Alex May enjoys the trials and elation from wildlife research, having been seasonally employed for six years prior to beginning his Master’s project. He has worked with insects, cougars, marten, Kodiak bears, wolves, pikas, bald eagles, peregrine falcons, osprey, sage grouse, great blue herons, trumpeter swans, leopards, black bears, pronghorn, mule deer, and wolverines. Moose became the central component of his fieldwork and computer menagerie while at the Coop Unit. Alex likes hiking, birding, hiking on skis, reading, and vegetable fermentation, and is now spending a lot more time thinking about bioacoustics in the greater Seattle area.
Professional Preparation and Appointments
Alex is a wildlife biologist at Seattle Public Utilities
Publications
Ortega, A., S. Dwinnell, T. LaSharr, R. Jakopak, K. Denryter, K. Huggler, M. Hayes, E. Aikens, T. Verzuh, A. May, M. Kauffman, K. Monteith. 2020. Effects of partial sedation on reducing stress in mule deer. Journal of Wildlife Management.
Riginos, C., M.W. Graham, M.J. Davis, A. Johnson, A. May, K. Ryer, and L.E. Hall. 2018. Wildlife warning reflectors and white cloth reduce deer-vehicle collisions and risky behavior. Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Selected Presentations
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2017. “Demography of moose and nutritional responses to beetle kill in the Snowy Range” Ignite-style oral presentation to the USGS and Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cooperator Meeting; Annual Meeting. Laramie, WY.
May, A. B. 2017. Training Seminar on Ecology, Tracking and Classification of Shiras Moose. Oral presentation to Winter Moose Day Participants in January. Laramie, WY.
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2016. “Nutritional Responses of Moose to Beetle-Killed Forests in Southeast Wyoming” Poster presentation at the Wyoming Chapter of the Wildlife Society Conference. Cody, WY.
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2016. “Demography of moose and nutritional responses to beetle kill in the Snowy Range” Ignite-style oral presentation to the USGS and Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cooperator Meeting; Annual Meeting. Laramie, WY.
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2016. “Demographics and Nutritional Condition of Moose in the Snowy Range” Oral presentation to the Department of Zoology and Physiology Brown Bag Seminar. Laramie, WY.
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2015. “Snowy Range Moose Habitat Research” Oral presentation to the Platte Valley Habitat Partnership. Saratoga, WY.
Oates, B. A., A. B. May. 2015. Training Seminar on Ecology, Tracking and Classification of Shiras Moose. Oral presentation to Summer Moose Day Participants in June. Laramie, WY.
May, A. B., K. L. Monteith. M. J. Kauffman. 2015. “Demography of moose and nutritional responses to beetle kill in the Snowy Range” Oral presentation to the USGS and Wyoming Game and Fish Department Cooperator Meeting; Annual Meeting. Cheyenne, WY.
Oates, B. A., A. B. May. 2015. Training Seminar on Ecology, Tracking and Classification of Shiras Moose. Oral presentation to Winter Moose Day Participants in February. Laramie, WY.
Scholarships & Fellowships
2016– WY TWS Travel Award
2017– Albert W. Franzmann and Distinguished Colleagues Memorial Award