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Technological Advances in Wildlife Management Q&A Video

by Kathy Andrews Wright |  May 3, 2021 |  People
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Film Date:

April 20, 2021

Speaker:

Chad Bartman, a Geographic Information System Specialist with the Illinois Department of Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources

Produced by:

Laura Kammin

Kathy Andrews Wright

Edited by:

Sarah Marjanovic

Questions received in advance of the conversation are listed below, with the time noted should you desire to fast-forward to a topic of interest.

1:06 Development of digital maps for the online hunter fact sheets on Hunt Illinois website.

3:57 Demonstration of Hunt Illinois

7:14 Winter aerial tracking of deer in Chronic Wasting Disease positive zones of Illinois.

10:34 Trends being seen after collecting nearly 20 years of deer data.

13:05 Tips for creating a career in wildlife management and geography.

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Kathy Andrews Wright retired from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources where she was editor of OutdoorIllinois magazine. She is currently the editor of OutdoorIllinois Journal.

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