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Wildlife Biology

Fall 2026 Graduate Seminar in Wildlife Biology - WILD 594

Location: CHCB 131 and Teams

Wildlife Biology seminars will be held in person and on Teams unless otherwise noted. For information regarding grad seminar please contact chad.bishop@umontana.edu

Please contact lauren.hatch@umontana.edu for the Teams link.

Date	1:00 - 1:50	2:00 - 2:50
8/28	Chad Bishop and Anne Hanson Welcome Back Talk New Student Introduction
9/4	Mike McTee Guest Speaker, MPG Ranch Lead Exposure in Wildlife: The Role of Ammunition and Lead-Free Alternatives
9/11	Naomi DeMarinis Guest Speaker, Office of Research and Creative Scholarship at UM Office of Research and Creative Scholarship Coffee Hour/Q&A	Philip Ramsey, PhD Guest Speaker, MPG Ranch A Discussion of the Sheep Creek Mine Project
9/18	Kelley Sinning PhD Proposal Defense Physical, chemical, and ecological considerations of Didymosphenia geminata on regulated river management	Noël Clark PhD Proposal Defense Salmonid Demographic Responses to Stream Restoration at the Riverscape Scale
9/25	Amanda Kimball MS Proposal Defense Improving stewardship efficiency through management plan design: lessons from a Montana land trust
10/2	Nicole Tatman, PhD Guest Speaker, University of Montana Topic TBD	Heather Johnson, PhD Guest Speaker, University of Montana Topic TBD
10/9	Natalie Molea PhD Update Talk Hornbill mitogenomes reveal evolutionary history and provide tools for species identification in the wildlife trade
10/16	Connor Meyer Dissertation Defense Topic TBD	Christian Dupree PhD Proposal Defense Unmasking the Automated Observer: From Probabilistic Species Evidence to Ecological Inference
10/23	Alex McInturff, PhD Guest Speaker, Washington State University Topic TBD	Mary Venegas Thesis Defense Topic TBD
10/30	Sarah Carroll, PhD Guest Speaker, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Topic TBD	Yoichiro Kanno, PhD Guest Speaker, University of Montana Topic TBD
11/6	Milan Vinks PhD Update Talk Investigating the Influence of Forest Disturbance on Grizzly Bear Habitat Ecology and Fitness in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem
11/13	Hannah Walker PhD Proposal Defense The Genomics and Management of Wild Hogs	Sam Rosenbaum PhD Update Talk A load of Bull: A high-resolution genome and refined inbreeding depression metric to enrich Bull Trout conservation
11/20	Remi Murdoch PhD Proposal Defense Using Genetics to Assess Shifting Baselines in Salmonids
11/27	Thanksgiving Break – No Seminar Scheduled
12/4	Grace Erba Dissertation Defense Leveraging pre-existing data to understand mammal responses to a changing climate	Kim Szcodronski Guest Speaker, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks An overview and status update of the Montana State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)