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A coqui frog. 



Student Receives Award for Research on 

 Coyote Lure Operative Devices — Julia Figueroa, 

 a biological science technician at NWRC and a 

 CSU Hughs Undergraduate Research Scholar, 

 was awarded honors for her poster presentation 

 entitled "Obtaining Genetic Data From Activated 

 Coyote Lure Operative Devices" at the CSU College 

 of Natural Sciences' "Celebrate Undergraduate 

 Research and Creativity Showcase." Figueroa 's 

 poster highlights her work contributing to the 

 development of methods for extracting DNA from 

 coyote lure operative devices (CLODs) to identify 

 individual coyotes or nontarget species. 



CLODs are a management tool being investigated 

 by NWRC. They orally deliver active compounds 

 (e.g., contraceptives, vaccines, marking agents, 

 and toxicants) to coyotes. Other uses include 

 censusingand monitoring wild populations of 

 coyotes from genetic data collected from activated 

 (chewed) CLODs. 



Dr. Dale Nolte Accepts Position as WS 

 International Liaison — In April 2007, Dale Nolte, 

 NWRC's Mammal Research Program Manager, 

 accepted a new position with the WS Wildlife 

 Disease Coordinator's office to focus on WS' 

 international training and outreach development. 

 Nolte will be detailed to APHIS-lnternational 

 Services in Bangkok, Thailand, to assist in Al 

 wildlife-surveillance training and capacity building 

 for APHIS and WS. Bangkok is the regional 

 office for International Services' Al activities in 

 Southeast Asia. 



Dr. Scott Barras Becomes Virginia WS State 

 Director — In May 2007, Scott Barras became the 

 new State Director for the Virginia WS program. 

 Barras has served as the field station leader 

 of the NWRC Starkville, MS, field station since 

 2002. In that capacity, he developed research 

 projects related to understanding and reducing 

 the conflicts between fish-eating birds and 

 aquaculture producers. From 1999 to 2002, 

 he served as a Research Wildlife Biologist at the 

 Sandusky, OH, field station, where he developed 

 and conducted research aimed at reducing 

 the factors that contribute to wildlife-aircraft 

 collisions. He is currently an Assistant Adjunct 

 Professor with the Department of Wildlife and 

 Fisheries Sciences at Mississippi State University 

 and is a certified wildlife biologist with the 

 Wildlife Society. 



NWRC Research Chemist Stationed at Monell 

 Chemical Senses Center — Dr. Bruce Kimball, a 

 research chemist with NWRC, has been assigned 

 to a duty station at the Monell Chemical Senses 

 Center. Kimball will continue to report directly to 

 the project leader for "Development of Chemistry, 

 Biochemistry, and Computational-Based Tools 



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