Wisconsin Wildlife Technical Assistance Activities

Unit scientists provide technical assistance to various state, federal, and international agencies and are members of various University committees.
Description and Agency | Provider(s) | Date |
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Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns of CWD transmission. WDNR Health and Science Team, Madison, Wisconsin, March 2005. |
Samuel, Wasserberg | March 2005 |
Samuel, M. D. 2005. Chronic Wasting Disease in white-tailed deer in Wisconsin. Seminar sponsored by the Adelaide Zoological Society, Adelaide, Australia, July 2005. |
Samuel | July 2005 |
Samuel, M. D. 2005. Avian malaria in native Hawaiian forest birds. Seminar sponsored by the Adelaide Zoological Society, Adelaide, Australia, July 2005. |
Samuel | July 2005 |
Risk of CWD Transmission Associated with Supplemental Feeding and Baiting of Free-ranging White-tailed Deer. Wisconsin DNR CWD Research Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, March 2004. |
Samuel | March 2004 |
Presentation of Deer removal and spatial patterns of CWD in south-central Wisconsin report. Wisconsin DNR CWD Research Meeting, Madison, WI. |
Samuel | March 2004 |
Interspecies transmission of chornic wasting disease: Identification and testing of potentially affected species. Wisconsin DNR CWD Research Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, March 2004. |
Samuel | March 2004 |
Demographic patterns of CWD prevalence in a high-density white-tailed deer population report. Wisconsin DNR CWD Research Meeting, Madison, WI, March 2004. |
Samuel | March 2004 |
Blanchong, J. A., D. Heisey, M. D. Samuel and K. T. Scribner. Genetic variation in complement system genes and resistance to chronic wasting disease in free-ranging white-tailed deer. CWD Health and Science Planning Team, July 2005. |
Samuel | July 2005 |
Blanchong, J. A. and M. D. Samuel. Spatial changes in chronic wasting disease prevalence patterns between 2002-2003. CWD Health and Science Planning Team, December 2004. |
Samuel | December 2005 |
Avian malaria dynamics along an elevational gradiente in Hawaii: A model simulation. Meeting in infectious diseases at Emory University, May 2004. |
Samuel | May 2004 |
Ahumada, J. A., M. D. Samuel, Duffy, D. C. and A. P. Dobson. 2005. Modeling the biocomplexity of avian disease in Hawaii. Poster. NSF Biocomplexity Awardee Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 2005. |
Samuel | June 2005 |
Role - Description | Provider | Start Date | End Date |
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Representative, Department of Wildlife Ecology to the University of Wisconsin Conservation Health Consortium | Samuel | July 2006 | June 2009 |
Member, Wildlife Disease Working Group, The Wildlife Society | Samuel | July 2007 | June 2009 |
Alternate Member, Academic Senate | Samuel | September 2003 | August 2005 |
Role and Organization | Individual | Start Date | End Date |
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U.S. Geological Survey Representative, Technical Committee, Arctic Goose Joint Venture | Samuel | April 2004 | Present |
Member, Wisconsin DNR Technical Guidance Team for the Chronic Wasting Disease Public Advisory group | Samuel | July 2006 | June 2009 |
Member, Wisconsin DNR CWD Health and Science Advisory Team, CWD Research Collaboration and Review Committee, and CWD Research Committee | Samuel | July 2005 | September 2009 |
Member, WIsconsin Bird Conservation Initiative | Ribic | January 2005 | Present |
Member, USDA-NC1024 Multi-state Research Committee on Domestic Surveillance, Diagnosis, and Therapy of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies | Samuel | July 2006 | June 2009 |
Member, U.S. Geological Survey Technical Committee Representative, Arctic Goose Joint Venture Program | Samuel | October 2007 | October 2008 |
Member, Secretive Marshbird Monitoring Working Group, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative | Ribic | January 2005 | December 2009 |
Member, Scientific Program Committee, North American Arctic Goose Conference. | Samuel | April 2004 | Present |
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee for PrioNet Canada | Samuel | October 2005 | October 2009 |
Member, International Scientific Panel to review the status of Chronic Wasting Disease in Canada and make recommendations for future Federal and Provencal programs. | Samuel | June 2004 | Present |
Member, Committee to develop the USGS 5-year strategic plan on wildlife diseases. | Samuel | June 2004 | Present |
Outreach Activity | Provider(s) | Date |
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Woodworth, B., C. T. Atkinson, M. D. Samuel, D. LaPointe, and J. A. Ahumada. 2005. Biocomplexity of introduced avian disease in Hawaii: threats to biodiversity of native forest ecosystems. USGS-Factshet. | Samuel | September 2005 |
Wisconsin Public Television, tree-row removal project featured on "Here and Now" with Frederica Freyberg, July 2008. | Ribic | July 2008 |
Wisconsin Endangered Birds, University of the Air, Wisconsin Public Radio featuring Kevin Ellison, 15 July 2007. | Ribic | July 2007 |
TV show on Feeding and Baiting with Dave Carlson, Northland Adventures Program, October, 2006 | Samuel | October 2006 |
TV Show on Feeding and Baiting with Dave Carlson, Northland Adventures program, October, 2006. | Samuel | October 2006 |
Samuel, M.D. 2007. Chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin: Lessons learned. Invited presentation at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. 5 September 2007. | Samuel | September 2007 |
Samuel, M.D. 2007. CWD Research. Wisconsin Coverts Project Workshop, 25 August, 2007. | Samuel | August 2007 |
Samuel, M. D. 2005. Presentation on CWD spatial patterns to CAIDS groups. Spring Green, Wisconsin, September 2005. | Samuel | September 2005 |
Samuel, M. D. 2004. White-tailed deer-state of the science of CWD research. Apatial and Temporal Epidemiology tools for Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management: A Technical Workshop. Park City, Utah, September 2004. | Samuel | September 2004 |
Released in the July 1, 2003 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources News and Outdoor Report. Researches find CWD more prevalent in older bucks. Pages 29-30. | Samuel | July 2003 |
Organizer for a symposium on Disease in Wildlife Populations: Challenges for science and management for The Wildlife Society 12th Annual Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, September 2005. | Samuel | September 2005 |
News Artilce, UW-Madison?s Antarctic Projects, Wisconsin State Journal, Section A7, 17 July 2007. | Ribic | July 2007 |
News Article, Wildlife Specialists Hope Shorter Gun Season Will Help Curb CWD Spread, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, October, 2006. | Samuel | October 2006 |
News Article, We're Losing Birds, Wisconsin State Journal, Section A1, 14 June 2007. | Ribic | June 2007 |
News Article, Nest-wrecking cows caught on tape, Birder's World, Octoer 2006. | Ribic | October 2006 |
News Article, Nest-wrecking cows caught on tape, Birder's World, October 2006. | Ribic | October 2006 |
News Article, Large-scale effort needed to save grassland birds, The Capital Times Outdoor section, 23 January 2008. | Ribic | January 2008 |
News Article, Can biofuels rescue America's prairies?, New Scientist, 18 August 2007 | Ribic | August 2007 |
Grassland bird research featured on WDNR television production "Into the Outdoors" (children's show). | Ribic | February 2001 |
Grassland bird research featured in Science. | Ribic | August 2001 |
Grassland bird research featured in Mount Horeb Mail. | Ribic | July 2001 |
Grassland bird research featured in Environmental News Service. | Ribic | August 2001 |
Article, Wasting in the Wild: Understanding the perplexing challenges of managing Chronic Wasting Disease. The Wildlife Professional, Summer 2007. | Samuel | June 2007 |
Article, Breaking the Chain of Disease Transmission, USGS GeoHealth Newsletter, December, 2006. | Samuel | December 2006 |
Article on Feeding and Baiting in the Wisconsin DNR ? Landowner newsletter, October, 2006. | Samuel | October 2006 |
Antarctic research featured in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI. | Ribic | January 2001 |
"life on the Ice: Perspectives on Adelie Penguin Biology", Friends of the Arboretum Luncheon Lecture Series, 22 February 2005, Madison, WI. | Ribic | February 2005 |