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Title: “Historic, cultural, and physical landscapes and the large carnivores of the Great Lakes region”
Abstract: For many reasons, the Great Lakes region lies at the cultural and historic heart of wildlife conservation in North America, and this is particularly true as conservation paradigms shift towards restoration and resiliency. My talk will reflect on recent research on large carnivores and the importance of understanding conservation as an interdisciplinary project. I will draw heavily on my recent collaborations over wolf population dynamics, mammal communities in Lake Superior’s Apostle Islands, and ruminations about Leopold’s Land Ethic and the professional practice of wildlife conservation.
Bio: Tim Van Deelen is a professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has worked there since 2004. Tim is also faculty co-director for GreenHouse, an undergraduate learning community interested in sustainable living housed in a dorm named for Aldo Leopold. Prior to this, Tim worked as a research scientist for the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Tim returns to Michigan each year for a summer teaching gig near Mancelona. He is a 1995 Ph.D. graduate of Michigan State University’s department of Fisheries and Wildlife, a 1991 graduate of The University of Montana and a 1988 graduate of Calvin University in Grand Rapids. Tim’s professional interest is the conservation of wildlife populations in the face of human influences, and he has worked on several species including black bears, wolves, deer, badgers, sandhill cranes, turkeys, and flying squirrels. Tim teaches the UW’s class on Animal Population Dynamics and the Department’s Senior Capstone class focused on deer management. With his background in working for state management agencies, Tim also brings expertise to designing and using monitoring systems that bridge the gap between researchers and the information needs of conservation agencies. Tim is author/coauthor of >110 peer reviewed papers on various aspects of wildlife biology but finds his greatest satisfaction in the contributions that his former students are making as wildlife professionals.
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