Nancy Mathews
Professor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gaylord Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies
Dr. Nancy Mathews earned a B.S. in Biology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1980, a M.S. in Forest Biology (Wildlife Management) from State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-CESF) in 1982, and a Ph.D. in Forest Biology (Ecology) from SUNY-CESF in 1989. Dr. Mathews' is currently a Professor in the Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. Her professional interests lie in several major areas: community-based conservation, endangered species management, ungulate ecology, assessments of biodiversity, and ecosystem management. Her current graduate students are conducting research in each of the above areas.
Anne Oyer
CWD Research Coordinator
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gaylord Nelson Institute for
Environmental Studies
Anne earned a B.A. in Biology from Colgate University in 1996 and an M.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management from SUNY-ESF in 2002. She studied localized management of white-tailed deer in the central Adirondack Mountains of New York for her M.S. On this project, she is responsible for coordinating field activities in order to meet the objectives of the research. Specifically, Anne schedules field activities, supervises technicians, leads a crew in capturing and handling deer, communicates with landowners, and manages and analyzes data.
Lesa Skuldt
M.S. Graduate
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Wildlife Ecology
Lesa is currently pursuing a M.S. degree in Wildlife Ecology under the guidance of Dr. Nancy Mathews. She is examining the influence of the combination of landscape and local factors on deer behavior. Specifically, she is evaluating the influence of forest fragmentation, deer density, and harvest intensity on white-tailed deer dispersal rates and home range sizes (individual and collective social group) within the Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Eradication Zone in south-central Wisconsin. Knowledge of how deer density, harvest intensity and habitat fragmentation interact to influence key deer behaviors has not yet been quantified in the Midwest. Further, detailed, empirical data about deer movements in the CWD eradication area will aid in understanding the success of the eradication efforts and improve the accuracy of spatially-referenced epidemiological models.
Dan Grove
Project Veterinarian for 2005
Dan received a BS in Agriculture in 1998 and his DVM in 2001 from the University of Tennessee . He has completed a clinical intership in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Georgia and a clinical internship in Wildlife and Conservation Medicine at the Wildlife Center of Virginia. His primary interests are in managing health and disease at the population level in wild ungulate species. During the 2005 capture season he served as the field veterinarian for the project. His primary duties included overseeing deer capture and revising deer handling protocols used during the capture season.
 (Top, left to right) Vince Green, Jean Fantle-Lepczyk, Jason Isabelle, Bill Delanis, Paul White, (bottom) Dan Jones, Anne Oyer, Tessa Smith |
 (Top, left to right) Bill Delanis, Vince Green, Jason Isabelle, Dan Jones, Paul White (middle) Jessica Bolser, Nancy Mathews, Lesa Skuldt, Anne Oyer (bottom) Jean Fantle-Lepczyk, Tessa Smith, Angela Engelman |
2005 Telemetry Crew: Kristen Hall, Jeromy Chamberlin, Lori Steckervetz, Lisa Jeidy, Matt Lorenz, Angela Engelman
2002-2003 Deer Crew: Bob MacLean, Tanya Hoffman, Adam Bauer, Dan Graf, Dan Haskell, Matt Lechmaier, Amy Owen, Amber Roth, and Melissa Wolfe.
We would like to thank the funding sources that help make this research possible:
Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (2002 - present)
Whitetails Unlimited
- (2002-2003)
National Beef and Cattleman’s Association (2002-2003)
Photos courtesy of Anne Oyer, Vince Green, and Jean Fantle-Lepczyk