Spring 2026 Graduate Seminar in Wildlife Biology - WILD 594
Location: CHCB 131 and Teams
Wildlife Biology seminars will be held in person and on Teams unless otherwise noted. For information regarding grad seminar please contact chad.bishop@umontana.edu
Please contact lauren.hatch@umontana.edu for the Teams link.
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Date |
1:00 - 1:50 |
2:00 - 2:50 |
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| 1/23 |
Tavis Forrester, PhD Guest Speaker, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station 'Variability in vital rates and their influence on population growth in mule and black-tailed deer' |
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| 1/30 | Rachel Malison, PhD Guest Speaker, 91次元, Flathead Lake Bio Station 'Beavers and Salmon – the Influence of Beavers on Salmons in Norway and Alaska' |
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| 2/6 |
Phil Douchinsky PhD Proposal 'Genomics of hybridization and migration in the Montana Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout' |
Andy Boyce, PhD Guest Speaker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 'Grassland bird ecology and conservation in a landscape with nearly-lost keystone species.' |
| 2/13 |
Richard Chandler, PhD Invited Guest Speaker, University of Georgia |
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| 2/20 |
Leah Rensel PhD Update Talk 'Estimate Contact Rates in Deer Mice: The Good, the Bad, and the Flammable' |
Autonomous Aerial Systems Office Guest Speaker, Autonomous Aerial Systems Office, 91次元 'Applications of Drones in Wildlife Research' |
| 2/27 | Montana TWS Conference – No Seminar Scheduled | |
| 3/6 |
Brenna Cassidy, PhD Guest Speaker, Colorado Parks & Wildlife TBD |
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| 3/13 |
Julia Galloway, PhD Guest Speaker, 91次元, School of Visual and Media Arts The Endangered Species Project |
Hilary Zaranek Guest Speaker, Range Rider and Rancher TBD |
| 3/20 | Spring Break – No Seminar Scheduled | |
| 3/27 |
Hannah Walker PhD Proposal 'Genomics of Adaptive Evolution in Wild Pigs' |
Bruce Montgomery MS Proposal 'Grizzly Bear Denning' |
| 4/3 |
Heather Brown MS Proposal 'Augmentation as an adaptive management strategy for restoring native mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) populations in Montana' |
Mary Venegas Thesis Defense 'Heavy Metal Exposure in Breeding Songbirds near Anaconda, MT' |
| 4/10 |
Xavier Lovato Thesis Defense TBD |
Kaitlyn Vega PhD Update Talk TBD |
| 4/17 |
Matt Webster PhD Update Talk 'Beavers from space: leveraging remote sense data to assess beaver impacts in prairie streams' |
Maddy Guimond MS Proposal 'Linking host, pathogen and environment: A multi-model framework for white-nose syndrome defense in hibernating bats' |
| 4/24 |
Brianna Lipp Thesis Defense 'Social Identity and Wildlife: A Literature Review and Experimental Test of Identity Threat and Conspiracy Beliefs' |
Andrei Dinu Thesis Defense 'Occupancy and temporal responses to human disturbance, and density patterns in an intact mammal community of the Romanian Carpathians' |
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4/27 (off-seminar) |
Julia Trautmann MS Proposal 'Multi-Scale Waterfowl-Wetland Models to Improve Conservation Planning in the Prairie Pothole Region' TIME: 11 am ROOM: TBD |
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| 5/1 |
Anna Baize Thesis Defense 'Understanding and Prioritizing Bear Attractant Securement at Community and Individual Levels |
Sunny Domschot Dissertation Defense TBD |