News and Events
2020
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Dr. Jerrold Belant Named IUCN Voting Member
11/9/2020: This allows GWCC to more effectively address urgent conservation challenges, helping to ensure environmental integrity and sustainable use of our natural resources.
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Wolf Pups Born on Isle Royale
9/14/2020: Isle Royale NP and ESF have documented reproduction for wolves introduced to Isle Royale in 2018 and 2019, a key element of the wolf introduction program’s success
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Mitigating potential flood-induced human-crocodile conflicts in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan Province
4/4/2020: Recent extreme flooding has allowed muggers to leave their typical habitat and occupy these areas.
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Research: When Vehicles and Mammals Collide
3/4/2020: When humans and wildlife attempt to share the road, it doesn't always bode well for the mammals.
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A Big Idea for Small Mammal Diversity Modeling
2/10/2020: A new modeling approach could allow researchers to use remote sensing lidar data to predict small mammal biodiversity.
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Humans not directly responsible for North American reptile deaths
1/15/20: But they are likely still having an indirect effect on reptile deaths by introducing invasive species and climate change.
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2019
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Group Formation of New Isle Royale Wolves Leads to Territorial Aggression - Isle Royale National Park
12/20/19: Researchers are using data from GPS collars on introduced wolves to monitor individuals.
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Moose provide Isle Royale wolves plenty of meals
12/3/19: Gray wolves translocated to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan are finding plenty of prey, researchers found.
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Isle Royale Wolf Project Researchers Document Summer Predation
12/2/19: NPS and ESF concluded summer predation monitoring by the wolves introduced to the Isle Royale ecosystem.
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Gray wolves relocated to Isle Royale park find plenty prey to eat
12/2/19: Scientists say gray wolves relocated to Isle Royale National Park are adjusting nicely to their new surroundings and finding plenty of prey.
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Three wolves released on Isle Royale
9/24/19: Three more gray wolves (Canis lupus) have been translocated to Isle Royale National Park.
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Three Wolves Added to Isle Royale Population During Fall 2019 Wolf Project
9/20/19: The Isle Royale fall wolf translocation project successfully moved three wolves from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to the park.
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Isle Royale Wolf Project Continues with Michigan Wolves
9/7/19: Isle Royale National Park resumed it’s wolf translocation project this week.
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For Jerry Belant, The World is A Research Lab
8/13/19: Professor Belant is profiled in ESF Magazine.
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ESF Scientist Helps Locate Wolf That Died on Isle Royale
6/6/19: Dr. Jerry Belant involved with National park Service wolf population project
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Isle Royale Wolf Population Update May 29, 2019
5/29/19: In late March, the NPS discovered a translocated wolf’s GPS collar transmitting a mortality mode signal.
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Hunting and population decline
3/15/19: Human activities are driving population declines across species, but identifying actual sources of individual mortality from our activities is challenging.
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Deer Collaring, Chassell Ice Fishing Tournament
3/11/19: Deer collaring in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Little Girl's Point research part of CWD study
2/27/19: Researchers visited Little Girl's Point in recent weeks, collecting data on the area's deer population as part of ongoing research into chronic wasting disease.
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Dickinson deer fitted with GPS collars
2/23/19: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently completed work to trap and collar deer as part of its ongoing study of seasonal deer movement in the western UP..
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One-quarter of vertebrates die because of humans, finds study
2/12/19: Humans cause more than 25 per cent of deaths among an array of species all over the globe
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Humans have a ‘huge effect’ on Earth’s animal death rate: study
2/11/19: Humans have survived hundreds of thousands of years thanks to our advanced intelligence — and our steadfast capacity for cruelty.
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On the Land, One-Quarter of Vertebrates Die Because of Humans
2/11/19: Humans have a "disproportionately huge effect" on the other species of vertebrates that share Earth's surface with.
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One-quarter of vertebrates die because of humans, finds study
2/11/19: Humans cause more than 25 per cent of deaths among an array of species all over the globe.
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Humans to blame for a quarter of all vertebrate deaths on land
2/11/19: "This is one more piece of evidence to add to the list, one more example of the effect we're having on the planet," ESF professor Jerrold L. Belant said.
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One-quarter of vertebrates die because of humans, finds study
2/11/19: The study found that 28 percent of the animals' death were directly caused by humans.
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2018
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ESF Welcomes Camp Fire Professor of Wildlife Conservation
5/25/18: Dr. Jerrold Belant joins faculty for fall semester.
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Discovering - Cross Country Skiing, Predator Prey Bear Den Survey
2/26/18: Discovering joins Michigan Predator Prey Project for a den check at min 17:14.
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Outdoor Magazine Radio Podcast
2/24/18: Research Tyler Petroelje discussed UP Deer Movement Study on Mike Avery Outdoor Show.
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Waking a sleeping giant; Bear den checked as part of predator-prey study
2/23/18: There better be a good reason to tranquilize a dormant black bear and drag it out of its den into the snow on a frigid winter morning.
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Bear den checks with the DNR
2/21/18: The Michigan Predator Prey study is a long–term project being done by the Michigan Department of natural Resources
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Discovering - Deer Tagging, Pheasant Stew
2/5/18: Deer tagging with Brad Johnson of the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
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Michigan DNR tracking deer migration patterns for CWD study
1/27/2018: Students from Baraga High School got a first-hand look at how the Michigan DNR are tracking the migration patterns of deer across the U.P.
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MI D-N-R Moving Forward With U.P. Deer Movement Study
1/16/2018: Terry Minzey, DNR U.P. Regional Wildlife Supervisor, joined the SUNNY Morning Show with Walt & Mike today to talk about this study and it’s goals.
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