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Livestock Monitoring
Brenda Land, Project Leader
Acknowledgements
Several individuals contributed
to the successful implementation of this test. Brenda Land of the San Dimas
Technology and Development Center, reviewed the proposal, researched and
located the Lotek collars, financed one of the collars, and facilitated
the publication of this paper. Greg Lewis, and his staff of the U.S. Sheep
Experiment Station provided crucial assistance with sizing the collars
for sheep; they also provided a brief pretest of the collars. John Faulkner
willingly provided his herd of sheep for the test, and assisted with launching
and retrieving the collars. Tina Ruffing, Sawtooth NRA Range Technician,
provided the day-to-day administration and coordination for the collars.
Gary Gadwa, conservation officer with the Idaho Department of Fish and
Game, graciously loaned his VHF tracking antenna for several weeks to assist
with locating and monitoring the sheep. Leadership of the Sawtooth National
Recreation Area, Debora Cooper and Becky Nourse, willingly provided the
priority for their staff to see the test through. Adrian Gyulay and others
of Lotek Wireless Inc. and Rob Daley, GIS specialist Sawtooth National
Forest, provided valuable guidance with the post-processing of the data.
The authors acknowledge these invaluable contributions and appreciate the
assistance.
Further Information
Brenda Land
San Dimas Technology and Development Center
444 East Bonita Ave.
San Dimas, CA 91773
909–599–1267
bland@fs.fed.us
Mark Moulton
Sawtooth National Recreation Area
HC 64 Box 8291
Ketchum, ID 83340
208–727–5000
mmoulton@fs.fed.us
Lotek Wireless Inc.
115 Pony Drive
Newmarket, Ontario
Canada L3Y 7B5
905–836–6680
telemetry@lotek.com
www.lotek.com
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