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The September issue of JWM is now available
The featured article focuses on what factors make hunters participate in voluntary CWD testing in Wisconsin
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Hunter participation is vital when it comes to helping scientists and managers keep track of the spread of chronic wasting disease, a deadly prion disease, in white-tailed deer. In the featured article for this issue, researchers wanted to know what drove hunters to participate in testing their deer when testing involvement is voluntary in Wisconsin.
Other articles look at how American woodcock (Scolopax minor) management can help eastern towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), the habitat selection of imperiled flattened musk turtles (Sternotherus depressus), the occurrence of suitable natural tree cavities for nesting wood ducks in South Carolina and more.
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Header Image: An Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus) leveret sits in the grasslands of Dublin International Airport. Credit: Samantha Ball
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