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Joshua Stafford
Joshua D. Stafford, Ph.D.

Station Director, Waterfowl Ecologist

Forbes Biological Station
P.O. Box 590
20003 CR 1770E
Havana, IL 62644

Phone: 309-543-3950
FAX: 309-543-4999

Email: jdstaff@illinois.edu

Recognition Outstanding New Staff Member Award, Illinois Natural History Survey, 2007
  David H. Nabi Memorial Award, MSU, 2004
  Susan "Gay" Simpson Memorial Award for Outstanding Student in Waterfowl/Wetlands Ecology, 2000
Selected Publications O'Neal, B.J., E.J. Heske, and J.D. Stafford. 2008. Monitoring and modeling waterbird response to wetlands restored through the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:654─664.
  Stafford, J.D., M.M. Horath, A.P. Yetter, C.S. Hine, and S.P. Havera. 2007. Wetland use by mallards during spring and fall in the Illinois and Central Mississippi River Valleys. Waterbirds 30:394─402.
  Stafford, J.D. and A.T. Pearse. 2007. Survival of radio-marked ducklings in eastern South Dakota. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119:585─591.
  Stafford, J.D., R.M. Kaminski, and K.J. Reinecke. 2006. Waste rice for waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:61─69.
  Bowyer, M.W., J.D. Stafford, A.P. Yetter, C.S. Hine, M.M. Horath, and S.P. Havera. 2005. Moist-soil plant seed production for waterfowl at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois. The American Midland Naturalist 153:331─341.
Professional Societies and Activities

The Wildlife Society (TWS), 1998-present
North Central Section of TWS, 2005-present
Illinois Chapter TWS, Secretary-Treasurer, 2007-2009
Mississippi Flyway Tech Section, 2005-present
Associate Editor, Wetlands, 2007-present

Education Ph.D. -  Mississippi State University (Forest Resources), 2004
  M.S. -  South Dakota State University (Wildlife Science), 2000
  B.S. -  Oregon State University (Wildlife Science), 1997