Amanda Cheeseman
Assistant Professor
Natural Resource Management
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
McFadden Biostress Laboratory 138, Box 2140B
Brookings, Sd 57007
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I work to tease out the relationships between wildlife and their habitats in order to inform species management and conservation. 

News

Whether we are adventuring in the field, lab, or at the computer you can follow our research updates here

Current Projects

The Wood Rabbit Project

New England cottontails (aka wood rabbits) are threatened with extinction.  The WRP is engaged in research habitat conservation to recover this imperiled species

Great Plains Otter Project

Assessing distribution and habitat of Great Plains River Otter

Canid Camera

Young forests in the Northeast are declining to the detriment of hundreds of species that rely on them. Canid Camera uses community science to monitor wildlife activity and diversity and improve management of these rare forests

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