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Twice-Exceptionality: A Case Study Involving a School District
(School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2003-03)An analysis was conducted, using a case study approach, of the special education assessment procedures used by a public school for five children who were previously identified as gifted and who were referred for special ... -
The Process of Establishing a Workplace Volunteer Council in Wausau, Wisconsin
(University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2000-05)Non-profit organizations are often reliant on the time, effort and care of volunteers. People willing to donate time to wheel nursing home residents to church service, read to preschool children, serve meals to the homeless ... -
SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS OF GENETIC STOCK MIXING AND THEIR APPLICATION IN MIXTURE-INFORMED CATCH-AT-AGE MODELS FOR LAKE WHITEFISH IN LAKE MICHIGAN
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-12)Lake Michigan lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) support the lake’s largest commercial fishery and is comprised of multiple stocks managed across a series of geopolitical management zones (MZs). Limited movement among ... -
Validating Habitat Conservation Models: UAS-Based Density Estimation of Breeding Ducks and Sensitivity Analysis of the Wisconsin Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-01)In the early 20th century, waterfowl populations in North America faced sharp declines primarily due to overharvesting and habitat loss. In response, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) was established in ... -
Brook Trout and Fish Community Use of Spring Ponds Within the Plover River System, Wisconsin
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-01)Protecting refugia that provide suitable thermal habitat could be crucial for the persistence of sensitive fish species amid variable and warming climates and anthropogenic habitat alterations. For instance, Wisconsin has ... -
Bigmouth and Smallmouth Buffalo in Wisconsin: Population Characteristics and Contributions to Bowfishing Harvest
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-01)Bigmouth buffalo (Ictiobus cyprinellus) and smallmouth buffalo (Ictiobus bubalus) are native to the midwestern USA and receive little management attention due to their status as non-game fishes. As a result, little is known ... -
Delineation and Spatial Distribution of Lake Superior's Walleye Stocks
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2025-01)Understanding spatial genetic variation within and among wild populations is a key factor for informing conservation. In fishes, reductions in abundance often result in losses of genetic diversity that can lead to declines ... -
Effects of Landscape Characteristics on Aquatic Biodiversity in Restored Wetlands
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-12)Globally, wetlands are one of the most critical ecosystems. Wetlands provide habitat for a diversity of organisms, sequester carbon, cycle nutrients, trap sediments, and abate flooding. Despite their importance, wetlands ... -
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Campus Forest Management Plan
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-09)The University of Wisconsin Stevens-Point takes pride in the natural resources that are part of the campus. One of the campus’s largest and most beneficial natural resource is the campus tree population. Having a management ... -
Site and Soil Characteristics Driving White Oak Decline in the Chicago Region
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-09)The mature oak trees of the Chicago region urban forest provide a wide range of financial, ecological, and health benefits to residents. However, a widespread trend of declining and dying mature members of the white oak ... -
SPATIAL VARIATION IN LAKE WHITEFISH RECRUITMENT IN LAKE MICHIGAN: THE POTENTIAL ROLES OF ZOOPLANKTON PREY AND THE RELATIVE FITNESS OF AGE-0 FISH
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-09)Since the early 2000s, Lake Whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis stocks in many regions of Lake Michigan have demonstrated declines in abundance that likely reflect prolonged declines in recruitment. Conversely, recruitment ... -
Centrarchid population responses to intensive removal in a northern Wisconsin lake with an assessment of otolith-based back-calculation methods for estimating growth
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-08)Several species in the Centrarchidae family support popular recreational fisheries within their respective native ranges in North America. Once established, members of the Centrarchidae family (referred to as centrarchids ... -
Nitrogen Relations of Ornamental Trees in Urban Soils: A First Look
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2000-07)Ornamental tree fertility studies have historically used measures of growth response to determine appropriate fertilizer N application rates. Little data exists on the fate of exogenous N applied to landscape soils in urban ... -
Understanding Smallmouth Bass Recruitment in Relation to Nest Fishing Along Wisconsin's Door Peninsula
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 24-09)Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula, which lies between Green Bay and Lake Michigan, represents one of North America's premier smallmouth bass fisheries, and some stakeholders have expressed concerns regarding the potential effect ... -
Perceptions of Wildlife Damage, Tolerance, and Abatement Programs Among Agricultural Producers
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)Agricultural producers experience more wildlife damage than any other occupational group across the world. Damage to crops and livestock can lead to significant monetary loss, negatively impacting a producer’s livelihood. ... -
Urban Forest Management Practices on U.S. Military Installations
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)Greenspaces throughout the world provide society with a better place to live and a plethora of benefits to sustain communities that people live within. Military installations function like a community that supports the ... -
Advancing broodstock selection to optimize brook trout stocking in Wisconsin
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)Abstract - Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis is the only native stream-dwelling salmonid to many parts of central and eastern North America and has been intensively stocked across its native range. As wild brook trout ... -
Stock Discrimination of Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the Lake Winnebago System Using Otolith and Fin Ray Microchemistry
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)Stock discrimination is important in fisheries management and conservation for preserving individual stocks and thereby maintaining a robust population resilient to future changes. Genetic stock discrimination is widely ... -
An Exploratory Study of the Value of Observational Tools in Environmental Education
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)Children today live in a society dominated by technological distractions, such as computer screens and smartphones. Observation of the natural world is done minimally without intention in everyday life. As such, increased ... -
Gallivanting Goslings: Post-Hatch Movement Ecology and Behavior of Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus) on the Yukon – Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
(College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 2024-05)The emperor goose (Anser canagicus) is a marine species of goose endemic to the Bering Sea region that has been close to or below objectives since the 1960s and are a culturally important species to indigenous communities ...
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