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In Memoriam
The biologists and support staff of the CSU Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program would like to extend sincere condolences to the families, friends, and colleagues of Clu Cotter, Kevin O'Connor, Tom Stolberg, and Mike Donovan. We are deeply shocked by the helicopter accident in Madera Co. yesterday that took the lives of these fine wildlife professionals. This tragedy is an enormous loss to their families, friends, and the California Department of Fish and Game, and a terrible blow to natural resources and wildlife management in California.
The Western Section of The Wildlife Society has kindly placed biographical summaries for our deceased colleagues on its web site.
Professor of Zoology & Coordinator
Endangered Species Recovery Program
California State University, Stanislaus
6 January, 2009
Condolences & Donations
Anyone wishing to send condolence cards or letters to the victims' families, should specify the family's name on the envelope and send them to:
c/o Condolences for Crash VictimsCalifornia Dept. of Fish & Game
1234 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93710
Anyone wishing to send a donation, can make a check out to the State Biologists' Memorial Fund and send it to:
State Biologists' Memorial Fundc/o California Association of State Scientists
455 Capitol Mall, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Recently added publications
- 2006 A Synthesis of Restoration Research Conducted near Tranquillity, California.
- 2009 Conservation of San Joaquin Kit Foxes in Western Merced County, California.
- 2007 Habitat Suitability and Potential Corridors for San Joaquin Kit Fox in the San Luis Unit, Fresno, Kings, and Merced Counties, California.
Dr. Patrick Kelly receives U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery Champion Award for riparian brush rabbit conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2008 Recovery Champions, Region 8
Dr. Patrick Kelly
California State University, Stanislaus
Riparian brush rabbit
Dr. Patrick Kelly is a Recovery Champion for his work in conserving riparian brush rabbits. His leadership in recovering this species is particularly notable in that after the 1997 Central Valley floods there was concern that riparian brush rabbits no longer existed. Dr. Kelly has been applauded for his “watchful eye, passionate commitment, scrupulous focus and leadership.” His work has included capturing animals for a propagation program, health-checking the young, radio-collaring and tagging, releasing into the wild, and then monitoring the rabbits for survival, healthy reproduction, and habitat use. Dr. Kelly has introduced riparian brush rabbits onto the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent private land. He has saved the riparian brush rabbit from the brink of extinction and transported it to the road to recovery.
CSU Stanislaus scientists honored for kit fox scent dog research work
A research project on the endangered San Joaquin kit fox conducted by a group of California State University, Stanislaus scientists and collaborators at the Smithsonian Institution has been recognized with a prestigious award by the Southwestern Association of Naturalists for their paper Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys.
Deborah Smith with Rio, a dog specially trained for scat detection.
The Arkansas-based conservation organization awarded the 2007 George Miksch Sutton Award in Conservation Research to a seven-member scientific team that included Dr. Patrick Kelly, CSU Stanislaus Professor of Zoology and Coordinator of the University's Endangered Species Recovery Program (ESRP); Dr. Dan Williams, retired CSU Stanislaus Professor of Zoology and founder and former coordinator of the ESRP; and Dr. Brian Cypher, ESRP Associate Director and Research Ecologist who directs the University program's Bakersfield office. The project was led by Dr. Deborah Smith of Hughson, a founding partner of the non-profit Working Dogs for Conservation Foundation, toward completion of her Ph.D. at the University of Washington. Dr. Katherine Ralls and Dr. Jesus Maldonado of the Smithsonian Institution and Howard Clark Jr., formerly a wildlife biologist with ESRP, were also actively involved in the research.
