A group stands in a circle at an animal capture site. There is snow on the ground with grasses peeking out and there are three vehicles and a trailer in the background.

El equipo

Somos un grupo de investigación enfocado en brindar una base científica para el manejo y conservación de ungulados. A menudo, a través de investigaciones individuales y estudios de campo intensivos, conectamos animales individuales con su entorno para aprender qué influye en su comportamiento, crecimiento, reproducción y supervivencia frente a un mundo cambiante. Nuestro objetivo es “avanzar en la ciencia y el manejo un punto de datos a la vez.” Aprender sobre estas especies de una manera que pueda dar forma a las decisiones sobre el terreno depende de los datos empíricos a largo plazo, que son difíciles de obtener.

A través de estudios de campo integrales, producción científica y compromiso activo con científicos, partes interesadas y el público en general, el objetivo general de nuestro grupo es proporcionar contribuciones significativas al campo de la ecología de la vida silvestre al tiempo que informa de manera efectiva las decisiones de gestión.

Leader:

Kevin Monteith shows one of his taxidermy projects to the viewer. Behind him, many deer mounts hang on the wall.

Kevin Monteith

Ciudad natal: Bristol, SD
Degrees: Kevin earned a BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and an MSc in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from South Dakota State University. He earned his PhD in Biological Sciences from Idaho State University.
Proyectos: All of them…

Estudiantes de posgrado

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Becky Barbier

Ciudad natal: Centennial, WY
Degrees: Becky is pursuing an MSc in Environment and Natural Resources with the Shop. Before this, she earned a BSc in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, with a minor in Ecological Restoration, from Colorado State University.
Project: Moose Habitat Project

Jack marvels at a small frog.

Jack Gavin

Ciudad natal: Wenatchee, WA
Degrees: Jack is pursuing an MSc in Zoology and Physiology with the Shop. Before this, he earned a BSc in Environmental Science and GIS from Western Washington University.
Proyectos: El proyecto de nutrición y enfermedad en el borrego cimarrón

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Ty Hults

Ciudad natal: Knob Noster, Missouri
Degrees: Ty is pursuing an MSc in Zoology and Physiology with the Shop. Before this, he earned a BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and Management from the University of Wyoming.
Proyectos: El proyecto de nutrición y enfermedad en el borrego cimarrón

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Macy Jacobson

Ciudad natal: Lander, WY
Degrees: Macy is pursuing an MSc in Environment and Natural Resources with the Shop. Before this, she earned an AS in Wildlife Biology from Casper College and a BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and Management, with a concurrent major in Environment and Natural Resources, from the University of Wyoming.
Proyectos: Beaver-Ungulate Interaction Project

Rebekah doing field work alongside her pup.

Rebekah Rafferty

Ciudad natal: Solvang, California
Degrees: Rebekah is pursuing a PhD in Zoology and Physiology with the Shop. Before this, she earned BAs in both Environmental Studies and Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and an MA in Social Science, Environment, and Community from Humboldt State University.
Proyectos: Proyecto de ciervos mula de la cordillera de Wyoming

Seth holding a bird during field work.

Seth Rankins

Ciudad natal: Cusseta, Alabama
Degrees: Seth is pursuing a PhD in Zoology and Physiology with the Shop. Before this, he earned a BSc in Wildlife Ecology and Management from Auburn University and an MSc in Rangeland and Wildlife Management from Texas A&M University – Kingsville.
Proyectos: Proyecto de la recuperación del borrego cimarrón de la Sierra Nevada

Yasaman Shakeri holding mule deer antlers up to her head.

Yasaman Shakeri

Ciudad natal: San Jose, California
Degrees: Yasaman is pursuing a PhD in Zoology and Physiology with the Shop. Before this, she earned a BA in Environmental Studies from University of California Santa Cruz and an MSc in Fisheries and Wildlife Science from Oregon State University.
Proyectos: Proyecto de la recuperación del borrego cimarrón de la Sierra Nevada

Empleados

Rebecca is thrilled by a sheep skull.

Rebecca Levine

Ciudad natal: Providence, RI
Degrees: Before starting as a research scientist, Rebecca earned a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College and an MSc in Environment and Natural Resources from the University of Wyoming.
Proyectos: Proyecto de alces de Meeteetse

Ben smiles and looks at the camera, with a large backpack on his back.

Ben Regan

Ciudad natal: Reno, NV
Degrees: Before starting as a research scientist, Ben earned a BSc in Fisheries and Wildlife Management from Montana State University.
Proyectos: Todos!

Brittany smiles at the camera, gleefully showing off a cylinder of ungulate poop.

Brittany Wagler

Ciudad natal: Cody, WY
Degrees: Before starting as a research scientist, Brittany earned a BSc in Zoology and Physiology and an MSc in Zoology and Physiology, both from the University of Wyoming.
Proyectos: El proyecto de nutrición y enfermedad en el borrego cimarrón
Enlace a CV

Taylor happily emerges from a creek.

Taylor Wagstaff

Ciudad natal: Hulett, WY
Degrees: Before starting as a research scientist and lab coordinator, Taylor earned an AS in Science from Eastern Wyoming College and a BSc in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology and Management, with minors in Honors and Creative Writing, from the University of Wyoming.
Proyectos: Todos!

Alumni:

Heather excitedly points at a white-tailed deer.

Heather Abernathy
Postdoctoral researcher on Proyecto de la ecología de los venados y wapití

Ellen Aikens sits in a blue hammock in a green forest environment. A black dog looks back at her as if to say, "What are you doing?"

Ellen Aikens
PhD student on Proyecto de ciervos mula de la cordillera de Wyoming

Mitch stands in a wetsuit, wearing goggles and a snorkel. Behind him is water and a bird flying by.

Mitch Brunet
Master’s student, followed by research scientist, on Proyecto de la ecología de los venados y wapití

Kristen stands in a green pen habitat, looking back and smiling at a collared caribou sniffing her elbow.

Kristin Denryter
Postdoctoral researcher on Sierra Nevada Desert Bighorn Sheep Project

Sam Dwinnel stands with her back to the viewer, looking back and smiling. She appears to be at the edge of a snowy, rocky slope and is wearing skis and a large green backpack.

Sam Dwinnell
Master’s student, followed by research scientist, on Proyecto de ciervos mula de la cordillera de Wyoming

Matt Hayes looks past the camera, covered in deer hair during adult captures.

Matt Hayes
Research scientist on Proyecto de la ecología de los venados y wapití

Katey Huggler stands in a sagebrush steppe environment, smiling at the camera. Her small puppy is zipped into her green jacket with her.

Katey Huggler
Master’s student on Proyecto de la ecología de los venados y wapití

Rhiannon Jakopak sits on a giant saddled jackalope, staring majesticly into the distance.

Rhiannon Jakopak
Master’s student on Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project, followed by research scientist on Proyecto de ciervos mula de Casper

Jaron Kolek on the river.

Jaron Kolek
Master’s student on Proyecto de la recuperación del borrego cimarrón de la Sierra Nevada

A man and a child, both wearing florescent orange, pose with a recently aharvested mule deer buck.

Bryan Lamont
Master’s student on Proyecto de wapití de la Sierra Madre

Tayler LaSharr smiles at the camera, turned to show that her puppy Ovis is sitting inside her pink backpack.

Tayler LaSharr
Master’s student on Proyecto de los archivos de la caza, then PhD student and research scientist on Proyecto de ciervos mula de la cordillera de Wyoming

Alex May stirs a skillet full of food on a camp stove with tents and red rocks in the background.

Alex May
Master’s student on Proyecto de alces de la cordillera Snowy

Emily Reed smiles at the camera in a selfie from her car. Her pup leans their head on her shoulder.

Emily Reed
Undergraduate student on Ungulate Compendium project

Rachel stands in a field of snow, using a pole to help balance her. Behind her is a very rocky outcrop, showing that she is in very high elevation, steep terrain.

Rachel Smiley
PhD student on El proyecto de nutrición y enfermedad en el borrego cimarrón

A man wearing a ball cap sits in the driver's seat of a vehicle, and is taking a selfie with a bison walking along a paved road.

Lee Tafelmeyer
Master’s student on El proyecto de caza de antílope

Tana stands on the rocky banks of a river, holding a very small frog.

Tana Verzuh
Master’s student on Proyecto de alces de la cordillera Snowy

Amigos:

Hayduke, a corgi with black, white, and brown, takes a break in some sagebrush. She looks tired, as though she has been running through the sagebrush for days.

Hayduke
Persona: Rebekah Rafferty

A black dog with his tongue out sits in the snow, holding a red frisbee.

Koda
Persona: Brittany Wagler

A black dog looks majestically over an Alaskan landscape.

Kohda
Persona: Yasaman Shakeri

A brown cat with an orange streak on her forehead reclines in a cozy cat tower.

Remi
Persona: Taylor Wagstaff