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National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC)

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Katy Kirkpatrick

Biologist

 


Katy Kirkpatrick is a biologist within the NWRC’s Economic Research of Human Wildlife Conflicts project. Within the project, she provides research support and contribute biological perspectives to our research methods. Ms Kirkpatrick's research interests include applying economic methodology to natural resource policy and human-wildlife conflicts, and the human dimensions of wildlife damage.

Expertise Keywords: Benefit-cost analysis, wildlife damage management economics, resource valuation, economics, applied economic analysis

Taxonomic Groups of Interest: Beaver, feral swine, cormorants, coyotes,

Areas of Expertise: Bioeconomic analysis of human-wildlife conflicts.

Current Research: Estimating the impact of bird damage to specialty fruit crops, economic evaluation of beaver management in North Carolina and South Carolina, Estimating the impact of turkey damage to Ginseng in Wisconsin, benefit-cost analysis of oral-rabies vaccination.


Education:
B.S., Colorado State University, Zoology

Previous Positions:

Lab Assistant, Biology Department Colorado State University
Animal Care Technician Colorado Division of Wildlife Foothills Wildlife Research Facility
“My Big Backyard” Interpretive Intern, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

International Experience:
Mexico (vampire bats)
Canada (Ontario red fox rabies program)
Canada (Ontario raccoon rabies program)
Canada (Quebec raccoon rabies program)

 

 

Contact Information

  • Name: Katy Kirkpatrick
    Title: Biologist
    Address: 4101 LaPorte Ave
    Telephone: (970) 266-6190
    Fax: (970) 266-6157
    Email: Katy.N.Kirkpatrick@aphis.usda.gov

Program: Economic Research of Human-Wildlife Conflicts: Methods and Applications

Last Modified: August 21, 2012