According to news reports, a helicopter contracted by USDA Wildlife Services with two people on board crashed in Boise County, Idaho on February 5th. Both persons were injured. Information on the purpose of the flight has not yet been released.
Category: News
Are we missing anyone?
I would like to update our list of wildlife biologists and others that have lost their lives while performing wildlife management and research activities. If you know of anyone not on our list please contact me with their information.
In Memoriam – Benjamin Joel Peterson
Benjamin Joel Peterson, a biologist for Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc., died March 31, 2020 in a helicopter accident while conducting aerial wildlife surveys in Audubon County Iowa.
Five Workers in Michigan’s Wildlife Disease Lab infected with tuberculosis
It was recently announced that 5 employees of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources tested positive for a latent form tuberculosis in 2019 after testing white-tailed deer for chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. Hundreds of other employees and volunteers were offered testing but no results of such testing have been announced. Investigations of the incident did not discover exactly how the workers became infected.
Source: The Bridge (MI), March 6, 2020
Scholarship fund established for biologist that died during prescribed fire
The South Carolina Wildlife Federation has established a scholarship for those pursuing environmental fields in memory of Nicole Hawkins, who died during a prescribed fire at Fort Jackson earlier this year. For more information on how to apply or to donate, go to http://www.scwf.org/chadwick-fund