The Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 2018 Annual Student Symposium will be held Wednesday, October 17, at the Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington. 

2:00 pm
Welcome
Sarah Converse, Unit Leader, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Dan Brown, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, UW

2:15 pm
Snowshoe hare population ecology in lynx-occupied areas of Washington
Paul Jensen, School of the Environment, Washington State University

2:33 pm
Washington State Common Loons: multi-state occupancy modeling using citizen science and survey data
Hannah Sipe, Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management Graduate Program, UW

2:51 pm
Are fish processing plants reservoirs for disease?
Catrin Wendt, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, UW

3:09 pm
Evaluating geochemical tracers in fish fin rays: a non-lethal approach for
threatened species
Michaela Lowe, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, UW

3:27 pm
Determining patterns of change in Chinook spawning timing in the Skagit River Basin
Catherine Austin, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, UW

3:45 pm
Quantitative diet reconstruction: food webs supporting juvenile suckers in the Upper Klamath Basin
Erin Horn, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UW

4:03 pm
Washington’s predator-prey project: patterns of mortality in ungulates of northern Washington
Taylor Ganz, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, UW

4:21 pm
Washington’s predator-prey project: species co-occurrence across a human-dominated landscape
Sarah Bassing, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, UW

4:40 pm
Presentation of awards
Sarah Converse, Unit Leader, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit,
Eric Gardner, Assistant Director, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

For more information: Verna Blackhurst, 206-221-5424, vernab@uw.edu