Elisabeth Teige holds a lesser prairie-chicken

The Wildlife Society has awarded Elisabeth “Elli” Teige, graduate student at the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Scholarship, which honors the memory and furthers the legacy of Donald H. Rusch by supporting graduate students researching the biology and management of upland game birds or waterfowl. Source: The Wildlife Society, accessed August 20. 2025.