WILD Alumni and Friends

A mentoring group for WILD students and networking tool for our community.

WILD Alumni and Friends is a mentoring group that connects WILD students and natural resource professionals. Our purpose is not to fundraise, but to be a networking tool for those who would like to mentor and support future professionals. The group also serves a source of information for WILD about trends in the job market and skill sets that would help us keep our curriculum current.

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Featured WILD Alumni

Dillon Hoyt

Natural Resources Planner, Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office

Dustin Ranglack

Associate Professor, University of Nebraska

Elyse Doty

Wildlife Firefighter, USFS LOLO National Forest

Sara Goeking

Supervisory Biological Scientist, USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station

Jennifer Bakken

Forest Analyst USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station

Jer Pin

Teaching Faculty, University of Illinois at Chicago

Leah Delahoussaye

Fish & Wildlife Biologist, US Air Force, Florida

Makeda Hanson

Program Manager, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

Mark Kreider

Studying Fire & Climate, University of Montana

Michel Kohl, PH.D.

Wildlife Biologist, University of Georgia

Sarah Dawson

Director, Center for the Sustainable Environment, Franklin and Marshall College

Scott Frost

Forester, USFS Unintah-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Joe Sexton

Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, TERRAPulse Inc.

Sharon Poessel

Wildlife Biologist, USGS Forest & Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

Steve Dempsey

Wildlife Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Tucker Furniss

Post-Doctoral Research, USFS Pacific NW Research Station

Bill Woody

Wildlife Law Enforcement Consultant, Wildlife Conservation Society

Stay in Touch with your WILD Colleagues!

By signing up, you will recieve our newsletter and can connect with and students who have a particular interest in learning more about in your field. Your contact information will not be publshed, but we would like to list names, job titles and locations in our database as a resource for members and students. We may contact you periodically for updates or with a request for photos that you'd like to share with students in the newsletter. Please join using the button above!

For questions or additional information please contact the Wildland Resources Department.

WILD News

Dr. Clark-Wolf receives Cozzarelli Honor from National Academy of Sciences

The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) selected six papers published in 2023 to receive the prestigious Cozzarelli Prize, and among them is T. J. Clark-Wolf, assistant professor in the department of Wildland Reso

Forest Ecology and Management degree is accredited for another 10 years

Dec. 17th, our Forest Ecology and Management degree was accredited for another 10 years by the Society of American Foresters (SAF)

Manlove Recipient of Cross-Boundary Scialog Award

Manlove was recently nominated for, and participated in Scialog, an experimental conference designed to generate cross-discipline and scale-spanning brainstorming among academic researchers. Manlove was awarded one of several $50K seed grants for her team

WILD’s Nicki Frey Selected as Wildlife Society Fellow

Dr. Frey was selected for this honor based on her significant contributions to wildlife resources.

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2021 USGS, Utah Cooperative Unit Annual Report

The 2021 Annual Report for the U.S. Geological Survey, Utah Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit.

USU Uintah Basin Professor Named QCNR Undergrad Research Mentor of the Year

VERNAL, Utah — Utah State University Uintah Basin associate professor Mark Chynoweth has been named the honoree for Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year in the Quinney College of Natural Resources. Chynoweth, who teaches courses in wildlife ecology

Research at Dugout shows “new” heritage cattle breed may be a beef game changer

The impact of climate change on arid land is the focus of cutting-edge research at the Nature Conservancy’s Canyonlands Research Center (CRC) at the Dugout Ranch. The center hosted an open house on a beautiful September day to discuss the research. Preli

New Leadership Brings Fresh Perspectives to the Quinney College of Natural Resources

The S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources is introducing new leadership this fall. Christopher Keyes joins the college as department head of wildland resources, Edd Hammill is interim department head of watershed sciences, and Juan Villa