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Paths to Recovery Connecting Habitats to Conserve Wildlife Vol. 14 No. 2 March/April 2020 PATHS TO RECOVERY CONNECTING HABITATS TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE 2019 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award Presentation Bsal – The Next Threat to North American Biodiversity Out in the Field Initiative Takes Shape LO TEK’sN EW generation ofcam era collars … InSight,see w hatthey see! O LD G EN ERATIO N N EW G EN ERATIO N • 850g+ • <500g • 24hrsofvideo footage • 40hrsofvideo footage • Resolution:640 x 480 • Resolution:H D 1280 x 720 LotekW irelessInc. Tel:+1 905 836 6680 W e b : w w w .lo te k .c o m 20/20 H AS CO M E EARLY E m a il: b io te le m e try @ lo te k .c o m TH E N EX T GEN ERATION S in c e 2 0 0 2 , R E C O N Y X ™ h a s b e e n m a n u fa c tu rin g th e b e st p e rfo rm in g , m o st re lia b le c a m e ra tra p a v a ila b le . T h a t tra d itio n c o n tin u e s w ith th e in tro d u c tio n o f th e n e w H y p e rF ire 2 ™ . W e th in k th a t it is th e b e st c a m e ra w e h a v e e v e r m a d e a n d a re b a c k in g th a t u p w ith th e b e st w a rra n ty in th e b u sin e ss. A ll a t a lo w e r p ric e th a n w e h a v e e v e r o ffe re d b e fo re . • 1 / 4 th S e c o n d Trig g e r S p e e d c o u p le d w ith th e b e st M o tio n S e n sin g a v a ila b le . • N o G lo w ™ G E N 3 H ig h O u tp u t™ In fra re d n ig h t tim e illu m in a tio n u p to 1 5 0 fe e t. • H ig h D e fin itio n Im a g e s a n d V id e o s . • 5 Y e a r W a rra n ty a n d M a d e in th e U S A . In th e e n d , y o u re a lly d o g e t w h a t y o u p a y fo r, so w h y n o t in v e st in a n A m e ric a n m a d e c a m e ra tra p th a t w ill b e th e re fo r y o u y e a r a fte r y e a r, g u a ra n te e d . R E C O N Y X , S e e W h a t Y o u ’v e B e e n M issin g … The Wildlife Professional is the flagship publication of The Wildlife Society and a benefit of membership. 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Call: 800-272-8727 • Online: www.livetrap.com Contents March/April 2020 Vol. 14 No. 2 FEATURES 28 Th e View from My Bucket Reflecting on the importance of observation skills, mentors COVER STORY >> Credit: Steven Gnam and land managers By Leigh H. Fredrickson Paths to recovery 34 O ut in the Field A New LGBTQ+ initiative takes shape within The Wildlife Society Connecting habitats to conserve wildlife By Colleen Olfenbuttel, Travis Booms, Claire Crow, By Joshua Rapp Learn Katherine O’Donnell 18 38 L essons Among Lemurs Can ecotourism aid conservation in ways research can’t? By Jake Krauss 41 Th e Next Threat How do we stop fungal disease from devastating North 34 American salamanders? By Kenzie E. Pereira, Matthew J. Gray, Jacob L. Kerby, Evan H. 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