DESCRIPTION: Participants accompany Dr. George Feldhamer and Dr. Tim Carter as they check a grid of live traps. Participants learn about different trap types, species of small mammals in forested habitat, marking techniques and handling, and how information is used to answer questions about population dynamics, competition, home range and movement, microhabitat use, etc.
See the investigators live trap a state-endangered species and discuss on-going research involving transplanting individuals to several other places throughout the state. Also see a unique natural area: Larue-Pine Hills.