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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. Campbell Grant and Jamie Voyles Credit: Colleen Olfenbuttel 47 A Future for Fishers Timber companies in Oregon craft a plan to conserve Pacific fishers By Dana Kobilinsky 51 A New Approach to Combating CWD Michigan is seeking scientific solutions using collaboration By Sonja Christensen, Kelly Straka and J.R.