Social Media
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RT @ethanblinck: this map of soaptree yucca observations on inaturalist is an absolutely beautiful example of sampling bias (… https://t.co/XYdpzSJs4U
Sophie Gilbert’s Twitter feed as a place where you can directly engage with the lab’s science, and learn about fun, nerdy wildlife stuff.
Organizations
Sophie helped found the Sitka Black-Tailed Deer Coalition in 2019, as a way to more directly reach members of the public who care deeply about these amazing coastal deer and their temperate rainforest home. Learn more at www.SitkaBlackTail.org.
Annual Events
The UI Fish & Wildlife Film Festival
Sophie Gilbert is a co-founder of the annual Fish & Wildlife Film Festival, held at the historic Kenworthy Theatre in downtown Moscow, ID, and Dr. Gilbert is a co-founder of the event. Link
TV and Film
(2019) Raindeer: A Sitka Black-tail Story (with Randy Newburg)
What makes sitka black-tailed deer so special? Find out on this year-long quest, from fawn season to a fall hunt on a remote island. Deer ecology, the importance of habitat, public land access, and the cultural role of deer for sport and subsistence hunters. Link
(2019) The Alaska Pika Project: Vandal Explorer Project
During the summer of 2019, University of Idaho undergraduate Tara Kriz worked with our Alaska Pika Project as a summer research assistant. She investigated the links between climate change, plant community dynamics, and pikas in their gorgeous alpine Alaskan habitat. Read more here.
(2018) PBS and Idaho Public Television’s Science Trek
Dr. Sophie Gilbert talks about her work as a wildlife biologist, researcher, and educator at the University of Idaho. Link
Podcasts and Radio
(2020) Coverage on NPR’s morning edition
NPR interviews our team about our research into mysterious glacier "mossballs", their origins, and why the public needed a “fuzzy” story this year. Link.
(2021) The Hunting Conservationist Podcast.
Sophie talks about the important role of social science in understanding and managing predator-prey relationships with Mark Hall. Link.
(2018) Randy Newburg’s Hunt Talk Radio
A great time talking Sitka black-tailed deer in Alaska, research, and hunting with Randy Newburg and his crew, along with Dr. Jim Baichtal. Link
Written Media (Selected)
(2018) The Atlantic
Article on Dr. Sophie Gilbert’s twitter response to a viral video about a baby bear, discussing the costs and benefits of drones for wildlife.
“What appears to be a life-affirming triumph is really a cautionary tale about drones and wildlife”
(2018) National Geographic (online)
Coverage of Dr. Sophie Gilbert’s twitter response to a viral video about a baby bear, discussing the costs and benefits of drones for wildlife.
“As drones become smaller and cheaper, experts urge people to use caution when flying near wild animals like this brown bear and her cub”
(2016) New York Times
Coverage of our work estimating the economic benefit that cougars provide by killing over-abundant deer that would have been hit by cars had they not been predated. Link
“Cougars can kill hundreds of deer over the course of their lives, leading some scientists to argue that restoring them to 19 states with large populations of deer could prevent automobile-deer collisions.”