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Department and Program Information and Faculty Achievements

Volume 5, Issue 4august 1, 2008

Moorman named new program coordinator

COVER STORY– Chris moorman, will replace Dick lancia as the Coordinator for the Fisheries and Wildlife sciences Program. moorman, who was hired as assistant Professor and extension Wildlife specialist in 1999, will give up his extension duties in place of a research, teaching, and administrative duties. SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 2

INDEXFur, Fish&game................................3study abroad pictures ..................4student projects ........................ 5-9

Piedmont Birding trail ..........10 u

Dr. Chris moorman finds a porcupine while on a hunting trip in alaska.

Book review ...................................11student awards ................ 12-13News & Notes ........................ 14,15upcoming events .................17-19

Presentations ................................21Publications ..................................22

Realtree teams up with NCsu researchers for articles ............21

2Fisheries and Wildlife sciences

On July 1st, Chris Moorman replaced Dick Lancia as Coordinator of the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences

Program. Lancia is now on phased retirement and will teach several classes each year for the next 3 years, when he will fully retire. While Coordinator, Dick was a men-tor to many students and led the Program to significant improvement. Moorman promises to maintain the mo-mentum generated by Lancia, and specifically hopes to improve relationships with partners outside of the Uni-versity and help reinvigorate the FW Program Alumni Association.

Moorman, who was hired as Assistant Professor and Ex-

tension Wildlife Specialist at NCSU in 1999, will give up his extension duties in place of a research, teaching, and administrative duties. Although Chris was born in a Fort Dix, NJ army hospital, his southern accent gives away his south Georgia upbringing. While a kid, his time hunting and fishing with his father, exploring the Sandhills habitats of his backyard, and watching birds led him to the profes-sion. Today, Moorman still enjoys watching birds and hunting, especially bird hunting. His academic programs focus on conserving wildlife in urbanizing landscapes and managing habitats for wildlife, especially with the use of prescribed fire.

Craig Harper, left, a professor at the university of tennessee, and Chris moorman hunting ptarmigan in alaska.

Moorman named F&W program coordinatorMoorman promises to maintain momentum gained by Lancia, who will fully retire in three years

Chris can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at 919-515-5578.


Fur, Fish, ‘n Game rendezvous

Josh Biesecker, who works with usDa aPHIs Wildlife services, shows camp attendees a raccoon caught in a live trap.

CaMp INtroDuCEs youth to FIrEarM saFEty, FaLCoNry, CaNoEINg, FIshINg aND MorEEntering it’s 26th year, the Rendez-

vous is an opportunity for youth to earn their hunter safety certification. Great field experiences with wildlife biologists await those that have already earned their hunter safety certification through the Beginning Camp.

The Rendezvous is a week-long camp for boys and girls ages 12-15, held at Millstone 4-H center, in the beautiful Sandhills Gamelands. Be-ginning Campers learn firearm safety and shooting skills from hunter educa-

tion officers. Other activities include: falconry, bird dogs, trapping, wildlife identification, taxidermy, first aid, ca-noeing, fishing, a low-ropes course, swimming, and much more! Ad-vanced Campers experience many different careers in the natural re-source field and expand their outdoor skills. For more information, please call Renee Strnad at 919-515-5518. Questions regarding registration and fees may be directed to the State 4-H Camping Office, at 919-515-8471.

Campers are introduced to the basics of beaver trapping.

students enjoyed some mouth-watering food served at Finca esperanza Verde.

Red-eyed tree Frog found at Finca esperanza Verde.


News & Notes

studyinG abroad in nicaraGua

Photos by Chris Moormanmr. Wuf climbing out of the active masaya Volcano during the 9-day study abroad program to Nicaragua.

During spring break 2008, seven NCSU students traveled on a 9-day study abroad trip to Nicaragua to learn about

the country’s wildlife, culture, and history. The unique opportunity was offered through a part-nership between NCSU, the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, and EcoQuest Travels. Trip leaders were Chris Moorman (Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources), John Connors (NC Museum of Natural Sciences and EcoQuest Travels), and John Gerwin (NC Museum of Natural Sciences).

Adamski, Kyle (M.S., Buckel)Gag grouper recruitment:comparison of cohort struc-

ture between larval and juvenile stages.

Allen, Stephen (M.S., Moore/Moorman)Identifying barriers to conservation subdivisions in

North Carolina.

Ayers, Christopher (M.S., DePerno/Moorman)Effects of different mowing regimes on the efficacy of

Anthraquinone (FlightControl Plus TM) as a Canada Goose repellent.

Bacheler, Nate (Ph.D., Buckel/Hightower)Factors influencing the abundance and distribution of

subadult red drum in North Carolina.

Bakal, Robert (PhD, Stoskopf) Optimization of development of policy for emerging

disease outbreaks in U.S. fisheries. Berecz, Michael (Ph.D., Stoskopf)Disinfection of water with phthalocyanine and carbon

nanomaterials.

Blackman, Emily (M.S., Peterson/DePerno)Agricultural wintering habitat as a limiting factor for

woodcock in the Southeast: thirty years of agro-ecosystem change.

Brown, Christin (M.S., Kwak)Fish sampling efficiency and bias in Puerto Rico rivers.

Buttermore, Elissa (M.S., Kwak)Trophic dynamics of contaminants in Puerto Rico riv-

er fishes.

Carr, Cindy (M.S., Lancia)Birds on reclaimed sites.

Cary, Brad (Non-thesis M.S., Lancia)Coop with ACOE at Falls Lake.

Cerbin, Adriana (M.S., Steelman)Understanding NC zoo patrons’ awareness of in situ

conservation projects and determining visitor levels of support for in situ conservation.

Chartier, Neil (Ph.D., Lancia)Factors influencing fecundity in Swainson’s warbler

and Kentucky warbler in a bottomland hard-wood system subjected to asynchronous and aseasonal flooding.

Chitwood, Colter (M.S., DePerno)Assessment of hunters and white-tailed deer of Hof-

mann Forest, North Carolina.

Davis, Candace (Ph.D. Powell)Stress responses, reproduction and conservation of

pygmy rabbits.DeRolph, Christopher (M.S., Nelson)Modeling wild trout decline on private and public

lands in western North Carolina.

Douglass, Kelly E. (M.S., Doerr/Cobb) The effects of management practices on lead shot

deposition in publicly-managed mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) fields in North Carolina.


Graduate students & their work

swainson’s warbler

Drew, C. Ashton (Post-Doc, Collazo)Expert-based and data-based adaptive management

using Bayesian belief networks.

Ellis, Timothy (Ph.D., Buckel/Hightower)Movement and mortality of spotted sea trout deter-

mined through conventional and telemetry tags.

Favrot, Scott (M.S., Kwak)Reproductive and habitat ecology of the sicklefin red-

horse.

Feiner, Zach (M.S. Aday/Rice)Foodweb dynamics in reservoirs.

Fisk, Michael (M.S., Kwak)Reproductive and habitat ecology of the robust red-

horse.

Folta, Joseph E. (Ph.D., Lancia/DePerno/Cobb) Project title not determined.

Friedl, Sarah (M.S., Buckel/Hightower)Does density-dependent mortality in an estuarine fish

limit recruitment?

Garner, Brad (M.S., Kwak)Effects of grass carp stocking on native reservoir fishes.

Glass, Lindsay (Ph.D., Jim Rice)Direct and Indirect effects of hypoxia on juvenile fish

in the Neuse River estuary, NC.

Golden, Katherine (M.S., DePerno/Moorman) Forestry and Environmental ResourcesFee-hunting and wildlife management practices on

non-industrial private lands in North Carolina.

Godbout, Jason (M.S., Aday/Rice) Exploring hybridization and competition between lar-

gemouth and spotted bass in large reservoir foodwebs.

Greiner, Renae (M.S., Levine)Project title not determined.

Hain, Ernie F. (M.S., Nelson)Development of an effective fish index of biotic integ-

rity for the Sandhills region of North Carolina.

Harris, Julianne (Ph.D., Hightower)Migratory patterns and spawning habitat of anadro-

mous shads in the Roanoke River, NC.

Harris, Nyeema (Ph.D., Stoskopf)Ecological importance of relationships between carni-

vore and parasite assemblages .

Haynes, Jessica (M.S., Peterson)Assessing the value of game and non-game wildlife

conservation in North Carolina.

Hurley, Jennifer (Ph.D., Nelson/Levine)Health Effects of Ammonia on the Freshwater Bivalve

(Mollusca: Unionidae).

Iglecia, Monica (M.S., Collazo)Patch dynamics and conservation design in Southeast US.

Karns, Gabriel R. (M.S., Lancia/DePerno)\Movement, activity, and habitat use of adult male white-

tailed deer related to hunting pressure and breed-ing season at Chesapeake Farms, Maryland.



grass carp

Klimstra, Ryan (M.S., Lancia)\Project title not determined.

Lee, Graise (M.S., Peterson)\A Department of Defense perspective on conserva-

tion and sustainable development.

Louie, Joan (M.S., Nelson)\Modeling eastern brook trout status using remote

sensing.

Magowan, Kevin (M.S., Hightower)\Estimating run size of American shad and striped

bass using fixed location hydroacoustics on the Roanoke River, North Carolina.

Marschhauser, Sara (M.S., DePerno)\Project title not determined.

Matthews, Charlotte (M.S., Moorman)\Response of herpetofaunal populations to prescribed

fire and fuel reduction treatments in the Soutern Appalachians

Mays, Jason (M.S., Cope/Kwak)\Platinum group metals as indices of transportation

effects on freshwater mussels.

McGowan, Connor (Post-Doc, Smith, Nichols, Collazo)

\Adaptive management of horseshoe crabs and shore-birds in Delaware Bay: predictive modeling and implementation.

McVey, Justin (M.S., Moorman)\Project title not determined.

Midway, Steve (M.S., Aday/Kwak)\Life history and habitat use of the Carolina madtom.

Morley, James (Ph.D., Buckel)Recruitment of bluefish in North Carolina: habitat use

and differential cohort contribution.

Morris, James (Ph.D., Jim Rice and Jeff Govoni)Reproduction and population expansion potential of

non-native lionfish on the east coast.

Paine, Lisa (M.S., Collazo)Avian corridors in southwestern Puerto Rico.

Palamar, Maria (Ph.D., DePerno)Assessing movement, habitat use, disease status and

control/eradication measures for feral hogs in North Carolina.

Pattanarangsan, Rattapan (Ph.D., Stoskopf)Monitoring, risk assessment and policy development

in response to emerging avian pathogens.

Plahuta, Amy (Non-thesis M.S., Lancia)Project title not determined.

Potter, Matthew (M.S., Hess/Moorman)Snake ecology in urban greenways.

Raabe, Joshua (Ph.D., Hightower)Assessing benefits to migratory fishes of habitat re-

stored by dam removal.

Raybuck, Amy (M.S., Moorman/DePerno)Impacts of oak regeneration forestry practices on

herpetofauna.

Reis, Kathryn (Ph.D., Hess/Steelman)Project title not determined.

Robertson, Scott (Ph.D., Powell)ZoologyProject title not determined.



american shad

Rockhill, Aimeé (Ph.D., DePerno)Using bobcat (Lynx rufus) as an indicator species in

developing a management plan for Bull Neck Swamp, North Carolina.

Rodriguez, Shari (Ph.D., Peterson)Assessing feasibility of conservation crediting in

North Carolina.

Rutledge, M. E. (Ph.D., DePerno/Moorman)Assessing movement, site preferences, and environ-

mental and social impacts of Canada geese across an urban landscape.

Sandfoss, Mark (M.S., DePerno/Lancia)Population estimation and disease screening of feral

pigs (Sus scrofa) at Howell Woods.

Savage, Amelia (M.S., Moorman)Foraging ecology of Swainson’s warblers in a man-

aged forest landscape.

Senor, Bryanne (M.S., Peterson)Peace Corps Masters International.

Serrano, Maria (M.S., Stoskopf) Assessment of carp mortality events in the United States.

Shake, Corey (M.S., Moorman)Effects of CREP establishment practices on birds.

Shellabarger, Rachel (M.S., Peterson)Crossing borders: conservation and human rights re-

sponses to undocumented migration in the Ari-zona Borderlands.

Sherrill, Brandon (M.S., DePerno)Movement, habitat selection, and baseline condition of

deer on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.

Smith, Joseph (M.S., Hightower)Spawning activity and migratory characteristics of

American shad and striped bass in the Cape Fear River, NC.

Smith, Will (Ph.D., Kwak)Ecology of amphidromous fishes in Puerto Rico rivers.

Strictland, Mary (M.S., Collazo)Survival and breeding productivity of resident species

in Puerto Rico.

Swiers, Rob (M.S., Powell)Survival and Reproduction in a Reintroduced Popula-

tion of Fishers in the Northern Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Tarr, Nathan (M.S., Simons)Measuring the effects of off-road vehicles on beach

birds at Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Turner, Melissa (M.S., DePerno/Lancia)Life history and genetics of white-tailed deer in Ches-

apeake Farms, Maryland.

Waine, Michael (M.S., Hightower)Assessment of anadromous fish spawning runs using

split-beam and multibeam sonars.

Wallace, Ben (M.S., Kwak)Incorporating production ecology into management of

trout streams in State Parks.

Weaver, Dan (M.S., Kwak)Ecological interactions of stocked trout and native

nongame fishes.

Whittier, Chris (Ph.D., Stoskopf)Assessment of risk of pathogen transfer between free

ranging mountain gorilla and humans.



Bobcats at Bull Neck swamp

The NC Birding Trail commemorated the comple-tion of the Piedmont Region of the NCBT with a Grand Opening Ceremony at Durant Nature Park,

in Raleigh, on May 15. More than 80 regional Trail support-ers attended the event, including key leadership from each of the six partnering agencies and organizations, site managers from 20 sites across the piedmont, and numerous support-ers, partners, volunteers, and media interests. Afternoon field trips provided an opportunity for attendees experience the NC Birding Trail for themselves.

NC Birding trail completes piedmont region


News & Notes

http://www.ncbirdingtrail.org/

ChECk It out oNLINE

salinda Daley shows off the Piedmont trail guide.

Dr. moorman, left, discusses the Piedmont Birding trail.

Biology of Habitats. oxford university Press, oxford. Pp. 268. IsBN 978-0-19-857066-0 (pbk)

Savannas are globally important ecosystems of great signifi-cance to large mammalian spe-

cies and to human economies. They are the basis of the African livestock industry and the wildlife they support is of key importance for the tour-ism industry. Human ac-tivities in the form of livestock grazing and the use of fire have shaped the savannas for millennia. But current high human densities have a huge impact, of-ten to the detriment of these ecosystems.

The savanna biome is characterized by the co-dominance of trees and grasses, and covers ap-proximately half of the African land surface. It also harbors most of the large mammals on this continent. It has become increasingly important to protect this biome and its wild-life, and as a result this book fulfills and important role as an excellent introduction to savanna ecology.

This book compares the savanna biome on different continents, illustrat-ing why savannas are found in these regions. In particular the influence of climate is well illustrated. The book further explores the important interac-tions between the soils, rainfall, vege-tation, fire and herbivores that shape the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of this ecosystem. Many case studies are referenced to illustrate these inter-actions, and assist in the understanding

of the ecology of savannas. The savan-na is one of the few biomes where many of these driving forces are at work. Good examples of these pro-cesses can be researched in large pro-tected areas. It is therefore crucial to maintain these protected areas to serve as a baseline and as an early warning

system. A functional eco-system will furthermore assist in understanding and restoring disturbed areas.

A considerable part of the book is dedicated to a description of the plant and animals species found in the different regions of Africa. These species are not covered in much detail and therefore the book cannot be used as a field guide but it does give a helpful overview of the

taxonomy and conservation status of these species.

A valuable component of the book is the description of vegetation dy-namics, as well as single and multi-species wildlife populations. Chap-ters covering these topics comprehensively describe vegetation patterns, wildlife populations, fac-tors influencing population size, in-teractions between plants and herbi-vores, prey and predators, and parasites and hosts, as well as re-source competition. This updated compilation of information enhances the understanding of savanna ecolo-gy without going into the detailed population dynamics and modeling theories of some other textbooks.

Most research on savanna ecology has been conducted in East and south-ern Africa and the author has sourced

and summarized a comprehensive list of literature on this topic from these re-gions. This includes the well-known work of Norton-Griffiths in the Serengeti, the case studies from the Kruger National Park, and the most re-cent studies in savanna ecology. A shortcoming of the book is the limited information on the Guinean, Sudanian and Sahelian savannas in West Africa, the Miombo woodlands in central southern Africa, and the arid savannas in south western Africa. However, it is recognized that fewer studies have been conducted in these regions and the information is usually not easily ac-cessible. In addition the author also did not include the intensely studied savan-na of the Nylsvley area in South Africa which serves as a key source of infor-mation and theory relating to savanna ecosystem processes. Furthermore, some of the models described, although valuable and used to illustrate points, were often too divergent in scope and at times disconnected within the gen-eral theme of the book.

In summary, The Biology of Afri-can Savannahs’ strength is in its wide coverage of the topic, making it a valu-able and informative introduction to savanna ecology. Written in an un-complicated way, the text is augment-ed with many graphs and illustrations. The book provides a useful reference of many aspects of savanna ecology and is highly recommended for stu-dents, scientists and managers of rangelands and of African wildlife.

Werner g. DörgelohDepartment of Forestry and environmental Resources, NC state university, Box 8002, Raleigh NC 27695. email: [email protected]

Book rEvIEW I “thE BIoLogy oF aFrICaN savaNNahs” By BryaN shorroCks



News & Notes

Jennifer Hurley being presented with her Best Student Presentation Award for the 2008 North Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Her presentation was titled – “Do PCBs Affect the Persistence of Freshwater Mussels?”

student presentation award

jENNIFEr hurLEy WINs 2008 North CaroLINa ChaptEr oF thE WILDLIFE soCIEty aWarD


News & Notes

Lindsay’s project is funded by NC Sea grant and the GAAN Fellowship and is titled “Linking changes in hypoxia to effects on fish growth using three short-term growth indicators.”

GAANN fellowships are provided through funding awarded to the Graduate School, by the U.S. Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program.

The fellowship funds Lindsay’s stipend, tuition, fees, health

insurance plus some extra money for travel and project relat-ed needs, and can possibly be renewed for another year.

The fellowship is in the biotechnology area for use of molecular biology techniques to measure growth in fish tissue (RNA-DNA ratio analysis) and blood (analysis of IGF-I growth hormone). Jim Rice is an adviser and PI on this project along with Dr. Russel Borski. Also, Dr. Matt Pica is assisting Lindsay learning and running the IGF-I imunoassy.

lindsay glass, (PhD, Rice), draws blood from spot in the field for use in her gaaNN Fellowship project.

glass awarded gaaN Fellowship

zooLogy I LINDsay gLass


News & Notes

Jonathan Shaw, a 2000 (B.S.) and 2005 (Ph.D.) graduate of the Fisheries and Wildlife Program was recently consulted on the History Channel’s Monster Quest series. The series examines legendary creatures around the world and is based in part on history and science, but largely on folklore and entertainment. This episode focused on “The Beast of Bolivia”, a mystery predator that made headlines 50 years ago in Bolivia, NC. Jonathan and fellow NCWRC District Wildlife Biologist Tom Padgett were interviewed about recent predation events in NC.

F&W graduate speaks about recent predation in North Carolina

shaw consults on history Channel show

sea turtle release a big success

Sixteen turtles were released on 3 June following their successful rehabilitation at the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center in

Topsail Beach. In addition to the usual involvement by FWS faculty in their treatment, this release included a

loggerhead named “CMAST” that was rescued by FWS faculty Dr. Craig Harms.

The turtle (http://www.seaturtlehospital.org/cmast.html) was rescued from Bogue Sound right outside of the CMAST building.

Chris Butler helps carry “Cmast” to the water and free release after months of rehabilitation.

This month in Rome, Italy, Dr. Craig Harms was installed as President-Elect of the International Association for Aquat-ic Animal Medicine and will be the coordinating program chairperson for the 2009 annual meeting of the international scientific organization. That meeting will be held 3 - 7 May in San Antonio. Congratulations to Dr. Harms and a heart-felt thanks from all of us for the important work he is doing to lead our discipline nationally and internationally.

Congratulations to Drs. Mac Law and Craig Harms for having their paper co-authored with K. Choi and D. W. Lehmann selected as the Best Paper for the Journal of Aquat-ic Animal Health for 2007. The pa-per entitled Acute hypoxia-reperfu-sion- triggers -immunocompromise in Nile Tilapia appeared in volume 19 of the Journal, pages 128-140. The award was presented at the American Fisheries Society meet-ing in Ottawa, Canada this sum-mer.


News & NotesPaper wins aquatic journal award

Dr. Karen Wolf, (Zool Med Res ’08) mentored by Drs. Kennedy-Stoskopf, Stoskopf, Harms and Loomis has completed her residen-cy at NC State and is jumping into a leadership role as the new head of veterinary medicine for the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Ta-coma, Washington. She is excited about the opportunity with a col-lection that includes many species she has a strong interest in. The home of the red wolf SSP and many strong polar animal exhibits, Dr. Wolf looks forward to working with the Point Defiance Zoo staff and animals. After a bit of time off to study for her upcoming ACZM board examinations. To learn more about the Point Defiance Zoo and the Zoological Society go to http://www.pdza.org/

Wolf takes position at Tacoma zoo

EMC hosts aCzM short courseHighly skilled veterinarians from

across the country and around the world traveled to Raleigh for the in-tensive short course in zoological medicine taught June 2-6, 2008 at the NCSU CVM. The intensive 5 day course is designed to help pre-pare aspiring veterinarians for tak-ing the ACZM board examinations. The ACZM is the veterinary special-ty body for veterinarians involved in

wildlife, aquatic, and captive zoo an-imal medicine. Dr. Suzanne Kenne-dy-Stoskopf the chairperson for the American College of Zoological Medicine Short Course conducted a course which will be remembered by all of the participants. Several NCSU FWS faculty taught in the course including Drs. Michael Stoskopf, Craig Harms, and Mike Loomis.

aCZm short Course participants relax after a hard week of study.

Harms installed as president elect of IAAAM

Harms


NCsu graduate student awarded National Marine Fisheries service Fellowship

Brandon Puckett, a Ph.D. stu-dent in Marine, Earth, and At-mospheric Sciences (MEAS)

in the College of Physical and Mathe-matical Sciences (PAMS), based at the Center for Marine Sciences and Tech-nology (CMAST) in Morehead City, has been awarded the prestigious Na-tional Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)/Sea Grant Population Dy-namics Graduate Fellowship for 2008. The NMFS/Sea Grant Graduate Fel-lowship Program supports highly qual-ified Ph.D. students interested in ca-reers related to population dynamics of living marine resources and the devel-opment and implementation of quanti-tative methods for assessing their sta-tus. Awarded annually for up to four researchers nationwide, the three-year award provides for the fellow’s stipend, tuition and fees, health insurance, trav-el, and research expenses.

Oyster population dynamics is the subject of Puckett’s dissertation re-search. His studies involve monitoring current oyster reserves, or protected ar-eas, and optimizing future reserve de-signs, using Pamlico Sound in eastern North Carolina as the model system. With oyster harvests at historic lows along the southeastern Atlantic coast, Puckett’s work addresses several ap-plied questions such as: Are existing oyster reserves functioning as an inter-connected network that is capable of persisting through time? If so, which of these reserves contribute most to net-work persistence (i.e. which reserve provides the most “bang for the restora-tion buck”)? And if not, how does in-

creasing the size and/or number of re-serves improve network persistence?

Puckett will be integrating empiri-cal observations (obtained from SCUBA diving) and numerical modeling within two theoretical frameworks to address the above-mentioned applied questions of ma-rine reserve design and oyster resto-ration. His research, which partners academic scientists with state (NC Division of Marine Fisheries) and federal agencies (NMFS), commer-cial fisherman, and high school stu-dents, will ultimately assist in the management of oyster reserves and future regulations. In addition, this work will increase the current knowledge and expertise on spatial

management practices and in partic-ular, marine reserve network de-sign.

Dr. David Eggleston (MEAS) is advisor to Puckett along with co-ad-visor Dr. Kyle Shertzer of the NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Hab-itat Research.

Puckett, a native of Cary, North Carolina, received his Bachelors de-gree in Environmental Science - Ecology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, from NCSU in 2002; his Masters degree in Fisheries Sci-ence from the University of Mary-land; and will receive his Ph.D. from NC State in Marine Science. He plans to continue his research from CMAST for the next three years.

Puckett collecting demographic data at an oyster reserve off Hatteras Island.


Upcoming Events

The fall North Carolina Part-ners in Flight meeting will be held on Nov. 5, 2008 from 1 pm - 5 pm at Riverbend Park in Con-over, NC, Catawba County. As with all fall meetings, this one will have a theme related to re-gional ongoing projects. This year will focus on the mountains and western piedmont of NC. Please mark your calendars now and forward this announcement to others you feel would be in-terested.

For directions: http://www.catawbacountync.gov/depts/parks/scheduled presentations:► Riverbend Park Bird monitoring and Research Projects►mecklenburg County Div. of Natural Resources Bird Research►strategic Habitat Conservation in the greater uwharries of NC►Davidson College Bluebird and Brown-headed Nuthatch Research►Wildlife Commission Bird Research Projects of the southern Blue Ridge

and a Bonus presentation:►the effects of oRV disturbance on nonbreeding shorebirds

North Carolina is one of the fastest growing states in the nation. How can our cities and towns protect farm and forestland, wildlife habitat, and water quality alongside rapid land development?

The first annual North Carolina Urban Forestry Conference will bring together local decision mak-ers, planners, environmental pro-fessionals, landscape architects, and builders to share ways to con-

serve urban forest ecosystems. This conference provides a unique

opportunity for environmental pro-fessionals to learn new strategies and techniques for protecting and managing urban trees, forests, and ecosystems in North Carolina.

Register today at http://www.ncsu.edu/feop/urbanforest/confer-ence.html. Be sure to register by July 31st for the reduced registra-tion rate!

Bird banding workshopMark your calendars for Fall NC Partners in Flight

Jamie Sasser, Director Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center, will offer a bird banding workshop October 8th and April 17th. Each session will begin at 7:30am until 12:30-1:00pm. Over-night lodging is available for $10 person. Each workshop will be con-ducted entirely in the field at one of our migration banding stations. Top-ics to be covered include; mist net set-up and take down, recording

banding data, aging and sexing and net extraction. Workshop is limited to 5 participants with prior mist net-ting and extraction experience. Call or email Jamie for reservations for the workshop and lodging.

to sIgN up CoNtaCtJames sasser Director/Wildlife Biologist Phone: 919-938-0115 ext 221 [email protected]

2008 Urban Forestry Conferencegreensboro, North Carolina september 9-11, 2008


The seminars are a partnership between faculty in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program at N.C. State Univer-sity and Wildlife Commission biologists and managers. Learn about the latest happenings in fisheries and wildlife man-agement in language you can understand. Seminars will be held at the Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Educa-tion at 1751 Varsity Drive in Raleigh from 3:30-5:00 p.m.

FIshErIEs aND WILDLIFE sEMINars FaLL 2008

sEptEMBEr 10, 2008 WIlDlIFE PHoToGrAPHy

Greg Jenkins, editor of Wildlife in North Carolina (WINC), will give some history on wildlife photography in the magazine and explain how edi-tors have used photographs to convey information and set the tone. WINC photographer, Missy McGaw, will de-scribe the technical aspects of wildlife photography—how to get good shots. Note: The WINC photo competition deadline is Sept 15.

oCtoBEr 15, 2008 NICArAGUA, NAMIbIA, AND oTHEr NCSU STUDIES AbroAD

Faculty and students from the NCSU Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Pro-gram will share what they’ve learned during their study abroad trips to dis-tant countries like Nicaragua and Na-mibia. Stories and photographs will detail the countries’ cultures and di-verse biotic communities.

NovEMBEr 19, 2008 bobWHITE CoNSErvATIoN IN NC: 10 yEArS oF rESEArCH AND HAbITAT rESTorATIoN

Presenters will recount the past decade’s efforts by NCWRC biologists and NCSU researchers to restore bobwhite quail populations in the state. Past collaborations have helped to stem the population declines of this once-abundant gamebird, but similar efforts must continue into the future.

For more information, contact marti Kane, Center Director, at (919)707-0203 or [email protected]

annual Meeting of the N. C. prescribed Fire CouncilLocation: Burke County agricultural Building, 130 ammons Drive, morganton, NCDate: august 6, 2008, 9 am – 4:45 pmDirections: Interstate 40 to morganton – exit 104; take enola Road toward morganton; after state employees Credit union, left onto government Drive and then right onto ammons Drive

8:30-9 am Registration9-9:30 am terry sharpe, NC PFC Welcome Wib owen, NC DFR summary- evans Road Fire

9:30-10 am Dr. David loftis, usFs Fire and oak Regeneration10-10:30 am Dr. Patrick Keyser, university of tennessee mountain savannahs 10:30-11 am Break11-11:30 am Dr. tom Waldrop, usFs Fire and Fire surrogate11:30-NooN gary mcCurry, Burke County landowner Burning in the mountains – a landowner’s perspective

NooN-1 Pm lunch and Posters/Displays/slide show 1-1:30 Pm terry sharpe, NC PFC update - National Fire Council margit Bucher, tNC update - Fire learning Networks others updates- sandhills PFC, others, etc.

1:30-2 Pm Jim Prevette, NC DFR updates - smoke management Plan, Burn Ban legislation, etc. 2-2:45 Pm Committee Breakout session2:45-3:15 Pm Break3:15-4:15 Pm Committee updates4:15-4:45 Pm terry sharpe, NC PFC Chair meeting Wrap up Questions, Answers, & Discussion4:45 Pm adjourn

If you have questions, Call Dean simon at (828) 433-7277



realtree and NCsu researchers team-up for scientific articlesWhite-tailed deer researchers from NCSU have

teamed-up with realtree.com for a series of 24 informa-tive articles on white-tailed deer biology and manage-ment. The first 3 articles are up. please visit http://whitetail.realtree.com/whitetailology/

All About Deer Yards by Dr. Richard A. Lancia –Fisher-ies and Wildlife Sciences Program, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Car-olina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA;

Brain Abscess in White-Tailed Deer by Gabriel Karns, Richard A. Lancia, Christopher S. DeP-erno, and Mark C. Conner.

How to Judge Your Deer Herd by Dr. Chris Rosen-berry; Chris received his Ph.D. from NCSU studying white-tailed dispersal and behavior at Chesapeake Farms on the Eastern Shore of Mary-land. As a wildlife biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, he supervises the state’s deer and elk programs.

going Native Website receives exposure ►Going Native website featured in Asheville Citizen Times on 6/21/2008 – “Incorporate native plants to help foster local wildlife”

►Going Native website featured in Pender County media release by County Agent Charlotte Glen – “New Website Helps Gardeners Go Wild!”

►Going Native website featured in South Carolina DNR media release – “Plant American! Help Offered on Using Native Plants for Wildlife and Beauty” http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/

ChECk It out oNLINE

What’s oN thE WEB sItENative Plants attractive to Wildlife, Where to get Native Plants, Invasive, exotic Plants of the southeast, Create your own native landscape

publicationsAnge-van Heugten, K. D., M.W. A.Verstegen, , P.R., Ferket, M. Stoskopf, and E. van Heugten. 2008. Serum

chemistry concentrations of captive woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha). Zoo Biology 27: 188-199.

Ayers, C. R., C. S. DePerno, S. K. Stoskopf, C. E. Moorman, and F. H. Yelverton. 2008. Limiting Canada goose use of turfgrass areas. North Carolina Turfgrass March/April 2008, 32-36.

Chinnadurai, S. K., A. van Wettere, K. E. Linder, C. A. Harms, and R. S. De Voe. 2008. Secondary Amy-loidosis and Renal Failure in A Captive California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 39(2):274-278.

Glass, L. A., J. R. Rooker, R. T. Kraus, and G. J. Holt. 2008.Distribution, condition, and growth of newly settled southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in the Galveston

Bay Estuary, Texas. Journal of Sea Research, 59(4): 259-268.

Harms C. A., L. S. Christian, O. Burrus, W. B. Hopkins, A. K. R. Pandiri, J. M. Law, K. N. Wolf, C. M. Butler, and G. A. Lewbart. 2008. Cryotherapy for removal of a premaxillary mass from a chain pickerel using an over-the-counter wart remover. ExoticDVM 10(2): 15-17.

Smith, T. A., D. L. Osmond, C. E. Moorman, J. M. Stucky, and J. W. Gilliam. 2008. Effects of vegetation management on bird habitat in riparian buffer zones. Southeastern Naturalist 7(2):277-288.

Swanson, C. C., J. A. Jenks, C. S. DePerno, R. W. Klaver, R. G. Osborn, and J. A. Tardiff. 2008. Does the use of vaginal-implant transmitters affect neonate survival rate of white-tailed deer Odocoileus virgin-ianus? Wildlife Biology 13:272-279.

Troan, B. V., L. Perelyginga, I. Patrusheva, A. J. van Wettere, J. K. Hilliard, M. R. Loomis, and R. S. De Voe. 2007. Naturally Transmitted Herpesvirus Papio-2 Infection in a Black and White Colobus Monkey. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231(12):1878-1883.


Publications & Presentations

grantsDePerno, C. S., C. E. Moorman, F. Yelverton, and C. Ayers. 2008. Quantification of Canada goose damage

and repellency in managed turfgrass systems. North Carolina State University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Center for Turfgrass Environmental Research and Education. $23,000: 1 year.


$12 for Leopold Wildlife Club members

$15 for non-members

$10 for Leopold Wildlife Club members

$12 for non-members

We will mail items to you (please add $3.00 shipping/handling). Please specify

size and make checks payable to leopold Wildlife

Club. mail checks to Cindy Burke, NCsu, Fisheries and Wildlife sciences Program, turner House, Box7646, Raleigh, NC 27695-7646

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presentationsAyers, C., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, F. Yelverton, and S. Kennedy-Stoskopf. 2008. Chemical control

of resident Canada Geese and a survey of fecal contaminants. 2008 Annual Meeting of the NC Chapter of the Wildlife Society and 25th Anniversary Celebration, Haw River State Park, Brown Summit, North Car-olina.

Ayers, C., C. S. DePerno, C. E. Moorman, and F. Yelverton. 2008. Quantification of Canada goose damage and repellency in managed turfgrass systems. 2008 North Carolina Turfgrass Conference and Show, North Raleigh Hilton, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Harms C. A, E. D. Jensen, F. I. Townsend, L. J. Hansen, L. H. Schwacke, T. K. Rowles, and S. Venn-Watson. Electrocardiograms of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) out of water: habituated collection versus wild post-capture dolphins, pp. 31-33.

Karns, G., R. Lancia, J. Bishir, and C. DePerno. 2008. Enhancing a catch-per-unit-effort estimator for har-vested white-tailed deer populations using JMP. Discovery 2008 Conference, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North Carolina. (G.Karns – M.S. Student)

Publications & Presentations


odds & Ends

Christopher S. DePerno, Ph.D.assistant Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife sciences

thE NEWsLEttEr Compiled and edited by:

Department of ForestryCollege of Natural ResourcesNorth Carolina State Universityturner House, Box 7646Raleigh, NC 27695-7646919-513-7559 (office)

919-334-8935 (cell)919-515-5110 (fax)[email protected]

unless otherwise noted, all photos provided by Dr. Chris DePerno.

Steve Allen Fisheries and Wildlife studentdesign and editing336-209-5093 (cell)[email protected]

got a story idea or a great photo?send your article submissions or pictures of North Carolina’s native wildlife to [email protected].

sChoLarshIps aND opportuNItIEsPlease see the NC State Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences website for additional scholarship opportunities. http:www.cfr.ncsu.edu/for/fishwild

BuLL NECk sWaMp sChoLarshIp

A new scholarship has been established for an outstanding undergraduate student in the Fisheries and Wildlife Program at NCSU. The Bull Neck Swamp Scholarship will provide $2,000/semester ($4,000 annually) to a qualified Fisheries and Wildlife stu-dent filing scholarship applications. This scholarship will be awarded to students who have demonstrated strong academic achievement. For incoming freshmen, a high school grade point average of at least 3.5 and a total SAT score of 1150 are required. For transfer students and current students at NC State, a total grade point average of at least 3.2 is required. Applications are due 1 May 2008.

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suMMEr CaMp stuDENt ENDoWMENts

You may consider giving to our two Summer Camp student endowments. There is one camp for Fisheries and one camp for Wildlife. These endowments help undergrad-uate students attend the Wildlife and Fisheries Summer Camp.

For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Chris Moorman at 919-515-5578 or [email protected]

phIL DoErr ENDoWMENt FuND

Also, you may consider giving to the Phil Doerr Endowment Fund. The endow-ment, established with the North Carolina Forestry Foundation, will be used to fund an annual award to assist undergraduate or graduate student(s) in gaining valuable field experience. For more information on how to contribute, contact Dr. Chris Moor-man at 919-515-5578 or [email protected]

rEaD BaCk IssuEs oNLINEIf you missed the last issue of the Fisheries and Wildlife newsletter you can catch up on back issues on the department’s Web site under the news tab.http://www.cnr.ncsu.edu/fer/fishwild/fwnews.html

Documents

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