On Saturday September 22^nd, Millersville hosted the 2^nd Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society Wildlife Training Field Day Event.  Approximately 100 students and wildlife professionals from around the state including IUP, Penn State, Penn State – DuBois, Keystone College, York College, PA Game Commission, PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, US Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services, Normandeau Associates Environmental Consultants, and others attended this event.  We had 15 Millersville Students participate in this event.  Details of the event can be found on this link:  http://wildlife.org/pennsylvania-chapter/other-meetings/ .

Millersville Biology students Delaney Costante and Grace Smoot both attended the Annual Wildlife Society Meeting which took place in Cleveland Ohio.   This Annual Conference is one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals, educators, and influencers in North America.

The conference enables people to attend a number of education sessions that are directly applicable to wildlife work and research, and allows participants to network with a variety of wildlife experts and colleagues from around North America and the world.

The Millersville presentations took place during the Conservation Policy and Planning session and included talks on ‘Temporal Analysis of Threats Impacting Federally Protected Species’, and a second presentation on ‘Recovery of Species from the Endangered Species Act’.

Grace and Delaney also had time to explore downtown Cleveland on the edge of Lake Erie and at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Center for Conservation Innovation (CCI) at Defenders of Wildlife works at the intersection of conservation science, technology, and policy to develop creative solutions to the biggest challenges facing wildlife.  In October of 2018, Dr. Matthias Leu and Dr. Aaron Haines presented their cutting-edge research as the first speakers of the CCI Seminar Series.  The data presented was a result of 3 years of undergraduate student efforts at William and Mary College and Millersville University to quantify how threats causing species to become endangered have changed over time.  Refer to the link below for more details.

Quantifying Threats to Improve Species Recovery, by Dr. Matthias Leu (College of William Mary) and Dr. Aaron Haines (Millersville University of Pennsylvania)