Updated on Friday, 15 June 2018

CURRICULUM VITAE JEFFREY J. LUSK, PHD I.

PERSONAL 700 Eldon Drive Lincoln, NE 68510 (402)484-8384 (home) (402)314-7000 (cell) e-mail: [email protected] Born: 30 June 1971, Chicago, Illinois Citizenship: United States of America Spouse: C. W. Coley, MS.

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PROFESSIONAL Upland Game Program Manager Research, Analysis, and Inventory Section Wildlife Division Nebraska Game & Parks Commission 2200 N. 33rd St. Lincoln, NE 68503 (402) 471-1756 e-mail: [email protected] Adjunct Assistant Professor School of Natural Resources University of Nebraska at Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583 e-mail: [email protected]

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EDUCATION 1993 | Bachelor of Science with Departmental Distinction in Biological Sciences University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1998 | Master of Science in Zoology Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois Thesis Title: “Hunting Regime Effects on Mourning Dove Vigilance, Foraging Behavior, and Hunting Site Use” 2004 | Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Dissertation Title: “Northern Bobwhite Abundance in Relation to Climate, Weather, and Land Use in Arid and Semiarid Regions: A Neural Network Approach”

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HONORS AND AWARDS 1989-1993 | Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1993 | Departmental Distinction, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1998-2001 | Presidential Fellowship for Water, Energy, and the Environment, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 1998-2001 | Eugene L. and Doris L. Miller Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, OSU Foundation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 2002 | Full Membership in Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society 2002 | Quail Unlimited Scholarship, Cleveland County Chapter, Oklahoma 2007 | Scientific Publication of the Year for Information theory in wildlife science: Critique and viewpoint, The Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, 24 February 2007, Beaumont, Texas 2013 | Conservationists of the Year (as part of Southwest Focus on Pheasants project team), Pheasants Forever annual State Habitat Meeting, 2 February 2013, Kearney, Nebraska

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE November 2006 – Present | Upland Game Program Manager, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, Lincoln, Nebraska Design, direct, and coordinate field research, population surveys, and conservation plans pertaining to upland game in conjunction with the RAI Section Leader. Develop long-term strategic plans and annual operational plans and budgets for projects. Analyze and interpret wildlife population and research data for presentation at technical and public meetings. Prepare statutory and regulation recommendations for administrative review. Provide information to various conservation agencies, resource oriented groups, and the public. June 2007 – Present | Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Mentor and advise graduate students (MS and PhD) during thesis/dissertation research. Participate in faculty activities and guest lecture as called on by resident faculty in areas of expertise. August 2004 – December 2006 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources & Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Postdoctoral Research Director: Dr. Robert K. Swihart. Coordinate and participate in ongoing research program involving graduate students investigating the responses of vertebrates to agriculturally induced fragmentation of habitat, and study the cryptic effects of forest fragmentation on trophic interactions in oak-hickory ecosystems. Investigate the effects of climate change on oak regeneration and on the oak seed predator and disperser complexes. Collaborate with other postdoctoral scientists and graduate students as needed to advance the objectives of the research program. Specific duties include supervising ongoing research activities, analyzing data, and preparing grants and project reports. Model species-environment relationships using generalized linear models, classification and regression trees, and artificial neural networks.

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January 1998 – August 2004 | Graduate Research Associate, Department of Forestry & Oklahoma Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Committee: Dr. Fred S. Guthery (Chair), Dr. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Dr. Stanley F. Fox, Dr. Ronald Masters, and Dr. Robert L. Lochmiller (Deceased). Conducted research on bobwhite and scaled quail population dynamics in relation to climatic conditions using neural network modeling techniques. This project used roadside count data collected in Texas over a 20-year period and in Oklahoma over a 6-year period to develop predictive models for use by state management agencies in predicting quail population levels. The resulting model can be used to predict population levels using temperature and precipitation data. Models were also used to predict potential effects of global-change scenarios on bobwhites in Oklahoma and Texas, and to determine the relative importance of weather and climate to quail abundance. Conducted research on cause-specific survival and movement patterns of bobwhites using data collected during a 10-year project on the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area in western Oklahoma. Modeled the effects of climate and weather on turkey hen-poult ratios in Texas. June 1997 - December 1997 | Researcher II, Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois Collected and analyzed data on mourning dove use of public shooting fields in southern and central Illinois in response to experimental hunting hour regimes. Collected and analyzed human dimension data dealing with hunter attitudes and opinions of hunting hour changes in Illinois. Coordinated data collection among 21 public hunting sites in central and southern Illinois. Prepared Federal Aid Annual Progress reports for mourning dove project. Provided logistic and technical support to graduate students conducting studies of the physiological consequences of hunting hour regimes for mourning doves in Illinois (drew blood samples from harvested doves for radio-immunoassays, and helped maintain a captive colony of doves), and of hunter selectivity for specific age classes of white-tailed deer (collected reproductive tracks of harvested does at deer-hunter check stations). Generated thematic maps using TNT Mips and ArcView GIS for use by the Lab’s Mined Lands Reclamation division in environmental assessments. Duties included feature mapping aerial photographs, georeferencing aerial photographs and digitized topographical maps, constructing thematic layers from US Census Bureau TIGER and National Wetland Inventory data, and preparing map layouts for assessment statements. June 1995 - June 1997 | Graduate Research Assistant, Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois Committee: Dr. Alan Woolf (Chair; Deceased), Dr. Walter J. Jakubas (Co-Chair), and Mr. John Roseberry Collected and analyzed data on changes in mourning dove use of public hunting areas, foraging behavior, and vigilance behavior in response to experimental hunting hour regimes in southern and central Illinois as part of thesis research. Collected and analyzed human dimensions data pertaining to hunter attitudes and opinions about hunting hour changes in Illinois as part of Research Assistantship. Coordinated data collection activities and personnel at 21 public hunting sites in central and southern Illinois. Prepared Federal Aid Annual Progress reports for mourning dove project. Assisted graduate students with research activities including small mammal trapping for short-tailed shrews, trapping and banding mourning doves, assisting with captive vole colony maintenance, and capturing wood ducks for radio-transmitter attachment.

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Fall 1990 - Spring 1991 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences and the Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Advisors: Dr. Joel S. Brown and Dr. Christopher J. Whelan Designed and implemented a research project to study the foraging behavior of gray squirrels at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois. Research applied Dr. Brown’s model of foraging behavior to determine the effects of foraging tray height on the costs and benefits of foraging. VI.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Membership in Professional Societies: The Wildlife Society (1995 – Present) Cooper Ornithological Society (1998 – Present)  Student Participation Committee (2000 - 2002) American Ornithologists’ Union (1999 – Present) Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society  Associate Member (2000 – 2001)  Full Member (2002 – Present) Ecological Society of America (1994 – 2011) Society for Conservation Biology (1999 – 2011) — Education Committee (1999 – 2011) — Newsletter Committee (1999 – 2002) Association of Field Ornithologists (1998 – 2008)  Abstractor for Journal of Field Ornithology, Current Literature section (2002-2004)  Volunteer editor for Editorial Assistance program Wilson Ornithological Society (1998 – 2003) American Society of Mammalogists (1994 – 2000) Resource Modeling Association (2000 – 2002) International Association of Landscape Ecologists (1998 – 2002) University Committees: 1999–2000 | Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Research Council, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 2005–2006 | Member of the Outreach Committee for the Purdue Climate Change Research Center 2005–2006 | Member of the Planning Committee for the PCCRC & PUMA Undergraduate Conference of Weather and Climate Impacts Graduate Student Committees & Post-doc Supervision: Ty Williams, PhD Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dissertation: Productivity and Habitat Selection of Ring-necked Pheasants and Greater Prairie-chickens in Nebraska, 2009. Lars Anderson, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: Nest and Brood Site Selection and Survival of Greater Prairie-chickens in the Eastern Sandhills of Nebraska, 2012

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Christopher Jorgensen, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, CFWRU, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: Assessing Local and Landscape Constraints on Habitat Management for Grassland and Upland Birds, 2012 Jocylen Olney, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: Effects of a Wind Farm on Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) Habitat Use, Reproduction, and Survival in Nebraska, 2015 Lyndsie Wszola, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: Hen Pheasant Habitat Decisions in Response to Recreational Hunting, 2017 Mandy Lapinski, PhD Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dissertation: Carryover Effects of Severe Weather Events on Bobwhite Production in Nebraska, 2019 Vicki Simonsen, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: Trade-offs in Parental Investment: How Landscape Context and Perceived Predation Risk Interact to Influence Reproductive Strategies, 2018 Alisha Grams, MS Student, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Thesis: The Influences of Hunter Identity on the Nebraska Grouse Population, 2018 Professional Society Committees: 1999–2006 | Member of the Education Committee of the Society for Conservation Biology Graduate Programs subcommittee 1999–2002 Literacy Guidelines subcommittee 1999–2005 1999–2002 | Member of the Newsletter Committee of the Society for Conservation Biology 2000–2002 | Member of the Student Participation Committee for the Cooper Ornithological Society 2005–2006 | Member of the Publications Award Committee for The Wildlife Society 2011 | Member of the Student Travel Grant Proposal Review Committee for The Wildlife Society Ex officio Technical Committees & Working Groups: 2006−Present |Member of the Central Flyway Webless Migratory Game Bird Technical Committee 2006−Present | Member of the Central Management Unit Dove Technical Committee 2008 | Secretary of the Central Management Unit Dove Technical Committee 2009 | Chair of the Central Management Unit Dove Technical Committee 2007 − Present | Member of the Prairie Grouse Technical Committee 2008 − 2012 | Chair of Nebraska Game & Parks Commission Climate Change Working Group 2009 – 2011| Member of the Nebraska Natural Legacy Plan Science Team 2009 – Present | Chair of Central Flyway Webless Migratory Game Bird Program Review Committee.

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2009 – Present | Member National Webless Migratory Game Bird Program Review Committee Referee for Professional Journals (Number of Manuscripts): Ecosphere (2) Journal of Wildlife Management (16) Wildlife Society Bulletin (15) Quail V: Proceedings of the Fifth National Quail Symposium (1) Wilson Bulletin (6) Acta Theriologica (1) Wildlife Biology (1) Western North American Naturalist (1) Prairie Naturalist (1) Great Plains Research (3) Quail VII: Proceedings of the Seventh National Quail Symposium (2) Quail VIII: Proceedings of the Eighth National Quail Symposium (1) Journal of Fish & Wildlife Management (1) Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science (1) Other Journal Service 2002–Present | Journal of Field Ornithology – Volunteer editor with the Editorial Assistance program (11 manuscripts; last in 2009) 2000–2004 | Journal of Field Ornithology – Abstract ornithology related articles from other journals for Current Literature. Papers Presented 2013–Powell, L., L. Anderson, T. Matthews, W. Schacht, W. Vodehnal, J. Lusk, and A. Tyre. A comparison of nest habitat selection of Greater Prairie-chickens in Tallgrass and Mixed Grass prairies in Nebraska. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 5-10 October 2013 (POSTER) 2013–Anderson, L., W Schacht, J. Lusk, B. Vodehnal, and L. Powell. Breeding habitat selection and productivity of greater prairie-chickens in the Nebraska Sandhills. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, 3-7 February 2013 (INVITED PLATFORM) 2013–Powell, L., T. Matthews, L. Anderson, W. Schacht, J. Lusk, A. Tyre, and B. Vodehnal. A comparison of habitat selection and success of greater prairie-chickens in tallgrass and mixed grass prairies in Nebraska. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, 3-7 February 2013 (INVITED PLATFORM)

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2012–Lusk, J. J. Climate change and its impacts on bobwhites: Why don’t we care? The Bollenbach Symposium and Advisory Board Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 23 May 2012 (INVITED SEMINAR) 2011–Anderson, L., W. Schacht, L. Powell, J. Lusk, and B. Vodehnal. Vegetation Structure and Composition at Greater Prairie-Chicken Nest and Brood Sites: Drivers for Success? Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Billings, MT, 6 February 2011. (POSTER) 2011–Anderson, L., W. Schacht, L. Powell, J. Lusk, and B. Vodehnal. Vegetation Structure and Composition at Greater Prairie-Chicken Nest and Brood Sites: Drivers for Success? NE Chapter of The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Hastings, NE, 24 February 2011. (POSTER) 2010–Anderson, L., W. Schacht, L. Powell, M. Giovanni, and J. Lusk. Assessment of visual obstruction using digital image analysis. The Wildlife Society's Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT, 5 October 2010. (PLATFORM) 2010–Anderson, L., W. Schacht, L. Powell, J. Lusk, and W. Vodehnal. Habitat selection of prairie-chickens in Nebraska's Sandhills. Society for Range Management: Nebraska Section Annual Meeting, Halsey, NE, 13 October 2010. (POSTER). 2010–Hiller, T.L., A.J. Tyre, L.A. Powell, J. J. Lusk, T.D. McCoy, and J.S. Taylor. Farms & Pheasants: A Landscapelevel Perspective on Habitat. Pheasants Forever State Habitat Meeting, 6 February 2010 (PLATFORM) 2009–Lusk, J.J. An Evaluation of the Surrogator Propagation System. Pheasants Forever State Habitat Meeting, 7 February 2009 (PLATFORM) 2008–Lusk, J. J. Climate Change in Nebraska: What to expect and what we can do about it. Wildlife & Fisheries Brown Bag Seminar Series, 16 September 2008 (SEMINAR) 2008–Matthews, T. W., L. A. Powell, A. J. Tyre, J. S. Taylor, and J. J. Lusk. Local population effects of CRP habitat on game birds in Nebraska. Nebraska Prairie Bird Science Symposium, Nebraska chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting, 28 February 2008 (PLATFORM) 2008–Powell, L. A., J. S. Taylor, J.J. Lusk. An adaptive harvest management exercise for greater prairie-chicken harvest in Southern Nebraska: using harvests and surveys to gain information about harvest mortality. Nebraska Prairie Bird Science Symposium, Nebraska chapter of the Wildlife Society annual meeting, 28 February 2008 (PLATFORM) 2007–Matthews, T., L. A. Powell, J.J. Lusk, J. S. Taylor, and A. Tyre. Habitat selection of nesting and broodrearing greater prairie-chickens in southeast Nebraska. Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting, 8-10 October 2007 (PLATFORM) 2007–Powell, L. A., J. S. Taylor, and J. J. Lusk. An adaptive harvest management exercise for greater prairie chicken harvest in southeast Nebraska: using harvest and surveys to gain information about harvest mortality. Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting, 8-10 October 2007 (PLATFORM) 2006– Lusk, J.J. Northern bobwhite abundance in relation to climate, weather, and land use. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, 31 July 2006 (SEMINAR) 2006– Lusk, J.J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. Long-term climate trends and northern bobwhite populations in South Texas. Game Bird 2006 (Quail VI & Perdix XII), Athens, Georgia, USA. 31 May-4 June 2006 (POSTER)

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2005– Lusk, J. J., S. J. DeMaso, and F. S. Guthery. Climate-based neural models of Rio Grande turkey production in Texas. Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. 10–14 December 2005 (PLATFORM: DeMaso presenter) 2005– Guthery, F. S., M. J. Peterson, J. J. Lusk, M. J. Rabe, S. J. DeMaso, M. Sams, R. D. Applegate, and T. V. Dailey. Multistate analysis of fixed, liberal regulations in quail harvest management. Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Amarillo, Texas USA. 25 February 2005 (PLATFORM) 2004– Pijanowski, B. C., S. Pithadia, and J. J. Lusk. The Indiana Future Project: preliminary results of statewide land-use change forecasts to the year 2040 with commentaries on potential impacts to fish and wildlife populations. 65th Annual Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 12–15 December 2004 (PLATFORM) 2004– Omland, K. S., S. C. Trombulak, J. A. Robinson, J. J. Lusk, T. L. Fleischner, G. Brown, M. Domroese. Recommended guidelines for conservation literacy: an outreach project of the SCB Education Committee. 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. 30 July–2 August 2004 (POSTER) 2004– Lusk, J. J. Northern bobwhite abundance in relation to climate, weather, and land-use in arid and semiarid areas: a neural network approach. Dissertation defense seminar, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. 1 July 2004 (SEMINAR) 2004– Lusk, J. J. Research Update: The Packsaddle Bobwhite Project 2004. Bollenbach Advisory Board Meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. 16 June 2004 (SEMINAR) 2003– Lusk, J. J. Research Update: The Packsaddle Quail Project 2002–2003. Bollenbach Advisory Board Meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. 15 May 2003 (SEMINAR) 2003– Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, S. Cox, A. Peoples, and S. DeMaso. Survival and cause-specific mortality of Northern Bobwhites at the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 26–27 February 2003 (PLATFORM) 2003– Guthery, F. S., A. K. Crews, J. J. Lusk, and M. Sams. Effects of bag limits on bobwhite hunters and harvest, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 26– 27 February 2003 (PLATFORM) 2002– Lusk, J. J. Analysis of the Packsaddle Bobwhite Database 1991–2002. Project Reviews: Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. 19 November 2002 (SEMINAR) 2002– Lusk, J. J. Research Update: The Packsaddle Quail Project. Bollenbach Advisory Board Meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA. 30 April 2002 (SEMINAR) 2002– Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, D. R. Synatzske, J. Gallagher, S. J. DeMaso, R. R. George, and M. J. Peterson. Weather and age ratios of northern bobwhites in south Texas. Quail V: Fifth National Quail Symposium, Corpus Christi, Texas USA. 23–27 January 2002 (PLATFORM) 2001 – Suedkamp, K. M., J. J. Lusk, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. Lark sparrow nest-site selection and success in a mixed-grass prairie. 119th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Seattle, Washington USA. 15–18 August 2001 (POSTER)

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2001 – Lusk, J. J., K. M. Suedkamp, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. Factors affecting nest success of lark sparrows in a southern mixed-grass prairie. Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. 18–21 April 2001 (POSTER) 2001 – Suedkamp, K. M., J. J. Lusk, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. What factors influence nest-site selection in lark sparrows (Chondestes grammacus) in a mixed-grass prairie? Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA. 18–21 April 2001 (PLATFORM) 2001 – Lusk, J. J. Research update: Weather patterns and bobwhite populations in Texas and Oklahoma. Bollenbach Advisory Board meeting, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 4 April 2001 (SEMINAR) 2001 – Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, and K. M. Suedkamp. Humans vs. least squares. Invited Seminar, Department of Forestry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 26 March 2001 (SEMINAR: *Guthery and Lusk co-presenters*) 2000 – Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance in relation to yearly weather and long-term climate patterns. Second International Conference on Applications of Machine Learning to Ecological Modelling, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 30 November 2000 (PLATFORM) 2000 – Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. Quail and weather: Past, present, and future. Bollenbach Quail Symposium, Kingfisher, Oklahoma USA. 4 August 2000 (PLATFORM) 1999 – Lusk, J. J. Long-term and large-scale trends in avian community structure in Oklahoma. Third Biennial Symposium on Ordination Methods in Ecology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 4 December 1999 (PLATFORM) 1999 – Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. A neural network model for predicting bobwhite quail abundance in the Rolling Red Plains of Oklahoma. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy, Snowbird, Utah USA. 21 October 1999 (PLATFORM) 1999 – Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. A neural model of northern bobwhite abundance in western Oklahoma. The 6th Annual Wildlife Society Conference, Austin, Texas USA. 10 September 1999 (PLATFORM) 1999 – Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. Application of neural network modeling in wildlife research: an example with northern bobwhites. Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Annual Meeting, Amarillo, Texas USA. 12 March 1999 (PLATFORM) 1999 – Lusk, J. J. Application of neural network models in wildlife research: an example with northern bobwhites. Invited Seminar, Department of Forestry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 15 February 1999 (SEMINAR) 1998 – Lusk, J. J. Hunting regime effects on mourning dove foraging behavior and hunting site use. Invited Seminar, Department of Forestry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. 30 March 1998 (SEMINAR) 1997 – Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. J. Jakubas. Effects of hunting hours and site quality on mourning dove use of Illinois public hunting fields. 59th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. 7–10 December 1997 (PLATFORM)

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1997 – Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. J. Jakubas. Hunter attitudes toward dove hunting hour changes on Illinois public hunting fields. 59th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA. 7–10 December 1997 (POSTER) 1996 – Lusk, J. J., W. J. Jakubas, and A. Woolf. The effects of hunting regime on the foraging behavior of the mourning dove, Zenaida macroura: an application of foraging theory. Midwest Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, Indiana USA. 22–24 November 1996 (POSTER) Other Public Speaking 2010– Lusk, J. J. Climate change and Nebraska’s wildlife resources. Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Lincoln, Nebraksa, USA. 1 May 2010 (OUTREACH) 2008– Lusk, J. J. Adaptive Management of Bobwhite Harvest. NRES 404: FFW Seminar. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. 2 November 2008 (Q&A SESSION) 2007− Lusk, J. J. Upland Game Harvest Management in Nebraska. NRES 311: Wildlife Ecology & Management. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska USA. 28 February 2007 (GUEST LECTURE) 2007− Lusk, J.J. Upland Game Bird Management. Wetland Reserve Program for Wildlife Management, Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, 17 January & 10 February 2007 (OUTREACH) VII.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE & TRAINING 1991 | Honors College Tutor, Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois USA. Subjects: German and Algebra 1998 | OSU Instructional Effectiveness Training Program, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA 2001 | Lecture Facilitator, Zoology 1114 – Introduction to Zoology (Spring), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA 2001 | Zoology 5030 – Teaching College Zoology (Spring), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA 2001 | Oklahoma Chapter of Quail Unlimited Conserving Outdoor Values through Educating Youths (COVEY) Kids Camp – Quail Research Methods, Camp Redlands, Oklahoma USA 2005 | Purdue University Center for Instructional Excellence, College Teaching Workshops, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana USA 2005 | Instructor, FNR 547 − Vertebrate Population Dynamics (Fall), Purdue University, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana USA 2006 | Instructor, Half-day Graduate Seminar on Bayesian statistical computation, Purdue University, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources, West Lafayette, Indiana USA 2007 | Guest Lecturer, Natural Resources (NRES) 311: Wildlife Ecology and Management − Harvest Management, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska

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PUBLIC SERVICE 1994 | Election Judge, County of Cook, Congressional District 13, Cook County, Illinois

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PUBLICATIONS Manuscripts in Preparation: Lusk, J. J., and F. S. Guthery. In Prep. Implications of climate change for the abundance and distribution of a North American quail. Climate Change Biology. Lusk, J. J., J. S. Taylor, B. Meduna, and M. Bresley. In Prep. An Evaluation of the Surrogator Captive Propagation System for pheasant restoration in Nebraska. Journal of Wildlife Management. Manuscripts Submitted & in Review/Revision: Wszola, L. S., V. L. Simonsen, E. F. Stuber, C. R. Gillespie, L. N. Messinger, K. L. Decker, J. J. Lusk, C. F. Jorgensen, J. J. Fontaine. In Review. Translating statistical species-habitat models to interactive decision support tools. PLoS One. Stuber, E.F. , C. J Chizinski, J. J. Lusk, and J. J. Fontaine. In Review. Multivariate Models and Analyses. Pages XXXX in L. A. Brennan, B. Marcot, and A. Tri, Editors, Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife Science. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland USA. Wszola, L.S., A.L. Madsen, E.F. Stuber, C.J. Chizinski, J.J. Lusk, J.S. Taylor, and J.J. Fontaine. In Review. A multiscale assessment of pheasant hunter participation. Journal of Wildlife Management. Fontaine, J.J., J.R. Foggia, L.N. Messinger, J. Laskowski, L.S. Wszola, E.F. Stuber, J.J. Lusk. In Review. The role of life history and body size in shaping the demographic consequences of drought. Ecological Monographs. Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed): Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. 2002. A neural network model for predicting bobwhite quail abundance in the Rolling Red Plains of Oklahoma. Pages 345–355 in J. M. Scott, P. J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, and F. B. Samson, Editors, Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Accuracy and Scale. Island Press. Covello, California USA. Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed): Fontaine, J., C. Jorgensen, E. Stuber, L. Gruber, A. Bishop, J.J. Lusk, E. Zach, K. Decker. 2017. Species Distributions Models in Wildlife Planning: Agricultural Policy and Wildlife Management in the Great Plains. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(2): 194-204. Hiller, T., J.S. Taylor, J.J. Lusk, L. A. Powell, and A. Tyre. 2015. Evidence that the Conservation Reserve Program slowed population declines of pheasants on a changing landscape in Nebraska, USA. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(3):529-535. Anderson, L.C., W.J. Schacht, L.A. Powell, J.J. Lusk, and W.L. Vodehnal. 2015. Greater Prairie-chicken brood site selection and survival in the Nebraska Sandhills. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(4):559-569. Jorgensen, C.F., L. A. Powell, J.J. Lusk, A. A. Bishop, and J. J. Fontaine. 2014. Assessing landscape constraints on species abundance: does the neighborhood limit species response to local habitat conservation programs? PLoS ONE 9(6): e99339. Matthews, T. W., A. J. Tyre, J. S. Taylor, J. J. Lusk, and L. A. Powell. 2013. Greater Prairie-chicken nest success and habitat selection in southeastern Nebraska. Journal of Wildlife Management 77(6): 1202-1212.

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Powell, L.A., J.S. Taylor, J.J. Lusk, and T.W. Matthews. 2011. Adaptive harvest management and harvest mortality of greater prairie-chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:329-339. Matthews, Ty W., A. J. Tyre, J. S. Taylor, J. J. Lusk, and L. A. Powell,. 2011. Habitat selection and brood survival of greater prairie-chickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:179-191. Schole, A. C., T. W. Matthews, L. A. Powell, J. J. Lusk, and J. S. Taylor. 2011. Chick survival of greater prairiechickens. Studies in Avian Biology 39:247-254. Hiller, T.L., L.A. Powell, T.D. McCoy, and J.J. Lusk. 2009. Long-term agricultural land-use trends in Nebraska: 1866-2007. Great Plains Research 19(2):225-237. Lusk, J. J., R. K. Swihart, and J. Goheen. 2007. Correlates of interspecific synchrony and interannual variation in seed production by deciduous trees. Forest Ecology and Management 242: 656-670. Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2009. Long-term trends in weather and northern bobwhite demography in South Texas. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium VI (Perdix XII): 114-123. Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, S. J. DeMaso. 2007. Evidence of regionally synchronized cycles in Texas quail population dynamics. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(3):837−843. Swihart, R. K., J. J. Lusk, J. E. Duchamp, C. Rizkalla, and J. E. Moore. 2006. The roles of landscape context and life history in predicting species responses to habitat alteration. Diversity and Distribution 12: 277–287. Lusk, J. J., S. G. Smith, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and F. S. Guthery. 2006. Factors influencing northern bobwhite nestsite selection and fate. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(2): 564–571. Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. 2007. Climate-based neural models of Rio Grande turkey productivity in Texas. Proceedings of the Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium 9:131-141. Guthery, F. S., L. A. Brennan, M. J. Peterson, and J. J. Lusk. 2005. Information theory in wildlife science: critique and viewpoint. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(2):457–465. Cox, S. A., F. S. Guthery, J. J. Lusk, A. D. Peoples, S. J. DeMaso, and M. Sams. 2005. Reproduction by northern bobwhites in western Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(1):133–139. Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, S. A. Cox, S. J. DeMaso, and A. D. Peoples. 2005. Survival and growth of northern bobwhite chicks. American Midland Naturalist 153(2):389-395. Guthery, F. S., M. J. Peterson, J. J. Lusk, M. J. Rabe, S. J. DeMaso, M. Sams, R. D. Applegate, and T. V. Dailey. 2004. Multi-state analysis of fixed, liberal regulations in quail harvest management. Journal of Wildlife Management 68(4): 1104–1113 Trombulak, S. C., K. S. Omland, J. Robinson, J. J. Lusk, T. L. Fleischner, G. Brown, and M. Domroese. 2004. Principles of conservation biology: recommended guidelines for conservation literacy from the education committee of the Society for Conservation Biology. Conservation Biology 18(5):1180–1190. Guthery, F. S., A. Crews, J. J. Lusk, M. Sams, and R. N. Chapman. 2004. Effects of bag limits on bobwhite hunters and harvest, Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 68(4):1095–1103. Guthery, F. S., and J. J. Lusk. 2004. Radiotelemetry studies: are we radio-handicapping northern bobwhites? Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(1): 194–201. Lusk, CV

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Cox, S. A., A. D. Peoples, S. J. DeMaso, J. J. Lusk, and F. S. Guthery. 2004. Survival and cause-specific mortality of northern bobwhite in western Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 68(3):663–671. Lusk J. J., K. S. Wells, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. 2003. Lark Sparrow nest-site selection and success in mixed-grass prairie. Auk 120(1): 120–129. Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, R. R. George, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2002. Bobwhite abundance in relation to weather and land use. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(4):1040–1051. Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, D. R. Synatzske, J. Gallagher, S. J. DeMaso, R. R. George, and M. J. Peterson. 2002. Weather and age ratios of northern bobwhites in south Texas. Pages 99–105 in S. J. DeMaso, W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr., F. Hernandez, and M. E. Berger, eds. Quail V: Proceedings of the Fifth National Quail Symposium. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX, USA. Lusk J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. 2001. Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance in relation to yearly weather and long-term climate patterns. Ecological Modelling 146(1–3): 3–15. Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, and M. J. Peterson. 2001. Invited Paper: The fall of the null hypothesis: liabilities and opportunities. Journal of Wildlife Management 65(3):379–384. Journal Articles (Peer Edited & Letters to Editor): Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, and M. J. Peterson. 2005. Hypotheses in wildlife science. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(4):13-25–1332. Guthery, F. S., and J. J. Lusk. 2007. Letter to Editor. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(4): 1225-1226.

Book/Software Reviews: Lusk, J. J. 2001. Bird nests and construction behaviour. M. Hansell, Cambridge University Press. Journal of Field Ornithology 72(3): 480–482. Lusk, J. J. 2002. Evolution, ecology, conservation, and management of Hawaiian birds: a vanishing avifauna. Scott, Conant, and Van Riper, Editors, Cooper Ornithological Society. Journal of Field Ornithology 73(2): 235−236. Lusk, J. J., and S. F. Wilson. 2002. Technological Tools: Statistica Neural Networks. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 83(1): 60–61. Lusk, J. J. 2003. Conserving Bird Biodiversity: General Principles and their Application. K. Norris and D. Pain, Editors, Cambridge University Press. Journal of Field Ornithology 74(2):202–204. Lusk, J. J. 2005. Turning to Earth: Stories of Ecological Conversion. E. Marina Schauffler. University of Virginia Press. Journal of Wildlife Management 69(2):830–832. Lusk, J. J. 2008. Texas Quails: Ecology & Management. L. Brennan. Texas A&M University Press. Journal of Wildlife Management 72(3): 851-852. Lusk, J. J. 2010. Best Research Practices: How to gain reliable knowledge. H. C. Romesburg. Lulu Enterprises. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(3): 609-610.

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Technical Reports: Woolf, A., J. L. Roseberry, and J. J. Lusk. 1997. Impacts of feeding field and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Annual progress report. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W-117-R-4. Woolf, A., J. L. Roseberry, J. J. Lusk, and C. L. Roy. 1998. Impacts of feeding field and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Final report. Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W-117-R-5. Lusk, J. J. and F. S. Guthery. 2000. A neural analysis of the relation between quail production and weather variables in Texas. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Lusk, J. J., M. Sams, S. A. Cox, S. J. DeMaso, and F. S. Guthery. 2002. Survival, cause-specific mortality, and growth rate of northern bobwhite chicks. Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W-82-R. Lusk, J. J., and F. S. Guthery. 2002. Analysis of bobwhite demographics, ranges, and mobility on the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area: Annual Performance Report. Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W149-R-1 Lusk, J. J., and F. S. Guthery. 2003. Analysis of bobwhite demographics, ranges, and mobility on the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area: Annual Performance Report. Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W149-R-2 Lusk, J. J., and F.S. Guthery. 2004. Analysis of bobwhite demographics, ranges, and mobility on the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area: Final report. Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration project W-149-R-3. Lusk, J. J., and F. S. Guthery. 2004. Weather-based Models of Poult:hen ratios for Wild Turkeys in Texas: An Ecoregion-level Approach. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Upland Game Bird Project Final Report. Abstracts: Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and D. M. Leslie. 2001. Analysis of bobwhite demographics, ranges, and mobility in D. M. Leslie, W. J. Fisher, and D. L. Winkelman, Editors. Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Annual Report. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1998. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.1 – Hunter success and satisfaction in D. D. Dolton and G. W. Smith, Editors. Mourning dove breeding population status, 1998: Current research activities, progress to date. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1998. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.2 – Dove behavior and movement, in D. D. Dolton and G. W. Smith, Editors. Mourning dove breeding population status, 1998: Current research activities, progress to date. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1998. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.1 – Hunter success and satisfaction in D. D. Dolton, Editor. Webless migratory game bird research program: Project abstracts 1997, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, Denver, Colorado USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1998. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.2 – Dove behavior and movement in D. D. Dolton, Editor. Webless migratory game bird research program: Project abstracts 1997, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, Denver, Colorado USA. Lusk, CV

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Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1997. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.1 – Hunter success and satisfaction in D. D. Dolton and G. W. Smith, Editors. Mourning dove breeding population status, 1997: Current research activities, progress to date. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1997. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.2 – Dove behavior and movement in D. D. Dolton and G. W. Smith, Editors. Mourning dove breeding population status, 1997: Current research activities, progress to date. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Laurel, Maryland USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1997. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.1 – Hunter success and satisfaction in International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Editor. Migratory shore and upland game bird subcommittee spring meeting minutes, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washington, D.C. USA. Lusk, J. J., A. Woolf, J. L. Roseberry, and W. Jakubas. 1997. Impacts of feeding fields and shooting hours on mourning doves and dove hunting in Illinois: Job 1.2 – Hunter success and satisfaction in International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Editor. Migratory shore and upland game bird subcommittee spring meeting minutes, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Washington, D.C. USA. Miscellaneous Publications Vantassel, S.M., S.E. Hygnstrom, D.M. Ferraro, and J.J. Lusk. 2010. Rabbits: Managing Their Damage. Nebrasaka Guide G10-1526-A, Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service. X.

RESEARCH SUPPORT AND FUNDING Fellowships (Total: $64,000.00) 1998-2001 Presidential Fellowship for Water, Energy, and the Environment, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Award: $1,600.00/month, renewed annually pending satisfactory progress (max. 3 yrs). 1998-2001 Eugene L. and Doris L. Miller Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, OSU Foundation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Award: $2,200.00/year, renewed annually pending satisfactory progress (max. 3 yrs). Scholarships (Total: $500.00) 2002 | Quail Unlimited Scholarship, Cleveland County Chapter, Cleveland County, Oklahoma Award: $500.00 Grants (Total: $160,450.00) 2014 | Nebraska Environmental Trust “Bobwhite Quail and Pollinators Conservation Initiative” Amount Requested: $600,000.00 Amount Received: $100,000.00 2006 | United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, National Research Initiative (R. K. Swihart, M. A. Steele, & A. DeWoody, Co-P.I.s) “Effects of forest fragmentation and masting by oaks on population dynamics of Curculio weevils” Amount Requested: $294,361.00 Amount Received: Not Funded

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2003 | National Wild Turkey Federation “Weather-based Models of Poult:hen Ratios for Wild Turkeys in the Midwest” Amount Requested: $24,000.00 Amount Received: Not Funded

2001 | Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (F. S. Guthery, lead co-P.I.) “Analysis of Bobwhite Demographics, Ranges, and Mobility on the Packsaddle Wildlife Management Area” Amount Requested: $60,000.00 Amount Received: $60,000.00 1999 | Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation Grant “Modeling species abundance in relation to climate change and habitat loss using Artificial Neural Networks” Amount Requested: $8,090.00 Amount Received: Not Funded 1999 | American Museum of Natural History, Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund Grant “Modeling bobwhite and scaled quail abundances in relation to precipitation” Amount Requested: $350.00 Amount Received: Not Funded 1999 | American Ornithologists’ Union, Research Awards Grant “Modeling the effects of temperature and precipitation on bobwhite and scaled quail abundances using Artificial Neural Network techniques” Amount Requested: $300.00 Amount Received: Not Funded 1999 | Cooper Ornithological Society, Mewaldt-King Student Research Award Grant Amount Requested: $300.00 Amount Received: Not Awarded 1999 | The Wildlife Society, Student Travel Grant for 6th Annual National Meeting Amount Requested: $300.00 Amount Received: $450.00 Contracts (Total: $34,000.00) 1999-2000 | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (F. S. Guthery, co-P.I.) “A neural analysis of the relation between quail populations and weather variables in Texas” Requested: $10,000.00 Received: $10,000.00 2003-2004 | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (F. S. Guthery, co-P.I.) “Weather-based Models of Hen-Poult Ratios for Wild Turkeys in Texas: An Ecoregion-level Analysis” Requested: $24,000.00 Received: $24,000.00 Grants Administered a Project Leader (Total: $4,250,538.00) 2016 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (C. Chizinski, K. Pope, and T.J. Fontaine, co-PIs) “Comprehensive Evaluation of the Nebraska Outdoor Enthusiast” Grant Amount: $263,921.00 2016 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (R. Zink, Lead P.I.) “Genetic Structure and Function of Nebraska Wildlife” Grant Amount: $234,846.00 2014 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (T. J. Fontaine, and D. Martin, Co-PIs) “Evaluation of Public Hunting Opportunities in Nebraska” Grant Amount: $1,240,600.00 Lusk, CV

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2014 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (T. J. Fontaine, J. J. Lusk, and G. C. Bachman, Co-Lead P.I.s) “Climatic Constraints on Bobwhite Quail Populations along their Northern Extent” Grant Amount: $299,686.00 2013 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (Larkin Powell, Lead P.I.) “Study of management impacts of private grazing lands in Nebraska” Grant Amount: $232,385.00 2012 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (Larkin Powell, Lead P.I.) “Persistent effects of wind-power development on the breeding ecology of Greater Prairie-Chickens in Nebraska” Grant Amount: $598,000.00 2011 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (J. Fontaine, P.I.) “Assessing the effects of habitat incentive programs and public access programs on pheasant population dynamics and hunter harvest” Grant Amount: $1,087,605.00 2010 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (J. Fontaine, L. Powell, T. Hiller, J. Lusk, & J. Taylor, Co-P.I.s) “Habitat attributes of upland game birds across geographical scales: Assessing landscape constraints on habitat management of upland birds” Grant Amount: $153,845.00 2010 | Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (L. Powell, W. Schact, J. Lusk, Co-PIs) “Improving breeding habitat for Greater-Prairie Chickens on grazed land in the Nebraska Sandhills” Grant Amount: $139,650.00 XI.

RESEARCH INTERESTS Research interests are in conservation, population, and landscape ecology, especially relating to birds. I am particularly interested in the effects of global climate and land-use changes on the ecology of vertebrates.

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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS Modeling the potential impacts of climate change on the occurrence of greater prairie-chicken leks in Southwestern Nebraska. Cooperators: Rachel Simpson, T. J. Walker. Determinants of Hunter Satisfaction in Nebraska: Are they manageable?

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WORKSHOPS, SPECIAL TRAINING, GROUP AFFILIATIONS, &C. Teaching Effectiveness Seminar Series—Oklahoma State University, Graduate College, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Training in the Professoriate Seminar Series—Oklahoma State University, Graduate College, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Twelve Keys to Grant Writing Success—Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Past Member–Purdue Climate Change Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

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College Teaching Workshops: Basics of Teaching—Purdue University Center for Instructional Excellence, West Lafayette, Indiana. One Day Short Course on Bayesian Modeling, Inference, and Prediction—Dr. David Draper, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association. 18 March 2005. Duke University’s Center for Global Change Summer Institute. Uncertainty and Variability in Ecological Inference, Forecasting, and Decision Making: An Introduction to Modern Statistical Computation. 11–21 June 2006. 67th Midwest Fish & Wildlife Conference, Moderator: Birds (session 9), Omaha, Nebraska, 2–6 December 2006. Nebraska Game & Parks Commission Hunter Recruitment and Retention Workshop. Mahoney State Park, 5-6 June 2007. Nebraska Game & Parks Commission, Wildlife Division Meeting, Moderator, Mahoney State Park, Nebraska, 27 September 2007. Seventh National Quail Symposium, Moderator: Quail Population Ecology, Tucson, AZ, 9-12 January 2012. Wildlife Management Institute. Nebraska Hunter/Angler Recruitment Model and Results Chain Training. 4-5 February 2014. Great Plains Natural Science Society & South Dakota State University Department of Natural Resource Management. Modeling Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence. 17-21 March 2014. Pathways 2014: Common Futures, Human Dimensions in Wildlife Conference, YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, CO, 5-9 October 2014. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Research Unit. Species Distribution Modeling. 7-11 December 2015. XIV.

MEDIA COVERAGE Cowboy Journal, “The Bollenbach and Bobwhites.” Spring 1999, Vol. 1, Issue 1. Oklahoma State University, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Quail News. “Research Reveals Patterns in Roadside Count Data.” October 2000, Issue 7. Game Bird Research & Management Program, Oklahoma State University. Quail News. “Radio-telemetry or Radio-handicapping?” October 2003, Issue 13. Game Bird Research & Management Program, Oklahoma State University. Quail News. “Rhythms in Texas Quail Populations.” March 2004, Issue 14. Game Bird Research & Management Program, Oklahoma State University. Lincoln Journal Star “Pleasure in the Pursuit.” 17 December 2006, Outdoors Section 12C. Flatwater Falconry “Where have all the Jackrabbits gone?” Winter 2006-2007. Nebraska Falconers’ Association. USPS Rural Mail Newsletter “Another Rural Route Count?” December 2008. USPS.

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Omaha World Herald “Nebraska Agriculture since the 1860s: A Changing Landscape”. 1 November 2009 Editorial Section. Covey Rise “Radio handicapping: dodging predators with a wing tied behind your back”. October 2010. NSF Science 360 News Service “Researchers discover unusual prairie chicken movements”. 23 April 2014 NET Radio "Greater prairie-chicken nesting not affected much by wind turbines”. 27 October 2017 http://netnebraska.org/article/news/1101511/greater-prairie-chicken-nesting-not-affected-much-wind-turbines

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