WILL MCKINLEY INSELMAN 427 Dakota Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006 605-695-3956 will.inselman@sdstate.edu EDUCATION Ph.D candidate in Wildlife Science May 2020 GPA: 4.0 (5 Credit Hours) Dissertation: Pheasant ecology in landscapes with disparate habitat availability: optimizing landscapes for wildlife and agricultural production Advisor: Dr. Troy Grovenburg M.S. in Wildlife Science May 2015 GPA: 3.875 (30 Credit Hours) Thesis: Buteo ecology: an intensive study of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains Advisor: Dr. Troy Grovenburg B.S. in Biology May 2012 Emphasis: Zoology GPA: 3.071 (129 Credit Hours) Major GPA: 3.64 Advisor: Dr. Charles Dieter PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE August 2012 May 2015 Graduate Research Assistant Collected data on 193 Swainson s hawk nests Captured, radio-tagged, and tracked 15 Swainson s hawks over two breeding seasons Supervised 11 technicians over two-year study Created side project assessing diet of nestling Swainson s hawks using time-lapse game cameras May 2012 August 2012 Graduate Research Assistant Technician Trapped, radio-tagged, and tracked 30 Adult hen ring-necked pheasants throughout breeding season Monitored nest sites and captured, radio-tagged, and tracked pre-fledged pheasants July 2011 September 2011 USFWS Banding Technician Assisted USFWS employees in operating a waterfowl banding station in Fort Providence, Northwest Territory, Canada Personally sexed, aged, and banded over 600 waterfowl (mallards, northern pintail, green-winged teal) May 2011 August 2011 Graduate Research Assistant Technician Assisted in collecting field data assessing effects of foliar sprays applied to soybeans to deter Canada Geese
WILL MCKINLEY INSELMAN PAGE 2 GRANTS/AWARDS Grovenburg, T. W., B. Graeb, K. Bertrand, T. Runia, A. Solem, W. M. Inselman, and M. Brown. Pheasant ecology in landscapes with disparate habitat availability: optimizing landscapes for wildlife and agricultural production. Pheasants Forever Regional Office. $25,000; 5 years. 2015 Wildlife M.S. Student of the Year, South Dakota State University. 2014-2015 Nebraska Chapter s J.E. Weaver Competitive Grants Program, The Nature Conservancy ($1,000). 2014 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Laboratory Instructor Principles of Wildlife Management 411L Fall 2015 Developed a hands-on course that put students in real-world wildlife management situations. Laboratory Instructor Ornithology 363L Spring 2014 Instructed two lab sections in the identification and biological characteristics of 250 bird species found in the Midwest. Laboratory Instructor Wildlife Management 411L Fall 2013 Instructed three lab sections over two days on chemical immobilization techniques. PRESENTATIONS Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2015. Time-lapse video as a method for assessing Swainson s hawk diets during the breeding season. South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Oacoma, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, K. C. Jensen, C. C. Swanson, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2015. Buteo ecology: an intensive study of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains. Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Datta, S., J.A. Jenks, K.C. Jensen, W. M. Inselman, C.C. Swanson, and T.W. Grovenburg. 2015. Reproductive ecology of Ferruginous Hawks in the Northern Great Plains. South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Oacoma, South Dakota, USA. an intensive study of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains. AOU-COS-SCO Joint Meeting. Estes Park, Colorado, USA. Nevison, S.A., W. M. Inselman, and J.A. Jenks. 2014. A day in the life of a wildlife biologist. US Forest Service National Grasslands Visitor Center, Wall, South Dakota. an intensive study of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains. South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Oacoma, South Dakota, USA.
WILL MCKINLEY INSELMAN PAGE 3 Datta, S., J.A. Jenks, D. Knudsen, K.C. Jensen, W. M. Inselman, C.C. Swanson, and T.W. Grovenburg. 2014. West Nile Virus and Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo regalis): Additional Threat to Grassland Obligate Raptors. South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Oacoma, South Dakota, USA. Johnson, R. D., T.W. Grovenburg, L. Perkins, J.A. Jenks, W. M. Inselman, and C.C. Swanson. 2014. Evaluation of Five Herbicide Treatments to Control Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Oacoma, South Dakota, USA. INVITED PRESENTATIONS Datta, S., W. M. Inselman, R. W. Klaver, K. C. Jensen, J. A. Jenks, S. Kempema, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2016. Reproductive ecology of ferruginous hawks in north-central South Dakota and south-central North Dakota. South Dakota. South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Meeting, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. Datta, S., W. M. Inselman, R. W. Klaver, K. C. Jensen, J. A. Jenks, S. Kempema, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2016. Reproductive ecology of ferruginous hawks and golden eagles in western South Dakota. South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Meeting, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, K. C. Jensen, R. W. Klaver, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2015. Provisioning behavior of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains. South Dakota Ornithological Union. Brookings, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, J. A. Jenks, K. C. Jensen, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2015. Buteo nesting ecology: An intensive study of Swainson s hawks in the northern Great Plains. North Dakota Game and Fish meeting. Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. Grovenburg, T. W., W. Inselman, and S. Datta. 2015. Raptor ecology on the Great Plains. Invited Seminar, Pond Boss VI, Rockwall, Texas. an intensive study of Swainson s hawks on the Northern Great Plains. South Dakota Ornithological Union. Vermillion, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2014. Final results on the status of breeding Buteos in Northcentral South Dakota. South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Meeting. Pierre, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2013. Preliminary results on the status of breeding Buteos in North-central South Dakota. South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks Meeting. Huron, South Dakota, USA. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, and T. W. Grovenburg. 2013. Preliminary results on the status of breeding Buteos in the South-central North Dakota. North Dakota Game and Fish. Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Inselman W.M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, K.C. Jensen, and T.W. Grovenburg. 2015. Buteo Nesting Ecology: Evaluating Nesting of Swainson s Hawks in the Northern Great Plains. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0137045. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137045 Johnson, R.S., T.W. Grovenburg, L.B. Perkins, J.A. Jenks, W.M. Inselman, and C.C. Swanson. 2014. Evaluation of five herbicide treatments to control yellow toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). Ecological Restoration 32:137-140.
WILL MCKINLEY INSELMAN PAGE 4 Datta, S., J.A. Jenks, D.E. Knudson, K.C. Jensen, W.M. Inselman, C.C. Swanson, and T.W. Grovenburg. West Nile Virus and Ferruginous Hawks (Buteo regalis): Additional Threat to Grassland Obligate Raptors. The Prairie Naturalist 47:38 40. Datta, S., W.M. Inselman, J.A. Jenks, D.E. Knudson, K.C. Jensen, C.C. Swanson, R.W. Klaver, Indrani Sasmal, and T.W. Grovenburg. Mate replacement and alloparental care in ferruginous hawk (Buteo regalis). The Prairie Naturalist 47:36 37. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Inselman W.M. Arial Hunters of the Dakotas. North Dakota Outdoors Magazine. October 2015. http://gf.nd.gov/magazines/october-2015/aerial-hunters-dakotas Stockdill, P. Swainson s Hawks Dinner is Served. Dakota Country Magazine. September 2015. https://www.joomag.com/magazine/dakota-country-magazine-september-2015-special-falledition/0655563001443020196?page=80 PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW OR IN PREPERATION Leonard, J. L., Inselman, W. M., Jenks, J. A., Perkins, L. B., Grovenburg, T. W., Lammers, D. J. A new approach: capturing neonatal bison (Bison bison) with a net gun from a utility terrain vehicle. PLOS ONE. In review. Inselman, W. M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, R.W. Klaver, and T.W. Grovenburg. Spatial Ecology and Adult Survival of Swainson s hawks (Buteo swainsoni) in the Northern Great Plains. The Journal of Raptor Research. In review. Inselman, W.M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, C.C. Swanson, and T.W. Grovenburg. Assessing Diets of Nesting Northern Harriers using Nest Cameras. Ibis. In preparation. Inselman, W.M., S. Datta, J.A. Jenks, T.W. Grovenburg. Techniques for Capturing Swainson s Hawks: an evaluation of the Bal-chatri. Journal of Field Ornithology. In preparation. RELATED EXPERIENCE Co-investigator in a study looking at the effects of Butorphanol tartrate, Azaperone tartrate and Medetomidine HCl (BAM) on white-tailed deer to that of Telazol, ketamine, and xylazine (TKX) Performed aerial raptor nest surveys Assisted in capturing and collaring swift fox Harvested blue-winged teal and lesser scaup during breeding season assisting PhD graduate student o Collected blood samples and plasma samples Assisted in yearly removal of antlers of deer at SDSU wildlife research facility (2012-2014) Assisted in bighorn sheep captures o Adult helicopter capture workup and lamb capture/collaring MEMBERSHIPS NRM Graduate Student Association (Treasurer) 2015-Present The Wildlife Society 2015-Present Great Plains Natural Science Society 2013-Present South Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society 2012-Present Chairman/Co-Chairman of SDSU Ducks Unlimited 2010-2012
WILL MCKINLEY INSELMAN PAGE 5 Committee member of SDSU Ducks Unlimited 2009-2013 WORKSHOPS Program R Workshop, Instructor: Dr. Darryl MacKenzie 9 13 March 2015 Modeling Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence Workshop, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD Instructor: Dr. Darryl MacKenzie 10 14 March 2014 Program MARK, Instructor: Dr. Gary C. White 4 8 March 2013 REFERENCES Troy W. Grovenburg Assistant Professor Dept. of Natural Resource Management Box 2140B, SNP South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 605-688-5064 troy.grovenburg@sdstate.edu Jonathan A. Jenks Distinguished Professor Dept. of Natural Resource Management Box 2140B, SNP South Dakota State University Brookings, SD 57007 605-688-6121 jonathan.jenks@sdstate.edu Robert W. Klaver Unit Leader and Professor U.S. Geological Survey Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management 342 Science II Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011-3221 515-294-7639 bklaver@iastate.edu