
| Dr. James C. Kroll, “Dr. Deer” Joins Deer Channel as Senior Wildlife Biologist Stephenville, TX –– Deer Channel, Inc. (DCI) today announced the appointment of Dr. James Kroll as the conservation organization’s senior wildlife biologist. Dr. James C. Kroll, known worldwide as "Dr. Deer", is one of the foremost leading authorities regarding white-tailed deer biology and management. Dr. Kroll is Director of the Forest Resources Institute (FRI), Arthur Temple College of Forestry, Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU). He is also Director of the Institute for White-tailed Deer Management and Research at SFASU. Kroll is recognized as the Father of Modern Whitetail Management. Kroll has authored more than 200 technical and popular articles, ten books, and has produced videos for NBC, TNN, and the Outdoor Channel networks, as well as a video management series. Kroll is a regular writer for 38 magazines, including North American Whitetail, Journal of the Texas Trophy Hunter and Game & Fish magazines. He is recognized as the authority on intensive whitetail management and economic development of wildlife-recreation enterprises. Dr. Kroll was born in Waco, Texas, and grew up hunting and fishing on his grandfather’s farm. That is where he developed his keen interest in nature study and wildlife management. He has been married to Susie Kroll for 29 years and has two children: Sydney, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Texas University, and Cody, a Master’s of Fine Arts graduate of the University of Buffalo. “James joins us at a critical time in the management and conservation of deer,” said DCI President Tom Brooks. “His extensive whitetail experience, commitment to wildlife research, and reputation among national and state media will be vital to us as we continue to enhance, protect, and conserve the management of deer through scientific understanding.” Deer Channel, Inc. (DCI) is a wildlife research/education organization whose activities are conducted for the purposes of encouraging management and conservation of deer, to further awareness and understanding among the general public and to enhance, protect, and conserve the management of deer through scientific understanding. DCI broadcasts live from the deer’s point of view and provides on demand deer TV accessible to a global audience from the web site’s Internet TV channel. DCI provides the world’s first and only live streaming broadcast of deer from their point of view, archives, aggregates and short-form programming targeted at wildlife audiences for simultaneous distribution over broadband and other platforms. For more information please visit our web site at: www.deerchannel.com |

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