breeding Ecology" Invited presentation at Red Slough Birding Convention | Krementz | May 2012 |
| I was interviewed about marsh bird harvest opportunities in Arkansas by the staff of Arkansas Wildlife. An article on this topic appeared in October 2011. | Krementz | October 2011 |