NWRC Seminars
Longs Peak Conference Room

Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Seminar: "Engineering Viruses to Combat Invasive Species"
Speaker: Dr. Anthony Peacock, Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, Australia
When? 10:30 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, July 22, 2004
Seminar: "Development of Chemistry-based Tools for Wildlife Management"
Speaker: Dr. John Johnston, NWRC Chemistry Project Leader
When? 9:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Previous Seminars

Friday, June 25, 2004
Seminar: "Genetic Variation in Deer Browse and Terpenes in Western Redcedar:
Is Resistance Breeding a Possibility?"
Speaker: Dr. John Russell, British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Forest Genetics Section
When? 10:30 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Monday, June 21, 2004
Seminar: "What We Know About the Bobwhite in Kansas: Highlights from Recent Research."
Speaker: Roger Applegate, Small Game Program Coordinator, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
When? 9:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Friday, June 18, 2004
Seminar: "Factors Influencing Grit Use by Birds."
Speaker: James Gionfriddo, National Wildlife Research Center
When? 9:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, June 17, 2004
Seminar: "Managing Matrilineal Social Groups: A Viable Alternative for Deer?"
Speaker: Tyler Campbell, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Warnell School of Forest Resources at the University of Georgia
When? 9:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, April 8, 2004
Seminar: "Interactions between jaguars and livestock
in the southern Pantanal, Brazil"
Speaker: Dr. Eric Gese, National Wildlife Research Center, Logan Field Station
When? 3:00 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, March 25, 2004
Seminar: "Effects of Disturbance on Elk Reproductive Success"
Speaker: Dr. Greg Phillips, National Wildlife Research Center
When? 10:30 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Seminar: "Feral Pigs in Australia: Damage, Control, and Research"
Speaker: Dr. Steven Lapidge, Project Manager - Ecological Solutions Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra, Australia
When? 10:30 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, March 11, 2004
Seminar: "Conditioned Taste Aversion: A UK Perspective"
Speaker: Dr. Giovanna Massei Smith, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
When? 10:30 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Seminar: "Geese, gulls, guns, and grass: Research for reducing aviation-wildlife conflicts"
Speaker: Dr. Brian Washburn USDA/APHIS/WS/NWRC Sandusky, OH Field Station
When? 10:00 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Seminar: "Archiving Refresher: Questions, Answers, and Tour of Archives."
Speaker: Catherine Bens, and Laura Greiner, NWRC Quality Assurance Unit
When? 2:00 pm, Longs Peak Conference Room

Friday, January 16, 2004
Seminar: "Background and current obstacles to black-footed ferret recovery."
Speaker: Mike lockhart and Pete Gober of the USFWS
When? 10:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Seminar: " NEPA and Wildlife Services - Working in the Gray Area."
Speaker: Gary Littauer, WS NEPA Coordinator, Albuquerque, NM
When? 10:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Monday, Dec. 22
Seminar: " The role of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies in wildlife management."
Speaker: Mr. Donald E. MacLauchlan, International Resource Director, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washington DC
When? 10:30 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Tuesday, Nov. 25
Seminar: "Wildlife TB in the UK and other stories: the work of Central Science Laboratory in York, UK."
Speaker: Dr. Pete Robertson (Joined Central Science Laboratory, United Kingdom)
When? 9:30 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Tuesday, Oct. 7
Seminar: "Missouri's River Otter Experience."
Speaker: Nathan Roberts, University of Missouri
When? 10:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Thursday, Sept. 25
Seminar: "Chemical Senses and Wildlife Management: Contributions from the Monell Center"
Speaker: Dr. Gary Beauchamp, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA
When? 10:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

Wednesday, Sept. 24
Seminar: "Playing Possum in Kiwiland"
Speaker: Dr. Tom Primus, NWRC
When? 10:00 am, Longs Peak Conference Room

September 9, 2003
Seminar: "Bird Management in Seed Crops- New Zealand's Experience and Research."
Speaker: Stephanie Halse (Foundation for Arable Research, New Zealand)
When? 10:30 a.m

September 5, 2003
Seminar: "Invasive Species Eradication Efforts on the West Coast"
Speaker: Gregg Howald, Island Conservation Ecology Group
When? 9:00 a.m

September 4, 2003
Seminar: "Overview of Rodent Damage Research Project"
Speaker: Gary Witmer, Project Leader, NWRC
When? 10:00 a.m

September 3, 2003
Seminar: "Compensation Programs as Conservation Tools: Public Perceptions Towards Predator Compensation in the Rocky Mountain West."
Speaker: Jessica Montag (Ph.D. Candidate in Wildlife Biology, University of Montana)
When? 10:00 a.m

August 22, 2003
Seminar: "Wildlife-Cattle Interactions in Northern Michigan: Implications for the Transmission of Bovine Tuberculosis."
Speaker: Jerry Hill (MS candidate - Forestry, Range, and Wildlife Resources Department, Utah State University)
When? 10:00 a.m

June 6, 2003
Seminar: "Wildlife conservation in fragmented forests in northern India
Speaker: Mohammed Ashan, a northern India forester visiting the U.S. on FAO sponsorship.
When? 10:30 a.m

June 5, 2003
Seminar: Introduction of Field Station and "Distribution and Abundance of Double-crested Cormorants on Catfish Aquaculture Ponds in the Delta Region of Mississippi."
Speaker: Scott Barras and Brian Dorr (NWRC- Mississippi Field Station)
When? 10:30 a.m

May 14, 2003
Seminar: "Fertility Control of Brushtail Possums in New Zealand"
Speaker: Janine Duckworth, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
When? 10:30 a.m

May 2, 2003
Seminar: "Surgical Sterilization of the Black-tailed Prairie Dog: a Model for the Effects of Reproductive Inhibition and Hormonal Reduction in the Male"
Speaker: Aaron Schwartz, Dept of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, CSU
When? 10:30 a.m.

April 2, 2003
Seminar: "Biological and Cultural Crossroads: Wildlife Research in Southern Texas."
Speaker: Dr. David Hewitt (Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University- Kingsville)
When? 2:30 NWRC Library

January 27, 2003
Seminar: "Sensory Perception in Avian Migration and Navigation"
Speaker: Bob Beason ( Project Leader, NWRC Sandusky, OH, field station)
When? 10:30 a.m.

January 14, 2003
Seminar: "The Wildlife Disease Information Node."
Speaker: Josh Dein (National Wildlife Disease Center, Madison, WI)
When? 10:00 a.m.

November 29
Seminar: "Cost-Utility Analysis of Endangered Species Programs."
Speaker: Drs. Ross Cullen and Kenneth Hughey (Lincoln University- Canterbury, New Zealand)
When? 9:30 A. M. - November 29, 2002
NWRC staff and visitors are invited to visit the Good Laboratory Practices archives following the seminar. Contact Laura Greiner regarding your visit.

November 12
Seminar: "Final Reports and Archiving," part of the NWRC Quality in Science Seminar Series.
Speaker: Cathy Bens and Laura Greiner
When? 10:00 A. M. - Tuesday, November 5, 2002
NWRC staff and visitors are invited to visit the Good Laboratory Practices archives following the seminar. Contact Laura Greiner regarding your visit.

November 12
Seminar: "Applications of Genetics in Wildlife Management."
Speaker: Dr. Christen Williams
When? 2:00 P. M. - Tuesday, November 5, 2002

November 12
Seminar: "Emerging Technologies in Oral Vaccine Design."
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Powers
When? 2:30 P. M. - Tuesday, November 5, 2002

November 5
Seminar: Concerns a recent sabbatical experience in the Pacific Northwest:
"Deer Browse and Fried Ham Sandwiches."
Speaker: Dr. Bruce A. Kimball
When? 10:30 A. M. - Tuesday, November 5, 2002