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Toepfer Stories Compiled by Dan Svedarsky, Greg Septon, Lena Larsson, Don Wolfe Toepfer Stories Compiled by Dan Svedarsky, Greg Septon, Lena Larsson, Don Wolfe About the cover: These are some of John’s slide photos that have been digitized – he had over 30,000 slides! Additional photos without legends in this book come from John’s slides. Published 2019 by George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA Sponsors: George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Bartlesville, OK U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tulsa, OK Northwest Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Crookston, MN Aspen Parkland Research Center, Crookston, MN CONTENTS INTRODUCTION DAN SVEDARSKY, GREG SEPTON, LENA LARSSON, AND DON WOLFE.................................................................................... 1 FOREWORD GREG SEPTON ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO JOHN (DR. JET) DEANN DE LA RONDE .............................................................................................................................................. 5 REMEMBERING JOHN DAN SVEDARSKY ................................................................................................................................................... 10 MEMORIES OF MY FRIEND JOHN GREG SEPTON ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 JOHN TOEPFER – COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, CRITIC, SUPPORTER, FRIEND DON WOLFE ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 THE FOREMOST EXPERT ON GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKENS IS NO LONGER WITH US - DR. JOHN E. TOEPFER 1948- 2018 THE SUTTON NEWSLETTER 51:4-5............................................................................................................................ 19 ADDENDUM BONNIE GIBSON ................................................................................................................................................... 22 MEMORIES OF JOHN LENA LARSSON ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 TOEPFER MEMORIES DAN LIPP ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 RAMBO BILL VODEHNAL .................................................................................................................................................... 26 HOW I MET DR. JOHN OR TRAPPING SHARPTAILS AT FORT BERTHOLD GARY HUSCHLE .................................................................................................................................................... 28 JOHN AND SOFTBALL KATHY HUSCHLE ................................................................................................................................................... 29 SPRINGTIME WITH JOHN TOEPFER TERRY WOLFE ...................................................................................................................................................... 30 THOUGHTS OF JOHN TOEPFER KENT (KC) JENSEN ................................................................................................................................................ 32 REMEMBERING JOHN TOEPFER JERRY KOBRIGER ................................................................................................................................................... 33 MEMORIES OF JOHN TOEPFER JEN RUCH ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 SOME TOEPFER MEMORIES FROM A FORMER GRAD STUDENT NATE EMERY ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 THOUGHTS ABOUT AN EDUCATOR, FIELD BIOLOGIST AND FRIEND BERNIE WESTFAHL ................................................................................................................................................ 35 JOHN STORIES DAVE AZURE ....................................................................................................................................................... 36 THE TOEPFER BOOT CAMP FOR FIELD BIOLOGISTS AARON PRATT...................................................................................................................................................... 38 IN MEMORIAM OF DR. JOHN E. TOEPFER (1948-2018) GREG SEPTON ...................................................................................................................................................... 40 JOHN TOEPFER PRAIRIE GROUSE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP AARON PRATT...................................................................................................................................................... 42 JOHN TOEPFER MONUMENT AT BUENA VISTA MARCH PETER ZIEGLER ..................................................................................................................................................... 43 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS COMPILED BY GREG SEPTON AND DON WOLFE ............................................................................................................ 44 MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS JOHN TOEPFER ARCHIVES ........................................................................................................................................ 49 INTRODUCTION Dan Svedarsky, Greg Septon, Lena Larsson, and Don Wolfe Compilers John Toepfer passed away in the fall of 2018 as a result of complications from hip replacement surgery. John came out of the anesthesia just fine but went into cardiac arrest the second morning while joking with a nurse. John was not known to eat regularly or healthily. And he certainly didn’t get regular rest and a decent night’s sleep. How he persisted as well as he did should be somewhat of a surprise to those of us who knew the schedule he kept. Many of us wildlifers were attending or returning home from the October 2018 national meeting of The Wildlife Society in Cleveland, OH when we got the surprise news. Some of us got our heads together and started the discussion as to how to honor this extraordinary guy so here we are. Those of us who are into wildlife and nature are often “characters;” sometimes unconventional, creative, passionate, observant, often driven, occasionally single-minded in purpose, but usually like to have some fun. The latter is perhaps epitomized in one of Svedarsky’s favorite quotes by Fred Hamerstrom, a mentor of John’s: “Good works need not be done in a sepulchral atmosphere.” (Now Fred went to Harvard and Svedarsky grew up in the South where proper English was often a second language, so he had to look up sepulchral when he first heard it!) So, in the spirit of Fred Hamerstrom’s admonition to have some fun as we do our work and answer our calling, this booklet is a tribute to a special guy, yes, but also contains a collection of “Toepfer Stories” for those who knew and interacted with John. After reading them, one will not only get a good laugh or two but get a closer look at one of those characters (Did we say occasionally cantankerous?) that we can pick up a reference point or two. Thanks to the many contributors of stories and tributes, and for the financial donations to establish a modest scholarship in John’s honor. This is described in more detail elsewhere in this booklet. A huge thanks to the Board of the Sutton Avian Research Center for supporting all sorts of wildlife efforts over the years, this Toepfer project, and for hosting the 33rd biennial Prairie Grouse Technical Council Conference. Other sponsors mentioned herein are gratefully acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 1 FOREWORD Greg Septon It’s not often one comes across an individual with passion, drive, and an independent spirit. And it’s likewise not often when that same person devotes his/her life to understanding the natural history of a specific family or single species of wildlife. Names that come to mind would of course include Jane Goodall for her work with chimpanzees and Tom Cade for his work with peregrine falcons. Other names would include George Archibald for his work with cranes and L. David Mech for his lifetime of work studying wolves. Although others came before him and their names are etched in the history of the study of prairie chickens; few, if any, were as keenly focused throughout their entire lifetimes. A student and dear friend of the Hamerstrom’s whose prairie chicken research in Wisconsin saved the species from extirpation in that state, John Toepfer was one of those rare individuals who followed his heart and left the world a better place when he departed. As part of his Ph.D., John’s early work with prairie chickens included an effort to reintroduce pen-reared and wild prairie chickens at Crex Meadows in NW Wisconsin. He also spent over 20 years serving as a Research Consultant with the Society of Tympanuchus Cupido Pinnatus, Ltd. (STCP). I recall the day STCP inked an agreement with John in the early 1990’s to begin unraveling the mysteries behind declining prairie chicken populations in Wisconsin. As John and I sat alone at a table that afternoon while the STCP Council Members
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