ACADEMIC HONORS
Fall 2011 Dean's List and President's List
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Conservation Biology & Ecology: A new degree option from the Department of Ecology offered beginning Spring semester 2012.
NEWS
You may view these current articles about members of the Department of Ecology and activities. By clicking on the publisher's name, you will link to that website, or by clicking on the underlined key words you may find a black and white *.pdf of the article.
The Department of Ecology was very well represented at the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society Meetings in Great Falls this past week. This was one of the best years we have ever had for participation. There were approximately 30 undergraduate and graduate students attending as well as 3 faculty. Fourteen oral presentations on the schedule were from our department participants. These included one faculty member, undergraduates, current MS and PhD students, and recently graduated BS students. Four graduate students also presented posters. Eleven current Ecology Department faculty were coauthors on these presentations as well as one emeritus faculty.
Our department received a significant portion of students awards:
Best undergraduate student presentation: Elizabeth Flesch
Best MS graduate student presentation: Megan O'Reilly
Best poster presentation: Daniel Bachen
Best poster presentation: Shana Dunkley
Elizabeth Flesch was presented the Montana Chapter's Annual Wynn Freeman Award during the conference.
Dan Bachen also won a research scholarship sponsored Counter Assault, a company that manufactures bear spray products.
Dr. Robert Garrott, faculty sponsor, was enthusisastic about the participation. "Everyone had a great time, was informed and inspired by the speakers and presentations, and made lots of professional connections. Many thanks to all the faculty that helped make this a great event for our students and encouraged your students to participate. This meeting is the highlight of the academic year for most students who participate and it is great for our department to be so well represented at this conference which was attended by over 200 natural resource professionals and academics from Montana and the surrounding region. Many thanks to the Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society officers who did the lion's share of logistics organization to get everyone to the meetings and to all the department faculty."
Dan Bachen with Prof. Andrea Litt |
Elizabeth Flesch with Prof. Bob Garrott |
Megan O'Reilly |
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Thank you to the Montana Chapter of the Wildlife Society for providing these photos! |
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The Bozeman Chronicle featured the research of Dr. Robert Garrott, director of the Fish and Wildife Ecology and Management Program, in the OutThere section in February. This research is helping to address the concern that introduced mountain goatsmay threaten native bighorn sheep in ecosystems surrounding Yellowstone National Park. You may want to follow this link for a brief uTube video about the project: http://www.gyamountainungulateproject.com/videos.html.
Forty top seniors and their faculty or staff mentors were chosen to be recognized with the 30th Annual Awards for Excellence. Elizabeth Flesch, Fish and Wildlife Management Option, from Bettendorf, Iowa, and Amanda Zellar, Organismal Biology Option, from Billings, MT, will be honored at the banquest sponsored by the MSU Alumni Foundation and the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Elizabeth selected Ecology professor, Dr. Robert Garrott, to attend as her mentor. The full list of students and their mentors is provided by MSU News Service with details about the presentation.
Gregg Treinish was recently recognized as one of "30 under 30" by the Christian Science Monitor as a "Modern Explorer" (p. 25). Gregg earned his second degree, the B.S. in Biological Sciences, Ecology and Evolution Option, from the Department of Ecology in 2010. In 2008 he was named "Adventurer of the Year" by National Geographic Society for his 7,800-mile trek of the Andes Mountains. He is making a difference with his Bozeman based organization, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation. We are excited about his accomplishments. Larkin Guenther, who graduated with the same degree in December, 2011, has joined his staff as Executive Assistant. We encourage you to learn more about his organization.
TROUT U by Michael Becker for the College of Letters and Science Confluence Magazine(Volume 8) features the applied research of Tom McMahon. The Ecology Department's Fish and Wildlife Management Program, founded in 1936, has a strong partnership with state and federal agences for solving management problems such as whirling disease, interactions between native and non-native trout, and the effects of climate change on fish.
A four-year project to provide land managers in the country's federally managed lands with better information for addressing climate and land use changes has been "launched" by Andy Hansen. NASA remote-sensing data will be used to simulate how the ecosystems of two Landscape Conservation Cooperatives will change. (Confluence, Volume 8)
EVENTS
Weekly Ecology Seminar Series returns in Fall 2012.
Orientation
