Breaking News!

Congratulations, to
- Marlin Dart for successfully defending his MS thesis evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of space use for bobcats and coyotes!
- Dr. Sprih Harsh for successfully defending her PhD dissertation on the ecology and management of pheasants in an agricultural landscape!

Older (but still good!) News

Marlin is recognized the SDSU Department of Natural Resource Management as the Outstanding Wildlife MS student for 2021! Congratulations, Marlin! (May 2021)
Rob joins the U.S. Geological Survey Oklahoma Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit (Dec 2020)
Rob has transitioned to a Research Wildlife Biologist and Assistant Unit Leader of the OK CRU, and is already getting his claws into carnivores in the southern plains! In this role, Rob is an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University

Lonsinger Lab has moved to Oklahoma State University!
In December 2020, the Lonsinger Lab moved from South Dakota State University to Oklahoma State University. We look forward to new collaborations associated with this change! 
Scholarship Awards -- Congratulations! (Spring 2020)
Marlin Dart was awarded the Wild Felid Association's 2020 Wild Felid Legacy Scholarship

Hilary Syvertson (Kauth) recieved the 2020 SD TWS Outstanding M.S. Wildlife Student of the Year Award

Marlin Dart and Stuart Fetherston were both awarded the 2020 SD Trappers Association Scholarship

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Hilary Syvertson (Kauth) successfully defended her M.S. thesis on pheasant ecology! In addition, her first publication was released in Wildlife Biology on the same day (link).

Congratulations, Hilary! 
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Sprih Harsh successfully passed her qualifying exams and is now a PhD candidate! 

​Congratulations, Sprih!   
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National Public Radio: Innovation
Rob discusses bobcat research being conducted by graduate students Stuart Fetherston and Marlin Dart, which will help inform management of bobcats in South Dakota
To listen, click here.
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SDSU researcher to examine bear harvest rates in Pennsylvania
Recent news article discusses research by graduate student Brandon Snavely on factors influencing harvest rates of female black bears in Pennsylvania. To read, click here.
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Congratulations!
Kara White successfully defended her M.S. thesis on coyotes and swift foxes in western Kansas! (December 2019) 
National Public Radio
Rob discusses Noninvasive Genetic Sampling on South Dakota's NPR. To listen, click here.
Marlin launches his first field season
We are looking forward to data starting to role in on mesocarnivores in South Dakota
Looking forward to #ASM100
Many thanks to ASM for their gracious travel award! Cant wait to talk about the historical genetics of a kit fox population that has experienced precipitous declines.
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Congratulations, Kara!
Kara has written and secured three grants to support her thesis research. A huge thanks to T&E, Inc., Prairie Biotic Research, Inc., and the UWSP OSCAR program for their support and for offering competitive grant programs for which students can compete.
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Thank you!
We thank the many collaborators and funders that have stepped up to make our Kansas swift fox project a reality: the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Prairie Wildlife Research, the Wisconsin Center for Wildlife, the Nature Conservancy, T&E, Inc., and Prairie Wildlife Research.    
Congratulations, Paige!
Another nice manuscript on resource partitioning between kit foxes and coyotes was recently accepted and is now available online in the Canadian Journal of Zoology (Click here for access). Paige worked hard on this, and it paid off! Excellent work, Paige, and way to stick with it over the years. If you do not have access to the journal, email me for a copy.

Congratulations, Elyce!
Elyce recently had her manuscript on molecular scatology accepted and published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin! Nice work, Elyce. Click here to access. If you do not have access to the journal, email me for a copy.
Fish & Wildlife Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Thank you to the University of Idaho's Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences for awarding me the Outstanding Graduate Student Award! I truely enjoyed being a part of this amazing department and learning from such an inspiring faculty and staff. Many thanks.

University of Idaho Alumni Award for Excellence!
Thank you to the University of Idaho Alumni Association for awarding me the Alumni Award for Excellence. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to attend and contribute to the University of Idaho.
Cover article!
We were fortunate to have had our research, "Fine-scale genetic structure of the ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) in a sky island mountain range," featured on the cover of the Journal of Mammalogy. Many thanks to all who supported this research of the years.

2015 ICTWS Graduate Student Scholarship
Thank you to the Idaho Chapter of the Wildlife Society (ICTWS) for awarding me the 2015 Graduate Student Scholarship. It is an honor to be recognized among the excellent graduate students in Idaho and across the northwest.
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ID Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting
Elyce Gosselin, an undergraduate student in the Ecology and Conservatoin Biology Program at the University of Idaho, presented her research entitled "Sampling methodology and a comparison of traditional and molecular diet analyses for a terrestrial carnivore." Lisette Waits and I have been mentoring Elyce. Congratulations Elyce on an excellent presentation! Check out Elyce's website for more information | Link. 
In the News!
Melting misconceptions - Award-winning polar bear researcher and University of Idaho alumnus provides a talk on climate change and climate projections | Link.

In the News!
Sustaining multiple perspectives - NOAA scientist Shallin Busch provides a seminar on the influence of climate change on ocean acidification | Link.