Efficacy of Bait-Lure Combinations in Attracting Weasels and other Mustelidae in North Dakota

We evaluated the efficacy of different bait-lure combinations in detecting different species of weasels in greater Minot, North Dakota. This project is part of a larger collaborative effort across the United States.

https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1580

Plum River Native Prairie Initiative

In 2023, Dr. Chad Williamson, along with Drs. Laurie Geller and Dan Conn (Minot State University) developed a plan to restore the former Erik Ramstad Middle School site into native mixed-grass prairie in the city of Minot, North Dakota. The project was funded by Audubon Great Plains and began work in Fall 2023.

More info coming soon!

Current Projects

Survival and Space-Use of a Translocated Population of Franklin's Ground Squirrels in Northwestern Indiana

This project will begin in 2024. More info coming soon!

Graduate Studies

Elk responses to recreational use and habitat potential in Michigan

More info coming soon!

https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fwsb.1152

https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/50142

Survival and space-use of white-tailed deer fawns in urban and rural southern Indiana

More info coming soon!

https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/items/7b2e31a1-ae9a-4717-a1c4-e1e0cb58e04a

Contact Information
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Dr. Chad R. Williamson

Department of Biology

Saginaw Valley State University

7400 Bay Rd.

University Center, MI 48710

cwilliamson47@gmail.com

810-869-9960