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  • Anne Carlson
  • Aimee Hurt
  • Kyran Kunkel
  • Megan Parker
  • Deborah Smith
  • Sara Thompson
  • Pat Tucker
  • Alice Whitelaw

Non-Invasive scientific inquiry, conservation, and management.

Socie, K. November 12, 2007.
Sniffin' out scat for conservation.
High Country News . pp 9.

Becker, M. October 28, 2007.
Nosy Dogs, A Big Help to Conservationists.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle . pp E1.

Flaherty, C. July 18, 2007.
Sniffing out invading plants is how this dog gets a treat.
Montana State University News Service.

Fontana, C. July 16, 2007.
He can dig it: dog knows scat.
The Fresno Bee. pp 1A.

Durand, M. March 2007.
Dogs Scout Grizzly Bears, Cougars, Wolves and Black Bears.
Dog World Magazine. pp 6.

Potter, G. and E. Bendick. September 2006.
Working Dogs: On Natures Trail
click here to see this 7 minute video on WDCF dogs and handlers in action!
TERRA:The Nature of Our World. pod cast.

Etter, L. September 23, 2006.
Scratch 'n' Sniff Special Canine Unit Knows to Nose Scat.
The Wall Street Journal. pp 1A.

Finn, C. June 2006.
Conservation Dogs.
Big Sky Journal. pp 152 - 160.

Morell, V. February 2006.
They're Sniffing for Science: Detection dogs help the study of threatened species.
National Geographic; Geographica section.

Daily, L . February 2006.
The Nose Knows.
Delta Sky Miles Magazine.

Greenspan, J . May - June 2005.
Bravo, Rio!
Audubon. pp. 16

White, R . May 2005.
Meet Finny: A Conservative Lab.
All Labs. Lab of the Month

Brown, J. April - June 2005.
Sniffing with Precision.
Conservation in Practice. pp. 35-36

Dollar, T. January 2005.
Scat Dogs.
Wildlife Conservation Magazine. pp. 42-46

Cablk, M., Desert Research Inst. Dec. 2004.
Using K-9's to Survey Missing Cohort Groups of Gopherus agassizii (Mojave Desert Tortoise): http://www.dees.dri.edu/Projects/cablk_K9survey.htm

Emmons, H. Fall 2004.
Mans best friend proves useful in detecting threatened wildlife.
DRI News

Stromnes B. September 2004.
Dogs offer less expensive, more accurate accounting of wildlife. Missoulian Newspaper, Territory section.

Conover A. August 2004.
A Biologists Best Friend.
National Wildlife Magazine. pp. 18-19

Conover A. August 2001.
The Little Foxes.
Smithsonian Magazine. pp 42-51.

Detection dog Finny and handler/owner Aimee Hurt

sniffer dog Tsavo on the trail
Photo by Chad Harder
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conservation dog Camas being rewarded after indicating on bear scat

Photo by Kurt Wilson

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