Katzner Lab

New data from golden eagle's summer trip to Canada helps WVU researcher ensure species' safety

Last year our team telemetered a rehabilitated eagle found in upstate NY. Recently the bird returned to New York and sent data showing where it had spent the summer. The story was picked up by several media news outlets, including West Virginia Unviersity's WVU News, the Grafton Patch (MA), and the NSF's "Science 360".

For details on this story and maps of the bird's movements, see this Katzner Lab page.

The California Desert District of the US Bureau of Land Management recently awarded a contract to our research team for study of the impact of renewable energy development on golden eagles in the California Desert. Our team will use newly developed GPS-GSM telemetry systems to track movements of golden eagles and use analysis tools we developed for golden eagle research in eastern North America to the data we collect in the California Desert. Award of this contract represents an exciting opportunity and national validation of the techniques we have developed here at WVU. This work was reported in WVU Today, in Morgantown's Dominion Post, in the West Virginia State Journal and in the Daily Athenaeum.

A story in the Charleston Gazette describes our project recently funded by the US Department of Energy to identify eagle friendly approaches to wind energy development. The article highlights the association of our team with Dr. Phil Turk, in the WVU Statistics Department.

An article published in the journal "New Scientist" on our recent paper "Conservation implications of inaccurate estimation of cryptic population size" published in the journal Animal Conservation.

An article published in the Imperial Valley News on our recent paper "Conservation implications of inaccurate estimation of cryptic population size" published in the journal Animal Conservation.

An article in The Daily Star (from upstate NY) about Tom Salo and the Delaware Otsego Audubon Society, a collaborator on our eagle trail camera project and their participation in the project.

An article in the WVU newspaper highlights our golden eagle research.

An article published in the Charleston State Journal discussed our research in the context of growing eagle populations in the state of WV.

An article published in the Washington Observer-Reporter on our camera trapping study conducted in collaboration with Meadowcroft Rockshelter of the Heinz History Center.

Press Release by WVU Today focusing on camera trapping and eagle research project.

This story was also distributed to the AP and picked up by a couple of other media outlets, including Lancaster Farming, in PA, and the Journal-News in Martinsburg WV.

Article published in the Charleston (WV) Gazette on golden eagle camera trapping, 29 Jan 2011.

Coming soon, an archive of our field stories and general audience scientific literature.