Jennifer L. Thieme,^1,*,**,*** Amanda D. Rodewald,^1,**** Justin Brown,^2,***** Chris Anchor,^3,****** Stanley D. Gehrt<sup>1,*******

1</sup>1The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources 2021 Coffey Rd. Columbus, OH
²2Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation 14N322 IL Route 25 Dundee, IL 60118
³3Forest Preserve District of Cook County 28W040 State Route 58 Elgin, IL 60120

^* Corresponding author: jthieme@tnc.org; (419) 867-1521 x23
^** Current address: The Nature Conservancy, 10420 Old State Line Rd, Swanton, OH 43558
^***Jennifer Thieme is a Conservation Project Coordinator at The Nature Conservancy's Oak Openings office. Her research interests include the response of wildlife to changes in landscape cover and habitat restoration.
^****Amanda D. Rodewald is the Director of Conservation Science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources. Her research focuses on the ecology and conservation of wildlife in human-dominated landscapes.
^*****Justin Brown is a resource ecologist with NPS in the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area. He is currently working on projects researching habitat connectivity (specifically related to roads), anthropogenic effects on population dynamics, and the role of fire on wildlife populations.
^******Chris Anchor is a Senior Wildlife Biologist at the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. He has served with FPDCC since 1981.
^*******Stan Gehrt is an Associate Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist at The Ohio State University. His research interests include the implications for anthropogenic effects on population dynamics of urban wildlife, behavioral ecology of carnivores, and emerging infectious diseases in wildlife.