Matschke, George H.

This collection contains completed NWRC research project documentation. The plans/proposals and reports are created by the project leader. Once a NWRC research project is completed, the final report is circulated through the Director’s Office for approval. Once the final project document is signed and approved the entire project record is submitted to the IRG archives.

Kathy Fagerstone discusses her career with the National Wildlife Research Center. She began as a research technician in 1971. Over the years, she worked on many studies involving small mammals and rodenticides. In the late 1980s the focus of her work switched from research to chemical registrations. She discusses the work culture at the Research Center the changes she saw there during her career.

George Matschke worked as researcher at the Wildlife Research Center from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. This collection contains records (dated 1955-1999) that were collected by Matschke. Included are administrative records, Bird Unit work reports, research records mostly pertaining to rodent control, as well as numerous images of research projects conducted by Matschke and other scientists at the Center.

Over the years, the Mammal Damage Unit of the DWRC/NWRC conducted research on coyote predation on livestock; rodent damage to crops, rangeland, and buried cables; and damage to timber production and reforestation efforts caused by deer, bear, and rodents, particularly pocket gophers. The Unit also studied the use of pesticides as well as methods to identify and develop non-lethal or non-chemical alternative management methods for specific wildlife problems.

George Matschke was interviewed by Sara Szakaly on February 21, 2017.

This subseries includes a digital recording of the interview, a release form, and a transcript.