The Cook County, Illinois, Coyote Project

 

 

     
  Our Researchers  

 
 
 

Our Researchers

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD

 

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD

Assistant Professor

School of Environment and Natural Resources

The Ohio State University

And

Senior Scientist

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

 

Contact: The Ohio State University
375 Kottman Hall
2021 Coffey road
Columbus, OH 43210-1095
Voice: 614-292-1930
Fax: 614-292-7432
Email: gehrt.1@osu.edu
http://snr.osu.edu/myhome/gehrt.1
 http://twel.osu.edu/
 http://www.mcgrawwildlife.org/main.taf?p=4,4,3
 

Dr. Gehrt is Principal Investigator of the research project.  While the Director of Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, he joined with Chris Anchor of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to develop and initiate the research, and solicit the funding.  He continues to supervise the many aspects of the project and spends many hours between Ohio and Illinois.

 
 

Justin Brown

Justin Brown

Research Associate

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

 

Justin is a native of California (we try not to hold that against him) that began working on the project in 2004 as a graduate student focusing on the relationship between coyotes and Canada geese.  After graduation, we were lucky enough to recruit him as the Research Association supervising the research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation.  Basically, Justin makes sure the research is running smoothly.  That may involve setting schedules for technicians, trying to trap a coyote, or answering questions on the phone. 

Alison Willingham

 Alison Willingham

Graduate Student

School of Environment and Natural Resources

The Ohio State University

 

Like Justin, Alison is a native of California that came to work initially as a technician on Justin’s graduate project in 2004.  In 2005, we were fortunate to have her agree to continue working on the research as a graduate student, and she then began her own graduate project in 2006 focusing on, among other things, the interaction between coyotes and gray foxes.  She has worked on the coyote project in many capacities, including trapping, handling coyotes, telemetry, and data analysis.  She is best known for sleeping next to her fox traps all night, to make sure a fox that might get captured did not spend more than a few minutes in a trap.    

 
 

 

 

FUNDING AGENCIES

Cook County Animal & Rabies Control

Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

Forest Preserve District of Cook County

 

 

COLLABORATORS

 

Ohio State University

Brookfield Zoo

University of Illinois Zoopathology Program

 

 

PEOPLE

 

Dr. Donna Alexander, Director, Cook County Animal & Rabies Control

Chris Anchor, Wildlife Biologist, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Chuck Rizzo, Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Mike Neri,  Forest Preserve District of Cook County

Dr. Jean Dubach, Conservation Genetics, Brookfield Zoo

Dr. Mike Kinsel, Zoo Pathology Program, University of Illinois

Dr. Tom Meehan, Senior Veterinarian, Brookfield Zoo

 

 

Graduate Students

 

Paul Morey, Justin Brown, Cecilia Hennessy, Alison Willingham, Bill Graser

 

 

 

Former Research Associates

Dr. Suzie Prange, Tim Preuss

 

We especially want to acknowledge Dr. Dan Parmer (deceased), former Director of Cook County Animal & Rabies Control, for his foresight and unwavering support for long term research of wildlife in the interests of public health.  We hope we have honored his vision. 

 

 
       

 

The Cook County, Illinois, Coyote Project

The Ohio State University