November 4 Wildlife Health Matters
Tami Ryan, WDNR
Tami Ryan, WDNR
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Tami Ryan is the Chief of the Wildlife Health Program in the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Wildlife Management. She received her MS degree in Natural Resources, Wildlife Biology and Management, from UW Stevens Point. Tami has been with the DNR for 27 years and in her current position for the past 11 years. The Wildlife Health
Team's mission is to investigate, manage and educate about the diseases and other health issues affecting wildlife to help conserve Wisconsin's rich wildlife heritage. Tami and her team have been integral in studies of West Nile Virus exposure and infection in ruffed grouse, translocation of elk from Kentucky and ruffed grouse to Missouri, investigation of PFAS (Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in deer, responding to emerging wildlife disease concerns including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), bovine tuberculosis and RHDV-2 (rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus), and monitoring and responding to chronic wasting disease. |
Funding is provided by a grant from the Brittingham Fund to the University of Wisconsin-Madision.
Don't forget you can always watch the event on your computer, tablet or smartphone by clicking the zoom link button on our website at www.scienceontapminocqua.org. The event is also streamed live at the Minocqua Library.
Interested in dinner? Please arrive by 5 pm & mention “Science on Tap” to receive a 10% discount from the Minocqua Brewery. Currently closed for the winter
Interested in dinner? Please arrive by 5 pm & mention “Science on Tap” to receive a 10% discount from the Minocqua Brewery. Currently closed for the winter
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