Mike Conover S.J. &amp; Jessie E. Quinney College of Agriculture &amp; Natural Resources; Wildland Resources Professor mike.conover@usu.edu <p><span>Michael R. Conover is a professor of wildlife ecology and behavior in the Wildland Resources Department, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Utah State University.&nbsp; He is the founding director of the Jack H. Berryman Institute, founding editor of the journal&nbsp;</span><span>Human-Wildlife Interactions,&nbsp;</span><span>and former chair of Wildlife Damage Management Working Group of The Wildlife Society.&nbsp; His current research focuses on mammal depredation of duck nests on the marshes of Great Salt Lake, and elk and mule deer damage of &nbsp;alfalfa and corn crops in Wyoming.</span></p>