Mark C. McKinstry
United States Bureau of Reclamation
42 Papers
113 Citations
Mark C. McKinstry is an academic researcher from United States Bureau of Reclamation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sucker & Wetland. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 28 publications. Previous affiliations of Mark C. McKinstry include University of Wyoming & State Street Corporation.
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Papers
Motorist response to a deer‐sensing warning system
TL;DR: Gouch et al. as discussed by the authors tested the effectiveness of the FLASH™ (Flashing Light Animal Sensing Host, Victoria Gouch, Meridian, Id.) system, designed to detect deer presence on the highway and warn motorists by triggering flashing lights associated with a sign.
Survival, fates, and success of transplanted Beavers, Castor canadensis, in Wyoming
Mark C. McKinstry,Stanley H. Anderson +1 more
TL;DR: This study investigates the survival, fate, and success of transplanted Beavers (Castor canadensis) in Wyoming, examining factors influencing their establishment and population growth in a novel environment.
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Attitudes of private- and public-land managers in wyoming, usa, toward beaver
TL;DR: Primary concerns about beaver damage centered on blocked irrigation ditches, girdled timber, blocked culverts, and flooded pastures, roads, crops, and timber, and primary benefits that landowners perceive that beaver give them were elevated water tables, increased riparian vegetation, and increased stock-watering opportunities.
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Creating wetlands for waterfowl in Wyoming
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined a sample of 92 bentonite wetlands for waterfowl use in 1991 and 1992, and found that the majority of the wetlands created through bentonite mining tend to be small (1.0 ha in size, located within complexes of >5 wetlands within a 1 km radius, and have abundant emergent and submersed vegetation).
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Patterns of fish movement at a desert river confluence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used passive integrated transponder (PIT) tagging and antennas to track fish movements in river networks and identify critical habitat needs and how they change with environmental conditions.
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