Bill Severud
@billseverud.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Wildlife at South Dakota State University's Natural Resource Management Department
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Position: PhD Student Start Date: January 2026 Location: South Dakota State University in collaboration with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Project Overview We are recruiting...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
PhD assistantship available!
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That's our Dennie!
Dennie Mann wins TWS’ Special Recognition Award - The Wildlife Society
The honor is given every year to people who make outstanding contributions to the wildlife profession
wildlife.org
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That's our Dennie!
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Very proud of this paper in BioScience :
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
September 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Very proud of this paper in BioScience :
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
« Too cute to be wild: what teddy bears reveal about our disconnection from nature »
🧸 are more than toys, they shape among our first emotional connections to nature. But their design may also distort how we see wildlife !
👉 doi.org/10.1093/bios...
🧪🦤
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Don't miss out on your chance to travel to TWS’ Annual Conference and engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Find out more information for this year’s class here: https://wildlife.org/npwmwg/professional-development-program/
July 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don't miss out on your chance to travel to TWS’ Annual Conference and engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Find out more information for this year’s class here: https://wildlife.org/npwmwg/professional-development-program/
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this, from @wyofile.com, is the best story I’ve read on the future of the USGS Co-op Units: wyofile.com/trumps-liqui...
Trump’s ‘liquidation plans’ could wipe out Wyoming research group renowned for migration work - WyoFile
Fate of the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit’s science faculty — Matt Kauffman, Anna Chalfoun and Annika Walters — unclear as president orders deep cuts.
wyofile.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
this, from @wyofile.com, is the best story I’ve read on the future of the USGS Co-op Units: wyofile.com/trumps-liqui...
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Mississippi banned deer feeders because they may help spread chronic wasting disease. In response to doubts about whether feeders were riskier for CWD transmission than other areas, researchers conducted a study using camera traps and swabs.
JWM: Deer feeders help spread CWD - The Wildlife Society
Researchers analyzed deer contact at different feeding hubs to find which presented the largest risks
wildlife.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Mississippi banned deer feeders because they may help spread chronic wasting disease. In response to doubts about whether feeders were riskier for CWD transmission than other areas, researchers conducted a study using camera traps and swabs.
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I'm looking to hire a graduate student to examine plasticity and individual differences in movement and habitat selection of caribou to disturbance. Please see the attached ad and share!
April 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I'm looking to hire a graduate student to examine plasticity and individual differences in movement and habitat selection of caribou to disturbance. Please see the attached ad and share!
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A new fisheries MS is out in the world! Maddy Siller successfully defended her MS research on how fish habitat quality has changed through time. Congratulations Maddy!
April 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A new fisheries MS is out in the world! Maddy Siller successfully defended her MS research on how fish habitat quality has changed through time. Congratulations Maddy!
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AFS Introduced and Invasive Species Section invites abstract submissions for our symposium for #AFS2025. Students can also submit for our travel award. @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @scifendler.bsky.social @mullyfish.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
AFS Introduced and Invasive Species Section invites abstract submissions for our symposium for #AFS2025. Students can also submit for our travel award. @amfisheriessoc.bsky.social @scifendler.bsky.social @mullyfish.bsky.social
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How & why do we celebrate science, especially when it’s under attack? Check out discussion featuring Iowa City Darwin Day keynote speaker Tyrone B Hayes on @iowapublicradio.org! www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
Celebrating science when it is under scrutiny
Scientists discuss research and science backlash ahead of annual Darwin Day events. And we listen back to a conversation with one of Iowa's few scientific glassblowers.
www.iowapublicradio.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How & why do we celebrate science, especially when it’s under attack? Check out discussion featuring Iowa City Darwin Day keynote speaker Tyrone B Hayes on @iowapublicradio.org! www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk...
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Trophic Ecologists - new pkg alert - {trps} (pronounced ‘tropes’): Bayesian Trophic Position Models using 'Stan'. Estimates trophic position using equations from Post (2002), Vander Zanden & Vadeboncoeur (2002), & Heuvel et al. (2024).
benjaminhlina.github.io/trps/
#rstats #ecology #foodwebs
benjaminhlina.github.io/trps/
#rstats #ecology #foodwebs
Bayesian Trophic Position Models using stan
Bayesian trophic position models using stan by leveraging brms for stable isotope data. Trophic position models are derived by using equations from Post (2002) <doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0703:USI...
benjaminhlina.github.io
March 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trophic Ecologists - new pkg alert - {trps} (pronounced ‘tropes’): Bayesian Trophic Position Models using 'Stan'. Estimates trophic position using equations from Post (2002), Vander Zanden & Vadeboncoeur (2002), & Heuvel et al. (2024).
benjaminhlina.github.io/trps/
#rstats #ecology #foodwebs
benjaminhlina.github.io/trps/
#rstats #ecology #foodwebs
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#TimelineCleanse - Check out this delightful, even joyful, little video about the affect of #beavers' damns on their environment ☺️
(w/a thank you to @katharinehayhoe.com for linking to it in her latest newsletter, which I totally recommend subscribing to - www.talkingclimate.ca)
#Wildlife
(w/a thank you to @katharinehayhoe.com for linking to it in her latest newsletter, which I totally recommend subscribing to - www.talkingclimate.ca)
#Wildlife
Beavers and Wildfire: a stop-motion story by Emily Fairfax
YouTube video by Emily Fairfax
www.youtube.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#TimelineCleanse - Check out this delightful, even joyful, little video about the affect of #beavers' damns on their environment ☺️
(w/a thank you to @katharinehayhoe.com for linking to it in her latest newsletter, which I totally recommend subscribing to - www.talkingclimate.ca)
#Wildlife
(w/a thank you to @katharinehayhoe.com for linking to it in her latest newsletter, which I totally recommend subscribing to - www.talkingclimate.ca)
#Wildlife
Indoctrination has begun. 🦫 ❤️
March 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Indoctrination has begun. 🦫 ❤️
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This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine.
Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.
USDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.
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77 #BighornSheep Translocated to their New Home! 🦌🚁
A project led by @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social , to maintain a M.ovi free population, marking a key milestone in Texas' restoration efforts.
📸: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
#LotekTelemetry #AdvancingWildlifeScience
A project led by @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social , to maintain a M.ovi free population, marking a key milestone in Texas' restoration efforts.
📸: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
#LotekTelemetry #AdvancingWildlifeScience
March 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
77 #BighornSheep Translocated to their New Home! 🦌🚁
A project led by @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social , to maintain a M.ovi free population, marking a key milestone in Texas' restoration efforts.
📸: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
#LotekTelemetry #AdvancingWildlifeScience
A project led by @texasparkswildlife.bsky.social , to maintain a M.ovi free population, marking a key milestone in Texas' restoration efforts.
📸: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
#LotekTelemetry #AdvancingWildlifeScience
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Among the other great points in this statement, “Every dollar spent on conservation in the US has a positive return of 2.4 times its original investment.” Conserving natural resources is good business. 🐟🐠🎣
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Among the other great points in this statement, “Every dollar spent on conservation in the US has a positive return of 2.4 times its original investment.” Conserving natural resources is good business. 🐟🐠🎣
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Posting to promote the new episode / episode 65 of the North Dakota Outdoors Podcast by North Dakota Game Fish, which includes an interview with current lab member @alecchristensen.bsky.social talking about his career path and future plans.
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
North Dakota Outdoors Podcast | North Dakota Game and Fish
Department Droppings Natural History Calendar As winter moves into spring, find out what North Dakota's animals are up to.
gf.nd.gov
February 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Posting to promote the new episode / episode 65 of the North Dakota Outdoors Podcast by North Dakota Game Fish, which includes an interview with current lab member @alecchristensen.bsky.social talking about his career path and future plans.
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
gf.nd.gov/ndo-podcast
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Making a difference in your community, within your circle, or to your friends/colleagues is where it all starts
I can't speak for anyone else,
But a thing that I am finding is really helping me to get through all this nonsense
is helping others.
It can be something small- sharing a job ad with a fired colleague, looking over a resume- or something larger.
But helping others helps me.
But a thing that I am finding is really helping me to get through all this nonsense
is helping others.
It can be something small- sharing a job ad with a fired colleague, looking over a resume- or something larger.
But helping others helps me.
February 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Making a difference in your community, within your circle, or to your friends/colleagues is where it all starts
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The American Fisheries Society stands strong in our support of the federal fisheries professionals who serve as the stewards of our aquatic natural resources. Read our new statement on the Future of Public Trust Resources: fisheries.org/2025/02/futu...
February 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The American Fisheries Society stands strong in our support of the federal fisheries professionals who serve as the stewards of our aquatic natural resources. Read our new statement on the Future of Public Trust Resources: fisheries.org/2025/02/futu...
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The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service.
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
Fired Park Rangers Try to ‘Open Some Hearts’ on Social Media
Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about their firings and share their love of the National Park Service.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The National Park Service fired many of its park rangers as part of a reduction in the federal work force. Some rangers decided it was worth the risk to speak out online about the cuts and share their love of the Park Service.
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
“It’s scary, but it was the right thing to do.”
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It is tough to do sea lamprey control in the US waters of the Great Lakes when front line control agents are fired. Just one of the consequences associated with random terminations of environmental professionals in the US.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Trump firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers | Bridge Michigan
Fish and wildlife officials tasked with holding back a species that would otherwise decimate the Great Lakes fishery were among those caught up in a mass purge of federal workers. Dozens, if not hundr...
www.bridgemi.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It is tough to do sea lamprey control in the US waters of the Great Lakes when front line control agents are fired. Just one of the consequences associated with random terminations of environmental professionals in the US.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
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🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
California Fish & Wildlife are hiring an Environmental Scientist to assist with ecosystem restoration of former Cannabis sites.
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🍁🌲🌳🏔️🍄
#GenerationRestoration
California Fish & Wildlife are hiring an Environmental Scientist to assist with ecosystem restoration of former Cannabis sites.
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🍁🌲🌳🏔️🍄
#GenerationRestoration
Cannabis Restoration Grant Program Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist
Looking to make a difference? Join our strong and mighty workforce. We offer benefits and growth opportunities and impact the lives of millions of Californians.
calcareers.ca.gov
February 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
California Fish & Wildlife are hiring an Environmental Scientist to assist with ecosystem restoration of former Cannabis sites.
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🍁🌲🌳🏔️🍄
#GenerationRestoration
California Fish & Wildlife are hiring an Environmental Scientist to assist with ecosystem restoration of former Cannabis sites.
🌎🌾🧪🌿🌱🍁🌲🌳🏔️🍄
#GenerationRestoration