Major and Home University: Natural Resources, Cornell University
Research Mentor: Tim Fahey, John Battles, and Patrick Bougeron
Why/how did you get involved with the program?
He always wanted to get involved with wildlife biology and environmental research, and wanted to get field experience as soon as possible. He wanted to see if he liked field work, before devoting a lot of time to it. Thus, here he is at Hubbard Brook!
What is your project?
Investigating the correlations that exist between moose populations and vegetation composition and elevation in Hubbard Brook. Basically: What effects do moose have on the forests?
Why is it important?
The density of moose populations have a significant impact on the people living nearby. Moose can cause car accidents among other things. By understanding what factors regulate their growth and size then we can come up with better conservation or population maintenance plans. We don't want them infringing on humans too much (and at the same time, we don't want to infringe on them too much).
And finally....what is your favorite piece of gear?
His hiking boots, because they're so important!
I just wanted to make sure that comments were open to the public. Comment more please! Any thoughts?
Kadeem this is awesome! I'm so proud of you. I work in the Dept of Natural Resources and I think you would be the perfect person to work there. It's your major and everything.