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September2012 Newsletter September 2012

September 2012

Inside this issue:

GPNSS officers 2

GPNSS confer-

ence call minutes

4

Upcoming meet-

ings

6

Midwest Fish and

Wildlife Conference

Continuing Educa-

tion

7

Program Mark

Workshop

10

Pike Patties 11

Membership form 12

Letter from the

editor

14

Abandoned house on the plains. Photo by: Cari-Ann

It’s fall, time to go hunting!

Photo by: Cari-Ann Hayer

Dr. Lehman re-ceived a B.S. in Bio-logical Science from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, M.S. in Wild-life Science from South Dakota State University, and a Ph.D. in Biological Science from South Dakota State Uni-versity. Chad is a

senior wildlife biol-ogist for South Da-kota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and directs research for the management and sound stewardship of wildlife re-sources in Custer State Park. His pro-fessional interests include activities

that promote wild-life conservation and ecological studies that model wildlife response to forest management in western land-scapes.

life from Unity Col-lege in Maine, M.S. degree in wildlife management from the University of Maine, and a Ph.D. degree in wildlife and fisheries ecolo-gy from Oklahoma State University. His research inter-

Dr. Jenks is a Dis-tinguished Profes-sor and Coordina-tor of Graduate Programs in the De-partment of Wildlife and Fisheries Sci-ences at South Da-kota State Universi-ty. He obtained a B.S. degree in wild-

ests include ungu-late ecology, preda-tor-prey relation-ships, population dynamics, and landscape ecology.

Past President—Dr. Chadwick P. Lehman

Secretary-Treasurer—Dr. Jonathon A. Jenks

Wildlife Science from South Dakota State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences at Chadron State College. Her re-search interests in-clude ungulate

ecology, wildlife diseases, threat-ened and endan-gered species, and human dimensions.

Dr. Zimmerman received her B.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Nebraska-

Lincoln, her M.S. in Wildlife Science from South Dakota State University, and her Ph.D. in

September 2012

President—Dr. Teresa J. Zimmerman

Current GPNSS Officers

Dr. Jonas' professional endeavors over the past 15 years have focused on plant and insect communities in Great Plains grasslands. She has been primarily involved in research and management of tall- and mixed-grass grass-lands of the northern and central Great Plains, and to a lesser extent short-grass steppe. The majority of her work has centered on under-standing how fire and grazing management, as well as climate, dive plant and insect communi-ties and the interactions between them. She received a B.S. in Life Sciences at Wayne State College, a M.S. in Entomology and a Ph.D. in Biology both from Kansas Sate University. She spent three years between her M.S. and Ph.D.

programs working as a land steward and scien-tists for The Nature Conservancy in western Ne-braska. Following completion of her doctoral pro-gram, she looked at the impacts of fire, grazing, and climate on plant species richness and diversi-ty in Great Plains grasslands with the U.S. Geolog-ical Survey. Since that time, she has been a post-doctoral fellow in the restoration lab at Colorado State University where she is working on a variety of projects in the short-grass steppe of eastern Colorado and the sagebrush steppe of western Colorado.

Executive Council of The Wildlife Society, President of the North American Grouse Partnership, a member of the North American Grasslands Conservation Manage-ment Plan Working Group, Past-Chair of the Certifica-tion Review Board of The Wildlife Society, and a mem-ber of the Manitoba Endangered Species Advisory Com-mittee. He has been awarded the University of Manito-ba President's Outreach Award, the Hamerstrom Award from the Prairie Grouse Technical Council, and has been recognized by The Wildlife Society as a Certified Wildlife Biologist.

Dr. Baydack has over 30 years of research, teach-ing, and consulting experience in ecosystem man-agement, wildlife biology, resources management, and biogeography. He has been on faculty with the University of Manitoba since 1979. Dr. Baydack is currently Professor in the Department of Environ-ment and Geography in the new Faculty of Environ-ment, Earth and Resources, and has also served the University in the capacity of Graduate Chair, De-partment Head, and Associate Dean. He holds a B.S. (Honors) in Zoology and Master of Natural Re-source Management degrees from the University of Manitoba, and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Biology from Colo-rado State University. Professionally, he is active as the first Canadian Section Representative to the

President elect— Dr. Jayne Jonas

Board Member—Dr. Rick Baydack

on various mammal-related projects from Mon-tana to New Mexico. Cur-rently, he is an Associate Professor at the Universi-ty of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK), where he has been on faculty since 2006. His interests are broad and he has published mainly on mammals with an empha-sis on bats and rodents, but also studies birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. He is a field natu-

ralist and publishes on natural history, behavior, ecology and physiology of these organisms. Since arriving at UNK, he has published over 30 publica-tions, many co-authored by his undergraduate stu-dents

Dr. Geluso received his B.S. in biology at the University of New Mexico in 1992, M.S. in biology at the University of Nevada in 1998, and Ph.D. in biology from the University of New Mexico in 2005. Pri-or to his current po-sition, he was a wild-

life biologist with the USGS in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and worked

September 2012

President—Dr. Teresa J. Zimmerman

Current GPNSS Officers

Minutes from GPNSS Executive Council Annual Conference Call

Conference Call was held at 2:00 MST, 27 August 2012 In attendance: Teresa Frink (President), Chad Lehman (past-President), Keith Geluso (Council mem-

ber), Rick Baydack (Council member), Jon Jenks (Secretary-Treasurer), Chris Jacques (Editor, Prairie

Naturalist), Troy Grovenburg (Assistant Editor, Prairie Naturalist)

Secretary-Treasurer’s Report

Journal Business Editor Jacques provided information on current status of The Prairie Naturalist. Jacques contacted

Web of Knowledge and is waiting to discuss the generation of an impact factor and future listing of

The Prairie Naturalist by Web of Science. Two suggestions were made by Web of Knowledge re-

garding the listing of The Prairie Naturalist. The journal would need (1) timely publication, and (2)

transparency of information on our web site. Jacques believes the journal has met those recommen-

dations. There has been a decrease (about 66%) in manuscript submissions to the Journal. There are

GPNSS Conference Call Minutes

September 2012

sufficient manuscripts for publication of the December issue but not for the June 2013 issue. There

was discussion of past due accounts of about $1,000 for previously published papers. President Frink

and Council Member Geluso will look into one past due that totaled about $900.00. The Executive

Council discussed alternatives to increase submissions to the Journal.

Honness Scholarship Award The Executive Council discussed advertising for one $500 Honness Scholarship that would be awarded

by GPNSS. President Frink would form a committee and create guidelines and procedures for the

Award that will be published in the next newsletter. Award information also will be placed on the

GPNSS web page.

The Prairie Naturalist Archives Assistant Editor Grovenburg stated that he was working on archiving the Journal for 2004 but that

2002 to 1968 would be problematic due to the low quality of scans of papers for those years. The

Executive Council discussed options for rescanning these documents including the purchase of new

scanning software and the use of work study students at South Dakota State University. President

Frink stated that a Graduate Assistant at Chadron State University might be available to help.

Program Mark Workshop Assistant Editor Grovenburg provided an update on the Program Mark Workshop that will be hosted

by GPNSS. The workshop is scheduled for 4-8 March 2013 and information is available on the GPNSS

web site. At present, there were 25 registrants. Secretary-Treasurer Jenks motioned that the Executive Council investigate hosting a symposium to

increase manuscript submissions to the Journal. Motion was seconded by Council Member Baydack.

The Executive Council unanimously approved the motion. Assistant Editor Grovenburg stated that

GPNSS would need to advertise the symposium in September with manuscript submission guidelines if

the symposium was planned for October-November 2013.

New Officers Jane Jonas, Restoration Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, is the new President-elect of

GPNSS.

Next Conference Call

Past-President Lehman will assist President Frink in scheduling the next conference call in November.

Meeting was Adjourned

GPNSS Conference Call

September 2012

2012

October

7 – 10 Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (SEAFWA)

Annual Meeting, Hot Springs, Arkansas

13-18 The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon

23 – 24 Wolf and Carnivore Conference, Thompson, MB

December

9 – 12 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Wichita, Kansas

“Partnerships: bridging the gaps”

2013

January/February

Great Plains Fishery Workers Annual Meeting, Manitoba, Canada

February

7 – 10 Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Spring

Meeting, Nashville, TN

April

15 – 18 Western Division Meeting of the American Fisheries Society,

Boise, Idaho

September

8 – 12 September American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Little

Rock, Arkansas

October—November

Great Plains Natural Science Society Symposium— “Natural History and

Ecology of the Great Plains”

Upcoming Meetings and Conferences

September 2012

September 2012

R Introduction for Basic Fisheries Analyses

Instructor: Dr. Derek Ogle Professor of Mathematics & Natural Resources Northland College

Topics Covered: General philosophy underlying the use of R · Differ-ences among and uses of R objects · Constructor and extractor func-tions · Reading data from common formats · Simple data manipula-tions and graphics · Linear and non-linear regression · Report writing Fisheries related examples including Length/Age Frequencies · Size Structure · Catch Curves · Von Bertalanffy Growth · Petersen Mark-Recapture

Workshop Format: Instructor demonstration followed by guided hands-on computer work by participants “Derek went at the perfect pace for someone unfamiliar with R and the information covered was pertinent to students and professionals

alike” – Dan Dembkowski (President, Student Subsection of AFS)

September 2012

Archiving Workshop

Instructor: Randi Sue Smith Museum Curator & Archivist US Fish & Wildlife Service DC Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives • Have you ever wondered whether or not to toss those old records? • Searched for but couldn’t find digital photos or a report last seen on an OLD computer or a website visited 5 or more years ago? • Wondered what the coding on an old form meant? • Found water stains on your childhood memory photos?

Topics Covered: Answers to previous questions and how to decide what to save, and where to save it, short and long term usefulness, personal and work related information ● Digital preservation and loss, web issues ● Paper based and object preservation, agents of deterioration ● Examples of good and bad storage mate-rials and practices, deterioration (Box of Horror and Disgust) ● Disasters, safety

September 2012

Before-After-Control-Impact

(BACI) Statistical

Designs: Detecting Change in

Aquatic Systems

Instructors: Dr. Daniel James1 and Dr. Steve Chipps 2

1U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2Unit Leader, U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, South Dakota State University

Topics Covered: Background on BACI designs, application, and interpretation of BACI designs for traditional fisheries as-sessment data. Using asymmetrical analysis of variance to evaluate patterns of change in ecosystems. The use of long-term data to detect change due to either a putative impact or natural variation. A very robust analysis which is useful for a wide range of applications. Workshop Format: Lecture followed by practice problems for workshop participants to get “hands on” experience. A packet of supplemental information will be provided for each partici-pant on BACI data analysis, interpretation, and application along with the BACI program. “Both instructors demonstrated enthusiasm for the subject and provide excellent examples and learning materials to help participants learn the process, from study design to the final analysis and interpretation. I highly recommend this workshop for graduate students, academics, and agency personnel.” – Dr. Melissa Wuellner (Distance Education

Coordinator at South Dakota State University)

This introductory-level

workshop will provide

biologists and gradu-

ate students with the

basic background to

understand the main-

stream analyses per-

formed by Program

MARK. A mixture of

lectures and laborato-

ry exercises will be

provided. Participants

will learn the basics of

parameter estimation

with likelihood theory,

model selection with

Akaike's Information

Criterion (AIC), and

the binomial and mu-

litnomial distribu-

tions. The Cormack-

Jolly Seber (CJS) mark

-recapture, band re-

covery, known fate,

closed capture models,

multi-state models,

robust design, covari-

ate modeling, random

effects, and patch oc-

cupancy models are a

few of the topics that

will be covered.

The clientele for this

workshop are biolo-

gists and graduate

students that have

some or limited prior

experience with Pro-

gram MARK and will

need to estimate

abundance or vital

rates from mark-

recapture data in the

near future.

Format for the work-

shop will be a combi-

nation of lectures and

computer lab exercis-

es. The workshop will

start on Monday morn-

ing, 8:30 AM, 4 March,

at 8:00 AM Tuesday-

Friday, and end on Fri-

day, 8 March, at noon

(with time during Fri-

day afternoon to ad-

dress specific user

questions). A get-

acquainted social will

be held Sunday even-

ing, 3 March. We ex-

pect you to attend the

Sunday evening social

to become acquainted

with the instructor,

teaching assistants,

and others taking the

workshop. Thus, ar-

range your travel to

arrive in Brookings by

5:00 PM Sunday night,

3 March.

We will not being us-

ing a computer lab, so

all attendees must

bring their own laptop

computer. Make sure

that you already in-

stalled Program MARK

or have administrative

privileges to install

MARK on the laptop

you are bringing.

Registration cost for

the 5-day workshop is

$550. This fee in-

cludes course materi-

als, flash drive with

Program MARK and

supporting documen-

tation and examples,

facilities for the work-

shop, morning and

afternoon refresh-

ments, and lunches

Monday-

Thursday. Other costs

(i.e., travel, lodging,

breakfast, dinner, pre-

workshop social) will

be the responsibility of

the workshop partici-

pant.

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Gary C. White

REGISTRATION

More Information and

registration forms can

be found at:

http://

www.sdstate.edu/nrm/

organizations/gpnss/

tpn/program-mark-

workshop.cfm

Introduction to Program MARK Workshop

“Participants will

learn the basics

of parameter

estimation with

likelihood theory,

model selection

with AIC, and

binomial and

multinomial

distributions.”

September 2012

Pike Patties

Ingredients: 4 lbs. pike fillets

4 tbs. butter

1 tbs. salt

1 tbs. pepper

3 cloves of garlic - minced

½ c mayo

3 scallion onions - chopped

2 c oyster crackers or saltines - finely crushed

¼ c fresh parsley – chopped

1 tbs. Tabasco sauce

flour with Italian seasoning mixed in

Score a grid over the pike fillets. Cuts should be about 1/8” apart and make sure not

to cut all the way through the fillet. This will help to cook the bones (no deboning

necessary). Place slices of butter evenly over the pike. Sprinkle minced garlic, salt

and pepper over the top of the fillets. Bake the pike for 12- 15 minutes at 375 F (or

until fillets are cooked through). Allow fish to cool.

Mix pike with the remaining ingredients in a large bowl and shape into patties. Dip

the patties into flour and deep fry in oil until golden brown.

Top with some tartar sauce, chipotle sauce, etc. Pairs well with your favorite brew.

Enjoy!

September 2012

September 2012

The Prairie Naturalist South Dakota State University

Department of Natural Resource Management

Box 2140B, NPB 138 Brookings, SD 57007

E-mail: [email protected]

The Great Plains Natural Science Society, formerly the North Dakota Natural Science Socie-

ty, was founded in 1967 and seeks to promote interest in and understanding of natural history

in the Great Plains, to encourage the conservation of natural resources, and to provide com-

munication among individuals, institutions, and organizations of like interests. The GPNSS ac-

tively promotes the study of natural history of the Great Plains region, including geology,

plants, birds, mammals, fish, insects, and other forms of life.

Together with local, state, and national conservation organizations, the GPNSS fosters natural

resource conservation and preservation of outstanding natural areas. The GPNSS publishes

The Prairie Naturalist, a widely read, peer-reviewed journal that explores the natural history

and environment of the Great Plains region.

GPNSS membership is diverse and includes many professional scientists. Society members have

strong interests in sustainable management of Great Plains natural resources and their habi-

tats. The natural history and ecology of the Great Plains is the primary focus and interest of

the GPNSS; thus, the primary interests and goals of the Society promote increased scientific

knowledge of the interactions of all Great Plains organisms with their natural environments,

enhance professional stewardship of Great Plains natural resources and their habitats, and

encourage the use of applied research for informing Great Plains natural resource policy deci-

sions.

The GPNSS hosts annual meetings and hosts symposiums covering a broad spectrum of topics.

Located within the Department of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State Uni-

versity, the GPNSS takes great pride in working with students, staff, and faculty to foster a

greater understanding of the natural history and ecology of Northern Great Plains organisms

and their biota.

GREAT PLAINS

NATURAL SCIENCE

SOCIETY

Feel free to contact me with any suggestions and comments about the

newsletter. I would like to encourage submissions and ideas for the next

issue. Contributions, comments and suggestions may be emailed at anytime.

Sincerely,

Cari-Ann Hayer

Box 2140B, NPB 138

Brookings, South Dakota 57006

[email protected]

EDITORS NOTE

http://www.sdstate.edu/wfs/GPNSS/TPN/index.cfm

http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/index.cfm

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