Spring 2018 West Virginia Chapter Meeting

West Virginia Chapter: Spring 2018 meeting

James M. “Jim” Crum (left) receiving the Mountaineer Award for lifetime wildlife service and achievement from West Virginia Chapter President Jerry Westfall.

Darren M. Wood’s presentation “Spatio-temporal analysis of genetic diversity associated with extended pre-clinical symptoms of Chronic Wasting Disease”

West Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society meeting in Room 308, Percival Hall at West Virginia University

Sally Yannuzzi’s presentation “Wintering American black duck occupancy in central Appalachia”

WVU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society selling snacks as a fundraiser at the Annual Spring Conference

Thomas F. Rounsville Jr.’s presentation “Modeling bobcat occupancy in West Virginia at the landscape scale”

Cathy Johnson’s presentation “The Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative: restoring and conserving wildlife habitat”

West Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society meeting in Room 308, Percival Hall at West Virginia University

Jesse A. Fallon’s presentation “Snowy owls in West Virginia: a case report and discussion of snowy owl natural history”

Sean M. Wineland (left) receiving award for best PowerPoint presenter for “Identifying drivers of eastern hellbender extirpation in West Virginia using environmental DNA (eDNA)” from West Virginia Chapter President Jerry Westfall. Nicole Sadecky, winner of best poster presenter for “Status survey results and distribution of the Guyandotte River Crayfish across the Upper Guyandotte River basin of West Virginia” was not available for photograph