BOBWHITES AND UPLAND WILDLIFE

  Fred S. Guthery, Bollenbach Chair in Wildlife Ecology,

   Oklahoma State University
 

 

Fred S. Guthery grew up on small farms and ranches in eastern Oregon. Much of his young life transpired on the back of a horse; he also spent a good deal of time hunting pheasants, chukars, ducks, and geese with his mixed-breed shepherd, Champ. Champ retrieved ducks to the nearest shore, including the one on the other side of the river.

Fred obtained degrees in wildlife ecology and management from Oregon State University (B.S., 1970) and Texas A&M University (M.S., 1972; Ph.D., 1977).

His career has involved stints at Texas Tech University (1977–1984), Texas A&M University-Kingsville with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (1984–1997), and Oklahoma State University (1997–present).

He is past editor of the Wildlife Society Bulletin and The Journal of Wildlife Management.

Fred is the author or coauthor of more than 400 technical and popular articles on the biology and management of wildlife. He has research and publishing experience with sandhill cranes, coyotes, small mammal and white-tailed deer populations, javelinas, pheasants, waterfowl populations, playa lakes, lesser prairie-chickens, wild turkeys, habitat management techniques, research techniques, grazing effects on wildlife, and animal damage control.

He is author of four books: Beef, Brush and Bobwhites (Caesar Kleberg Institute Press, 1986), On Bobwhites (Texas A&M University Press, 2000), The Technology of Bobwhite Management (Iowa State Press, 2002), and A Primer on Natural Resource Science (Texas A&M University Press, 2008).  "The Technology of Bobwhite Management makes a tremendous contribution to the field of bobwhite ecology and should mark a turning point in the manner in which we approach research and management," wrote Loren W. Burger, Jr., a reviewer for The Journal of Wildlife Management.

A five-time winner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s annual Outstanding Publication Award, Fred also has been recognized as Outstanding Researcher, College of Agricultural Sciences, Texas Tech University (1983). He received the Faculty Award of Excellence from the College of Agriculture, Texas A&I University in 1991. In 1998, he was inducted into the Registry of Distinguished Graduates, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University. His peers recognized him with an Outstanding Contribution Award at the Fifth National Quail Symposium in 2002. In 2005 he was awarded Honorary Lifetime Membership in The Wildlife Society.  He and colleagues received The Wildlife Society's Outstanding Publication Award in 2006 for the Wildlife Monograph, Aspects of the Thermal Ecology of Bobwhites in North Texas. 

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