Episode 5.4: Lisette Waits — Wildlife Conservation Genetics

Question: What kind of tools come to mind when you think about wildlife conservation? Meet Lisette Waits (bit.ly/3GvWMQM), a distinguished professor in the Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences (bit.ly/3GucDPQ) at University of Idaho. Whether she is tracking an endangered population of pygmy rabbits, watching wolves spread across the West, or trying to identify a tent-smashing bear, Waits uses genetics to conserve wildlife. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory​. Email us at [email protected]. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. More U of I Fish and Wildlife Sciences Conservation Scholars Build Network and Field Research Skills (bit.ly/3UTxVuE) Wildlife Biology Student Finds Career While Wrangling Rabbits (bit.ly/3EQPQMO) Professor Says Tuskless Elephants Arose from Poaching, Civil War (bit.ly/3EPhFVH) Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (bit.ly/3f271AU) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (bit.ly/3D7wBMV). “Still Young” by Desert Dive (bit.ly/3XlSa5F) via soundstripe.