Consistent with current priorities in wild turkey conservation, the successful candidate is expected to develop an integrated research program addressing one or more of the following areas: 1) demographic drivers of population change, 2) habitat management and landscape ecology, 3) harvest management and season structure, and 4) disease, health, and other emerging constraints on productivity and survival. Mississippi is home to 11 national wildlife refuges, 6 national forests, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Natchez Scenic Trail, multiple national monuments, military parks, battlefields, several US Army Corps of Engineer reservoirs, 25 state parks, the Mississippi River, and 53 Wildlife Man-agement areas.