A collaboration of partners was established to carry out the black duck study.

Principal Investigators

Tina Yerkes, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation Programs
Ducks Unlimited Inc.
Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office – Ann Arbor, MI




John Coluccy, Ph.D.
Manager of Conservation Planning
Ducks Unlimited Inc.
Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office - Ann Arbor, MI

 


Mike Eichholz, Ph.D.
Wetland/Waterfowl Ecologist
Assistant Professor of Zoology
Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab
Southern Illinois University



Christopher K. Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware




Jake L. Bowman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware

Paul M. Castelli, Research Scientist II
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
Nacote Creek Research Station

Graduate Students

Ben Lewis Jr., M.S. candidate
Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab
Southern Illinois University

Dawn Plattner, M.S. candidate
Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab
Southern Illinois University




Dane M. Cramer, M.S. candidate
Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware

Ducks Unlimited
Great Lakes/Atlantic Regional Office
1220 Eisenhower Place
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3281
(734) 623-2000