DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTER

College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Greetings! There have been lots of activities and transitions since we last wrote. We had a busy spring se-

mester with classes and scientific meetings, and we are now in our busiest field research time of the year.

Our Award and Scholarship Banquet was held at McCrory Gardens with over 150 attendees. The evening

highlighted the ongoing commitment and history of our generous donors as well as the awardees accomplish-

ments for both our undergraduate and graduate students.

We had our 1st annual Appreciation and Graduation Reception the Friday afternoon prior to graduation in

May and were able to welcome the families of many of our graduating seniors. We also had a number of

graduate students “walk” the next day as we continue to place our students into their dream jobs throughout

the country owing to our strong reputation in training our students well at all levels!

We have had the ability to establish a NRM conference room with remote access for classes, faculty

meetings, seminars etc. in our former library. We have upgraded the foyer of the McFadden Biostress build-

ing with new furniture, a display of the fishes of South Dakota, and a large monitor where we advertise our

faculty and student accomplishments, our seminar series, and other activities. We are in the process of up-

dating both of our teaching labs, our graduate student office space, and planning the new Natural Resource

Management building at the NRM wildlife research unit.

We had a number of faculty departures this year including retirement of now emeriti professors Carter John-

son and Chuck Dieter, Melissa Wuellner moving to U of Nebraska, Kearney, Mark Cochrane (GSEC) moving to

U of Maryland Appalachian Lab, and Katie Bertrand continuing her career outside of SDSU. Our Terri Symens

decided to make a career change and will now be working in accounting at SDSU. We welcomed plant conser-

vation biologist/herbarium director, Maribeth Latvis and are searching for additional faculty positions, so stay

tuned! Please feel free to stop in and say hello if you are ever traveling in our area!

Warmest regards,

Michele

SPRING-SUMMER 2017

ISSUE

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Congratulations 2017 Graduates!

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Kristopher W. Cudmore, M.S.

Spring 2017. An Evaluation of

Deer and Pronghorn Surveys in

South Dakota. Major Advisor: Dr.

Jonathan Jenks. Current Position:

Wildlife Resource Biologist with

SD Game, Fish and Parks, Rapid

City.

Chad Kaiser. M.S. Spring 2017.

Biotic Integrity in the Northwestern

Great Plains and Mechanisms

Regulating Stream Condition in

South Dakota. Major Advisor: Dr.

Katie Bertrand. Current Position:

Fish Biologist, Department Natural

Resources, Georgia.

Todd Kaufman. M.S. Spring

2017. Indexing Walleye Recruit-

ment in Eastern South Dakota

Natural Lakes. Major Advisor: Dr.

Michael Brown. Thesis Advisor:

Dr. Brian Blackwell. Current Posi-

tion: Fisheries Biologist with SD

Game, Fish and Parks in Webster,

SD.

Chance Kirkeeng. M.S. Spring

2017. Effects of a Large-scale

Habitat Enhancement Project on

Largemouth Bass Behavior, Feed-

ing, and Growth in Grand Lake,

Texas. Major Advisor: Dr. Brian

Graeb. Current Position: Region-

al Fisheries Biologist for Wyoming

Game and Fish Department,

Laramie.

Claire LaCanne. M.S. Spring

2017. Interactive Effects of Cover

Crops, Invertebrate Communities

and Soil Health in Corn Production

Systems. . Major Advisor: Dr.

Jonathan Lundgren. Thesis Advi-

sor: Dr. Carter Johnson. Current

Position: Agriculture Extension Ed-

ucation Specialist, Univ. of Minne-

sota.

Jacob Pecenka. M.S. Spring

2017. The Cattle Dung Arthropod

Community in Eastern South Da-

kota: Their Colonization, Impact

on Degradation, and Response to

Rangeland Management. Major

Advisor: Dr. Lora Perkins. Thesis

Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Lundgren.

Current Position: PhD graduate

program at Purdue University.

Jarrett Pfrimmer. Ph.D. Spring

2017. An Integrated Evaluation of

the Conservation Reserve En-

hancement Program in South Da-

kota. Major Advisor: Dr. Joshua

Stafford. Current Position: Direc-

tor of the Department of Natural

Resources for the Sac and Fox

Tribe of the Mississippi. Iowa.

Samantha Ronningen. M.S.

Spring 2017. Gastrointestinal and

External Parasite Composition and

Survey of Sylvatic Plague in

Ground Squirrel in Eastern South

Dakota. Non-thesis Major Advi-

sor: Dr. Chuck Dieter.

Ming-Yu Stephens . M.S.

Spring 2017. Phenotypic Plasticity

of Native and Invasive Grasses in

Responses to Frequency of Mois-

ture Availability. Major Advisor:

Dr. Lora Perkins. Current Posi-

tion: Research Assistant Alaska.

Aaron Suehring. M.S. Spring

2017. Assessment of Watershed

Condition and Vulnerability of

Forecasted Land Use/Land-Cover

Change in the Northwestern Great

Plains of Western South Dakota.

Major Advisor: Dr. Nels Tro-

elstrup.

Honorable Mention

Congratulations to two

of our Natural Resource

Management Honors

College undergraduate

Students! Andrea Beck

and Heidi Becker! They

presented their re-

search at the 70th

Annual Meeting of the

Society for Range

Management in

St. George, UT.

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Congratulations 2017 Undergraduates!

Graduate Major Advisor

Zachary Adam Ecology & Environmental Science Carol Johnston

Andrea Beck Rangeland Ecology & Management Alexander Smart

Benjamin Christensen Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Kent Jensen

Ryan Driscoll Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Charles Dieter

Carlee Fletcher Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Charles Dieter

Joshua Goeman Natural Resource Law Enforcement Leslie Vincent

Angela Hanneman Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Melissa Wuellner

Kendall Hettick Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Melissa Wuellner

Brita Johnson Ecology & Environmental Science Lan Xu

Brandon Johnston Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Charles Dieter

Ryan Knutson Rangeland Ecology & Management Lora Perkins

Nikolas Larson Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Melissa Wuellner

Daniel Loken Natural Resource Law Enforcement Leslie Vincent

Gabrielle Maltaverne Ecology & Environmental Science Carol Johnston

Keith Maxson Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Leslie Vincent

Charles Mordhorst Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Leslie Vincent

Chad Nazda Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Melissa Wuellner

Denise Olson Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Michael Brown

Jakeb Roduner Rangeland Ecology & Management Alexander Smart

Mark Sandquist Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Leslie Vincent

Micheilla Santos Rivera Ecology & Environmental Science Lan Xu

Matthew Schoeberl Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Michael Brown

Jacob Smither Ecology & Environmental Science Nels Troelstrup

Cameron Sundmark Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Kent Jensen

Trent Walrod Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Leslie Vincent

Marissa Willert Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Brian Graeb

Joshua Yound Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Brian Graeb

Lucas Zilverberg Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Leslie Vincent

Sam Stukel

On behalf of Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, I'd like to thank six of your SDSU NRM students who volunteered to help out with our Kids' Fishing Derby this past weekend. We were swamped by a record crowd (400+ kids) and would have been in a real bind without them. This group approached us about volunteering a few weeks ago and they all appear to be very motivated. They cleaned fish, rigged up tackle and manned the fish "touch tank". It's encouraging to see young people excited about giving something back. The volunteers: DJ Reker Reed Mitchel Aaron Cuthrell Antonio Topete Cole Moderegger Hannah Kast

THANK YOU!!!

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SAVE THE

DATES

Hobo Day Parade

participation and

welcome—details

to follow. Saturday,

Oct. 14, 2017

Oak Lake Research

Retreat will be held

on October 28th,

2017 at Oak Lake

Field Station.

NRM Holiday Party

with details to fol-

low.

Scholarships and

Awards Banquet

will be held on

Tuesday, April 17,

2018 on the SDSU

campus.

If you plan to attend

any of these events,

please email us at:

SDSU.nrm@sdstate

.edu

Leave It To A Beaver By: Christie Delfanian

SDSU ecologist compiles book on how beavers affect landscape

As South Dakota State University professor Carol Johnston points

to streams scattered across a map of the Kabetogama peninsula in

northern Minnesota, she says, “All these areas have beaver ponds

at the headwaters.” The map will be one of the illustrations in a

book the ecologist is writing about beavers, which she refers

to as “ecological engineers.”

Through a $143,600 National Science Foundation grant and

U. S. Department of Agriculture Hatch Act funding through

the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, Johnston

and her collaborators are writing a book titled “Beavers: Boreal Ecosystem Engineers.” Johnston

has been conducting NSF-funded research on beavers since the 1980s.

The book examines how beavers have affected the ecosystem at Voyageurs National Park near

International Falls, Minnesota. Johnston write 9 of the book’s 11 chapters, with University of

North Dakota biology professor and ecologist Isaac Schlosser and Voyageurs National Park ter-

restrial ecologist Steve Windels each contributing a chapter.

The manuscript will be finalized this summer and the book will be published by Springer.

Johnston is a fellow of the Society of Wetland Scientists and served as its first female president in

1992. She was also the first female chair of the Soil Science Society of America’s Wetland Soils

Division.

Impacting ecosystem

Beavers alter the landscape in ways that decrease runoff and provide habitat for other organisms,

Johnston explains. “Beaver ponds provide storage sites for water, particularly snow melt, that

might otherwise run downstream quickly. By inserting ponds here and there in the landscape,

they help connect habitat for semiaquatic organisms, like frogs.” In addition to ducks and am-

phibians, moose and upland mammals use this habitat extensively.

“Beavers influence the environment at a rate far beyond what would be expected given their

abundance,” she says.

The book describes the vegetative, water, soil and biogeochemical alterations associated with

beaver impoundments. It begins by looking at how the beaver population recovered from over-

trapping in the early 1900s.

Historical and aerial photos from 1927 and 1940 showed solid forests, meaning little evidence of

beaver activity, according to Johnston. However, from the 1940s through the 1980s, the beaver

population in the nearly 218,000-acre national park increased steadily.

Describing impoundments

By 1986, 13 percent of the Voyageurs National Park landscape was impounded by beavers. “We

saw lots of ponds where before there were none,” she says.

Aspen is the preferred food, Johnston explained, noting beavers don’t hibernate and must rely

on having a large supply of edible food in their underwater cache to survive the winter.

Beavers forage up to 110 yards from the pond edge, creating what Johnston calls a “bathtub ring

of conifers” when most of the aspen and deciduous trees have been harvested. Venturing beyond

that comfort zone makes beavers susceptible to predators.

Since 1991, the beaver population has been decreasing, Johnston explains. Both predation and

depleted food supply may account for the decline. However, thanks to National Park Service

officials mapping active beaver lodges, she can relate the population data to changes in the land-

scape.

“It’s unusual to have both those types of data for such a large area,” she says. That has allowed

her to track what happens to the landscape when beaver numbers are reduced.

Though Johnston admits beavers’ engineering skills aren’t always appreciated, she notes that

their resilience, which she documents throughout the book, is undeniable.

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Professor Carol Johnston stands atop a beaver lodge

2017 F. O. Butler Awards for Excellence

Pete Bauman for Service & Chuck Dieter for Teaching!

Pete Bauman and Michele Dudash Dr. Charles (Chuck) Dieter & Dr. Michele Dudash

2017 Gamma Sigma Delta awards

Dr. Lan Xu (Teaching), Dr. Michele Dudash, Dr.

Sandy Smart (Service), Dr. Lora Perkins

(Research) and Lora Berg

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Neal Martorelli the recipient of the 2017 Outstand-

ing Wildlife Master Student Award. Brandi Felts

was the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Wildlife

PhD Student Award

American Fisheries Society

Student Sub Section Job Fair

Steve VanderBeek Regional habitat Manager for

Game Fish and Parks out of Sioux Falls visiting

with Garette and Gavin Zimmer

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Elise Berheim received the Best Student

Presentation at the annual meeting for the South

Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society

Back row (left to right): Jonathan Champion, Tate

Nafziger , Andrea Beck , Alex Mergen, Front row (left

to right): Heide Becker, Andrea Collins , Shyanne

Seidel , Katlyn Beebout , Ella Woroniecki , Dr. Sandy

Smart and Dr. Lan Xu

70th

Annual Society for Range

Management meeting

2017 The Wildlife Society Meeting

Dr. Charles (Chuck) Dieter

and Dr. Carter Johnson Re-

tirement Celebration event.

Dr. Melissa Wuellner and Dr.

Katie Bertrand during their

send off to new adventures

in life gathering! Good Luck

in all of your future endeav-

ors!

Terri Symens during her send

off from her home away from

home. Terri took a new posi-

tion at accounts payable on

campus here at SDSU!

Farewell Gatherings

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Heidi Becker and Lindsey

Meiers attending Earth hour

Earth Hour

Front, Left to Right: Rebecca Wil-

son, Cole Moderegger, Alex Collin-

gand Katelin Freriches, Back row ,

left to right McKinley Lain, Taylor

Walters, Hannah Kast,Abilgail

Schauer and Jacob Smither

2017 NRM Award and Scholarship Banquet

Michele Dudash and

Skyler Arent

recipient of the Jeff

and Pamela

Donahoe

Scholarship

Blake Roetman

recipient of the

Jeff Heidelbauer

Scholarship and Michele

Dudash

Kevin Frick recipient of

one of the South Dakota

Walleyes Unlimited

Scholarship and Michele

Dudash

Kevin Frick recipient

of the Brent Wilbur

Wildlife Conservation

Scholarship and

Michele Dudash

Dillon Koch one of

the recipients of the

McCook Lake Izaak

Walton League

Scholarship and

Michele Dudash

Kristina Laska one of

the recipients of

South Dakota

Walleyes Unlimited

Scholarship and

Michele Dudash

Kristina Laska

recipient of the Larry

& Jo Kallemeyn

Scholarship and

Michele Dudash

Cody Somsen recipi-

ent of the Streeter

Memorial

Scholarship and

Michele Dudash

Antonio Topete the

recipient of the David

Bartling Scholarship

and Michele Dudash

Kiera Leddy the

recipient of the

Claude V.

Lamoureax Memorial

Scholarship and

President Barry

Dunn

Nelda Holden and

Matthew Carreiro

the recipient of the

David J. Holden

Memorial

Scholarship

Blake Lorenzen the

recipient of the Ed-

ward Crozier and

Caryl Kinkner

Crozier Scholarship

and Dr. Carol

Johnston

Ashton Fey the recipient of the

Gerald B. Spawn Memorial Schol-

arship and Dr. Michael Brown

Dr. Chuck Dieter, Kendyll Jones

the recipient of the Harry Stoeber

Memorial Scholarship and Wade

Jones (Kendyll’s dad)

Aaron Muehler a recipient of the

Jerome Norgran Water & Wildlife

Conservation scholarship, Dr. Xu

Lan, Anthony Richards and Kate-

lin Frerichs recipients of the Je-

rome Norgren Water & Wildlife

Conservation Scholarship

Kyle Burdick, Thomas Cobb,

Joseph Sherbon, Hannah Kast,,

Ashton Fey, Benjamin Hanzen,

James Kleinschmit, Garret

Zimmer, Samuel WeberCassan-

dra Auxt, Alex SinSindelar,

Megan GarmsKatilyn Cihoski,

Donor Steve Allen and Dylan

Peterson

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David Flanery the

recipient of the Lake

Campbell Wildlife

Club Scholarship

and Dr. Larry

Gigliotti

Dr. Xu Lan and

Kristen Giefer the

recipient of the Ma-

bel Adams Eberly

Memorial

Scholarship

Dr. Melissa Wuellner

and Jennifer Huber

the recipient of the

McCook Lake Izaak

Walton League

Scholarship

Jacob Smither the

recipient of the

McMullen Under-

graduate Research

Award and Dr. Nels

Troelstrup

Dr. Michael Brown

and Heidi Becker the

recipient of the Paul

and Jeanette Vohs

Scholarship

Dr.Lora Perkins and

Andrea Collins the

recipient of the Rock

Hills Ranch

Scholarship

Dr. Jon Jenks and

Mitchell Sabers the

recipient of the Sioux

Falls Izaak Walton

League Scholarship

Jonathon Champion

the recipient of the

smithii Award and

Dr. Alexander

(Sandy) Smart

Kyle Burdick the

recipient of the South

Dakota Conservation

Officers’ Association

Scholarship

Dr. Carol Johnston

and Jonathon Cham-

pion the recipient of

the Thomas

Pozarnsky

Scholarship

Dr. Xu Lan and

Katlyn Beebout the

recipient of the Ward

Miller Scholarship

Logan Gutzmer the

recipient of the 29-90

Sportsmen’s Club

Scholarship and Dr.

Larry Gigliotti

Spencer Vaa and Gavin Zimmer

the recipient of the Brookings

Wildlife Federation Scholarship

Benjamin Hanzen the recipient of

the Clifford and Alice Falken

scholarship and Dennis Falken

Front: Alyssa Vachino, Aaron

Bauder, Kassidy Weathers and

Abigail Schauer recipients of the

Ecology and Environmental

Science Scholarships

Back: Dr. Nels Troelstrup and

Jayme Trygstad

John Fitzgerald, Brady Beer,

Shyanne Seidel, Rosie Douglas

recipients of the Jennings Upland

Scholarship recipients and Dr.

Lora Perkins

2017 NRM Award and Scholarship Banquet

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Calvin Rezac

recipient of the Dr.

Robert A. Klumb

Memorial

Scholarship and Dr.

Steve Chipps

Dr. Mellissa Wuellner

and Annie Hoerth the

recipient of the Elvin

and Eloys Bjorklund

Memorial

Scholarship

Dr. Chuck Dieter and

Joseph Kretchman

the recipient of the

Geneva Kettering

Hogue and Jerome

O. Hogue

Scholarship

Rebecca Wilson the

recipient of the

James and Barbara

Jessen Scholarship

and Dr. Josh Leffler

Dr. Alexander

(Sandy) Smart and

Andrea Collins the

recipient of the

James K. “Tex”

Lewis Memorial

Scholarship

Mallory Malecek the

recipient of the

James E.R. Williams

Scholarship

Dr. Xu Lan and Jameson

Brennan the recipient of the

Outstanding Biological

Sciences MS Graduate

Studentr.

Michael Bredeson the

recipient of the

Outstanding Biological

Sciences PhD Graduate

Student and Dr. Alexan-

der (Sandy) Smart

Chance Kirkeeng the

recipient of the Great

Plains Fishery Workers

Association Scholarship

and Dr. Brian Graeb

Eli Felts the recipient of

the Lloyd and Alice

Fredrickson Memorial

Scholarship In Fisheries

Graduate Studies

Hector Menendez the

recipient of the Outstand-

ing Grassland Graduate

Student Award and Dr.

Alexander (Sandy) Smart

Seth Fopma the recipient

of the Riverine Fisheries,

Native Species Manage-

ment, Conservation of

T&E species—Robert A

Klumb HAMMS Award

Dr. Jon Jenks and Randy Johnston

the recipient of the Outstanding

Wildlife MS Student

Matt Willis ( son of the late Dr.

David Willis) and Nicholas Kludt

the recipient of the David W. Willis

Alumnus Award

Rocco Murano (Game, Fish &

Parks) Presenter and Dr. Chuck

Dieter receiving the Gay Simpson

award for his Grad student Matt

Gottlob the recipient who was

unable to attend

Michele Dudash and Dr. Alexander

Smart the recipient of the David

W. Willis Faculty Excellence

Award

NRM 2017 Award and Scholarship Banquet

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Opportunities to support the NRM Department:

Student Education Enhancements, Scholarships, and Endowments:

Your impact: Expanding undergraduate scholarship dollars available to support students enrolled

in Ecology and Environmental Science, Natural Resource Law Enforcement, Rangeland Ecology and Management and Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Expanding competitive graduate student research awards.

The Natural Resource Management Department. Funds that enable strategic initiatives in academic and Research programs through implementation of the department strategic plan.

Clifford H. Fiscus Endowment that helps supports our NRM Departmental seminar series. Clifford H. Fiscus (B.S. 1950) was a long-time friend of the department. In 2004, he provided an endowment to the department that is used to bring guest speakers to campus. This is an important aspect of our graduate student training and pursuit of scholarly excellence.

NRM Education Fund. This fund enables talented undergraduate students to present their research at local and national meetings.

Program Targeted Scholarships. Gifts of less than $1000 can be targeted toward undergraduate scholarships funds in (1) Ecology and Environmental Science, (2) Natural Resource Law Enforcement, (3) Rangeland Ecology and Management, (4) Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences.

-If you are interested in donating at the $1000 level or above, we can work with you to develop a named scholarship. A list of our current named scholarships can be found at: https://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/academics/

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Dave Willis Fisheries Research Award Endowment This Endowment was established to honor Dr. Willis' life work and to sustain his legacy through promoting excellence in fisheries education and research. We encourage and appre-ciate your support of Dave's legacy through a donation to support the growth of this endow-ment. Gift pledges can be made over multiple years or as single donations. Proceeds will be used to provide competitive research awards to graduate and undergraduate fisheries stu-dents who have demonstrated scholarly excellence in fisheries science and best personify Dave's exceptional career and service to our nation's natural resources.

Kenneth F. Higgins Waterfowl Legacy Research Endowment This Endowment honors the life and the distinguished career of Dr. Ken Higgins, a former wildlife research biologist with the U.S. Department of the Interior and the South Dakota Co-operative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, and a professor emeritus in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at South Dakota State University.

Clifford H. Fiscus Waterfowl Research Endowment The Fiscus Waterfowl Research Endowment fund honors the life of of Mr. Fiscus, who earned a degree in Wildlife Management at South Dakota State College. This endowment provides support for waterfowl research activities which may enhance future management or welfare of waterfowl or other wetland dependent avian species and/or their habitats.

Dr. Robert A. Klumb Memorial Endowment This Endowment honors the memory of Dr. Robert “Rob” Klumb (1967-2013) by his family. Rob was aProject Leader for US Fish & Wildlife Service and adjunct associate Professor at South Dakota State University. This Scholarship is award annually.

Kevin Honness Memorial Scholarship Announcement The Honness Scholarship is awarded each year (31 March) to student members of the Great Plains Natural Science Society. Two awards ($500 each) are currently available, one for graduate and one for undergraduate researchers; preference will be given to students conducting research in the Great Plains. Applications will be accepted each year from 1 No-vember until 28 February. Interested students can find additional details and application form at http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/organizations/gpnss/kevin-honness-memorial-scholarship.cfm.

Curtis M. Twedt Upland Game Research Endowment Curtis M. Twedt, a native of Volga, SD, graduated in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences in 1959. Dr. Twedt enjoyed a 31-year career with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission as an upland game and research biologist. The recipient of the Twedt research grant shall be se-lected by the Department of Natural Resource Management at SDSU. The long-term vision of the Department is to eventually be able to provide a graduate research assistantship from this endowment.

Jesse W. West Research Endowment This Endowment is intimately tied to the Pond Boss magazine and forum. It honors the life of Jesse W. West, a Mississippian and professor of geology. While teaching geology “summer camp” in the west, including Colorado, California, and the Black Hills (one of his favorite geo-logic places), he developed a love of the area and its people, which he shared with his family. His strong belief in helping others along their journey in applied science is the cornerstone of Jesse's endowment.

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Off Campus Research Facilities - Oak Lake Field Station or Wildlife and Fisheries Research Unit (existing resources to which you could contribute are identified below).

Your impact: Expanding endowed undergraduate research opportunities grants for our Oak Lake Field Station and Wildlife and Fisheries Research Unit; Funding to support construction of off-campus teaching and research facilities and/or purchase large research equipment. Charles and Marcia McMullen Undergraduate Research Award.

An Endowment recently established in honor of Dr. Charles and Marcia McMullen who have been long-time supporters of the Oak Lake Field Station. Chuck served as the first director of the Oak Lake Field Station and was instrumental in working with President Robert Wagner to establish the field station as a resource to students interested in the natural sciences. This en-dowment provides support for NRM undergraduate students interested in conducting undergrad-uate research at the station.

Oak Lake John Haertel Memorial Research Award

An Endowment established in honor of Dr. Jon Haertel, vertebrate biologist in Biology & Microbi-ology. Jon’s love of vertebrate animals and long-time contributions to the study of vertebrates resulted in establishment of this endowment to support undergraduate research on vertebrates at the Oak Lake Field Station.

Rogen-Trooien Oak Lake Endowment

An Endowment established in honor of Alvera Rogen and the Trooien Family who had a long-time family connection and interest in the Oak Lake Field Station. This fund was established to support long-term maintenance and development of facilities at the Oak Lake Field Station to-ward the education and development of students interested in South Dakota natural resources.

Oak Lake Field Station Fund

A flexible field station account developed using unrestricted gifts to the Oak Lake Field Station and utilized for newsletters, web site, hospitality expenses and meeting attendance in relation to field station operations and programs.

Endowed research faculty positions in Ecology or Environmental Science, Range Ecology or Range

Management, Wildlife Biology and Fisheries Biology.

Your impact: Faculty endowments provide funding for perpetuity that will allow the Department to recruit exceptional faculty members and provide them with the resources that are essential to their ability to do their critical work. (Targeted gifts would also be appreciated to support the purchase of research equipment and enhance-ment of research lab facilities in each of the areas identified above.)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please return this form or contact our Foundation partners, Mike Barber (605.321.6468) to learn more about how you can make a difference in the Department of NRM.

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