WHISPers Overview

By National Wildlife Health Center October 10, 2020

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The “WHISPers Overview” narrated PowerPoint is an introduction to the features and benefits of the Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (WHISPers), a platform for State, Federal, and Tribal natural resource agency partners to share wildlife health information with each other and the public. Note: All images used in this video were taken before the COVID-19 pandemic and before social distancing and mask wearing became recommended practices.

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00:23:58

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Some photos have been used with permission.

Credits

Abby Ward, Jenny Chipault, Bryan Richards, and the NWHC 2.2 Partner Action Team and Friends Group contributed to the video.

Images used in this presentation:

Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership-event reporting system (All screenshots, slides 2, 11 -13, 19, 20, 22-25, )http://www.usgs.gov/nwhc/whispersUSGS WHISPers platform websiteSlide 3 photo: Black footed ferret & prairie dog https://blackfootedferret.org/wp-content/gallery/preconditioning-pens/BFF-Chasing-PD-M.Lockhart-Resized.jpgCredit: USFWSSlide 4 photo: FishPhoto by Kristie Killam, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, https://www.doi.gov/blog/celebrating-115-years-national-wildlife-refuge-systemDOI blog, Parrot fish at Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuge Complex.Slides 5, 11, 15, 18: Background imageYellowstone wetland, https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/wetlands.htmCredit: Yellowstone National Park website. Photo caption “Wetlands provide essential habitat for Yellowstone’s rare plants, thermal species, reptiles and amphibians, and for numerous insects, birds and fish. NPS”Slide 6 Five photos: WHISPers screenshot, bear, deer, snow geese, salamander.

Bear

Citizen Science—The Denali Grizzly Bear DNA Project - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)Credit: Denali NPS website

Deer

White-tailed deer - Images - USFWS National Digital LibraryCredit: USFWS National Digital Library. Photo credit Hillebrand, Steve, USFWS. Swan Lake NWR. 20081030

Snow geese

Featured Stories | Pacific Southwest Region (fws.gov)Credit: Pacific Northwest Region web page. Photo caption. “Filling the sky: Snow and Ross's geese pass over the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Steve Emmons/USFWS”

California Tiger Salamander

California Tiger Salamander - Amphibians and Reptiles, Endangered Species Accounts | Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office (fws.gov)Credit: Species information page, Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office. Photo Credit: John Cleckler/ USFWSSlide 7 Two newspaper screenshots:

Eagle

https://www.centralmaine.com/2015/08/25/eagle-tangles-in-waterville-wires-electrocuted/Credit: Central Maine news source. Photo caption. “Central Maine Power employee Don Higgins pulls the body of an American bald eagle off the wires of a utility pole on Allen Street in Waterville after it landed on the pole and was electrocuted on Tuesday. The bird was in the wires for several hours until CMP turned off the power after 5 p.m. to disentangle the bird. Staff photo by David Leaming”

Rabbit

Utah DWR warns about rabbit hemorrhagic disease after confirming cases in multiple counties | Local News | heraldextra.comCredit: Utah Daily Herald News. Photo caption “Rabbit hemorrhagic disease has now been confirmed in wild rabbit populations in Uintah County. In June, officials found the disease in Sanpete and Wayne counties and later in San Juan and Iron counties. Photo courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources”Slide 8 photos: Bat and field workPhoto credit USGS National Wildlife Health Center employee Kimberli MillerField investigation Vermont, New York.Slide 9 Two maps and field work image:

Background map

Healthcare : Plan Information - OPM.govOPM Healthcare plan information website

Inset map

12-unified-regions-based-on-watersheds-17x11-250dpi-20191018.pdf (doi.gov)DOI region names based on watershed pdf

Field work

Photo caption “Arctic Refuge field work studies the tiny nests of shorebirds (left, credit Lisa Hupp/USFWS)” https://alaskausfws.medium.com/virtual-alaska-9ea5ac19fe34U. S. Fish & Wildlife Alaska blogSlide 20 Laboratory imageUSGS National Wildlife Health Center staff photoCredit: USGS National Wildlife Health Center photo collectionSlide 21 Field workPhoto credit USGS National Wildlife Health Center Kimberli MillerField investigation New York.Slide 22 Field workUSFWS parker river | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region (wordpress.com)Credit: USFWS Northeast Region Blog. Photo caption “Nancy Pau points out the white flowers of pepperweed, an invasive species plant which has been the focus of a long-term removal project in the Great Marsh. Credit: Margie Brenner/USFWS”

WHISPers Overview

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Kimberli Miller

Wildlife Disease Specialist, USGS National Wildlife Health Center

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Department of the Interior