Investigators, Collaborators, and Colleagues

Research Projects

Photo Gallery

Ozark Hellbender Working Group

The Hellbender Symposium Series

Cryptobranchid Links

Have you seen a Hellbender?

Other Adventures

Biology Faculty

University of Arkansas Community College - Batesville

Division of Math and Sciences

2005 White Drive

Batesville, AR

bwheeler@uaccb.edu

Ph.D. Candidate

Arkansas State University

Department of Environmental Sciences

P.O. Box 847

State University, AR 72476

Departmental Web Page

Ph.D. ABD - Arkansas State University

M.S.  -   1999 Southwest Missouri State Univ.

B.S.   -  1996 College of the Ozarks

Selected Grants

Captive propagation in the Ozark hellbender.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2000-2001. $16,200.  (With Stan Trauth)

Distribution and status of the Ozark hellbender, Cryptobranchus bishopi, in the Upper White River and Black River Basins of northern Arkansas.   Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2000-2001. $12,000. (With Stan Trauth)

Ozark hellbender habitat characteristics and assessment in the Eleven Point and Spring rivers in Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2003-2004. $38,138.06 (With Al Christian and Stan Trauth).

Non-invasive monitoring of Ozark hellbenders and characterization of their nesting sites in Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2003-2004. $13,521.00.  (With Stan Trauth)

Current distribution and relative abundance of the mussels, crayfish, and aquatic salamanders of the Spring River, Arkansas.  Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.  2005-2006.  $85,000.00  (With Stan Trauth, Al Christian, and Waylon Hiler).

Selected Publications