About

Edward D. Entsminger earned three Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in Fish and Wildlife Management, Fish Management and Aquaculture, and Parks and Recreation and Wildlife Management from Hocking College in 2007 and 2009. Received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Wildlife and Fish Conservation and Management from the University of Rio Grande in 2009. Earned a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Sciences in May 2014 from Mississippi State University (MSU). His master thesis was on the “Plant community response to reduced mowing regimens and occurrence of white-tailed deer and other wildlife observations along highway right-of-ways in northeastern Mississippi.” Since graduating with a master’s degree, he was hired on as a full-time Research Associate I in September 2014 within the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts and Forest and Wildlife Research Center (FWRC) at MSU. He obtained and holds three professional certifications as an Associate Wildlife Biologist (AWB ®), Associate Fisheries Professional (FP-A), and a Wetland Professional In Training (WPIT) in 2015. Received the Doris Lee Memorial Professional Staff Award in November 2018. He is a wildlife and fisheries biologist and general ecologist, and his research has focused on prairies, reclamation sites, forested environments, wetlands, mowing on roadside right-of-ways, using ArcGIS mapping software, and researching vegetation and habitat structure for various fish and wildlife species like the white-tailed deer. He coordinated and managed the outreach extension program called Wood Magic Science Fair Mobile Unit, which reached more than 12,000 people each year around the state of Mississippi for 9 years. He also conducted research on testing materials destructively and non-destructively, wood anatomy identification, hardwood plywood bio-based adhesives, wood strand-based products, cross-laminated timbers (CLT), and various aspects of our sustainable and natural resources. He has over 19 years of education experience and over 23 years of job experience in the natural resources’ profession. Has been with the university for over 14 years. He has authored or co-authored more than 20 professional peer-reviewed research articles, a master’s thesis, one book chapter, several technical manuals, more than 35 popular articles, given 100’s of presentations, and has more than three journal articles in the peer-review process. Currently, I am an Extension Associate III in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture (WFA) and Forest and Wildlife Research Center (FWRC) in the College of Forest Resources (CFR) at MSU.