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Illinois Natural History Survey monitoring fall migration, banding birds at Phillips Tract

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As millions of birds migrate southward across the U.S. this fall, Tara Beveroth operates an important bird banding station in central Illinois.
Each week, a volunteer group of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students and researchers assist Beveroth, an avian ecologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, in the capture and banding of migratory birds. Before sunrise, Beveroth meets the volunteer group at Phillips Tract, a 130-acre research site northeast of Urbana.

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Illinois Natural History Survey water quality technician keeps eye on zooplankton, fish

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Rachel Prostko is a water quality technician at the Illinois Natural History Survey. With an undergraduate degree in marine biology, biology, and history from the University of Miami, her journey includes research internships at Dolphins Plus in Key Largo, the St. Louis Zoo, and the Brookfield Zoo, where she honed her skills in animal behavior and conservation studies.

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Illinois Natural History Survey researcher Hannah Grushon focuses on management of grassland birds

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Hannah Grushon is a first-year master’s student at the University of Illinois and a graduate research assistant with the Illinois Natural History Survey.
With a background in studying grassland birds and plants, her research focuses on the impacts of woody encroachment on grassland bird communities and reproduction. Her passion for conservation drives her research, which aims to identify effective management strategies to support these critical ecosystems.

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Endangered salamander mussel found for first time in Illinois in 120 years

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For the first time in nearly 120 years, researchers confirmed the presence of live individuals of the state-endangered salamander mussel in Illinois, marking a major biodiversity milestone for the state.
Conservation biologist Mark Davis and malacologist Sarah Douglass of the Illinois Natural History Survey, combined environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques with conventional mussel surveys to detect both the salamander mussel and its host, the mudpuppy in the Sangamon River in central Illinois.

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Illinois Natural History Survey graduate student looks at fish response to Christmas trees, habitats

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Jeremy Facer’s journey into the world of fisheries and environmental research began in the wilderness of Idaho. Now a graduate student and research assistant with the Illinois Natural History Survey, Facer focuses on studying fish and their prey’s response to supplemental habitats in aging reservoirs. The following is a brief Q and A about his experiences and advice for those entering the field.

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New Illinois Natural History Survey scientist had early interest ‘to be better angler’

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Rob Mooney joined the Illinois Natural History Survey July 16 as an assistant research scientist.
Mooney completed his B.S. and M.S. at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and then went on to receive his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Between finishing his Ph.D and arriving at INHS, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher and as an instructor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UW-Madison. We sat down with Mooney for a Q and A to learn more about his experiences and interests.

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New INHS scientist focused on hunter research across Illinois

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Lauren Dean joined the Illinois Natural History Survey on July 1 as an assistant research scientist focused on hunter research for the Learn to Hunt program.
Dean received a B.A. degree in Anthropology from Tulane University in New Orleans, before completing an M.A. in History at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She recently completed an MPS in Wildlife Conservation and Management through Unity Environmental University’s Distance Education Program, where she conducted research focused on exploring waterfowl hunting regulation complexity as a constraint to adult novice waterfowl hunter recruitment and retention in Illinois.

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Illinois scientist honored for work in wildlife disease management

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A top scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey has been recognized for her work researching and helping fight chronic wasting disease in the state’s deer, as well as other wildlife diseases.
Dr. Nohra Mateus-Pinilla, director of the Wildlife Veterinary Epidemiology Laboratory at INHS, has been selected as the recipient of the Prairie Research Institute’s 2024 Distinguished Research Scientist Award.

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