There is still a lot we don't know about the distribution of ectoparasites and pathogen vectors. Congrats to Paige Harman on the culmination of her hard work. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Just a short drive from the border is an outstanding group of ecologists. Was great to visit with them. Left me thinking about future opportunities for us to work together

Thesis defense week! Join us!

FWCE's Dr Kelly Jones is searching for a new MS student to study Human Dimensions of Wildlife Conservation. Come join us!

Great video of bickering large-headed mesocarnivores

Got the final proof corrections sent back to publisher today for our forthcoming 1,000+ page book on the Carnivores on New Mexico. Electronic version will be available in November and hardcover in February.

Join us at Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park on Sept 23rd (8-11am) for Migration Day, hosted by NMSU's Avian Migration Program. Educational activities & games for all ages, bird walks & a bird banding demonstration. If you don't have a state park pass there is a $5 fee per vehicle

Please retweet: We seek a MS student to assist w/ a study of the effects of pinyon-juniper fuel reduction treatments on mammals. A great academic department & lots of opportunities to work w/ agencies on a project w/ important wildlife management implications.

Please share! The Native Student Professional Development Program is now accepting student applications for funding to attend The
The Wildlife Society annual conference in Louisville, KY. Application deadline is Aug. 21. Additional details within flyer.

Matt Gompper presenting fascinating results on the effect of RHDV2 (a rabbit virus) on populations.
Shows that the disease led to a 24% decline in encounter rates and densities.

Rodents, fleas, fire, host demographics, bighorn sheep, Mycoplasma, environmental predictors & reproductive outcomes. Who gets parasitized and why? Should be fun.

We've seen the bison photos but what about Jackrabbit drives?
>100,000s of jackrabbits ended this way in the early 1900s to make way for cattle

Source: University of Southern California Libraries & California Historical Society

Quote of the day: 'At a young age, he took an avid interest in chemistry and experimented with explosives in his home laboratory'
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Why Edward Hopper is (probably) the greatest ever American artist:

Big congrats to Carleen Silva on receipt of a Joint Fire Science Program Graduate Research Innovation award! Carleen is working in northern NM on how fire influences the disease ecology of rodent-maintained pathogens. Critical work in our increasingly pyric systems

We can vouch for Las Cruces being a good place to be a wildlife biologist!

Credit to Rukhsana Khatoon! Our new paper on human-carnivore conflicts in the Punjab Region of Pakistan is out. Lots of livestock killed by leopards, most of which are never reported to wildlife agencies digitalcommons.usu.edu/hwi/vol16/iss1…