Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-5290
(801) 797-2509
e-mail: utcoop@cc.usu.edu
Homepage: www.nr.usu.edu./UTCFWRU/index.html
United States Geological Survey -
(Biological Resources Division)
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Utah State University
Wildlife Management Institute
..Cooperators-Coordinating Committee
..Unit Staff
..Graduate Students on Active Projects
..Graduate Students who Completed Degrees
..Project Technicians
..Utah State University Faculty and Associated Staff
During the year, two valued members of the College of Natural Resources faculty
at Utah State University passed away. Dr. Allen W. Stokes died at the age
of 81 on 28 July 1996. Allen joined the faculty of the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife at USU in 1952. He retired in 1976. During his tenure at USU,
Dr. Stokes taught Wildlife Management and Animal Behavior. Allen will be
remembered for his intellect, goodwill, and bright smile. Dr. Phil Urness
passed away on 5 March 1996 from a brain tumor. Phil was 60 years old. Phil's
professional career spanned more than 36 years. He was the recognized leader
in the field of Livestock - Wildlife Relationships. Phil came to USU in 1973
and had retired in 1995. Dr. Urness was a gentle man and a colleague who
will be missed by friends and associates alike.
The major limiting influences upon fishery and wildlife resources in the Intermountain West are habitat degradation and loss. Loss of winter range for big game, degradation and loss of riparian areas by agricultural practices, loss of wildlife rangeland habitat by practices such as sagebrush removal and the planting of cattle forage, as well as change of reservoir and riverine habitat through activities associated with hydroelectric and water delivery systems are the major factors that have and will continue to affect natural resource management in Utah in years to come. Rapid population growth in the state has exacerbated the pressures on the resource. Given these trends and the expertise of Unit personnel, the primary mission of the Unit is to address food web and habitat related problems relating to the fishery and wildlife resource in Utah and the Intermountain West.
Cooperating Faculty in the Department, College, and University are, and will continue to be, integrated into Unit research to apply diverse expertise to all facets of a research problem. In addition to the more traditional fields of biological endeavor, expertise in geographical information systems, expert systems, artificial intelligence, sociological science, survey methodology, chemical and contaminant analysis, and computer modeling and methodology, as well as other pertinent fields, can be brought to bear on resource problems. The primary motivation of the Unit is to solve pressing resource problems.
Technical expertise of the Unit staff includes: larger scale dynamics, geographical information system and habitat restoration methodology, terrestrial habitat analysis, population management and assessment, aquatic ecology, fish energetics, aquatic food web dynamics, and quantitative study design. Our research activities focus on landscape-level habitat studies, ecological modeling of lake, reservoir, and riverine systems, and avian and terrestrial ecology. Future research directions of the Unit will continue to involve endangered fish and wildlife species, terrestrial and aquatic riparian studies, migratory non-game bird research, and geographical information system methodology, and landscape-level studies.
Graduate level courses being taught by unit personnel at Utah State University include Design and Analysis of Ecological Research ( emphasizes the research process), Topics in Spatial Ecology (emphasizes space from an ecological as well as statistical perspective), Bioenergetic Modeling Applications to Research and Management (emphasizes estimation of consumption rates in wild populations of predators and prey), Hydroacoustic Assessment (emphasizes estimation of population abundance, movement, behavior, and distribution), Landscape Ecology (emphasizes the conceptual basis of large scale ecology), and Assessment of Fish and Wildlife Populations (emphasizes sampling design and estimation of abundance and survival).
The Unit is committed to academic pursuit of cooperator interests, and in particular, the needs of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Yet, the strength of the Unit is directly related to its ability to attract outside funds. Research done in the state and region with non-cooperator funds provides added benefits to cooperators. This Unit has and will continue to address resource issues associated with its expertise to the benefit of Utah and the resource management community. Our primary objective is quality science.
United States Geological Survey
W. James Fleming, Acting Chief
U.S. Department of the Interior
Biological Resources Division
Cooperative Research Units
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 303
Reston, VA 20192
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
John Kimball, Director
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
1594 West North Temple
Suite 2110, Box 146301
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6301
Utah State University
John A. Kadlec, Acting Dean
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-5200
Wildlife Management Institute
Rollin Sparrowe, President
Wildlife Management Institute
1101 14th St. NW, Suite 725
Washington, D.C. 20005
John A. Bissonette
Leader, Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife, Adjunct Professor of Geography
and Earth Resources
Thomas C. Edwards, Jr.
Assistant Leader-Wildlife, Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife
David A. Beauchamp
Assistant Leader-Fisheries, Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Wildlife
Bryan Meacham
Office Manager/Staff Assistant
Jane Chen/Jeff Godfrey
Office and Technical Assistants
| Student | Degree | Funding Sources |
| William A. Adair | Ph.D. | Western Newfoundland Model Forest Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division |
| Casey M. Baldwin | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Utah Reclamation, Mitigation & Conservation Commission |
| Scott C. Barras | Ph.D. | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, North Dakota Game & Fish, Dakota Wildlife Trust, and Delta Waterfowl Research Foundation |
| Scott D. Bassett | M.S. | National Biological Service |
| Meg Cartwright | M.S. | U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Utah Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit |
| Charles E. Dixon | Ph.D. | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, North Dakota Game & Fish, Dakota Wildlife Trust, Delta Waterfowl Research Foundation |
| Katia Enelhardt | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Tracey S. Frescino | M.S. | U.S.D.A. Forest Service |
| Christine K. Gemperle | M.S. | U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| Joshua L. Lawler | M.S. | U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. National Biological Service |
| Clyde Lay | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
| Curtis A. Knight | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Reclamation, mitigation and Conservation Commission |
| Mark F. McClure | Ph.D. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Boone and Crockett Club |
| Gretchen Moisen | Ph.D. | U.S.D.A. Forest Service |
| Lisa A. Nordstrom | Ph.D. | Quinney Ph.D Scholarship |
| Rick W. Orme | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Reclamation, Mitigation & Conservation, Commission |
| James R. Ruzycki | Ph.D. | Berryman Institute, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Reclamation, Mitigation & Conservation Commission, National Park Service, U.S.G.S. Biological Resources Division |
| Catherine A. Schloeder | Ph.D. | Wildlife Conservation Society, Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit |
| Edward R. Shauster | M.S. | U.S. Department of Defense |
| Michael T. Slater | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
| Dorie S. Stolley | M.S. | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society |
| Gary Thiede | M.S. | Nevada Division of Wildlife (Wallop-Breaux), Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks |
| Mark Vinson | Ph.D. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
| Christine N. Vogel | M.S. | U.S. Department of Defense, Dugway Proving Ground |
| Jason L. Vogel | M.S. | Berryman Institute, Utah Division of Wildlife Rsources, Utah State University Vice President for Research, New Faculty Grant |
| Alan E. Ward | M.S. | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources |
Mark D. Bowen
Ph.D.
Bureau of Reclamation
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Thesis Title: "Habitat Selection and Movement of a Stream-Resident Salmonids
in a Regulated River and Tests of Four Bioenergetic Optimization Models"
Advisor: Chris Luecke
Michael F. Canning
M.S.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Bureau of Reclamation
Thesis Title: "Assessment of Kokanee Salmon, Genetic Stocks in Flaming Gorge
Reservoir, Utah-Wyoming"
Advisor: Chris Luecke
Christina D. Hargis
Ph.D. U.S.D.A. Forest Service
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Thesis Title: "The Influence of Forest Fragmentation and Landscape Pattern
on American Martens and their Prey"
Advisor: John A. Bissonette
Randall J. Jeric
M.S.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Bureau of Reclamation
Thesis Title: "Physical Factors Influencing Survival to Emergence and Time
of Emergence of Shoreslope-Spawned Kokanee Salmon in Flaming Gorge Reservoir,
Utah-Wyoming"
Advisor: Chris Luecke
Mark E. Lehnert
M.S.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Utah Department of Transportation
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Thesis Title: "Mule Deer Highway Mortality in North Eastern Utah: An Analysis
of Population-Level Impacts and a New Mitigative System"
Advisor: John A. Bissonette
Matt E. Peterson
M.S.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Thesis Title: "The Effects of Prey Growth, Physical Structure, and Piscivore
Electivity on the Relative Prey Vulnerability of Gizzard Shad (Dorsoma
cepedianum) and June Sucker (Chasmistes liorus)"
Advisor: Todd Crowl
Brian R. Sturtevant
M.S.
Western Newfoundland Model Forest
Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division
Thesis Title: "Second Growth Forest as Potential Marten Habitat in western
Newfoundland: An Examination of Forest Habitat Structure and Microtine Abundance"
Advisor: John A. Bissonette
Brant Allen
Scott Andrew
Eric Asarian
David Axford
Peter Bacon
Dave Balsam
Amy Barras
Mike Bigger
Brian Biggs
Bruce Bischoff
Paul Bemis
Cathy Bischoff
Gabriel Bissonette
Rick Bohn
Melissa Brown
Phaedra Budy
Arthur Butts
Eric Cannon
Keith Chaulk
Renee Chi
Mary Jane Crandall
Jane Chen
Lance Christensen
Michelle Colsen
Mary Jane Crandall
Greg Crosby
Brenda Dixon
William Dennis
Christa Didham
Carl East
Roy Fetzer
Christine Gemperle
Jeff Godfrey
Wendy Goetz
John Gosse
Janene Graff
Matthew Graham
Karen Griffiths
Merland Haliski
Corey Hendricks
Curtis Hendricks
Patricia Howard
Scott Kelley
Paul Klimack
Stacy Kreister
Laura Kuehn
Alvin Lambert
Karen Lindsey
Jason Little
Peter Lortz
Matt Lucia
Sue Majors
Anne Malan
Matthew McCune
Don McIvor
James McMillan
Vance Mumford
Tina Newberg
Rina Nichols
Monica Noble
Carl Fredrik Norrsell
Leslie Ogden
Theresa Olsen
Kathy Olstad
Craig Park
Kim Patraw
Rachel Pieterick
Felipe Queirox
Sean Reid
Sheryl Ross
Eli Rodemaker
Rob Rood
Sheryl Ross
Jessica Ruehrwein
Joey Ruehrwein
Steve Schell
Todd Seamons
Charles Shaw
Janene Shupe
Michael Slater
Nathan Smith
Richard Spencer
Jason Van Tassell
Gary Thiede
Tim Veenendaal
Christine Vogel
Alan Ward
Gregory Wattley
Peter Wilson
Phil Wilson
Diane Winison
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Raymond D. Dueser, Professor and Department Head
David A. Beauchamp, Assistant Professor, UTCFWRU Assistant Leader-Fisheries
Gary E. Belovsky, Professor, Director, Conservation Biology Program
John A. Bissonette, Professor, UTCFWRU Unit Leader
Joseph E. Chapman, Professor and Dean, College of Natural Resources
Glenn K. Chen, USDA Forest Service National Aquatic Monitoring Center
Michael R. Conover, Professor, Director, Berryman Institute
Todd A. Crowl, Associate Professor
Susan L. Durham, Systems Analyst and Statistical Consultant
Thomas C. Edwards, Jr. Assistant Professor, UTCFWRU Assistant
Leader-Wildlife
Richard C. Etchberger, Assistant Professor, Uintah Basin Branch Campus,
Roosevelt
Barrie K. Gilbert, Assistant Professor and Senior Scientist
Ronald W. Goede, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director, Utah Division
of Wildlife Resources Fisheries Experiment Station
Charles P. Hawkins, Professor
John A. Kadlec, Professor, Acting Dean, College of Natural Resources
Daniel M. Keppie, Visiting Quinney Scholar
Jeffrey L. Kershner, Research Assistant Professor and Leader, USDA Forest
Service, National Fish Habitat Relationship Program
Frederick F. Knowlton, Research Associate Professor
Jessop B. Low, Professor Emeritus
Chris Luecke, Associate Professor
J. Russell Mason, Research Professor and Leader, UDDA-APHIS-ADC Logan Field
Station, Predator Ecology and Behavior Project
Terry A. Messmer, Assistant Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist
John M. Neuhold, Professor Emeritus
Mark E. Ritchie, Assistant Professor
Robert H. Schmidt, Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Damage
Specialist
Allen W. Stokes, Professor Emeritus
C. Anna Toline, Assistant Professor
Mark R. Vinson, USDI Bureau of Land Management National Aquatic Monitoring
Center
Frederic H. Wagner, Professor, Director of the Ecology Center, and Associate
Dean of the College of Natural Resources
Michael L.Wolfe, Professor
Gar W. Workman, Associate Professor Emeritus
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Professor
Department of Forest Resources
Terry L. Sharik, Professor and Department Head
Janet A. Anderson Adjunct Assistant Professor
Frederick A. Baker, Associate Professor
Lisa V. Bardwell, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Barbara J. Bentz, Assistant Professor (NT)
Dale J. Blahna, Associate Professor
Mark W. Brunson, Assistant Professor
Michael F.Butkus, Senior Lecturer and Program Administrator
John L. Crane, Jr., Adjunct Associate Professor
Theodore W. Daniel, Professor Emeritus
Norbert V. DeByle, Adjunct Professor
Joanna Endter-Wada, Assistant Professor
G. Jay Gogue, Professor
Michael J. Jenkins, Associate Professor
James J. Kennedy, Professor
Richard S. Krannich, Professor
Michael R. Kuhns, Associate Professor, Extension Specialist
Ronald M. Lanner, Professor Emeritus
Robert J. Lilieholm, Associate Professor
Jesse A. Logan, Professor (NT)
James N. Long, Professor
Tamsin C. McCormick, Adjunct Assistant Professor
John Francis McLaughlin, Adjunct Assistant Professor
David W. Roberts, Associate Professor
H. Charles Romesburg, Professor
Robert H. Schmidt, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Jon Keith Schnare, Adjunct Instructor
Leila M. Shultz, Research Associate Professor
Nancy Huffman Shea, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Roy C. Sidle, Adjunct Professor
Joseph P. Stringer, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Helga Van Miegroet, Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Resources
Allan Falconer, Professor and Department Head
Ted J. Alsop, Associate Professor
Craig Altop, Research Associate
Helen R. Aspaas, Assistant Professor
Doran J. Baker, Adjunct Professor
Gail E. Bingham, Adjunct Professor
John A. Bissonette, Adjunct Professor
Dale J. Blahna, Adjunct Professor
Clifford B. Craig, Professor
Thomas C. Edwards,Jr., Adjunct Professor
Donald W. Fiesinger, Adjunct Professor
Robert E. Ford, Adjunct Professor
Robert R. Gillies, Assistant Professor
Donald T. Jensen, Adjunct Professor
Laura McCarthy, Assistant Professor
Jon R. Moris, Adjunct Professor
Christopher M. Neale, Adjunct Professor
Michael P. O'Neill, Associate Professor
Wende A. O'Neill, Adjunct Professor
Sharon L. Ohlhorst, Research Assistant Professor
Roger Perkins, Instructor
R. Douglas Ramsey, Associate Professor
David W. Roberts, Adjunct Professor
John C. Schmidt, Assistant Professor
Derrick J. Thom, Professor
David S. Winn, Research Assistant Professor
Department of Rangeland Resources
John C. Malechek, Professor and Department Head
Charles A. Ashurst, Electronic Engineer
Dennis D. Austin, Research Biologist
Roger E. Banner, Associate Professor
Dale L. Bartos, Adjunct Assistant Professor
James E. Bowns, Professor
Mark Brunson, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Elizabeth Burritt, Research Associate
Martyn Caldwell, Professor
Christopher A. Call, Associate Professor
Rich P. Cincotta, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Layne D. Coppock, Assistant Professor
James P. Dobrowolski, Associate Professor
Stephan Flint, Research Associate
Mark G. Francis, Extension Associate
Charles W. Gay, Extension Associate Professor, and Assistant Dean of the
College of Natural Resources
Carolyn T. Hunsaker, Adjunct Associate Professor
Douglas A. Johnson, Adjunct Professor
Thomas A. Jones, Adjunct Assistant Professor
John Manwaring, Research Associate
Henry Mayland, Adjunct Professor
Hamid Narjisse, Adjunct Professor
Ben E. Norton, Associate Professor
Kenneth Olson, Adjunct Associate Professor
Gregory K. Perrier, Research Assistant Professor and Coordinator of International
Programs
James A. Pfister, Adjunct Associate Professor
Frederick D. Provenza, Professor
David A. Pyke, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Michael H. Ralphs, Adjunct Associate Professor
Allen G. Rasmussen, Associate Professor
Eugene W. Schupp, Assistant Professor
Philip J. Urness, Professor
John Walker, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Neil W. West, Professor
John P. Workman, Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
William J. Grenney, Professor
Thomas B. Hardy, Assistant Professor
Chad P. Gubala, Research Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Edmund "Butch" Brodie, Professor and Department Head
James A. Gessaman, Professor
James W. Haefner, Associate Professor
James A. MacMahon, Professor and Dean of the College of Science
Frank Messina, Associate ProfessorKimberly A. Sullivan, Associate Professor
Dana K.Vaughan, Assistant Professor
Paul G.Wolf, Assistant Professor
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