Monitoring Early Season Mosquito and Bird Populations: Implications for West Nile Virus in Lancaster County, Nebraska

associate professor of mathematics, for serving as faculty advisors for the project. We would also like to thank all of the people who allowed us onto their properties to collect mosquitoes and survey birds. Finally, we would like to thank the Nebraska Department of Health and Human services for providing training in mosquito identification and resources needed to conduct RAMP tests. Jason Thiele is a 2008 UNL graduate with a degree in Fisheries & Wildlife and will be pursuing a Master's Degree in Biology at South Dakota State University. Trevor Hefley is a senior Fisheries & Wildlife student and undergraduate teaching assistant at UNL. Lindsay Beck-Johnson received her undergraduate degree in Mathematical Biology in 2008 and is currently a doctoral student at Penn State University. Emily Matthews graduated from UNL in 2008 with a degree in Mathematics and is attending pharmacy school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.