Pauline Drobney,^1,* Diane L. Larson,^2,**,*** Jennifer L. Larson,^3,****,***** Karen Viste-Sparkman<sup>1,******

1</sup>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 399, Prairie City, IA 50228
²U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 1561 Lindig St., St. Paul, MN 55108
³Polistes Foundation, 1561 Lindig St., St. Paul, MN 55108

^*Pauline Drobney is the Prairie Zone Biologist with the Division of Natural Resources and Conservation Planning in the Midwest Region of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She has a BA in Biology and Art and an MA in Biology from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.
^**Corresponding author: dlarson@usgs.gov; 651-649-5041
^***Diane Larson is a Research Wildlife Biologist with US Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. She received her PhD in Ecology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her BA and MA from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
^****Current affiliation: U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 1561 Lindig St., St. Paul, MN 55108
^*****Jennifer L. Larson is an Ecologist with Polistes Foundation, Inc. She received her MS in Resource Management and Ecology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a BS in Biology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
^******Karen Viste-Sparkman is a Wildlife Biologist at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. She has an MS in Wildlife Science from Oregon State University and a BA in Biology from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.