Millersville University, William & Mary College and Endangered Species

On Saturday February 6th, Biology Students from Millersville University and William and Mary College met in Washington D.C. to discuss a joint research project on evaluating threats to endangered and threatened species. This meeting discussed the groundwork for reviewing listing documents of threatened and endangered species during the last 20 years to determine the major threats to wildlife throughout the United States. Students are currently putting together a database to answer these questions and to help improve recovery efforts for endangered species.

Millersville Students include Kelsi Nagy, Alex Sandercock, Delaney Costante, Hannah Brown, Amanda Dziedzic and Kayli Thomas
Millersville Students include Kelsi Nagy, Alex Sandercock, Delaney Costante, Hannah Brown, Amanda Dziedzic and Kayli Thomas.

Research & Course Work

On February 2nd, Tuesday morning, Millersville Undergraduate Researcher Brooke Frye and the Millersville Mammalogy Class went out to check small rodent traps on the Millersville Biological Preserve.  They captured 3 white-footed mice.  Brooke is conducting an independent study on pre-baiting and capture success of small rodents.  The Mammalogy class is assisting with this research project.  Hopefully, with the assistance of the Mammalogy class, Brooke will be able to expand her trapping efforts to other study sites off campus.  As can be seen below, when captured, rodents are ear-tagged and marked with a dye for mark-recapture analysis.