Dr. John Barclay
Associate Professor
Department of Natural Resources & the Environment
Office: University of Connecticut U-4087, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4087
Phone: 860-486-0143
Fax: 860-486-5408
Email: john.barclay@uconn.edu
Education
PhD | Zoology (Wildlife) | Ohio State University 1970 |
MS | Wildlife Ecology | Pennsylvania State College 1965 |
BS | Wildlife Management | University of Maine 1962 |
Professional Experience
1996 - Present | Director, Wildlife Conservation Research Center, U. of Connecticut |
1985 - Present | Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology, University of Connecticut |
1985 - Present | Connecticut Extension Wildlife Specialist, University of Connecticut |
1979 - 1981 | Stream. Alter. Leader/Riparian Ecologist, USFW Service, Leetown, W.V. |
1975 - 1985 | Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University (on leave 1979-1981) |
July 1979 | Visiting Professor, Arkansas Wildlife Employees Training Program |
1974,1975 | Visiting Prof., Marine Birds & Mammals, U. Oregon, Inst. Marine Biol. |
1970 - 1975 | Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University |
Courses Taught
- Wildlife Ecology (graduate)
- Wildlife Management (graduate)
- Private Lands Wildlife Management
- Wildlife Management Techniques
- Environmental Conservation
Research Interests
Current Research involvements include: contaminants in American Woodcock, behavior of resident Canada Geese, urban White-tailed Deer management, status of American Kestrel, Ruffed Grouse restoration, population ecology of Greater Scaup.
Miscellaneous
- Appointed, Brd. of Dir., North Atlantic Chapter, Soc. Envir. Toxicology & Chemistry, '08 Chair-elect, Chair, Past Chair, 2005-07, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, The Wildlife Society Member, Board of Directors, Conway Graduate School of Landscape Design, 2001-present Member, Ashford Inland Wetland Commission, 1986- present Instructor, field leader, and Coverts Project Steering Committee member, 1984-2006 Member, USFWS International Woodcock Task Force, Mar. ’01-2006 Founder, former Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Past President(’05), Connecticut Woodcock Council. Member, Board of Directors Hobson, Barclay and Broderick. 1993.Enhancing Wildlife Habitats: A Practical Guide for Forest Landowners. NE Reg. Agr. Eng. Service. National AES blue ribbon award, 1994
Grants
2004-2005 4-H Wildlife Cons.(verbal appr. May ‘04). Grouse and Woodcock Conservation Proj Nuisance Resident Can. geese. 3/04. |
3rd yr of 3, Quaker Valley Farm, NY 15,000 3rd yr of 3, Anon. Donor 45,000 NE Wildl. Damage Coop. 25,000 |
2005-2006 Nuisance geese. Renewal, 2nd of 2yrs. Equipment/Laptop computer. Role of cadmium in male woodcock. 1st CT Wildlife Conserv. Conf. Apr.’06. |
NE Wildl. Damage Unit, Ithaca, NY 22,000 French Foundation. 3,500 Natnl. Shooting Sprts Fnd , CT. 2,000 UC Research Fnd. 500 |
2006-2007 Restoration of Ruffed Grouse Moose Ecology and Behavior in CT. |
Quaker Valley Farm, NY. 40,000 NE Wildl. Damage, Ithaca, NY 29,343 |
Publications
- Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte andJ. S. Barclay2007. Acceptability of lethal and non-lethal deer management strategies: perspectives of bowhunters and homeowners in a suburban community.Journal of Wildlife Management71(6): 2095-2101.
- Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte andJ. S. Barclay2007. Factors affecting hunter access in suburban areas: perspectives of landowners and bowhunters.Journal of Wildlife Management71(6):2102-2105.
- Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte andJ. S. Barclay2007. Deer harvest opportunities and incentives for bowhunters in suburban areas.Journal of Wildlife Management (accepted but re-submitting as two papers).
- Hiller, B., I. Sidor, S. De Guise andJ. Barclay. 2007. Prevalence of Sarcosystis sp. in American Woodcock collected in Connecticut.Journal of Parasitology93(6):1529-1530.
- Kilpatrick, H, A. LaBonte andJ. Barclay. 2005. Factors affecting harvest-reporting rates for white-tailed deer.Wildlife Society Bulletin33(3):974-980.
- Kilpatrick, H, A. LaBonte,J. Barclayand G. Warner. 2004. Assessing strategies to improve bowhunting as a an urban deer management tool.Wildlife Society Bulletin32(4):1177-1184.
- Barclay, J. S.2003. A “Consensus Statement” on American Woodcock.Connecticut Wildlife23(1):14-15. (refereed, edited and concurred to by all 41 attendees at the 2001 Woodcock Workshop).
- Kilpatrick, H. J., A. M. LaBonte, andJ. S. Barclay. 2010. Use of Bait to Increase Archery Deer Harvest in an Urban-Suburban Landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management. (in press).
- Hiller, B. J. andJ. S. Barclay.2010. Heavy Metals in American Woodcock Collected in Connecticut. Archives of Environmental Contaminants and Toxicology. Published online 19 April (in press).
- Sparling, D.W., B. A. Rattner, andJ. S. Barclay. 2010. The Toll of Toxics. lnvestigating Environmental Contaminants. The Wildlife Professional 4(3):23-30. Invited.
Reports
- Barclay, J. S.And J. P. Fisher (eds.). 1996. Inventory of natural resources and processes on Robins Island. Final Report to Robins Island Preservation Corp., New Suffolk, NY. 223pp.
- Barclay, J. S. 1996.Zoology.Final Report No. JHR 96, Project No. 87 – 106.In: Wetland Mitigation. Vol. 2 (of 6). UCONN-JHR-90-189, CONNDOT Joint Highway Res. 230pp.
- Barclay, J. S., C. R. Perkins, M. E. Tomassone, and K. A. Eccleston. 1995. Declining populations of ducks and habitat quality in Long Island Sound. Final Report. CT DEP Long Island Sound Studies Program, Hartford, CT. 170pp.