Education - Research

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Title: Education - Research
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Education - Postsecondary Education - Education, Higher, Seasons - Winter, Nature Conservation - Wildlife Conservation
Condition: Good
Description: [Grad student, Bill Bauer is pictured with deer he is studying.]
Source of Description: [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: MTU Photo Services
Date of Photo: 1975
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 3.5 cm x 4 cm
Polarity: Negative
Image No: MTU004-010-751488-11a
Collection Name: Communication Services Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• DEER FEED PREFERENCE STUDIES NEXT SUMMERThey think he's their parent, so grad student Bill Bauer has four young deer eager to walk in the woods with him - on leashes! He's getting ready for the deer feed preference studies next summer.Not many people would have the patience to do what Bill Bauer has done. The quiet-spoken graduate student from Green Bay (his B.S. was earned in Wisconsin) became the "father" of four, day-old fawns this spring. By being the first living creature in their lives - and the first to feed and take care of their needs - all four of the wild creatures now accept Bill as a parent. For those first few weeks, Bill even pitched a tent in their outdoor compound so that he could be there to feed and protect them. "It was the best way to accustom these deer to being harnessed and working off tether ropes in close association with man," explained Dr. Fred Stormer, assistant professor of Forestry and the leader of the project that has received McIntire-Stennis Act funding. Next summer, Bill and his deer will be "working" three distinct types of aspen habitat in Dickinson County, courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources which also provided two of the new-born fawns.Deer populations in the Great Lakes States seem to thrive best on the rich ground flora associated with the aspen type. Game biologists believe that deer naturally select the most nutritious food available in any forage areas, so Bill will be recording precisely what and relatively how much of each species the deer consume in each of three different ages of aspen stands. The results could dictate changes in the management of aspen stands so that they could support larger and healthier deer herds.We'll be following Bill Bauer and his deer "assistants' when they begin working their test plots next summer. At the moment, Bill's chief concern is that his four-legged colleagues don't slip out of ther compound and become targets for the deer hunters." - ALUMNUS MAGAZINE, November-December, 1975"
11/7/2006 1:03:14 PM by Christine Holland, MTU Archives