KANSAS COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT 25 YEARS (1991-2016) OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH COMPILED BY: JOYCE BRITE JULY 2016 Kansas State University Preface The Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is jointly sponsored and financed by the U.S. Geological Survey-Biological Resources Division, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism, Kansas State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute. In 1960, Congress gave statutory recognition to the Cooperative Research Unit program by enactment of Public Law 86-686. The act reads: "To facilitate cooperation between the Federal Government, colleges and universities, the States, and private organizations for cooperative unit programs of research and education relating to fish and wildlife, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and training programs for fish and wildlife resources, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to continue to enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities, with game and fish departments of the several States, and with nonprofit organizations relating to cooperative research units: Provided, That Federal participation in the conduct of such cooperative unit programs shall be limited to the assignment of the Department of the Interior technical personnel by the Secretary to serve at the respective units, to supply for the use of the particular unit's operations such equipment as may be available to the Secretary for such purposes, and the payment of incidental expenses of Federal personnel and employees of cooperating agencies assigned to the units. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act." The Kansas Unit opened in October 1991 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. Dr. Timothy R. Modde was appointed as the first Unit Leader. Ms. Joyce Brite was hired as support staff. In May 1992, Dr. Modde left the Unit to take a position with the Colorado River Fisheries Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in Vernal, Utah. Dr. Michael R. Vaughan of the Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit was assigned to the Kansas Unit as Acting Unit Leader for a six-week period. Dr. Philip S. Gipson was selected as the Unit Leader in May 1993. In 1994, Dr. Christopher S. Guy was hired as Assistant Leader-Fisheries and Dr. Jack F. Cully, Jr. was hired as Assistant Leader-Wildlife. Dr. Guy left in August 2002 to become Assistant Leader-Fisheries at the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit in Bozeman. In November 2003, Dr. Craig P. Paukert joined the Kansas Unit as Assistant Leader-Fisheries. In May 2008, Dr. Philip S. Gipson retired from the Kansas Unit. He accepted a position as department head at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Dr. Craig P. Paukert was appointed as Acting Unit Leader. 2 In May 2010, Dr. Paukert assumed the Unit Leader position at the Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Dr. Jack Cully was appointed Acting Unit Leader. Dr. Martha Mather joined the Kansas Unit in October 2010 as Assistant Leader-Fisheries. Dr. David Haukos was hired as Unit Leader in February 2011. In September 2012, Dr. Jack Cully retired from the Kansas Unit. Dr. Phil Gipson Dr. Chris Guy Dr. Jack Cully Joyce Brite Dr. Craig Paukert Dr. David Haukos Dr. Martha Mather 3 The Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Unit) was established in 1991 through a cooperative agreement among Kansas Wildlife and Parks, Kansas State University, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wildlife Management Institute. The 2012 Agreement (Cooperative Agreement No. 1434-12HQRU1578) included Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Kansas State University, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Wildlife Management Institute further strengthened the partnerships and continued the collaboration through 2022. The purpose of this report is to compile and provide an extensive history of the research productivity by Unit scientists and collaborators. This is the first time that all funded research project, graduate student listing, publications, and professional presentations have been compiled for the Unit. This compilation represents known research projects and products; however, it is possible that records may have been missed during the compilation. Therefore, these records will be frequently updated as new information becomes available. Summary Statistics Funded Research Projects - 189 USGS Research Work Orders (Page 7) – 66 Kansas Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (Page 10) – 69 Other Funding Sources (Page 12) – 54 Conducted Research Projects – 131 (can have >1 funding source/project) Fisheries and Aquatic (Page 16) – 58 Wildlife (Page 81) – 73 Specific Research Products Peer-Reviewed Publications (Page 177) - 349 Books and Book Chapters (Page 198) – 35 Technical Publications (Page 201) – 60 Theses and Dissertations (Page 206) – 74 REU Students (Page 212) – 16 Presentations (Page 213) – 654 List of Graduate Students (Page 258) – 89 4 FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS 1991-2016 5 Table 1. Federal Research Work Orders (RWO) for the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 1991-2016. No. Date Date Title Principal Investigator Funded Student support signed ended by 1 7/21/92 8/31/95 Abundance and Nesting Success of Neotropical Migrants Breeding in John L. Zimmerman USFWS the Tallgrass Prairie 2 8/16/93 12/31/97 Evaluation of Wildlife Management Practices on the Fort Riley Military Robert J. Robel DOD Installation 3 Monitoring Wildlife Populations of Elk on Fort Riley Philip S. Gipson DOD 4 4/25/94 9/30/95 Status of Feral Pigs and Their Control on Fort Riley Philip S. Gipson DOD Ray Matlack 5 5/29/94 9/30/96 Impacts and Marketability of the Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program Leonard E. USFWS Bobi Naylor Bloomquist- Sociology 6 6/8/94 5/31/97 Status of Three Sensitive Bird Species on Fort Riley Jack F. Cully, Jr. DOD Heidi Michaels, Greg Hoch 7 9/13/94 3/29/96 The Capacity of Fort Riley Tallgrass Prairie to Support Military Training Alan K. Knapp DOD Phil Fay, Post-Doc Activity-Preliminary Analysis 8 5/10/95 3/31/99 Gap Analysis in Kansas Jack F. Cully, Jr. Natl Biol. Glennis Kaufman, Post-Doc Survey 9 7/6/95 6/30/97 Fort Riley Process-level Carrying Capacity Research Philip S. Gipson DOD Carin Richardson, Kirk Cherry- Research Associates 10 8/1/95 12/31/01 Ecology of Predators on Fort Riley Army Base, Kansas Philip S. Gipson DOD Jan Kamler 11 8/23/95 12/30/95 Habitat use and population dynamics of benthic fishes along the Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten Missouri River COE 12 9/7/95 9/30/00 Effects of Size, Fragmentation, and Management of Prairie Remnants Jack F. Cully, Jr. Natl Biol. Anne Cully on Biodiversity & Sustainability Service 13 8/3/95 5/30/98 Effects of prairie dogs on short-grass prairie range condition and cattle Jack F. Cully, Jr. USFWS Justin Kretzer grazing behavior 14 8/17/95 9/30/97 Quivira Geographic Information System (GIS) H.L. Seyler- Natl Biol. Matthew June Geography Service 15 4/23/96 12/31/97 Habitat use and population dynamics of benthic fishes along the Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten Missouri River, 1996 COE 16 7/23/96 6/30/02 Gap Analysis in Kansas Jack F. Cully, Jr., Natl Biol. Glennis Kaufman, Todd Glennis Kaufman Service Hoernemann, Post-Docs 17 7/18/96 12/31/96 Archaeological survey for the Fort Riley Natural/Cultural Resources Donna Roper- DOD LCTA Integration Sociology &Anthropology 18 4/2/97 5/30/02 Evaluation of Land Condition Trend Analysis as a Component of the Philip S. Gipson, Don DOD Don Althoff-Post-Doc, James Integrated Training Area Management Program at Fort Riley, Kansas Althoff Rivers, Troy Livingston, Gerald Zuercher 19 2/25/97 6/30/98 Population structure and habitat use of benthic fishes along the Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten Missouri River COE 20 7/28/97 12/31/01 Environmental Impacts of Reducing Pesticide Uses on Fort Riley Wayne Geyer, DOD Thomas Warner- Horticulture 21 7/21/97 9/30/00 Reclamation of Native Tallgrass Prairie at the Kansas Army Philip S. Gipson DOD Tracy Johnson Ammunition Plant 22 8/12/97 10/31/99 Modeling soil erosion and surface runoff from military training land at Prasanta Kalita-Bio & DOD Fort Riley, Kansas Ag Engg 23 8/12/97 9/30/00 Effectiveness of Land Condition Trend Analysis transects for Philip S. Gipson DOD Jonathan Conard monitoring wildlife abundance in areas used for military training 24 7/15/97 6/30/98 Habitat use and population dynamics of benthic fishes along the Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten Missouri River, Field Season 1997 COE 25 8/29/97 9/30/00 GIS Coverages of Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge H.L. Seyler- USFWS Geography 26 3/6/98 9/30/99 Population structure and habitat use of benthic fishes along the Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten, Sally Schrank Missouri River in Montana, 1998 COE 27 6/1/18 4/30/99 Age and growth analysis of selected Missouri River benthic fishes Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten, Sally Schrank COE 28 4/5/99 7/31/01 Age and growth analysis of selected Missouri River benthic fishes Christopher S. Guy Army Patrick Braaten COE 29 5/28/99 3/31/00 Assessment of Physiochemical, Biological and Landscape Features Christopher S. Guy USGS/BR Influencing Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka) Distribution in Kansas D Streams 30 9/8/99 9/30/04 Metapopulation Ecology of the Black-tailed prairie dog: A Keystone Jack F.