Todd Nordeen of Alliance is the big game disease and research program manager for Nebraska Game and Parks. In this outdoor spotlight, he talks about his role with the Game and Parks.
PHILIP ECKERBERG
Nspire Today! Feature Writer
Q: What exactly does your job entail?
NORDEEN: “Actually, I am working with a lot of the big game species primarily. But I am also involved with other species as well – some of the bird species, and small mammals, too, that I end up dealing with. The larger focus has been on the big game in terms of diseases, constantly trying to monitor and look at the health of our populations, especially big-game populations. We work with a lot of sick animals at times. We do a lot of particular captures of big game species. We try to evaluate their health and how they are doing. That involves a lot of the research projects that we develop. We typically work with different universities and colleges to help us with those research projects. A lot of it, at least in my arena, is dealing with disease and also some of the distribution and population fluctuations.”
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