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| Summer 1999 | June 1999 |
| President's Corner |
| A Strategy for Wildlife Management |
| BioLink |
| Chapter News |
| Announcements |
| 1999/2000 Executive |
As incoming President - I would like to thank last year’s executive
for their hard work throughout the year. I would also like to welcome
this year’s executive. We have a pretty big year on the books and
we will need a lot of involvement from them and many of our chapter members
as well.
Due to the nature of our professions, a large number of our members
will be out in the filed for most of the summer, and we have decided to
wait until the fall to start organizing Chapter excursions We will
be organizing a van to attend the CMPS 1999 conference in Kansas in August-
if you are interested in attending the conference, please feel free to
contact any of the Executive for further information.
If any one is interested in helping organize the CMPS 2000 conference in August, 2000 we will take any help we can get- to date we have a number of Volunteers, but many more will be required to ensure the success of the event. You can contact me to get any more information.
Have a great summer- and we will organize more Chapter activities in the fall. . - Rhian Christie
BioLink manages both taxon- and specimen-based information. The current release provides management tools for taxon names ranging from kingdom to subspecies as well as material based on both museum specimens and field observations. Easy to use data entry forms and predefined reports are provided to allow rapid collection and reporting of the highest possible data quality.
BioLink provides a range of tools to assist in data collection and analysis. An online electronic gazetteer assists in the geocoding of sites, including sites described by a distance and direction from a named place. A mapping tool is also included which can plot distributions of taxa, at any rank, directly from the taxonomic checklist. These maps are fully customisable, can be at any scale or level of detail, and can include any number of taxa (each with its own symbol). These maps can be printed directly from BioLink, saved to disk or transferred to a GIS package such as ArcView.
This release of BioLink is provided free of charge. This free distribution will allow evaluation of BioLink's features and permit potential users to assess BioLink's usefulness in fulfilling their information management requirements. Prerequisites for installing BioLink include a Pentium-based PC running Windows 95/98/NT4, 60 megs of disk space and a Microsoft SQLServer Ver. 7.0 license. BioLink is designed to run equally well on single PCs, institutional networks and the Internet.
Future BioLink releases, together with their contents and pricing, will be announced on the BioLink web site at http://www.ento.csiro.au/biolink/home.htm. Anyone who wishes to be added to the mailing list can do so by visiting http://www.ento.csiro.au/biolink/subscribe/subscribe.html. BioLink E-Newsletters will only be issued to announce major BioLink releases or other significant events.
The Wildlife Society, Manitoba Chapter’s Annual General Meeting
was held March 12th, 1999 at the Fort Whyte Centre, Winnipeg. A new
chapter executive was chosen, and following are some short biographies
to introduce the new members to you.
President Elect, Cory Lindgren:
Raised in Pointe du Bois, Cory attended high school in Lac du Bonnet. Attending the University of Manitoba he obtained a Masters degree in 1989, thesis project examining "Ganders’ Distance from the Nest as a Function of the Females' Incubation Period examined in a Captive Flock of Giant Canada Geese". After graduation he headed for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge, England, where he studied the ritualized behavior of Andean Flamingos. After venturing about Europe, he returned to Winnipeg and worked for the Canadian Wildlife Service. Since 1992, he has been employed as project manager/biologist for the Manitoba Purple Loosestrife Project. Married in 1993, he has two cubs aged 1 and 3 years and resides in Birds Hill.
Member At Large, Dale Hutchison:
Dale has worked with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada over the past year and has recently accepted a position as their Environment and Natural Resource Analyst. Prior to this he worked as a consultant through his partnership, Hutchison and Sinclair Associates, almost exclusively working with the Shoal Lake First Nation. Dale's relationship with the Shoal Lake First Nation began during his practicum research where he examined the feasibility of implementing a round table process for the Shoal Lake watershed to plan and manage natural resource use in the area and to resolve issues amongst the various watershed interest groups. Dale graduated with a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1990, and received his Masters of Natural Resources Management from the Natural Resources Institute at the U of M in 1995. He has worked with several federal departments including Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, and Indian Affairs, and the private sector through his consulting work. Dale likes the outdoors, appreciates wildlife and enjoys life with his wife Martina and dog Ginger.
Member At Large, Rich Davis
Rich grew up in Catfish country, Selkirk. He received a four-year major science degree in Ecology from the University of Manitoba, serving on the student science council as well. Rich has worked the past ten years for the DNR as a naturalist and wildlife technician in the Interlake region, including much time in the Oak Hammock Marsh. Rich has extensive experience in waterfowl management and has also worked with big game.
Student Representative, Shane Roersma:
Obtaining his bachelors degree from the University of Manitoba, Shane is presently engaged in graduate studies at the Natural Resources Institute where he is researching the nesting and brood-rearing ecology of sharp-tailed grouse in southern Alberta. His previous employment experience includes a biological assistant position at the University of Manitoba Field Station at Delta Marsh, running a children’s Wilderness program for West Kildonan Community Center and he is seasonally employed by Ducks Unlimited as a naturalist at the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Center. Shane is an avid sportsman partaking in all things outdoors including hunting, fishing, canoeing and birding. He also spends a large amount of time trying to figure out how to include his three golden retrievers in the above mentioned activities. Shane has also been known to be the subject of field surgery practice for his friends on NRI excursions swallowing down the pain with a little Hecla Island spirit.
On 1 January 2000 a new certification requirement will go into effect. Applicants after 31 December 1999 will be required to complete the professional development/certification renewal requirements every five years to maintain their certification. Applicants before 31 December will not be required to periodically complete certification renewal.
Copies of the program booklet and application materials for the Program for Certification of Professional Wildlife Biologists before the 1 January 2000 change are available on The Wildlife Society's web site at http://www.wildlife.org/certification.html.
Featuring technical paper and poster sessions, workshops, working
group meetings, student activities, exhibits, photo contests and field
trips. For more information call (301) 897-9770 or e-mail tws@wildlife.org.
Or visit the conference website at http://www.wildlife.org
The Manitoba Chapter of the Wildlife Society will host the Annual
General Meeting of the Central Mountains and Plains Section of the Wildlife
Society in early August 2000. This is a 2-3 day meeting and will feature
several paper sessions, field trips and evening get-togethers. An
information/organizational meeting is planned as part of the Delta Getaway
Weekend in February. CMPS 2000, as we’re calling it, will require
many volunteers to be successful. Anyone interested in volunteering should
contact any executive member.
The 23rd International Prairie Grouse Technical Council Meeting
is now accepting abstracts.
Abstracts will be accepted until June 30, 1999.
Please forward materials to:
Dr. Rick Baydack, Chair
Prairie Grouse Technical Council
Natural Resources Institute
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Phone: 204-474-6776
Fax: 204-261-0038
E-mail: baydack@ms.umanitoba.ca
Persons submitting abstracts will be notified of their receipt. Please
provide an e-mail address to facilitate processing. If there are
multiple authors, please underline the presenters name.
All contributed papers will be scheduled at 20- minute intervals. Speakers
will be notified of the day, time and location of your presentations. Please
indicate audio-visual needs in your submission.
Abstracts should follow the format provided in the Journal of Wildlife
Management and should include a statement of objectives, a brief description
of the methods used, presentation results and a summary/conclusion. Abstracts
should be sent electronically, either as an e-mail attachment or via a
3.5" floppy disc. Please indicate file name and file type in all
communications.
President Elect
Cory Lindgren
(W) 467-3269, e-mail: c_lindgren@ducks.ca
Past President:
Bob Emery
(W) 467-3238, e-mail: b_emery@ducks.ca
Secretary/Treasurer:
Tanys Uhmann
(W) 474-8152, e-mail: umuhmann@cc.manitoba.ca
Members at Large:
Dale Hutchison
(W) 487-3163, e-mail: hutchisond@inac.gc.ca
Rich Davis
Student Representative:
Shane Roersma
(W) 474-8152, e-mail:umroersm@cc.umanitoba.ca