Wetland Coffee Break: Aquatic habitat management for amphibians and reptiles in Wisconsin

by | Jun 20, 2025 | News, Wetland Coffee Break

Learn from professor Josh Kapfer some of the more general concepts and approaches that natural resource managers can consider when developing or enacting strategies for amphibians and reptiles in aquatic habitats.

Joshua Kapfer, UW-Whitewater

Recorded June 20, 2025

Joshua Kapfer is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His research interests include vertebrate ecology and conservation, wildlife habitat selection, spatial ecology, population biology, and behavioral ecology. He received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in biology from UW-LaCrosse and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from UW-Milwaukee.

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