Fort McCoy Wildlife Biologist David Beckmann provides career advice for new wildlife biologists

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

09.14.2022

Audio by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Wildlife Biologist David Beckmann with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch discusses building a career as a wildlife biologist Sept. 14, 2022, during this interview at Fort McCoy, Wis. Beckmann began working at Fort McCoy in 1990 as a contractor after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and then later as a government civilian — all as a wildlife biologist. Beckmann has been a longtime coordinator of Fort McCoy's deer management program, pest control program, and has supported invasive species control, endangered species programs, and much more. Beckmann's work, along with the rest of his team's in the Natural Resources Branch, has earned awards at the Department of Defense, Secretary of the Army, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and in other areas. Work that Beckmann has been a part of has been some of the first of its kind in natural resources management in the United States. On Sept. 30, 2022, Beckmann retires from Army service. (Audio by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

• Date Taken: 09.14.2022
• Date Posted: 09.15.2022 15:13
• Category: Newscasts
• Audio ID: 70517
• Filename: 2209/DOD_109218882.mp3
• Length: 00:04:14
• Artist: David Beckmann
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US