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Dr. John Barclay

Associate Professor

Education | Experience | Courses Taught | Current Research | Miscellaneous | Grants | Publications | Reports |
 
Education
Ph.D. Zoology (Wildlife) Ohio State University 1970
M.S. Wildlife Ecology Pennsylvania State College 1965
B.S. Wildlife Management University of Maine 1962

Experience
1996-Present Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Center, U. of Connecticut
1985-Present Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology, University of Connecticut
1985-Present

Connecticut Extension Wildlife Specialist, University of Connecticut

1979-1981 Stream. Alter. Leader/Riparian Ecologist, USFW Service, Leetown, W.V.
1975-1985 Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University (on leave 1979-1981)
July 1979

Visiting Professor, Arkansas Wildlife Employees Training Program

1974,1975 Visiting Prof., Marine Birds & Mammals, U. Oregon, Inst. Marine Biol.
1970-1975 Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

Courses Taught
Wildlife Ecology (graduate)
Wildlife Management (graduate)
Private Lands Wildlife Management
Wildlife Management Techniques
Environmental Conservation

Current Research

Current Research involvements include:  contaminants in American Woodcock, behavior of resident Canada Geese, urban White-tailed Deer management, status of American Kestrel, Ruffed Grouse restoration, population ecology of Greater Scaup.


Miscellaneous
Appointed, Brd. of Dir., North Atlantic Chapter, Soc. Envir. Toxicology & Chemistry, ‘08
Chair-elect, Chair, Past Chair, 2005-07, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, The Wildlife Society
Member, Board of Directors, Conway Graduate School of Landscape Design, 2001-present
Member, Ashford Inland Wetland Commission, 1986- present
Instructor, field leader, and Coverts Project Steering Committee member, 1984-2006
Member, USFWS International Woodcock Task Force, Mar. ’01-2006
Founder, former Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Past President(’05), Connecticut Woodcock Council. Member, Board of Directors
Hobson, Barclay and Broderick. 1993. Enhancing Wildlife Habitats: A Practical Guide for Forest Landowners. NE Reg. Agr. Eng. Service. National AES blue ribbon award, 1994

Grants

2004-2005
4-H Wildlife Cons.(verbal appr. May ‘04).
Grouse and Woodcock Conservation Proj
Nuisance Resident Can. geese. 3/04.


3rd yr of 3, Quaker Valley Farm, NY   15,000
3rd yr of 3, Anon. Donor                   45,000
NE Wildl. Damage Coop.                   25,000

2005-2006
Nuisance geese.  Renewal, 2nd of 2yrs.
Equipment/Laptop computer.
Role of cadmium in male woodcock.
1st CT Wildlife Conserv. Conf. Apr.’06. 


NE Wildl. Damage Unit, Ithaca, NY      22,000
French Foundation.                             3,500
Natnl. Shooting Sprts Fnd , CT.            2,000
UC Research Fnd.                                 500

2006-2007
Restoration of Ruffed Grouse
Moose Ecology and Behavior in CT.


Quaker Valley Farm,   NY.                 40,000
NE Wildl. Damage, Ithaca, NY            29,343

Publications
Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte and J. S. Barclay 2007. Acceptability of lethal and non-lethal deer management strategies: perspectives of bowhunters and homeowners in a suburban community. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(6): 2095-2101.
Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte and J. S. Barclay 2007. Factors affecting hunter access in suburban areas: perspectives of landowners and bowhunters. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(6):2102-2105.
Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte and J. S. Barclay 2007. Deer harvest opportunities and incentives for bowhunters in suburban areas. Journal of Wildlife Management  (accepted but re-submitting as two papers).
Hiller, B., I. Sidor, S. De Guise and J. Barclay. 2007. Prevalence of Sarcosystis sp. in American Woodcock collected in Connecticut. Journal of Parasitology 93(6):1529-1530.
Kilpatrick, H, A. LaBonte and J. Barclay. 2005. Factors affecting harvest-reporting rates for white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(3):974-980.

Kilpatrick, H, A. LaBonte, J. Barclay and G. Warner. 2004.  Assessing strategies to improve bowhunting as a an urban deer management tool. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(4):1177-1184.

Barclay, J. S. 2003. A “Consensus Statement” on American Woodcock. Connecticut Wildlife 23(1):14-15. (refereed, edited and concurred to by all 41 attendees at the 2001 Woodcock Workshop).


Reports

Barclay, J. S. And J. P. Fisher (eds.). 1996. Inventory of natural resources and processes on Robins Island.  Final Report to Robins Island Preservation Corp., New Suffolk, NY. 223pp.

Barclay, J. S. 1996. Zoology. Final Report No. JHR 96, Project No. 87 – 106. In: Wetland Mitigation. Vol. 2 (of 6). UCONN-JHR-90-189, CONNDOT Joint Highway Res. 230pp.

Barclay, J. S., C. R. Perkins, M. E. Tomassone, and K. A. Eccleston. 1995. Declining populations of ducks and habitat quality in Long Island Sound. Final Report. CT DEP Long Island Sound Studies Program, Hartford, CT. 170pp.


 


 
     
   
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Dr. John Barclay
Associate Professor

Department of Natural Resources and the Environment
The University of Connecticut
U-4087, 1376 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4087
Tel: (860) 486-0143
Fax: (860) 486-5408

Email:john.barclay@uconn.edu

 



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