Thomas E. McMahon
Professor
of Fisheries
Department of Ecology
Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana 59717
Office: Lewis 406A, phone 406/994-2492
FAX: 406/994-7479
E-mail: tmcmahon@montana.edu
Education and
Experience:
BA,
University of
California-Santa
Barbara, Aquatic Biology, 1975
MS, University of
Arizona,
Fisheries
Science, 1978
PhD, University of
Arizona,
1984
2003-present
Professor of Fisheries, Montana State University
2006-07
Sabbatical Leave: Fall
2006: University of Washington, School of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
(sponsor: Dr. Thomas Quinn)
Spring 2007:
University of Arizona,
School of
Renewable Natural
Resources (sponsor: Dr. William Matter)
1997-2002 Associate Professor
1990-1996
Assistant Professor of Fisheries, Fish and Wildlife Program, Montana
State University
1987-90
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, and Coordinator,
Fisheries,
Forestry &Wildlife
Project, Coastal Oregon Productivity Enhancement (COPE) Program,
College
of Forestry and
Marine Science Center, Newport, OR
1984-87
Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Scientist, Pacific Biological Station,
Carnation
Creek Fish-Forestry
Project,
Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans,
Nanaimo,
British Columbia (Supervisor: Dr Gordon Hartman)
1979-84
Fishery Biologist, Habitat Evaluation Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, National
Ecology
Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
1978
Fishery/Hydrological Technician, U.S. Forest Service, Range and
Wildlife Lab, LaGrande, Oregon
1976-78
Graduate Research Assistant, U of Arizona
1975
Fishery Technician, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Juneau, Alaska
1974 Forestry
Technician, Targhee National Forest, Island Park, Idaho
Courses :
- FALL
- Introduction to Fish
and Wildlife,
FWL
201
- Fish
Habitat Management, FWL
513, Even years
Research
(Bitterroot bull trout,
M.Jakober
photo)
Research Interest: Conduct applied research directly related to current
questions in fisheries management and testing of ecological
principles
on which fishery management is based.
Interest Areas:
stream salmonid ecology and
management
whirling disease
conservation of native
fishes
life history/otolith microchemistry of salmonids
winter ecology of
salmonids
fish passage
Current/Recent Projects:
- Thermal Requirements of Westslope
Cutthroat Trout (Wild
Fish Habitat Initiative, Montana Water Center)
- Factors Affecting the Relative
Abundance
of Migratory
and Resident Life History Forms among Bull Trout Populations (AVISTA
and US Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Does Fire Favor Nonnative Fishes? (USFS,
Rocky
Mountain Research Station,Mike Young, USFS Rocky Mountain Research
Station,
co-PI)
- Factors Limiting Recruitment of Wild
Rainbow Trout
in Hebgen Reservoir, MT (PPL Montana and Montana FWP)
- Role of Culverts in Fragmenting Fish
Populations
within a Large Drainage Basin in Western Montana (Montana Dept of
Transportation,
co-PI, Joel Cahoon MSU BioResources Engineering Dept)
- Interaction of Life History, Fish
Size,
and Infection
Risk on Population-level Effects of Whirling Disease on Missouri River
Rainbow Trout (National Partnership on the Management of Wild and
Native
Cold Water Fisheries)
- Growth and Survival Temperature
Criteria
for Bull
Trout (National Council for Air and Stream Improvement)
- Susceptibility of Montana’s
Spring
Creeks
to Whirling
Disease Infection (Whirling Disease Foundation)
- Status of Sauger in Montana
(Montana
Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks)
- Microchemical Analysis of Otoliths to
Determine
Life-History Patterns in Interior Salmonids (US Forest Service,
Rocky
Mountain Research Station)
- Origins of Nonnative Lake Trout in
Yellowstone
National Park using Otolith Microchemistry (Yellowstone National
Park;
A. Munro PI)
- Spawning and Rearing Ecology of
Madison
River
Rainbow Trout in Relation to Whirling Disease Infection Risk
(National
Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Cold Water Fisheries)
Selected
Publications,
Reports and Presentations
- Muhlfeld,
C.C.,
S.R. Thorrold, T.E. McMahon, and B. Marotz. 2012. Estimating
westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhychus
clarkii lewisi)
movements in a river network using strontium isoscapes. Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 69:906-915. PDF
see news article
- Neudecker, R.A.,
T.E. McMahon, and E.R. Vincent. 2012. Spatial and temporal variation of
whirling disease risk in Montana spring creeks and rivers. Journal
of Aquatic Animal Health 24:201-212. PDF
- McMahon, T.E. 2011. Review
of NMFS Draft Recovery Plan for the North
Central California Coast
Domain: Northern
California
Steelhead, California Coastal Chinook
Salmon,
and Central
California Coast
Steelhead. Report to the Center
for Independent Experts.
- Guy, C.S., T.E.
McMahon, W.A. Fredenberg, C.J. Smith, D.W. Garfield, and B.S. Cox.
2011. Diet
overlap of bull trout and lake trout in recent sympatry in Swan
Lake, Montana. Journal of
Fish and Wildlife Management 2:183-189. PDF
- Sestrich, C.S.,
T.E. McMahon, and M.K. Young. 2011. Influence of fire on
native
and nonnative salmonid populations and habitat in a western Montana
basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140:136-146.
PDF
- McMahon,
T., J. Robison-Cox, J. Rotella, T. Horton, and B. Kerans. 2010. Trout
population responses to whirling disease epizootics in Montana rivers.
Pages 195-202 in
Proceedings of the Wild Trout X Symposium, Sept 2010, West
Yellowstone, MT. PDF
- McMahon,
T., J. Robison-Cox, J. Rotella, T. Horton, and B. Kerans. 2009. A
before-after, control-impact comparison of the effects of whirling
disease epizootics on trout population dynamics in Montana
rivers. Final report, National Partnership on Management of Wild
and Native Coldwater Fisheries, Montana Water Center. 112 p. PDF
- Muhlfeld,
C.C., T.E. McMahon, D.
Belcer, and J.L. Kershner. 2009. Spatial and temporal
spawning dynamics of native westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus
clarkii lewisi), introduced rainbow trout (O. mykiss), and
their hybrids. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
66:1153-1168. PDF
- Muhlfeld,
C.C., T.E.
McMahon, M.C. Boyer,
and R.E. Gresswell. 2009. Local habitat,
watershed, and
biotic factors influencing the spread of
hybridization between native westlope cutthroat trout and introduced
rainbow trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
138:1036-1051. PDF
- Muhlfeld,
C.C., S.T.
Kalinowski, T.E.
McMahon, M.L. Taper, S. Painter, R.F. Leary, and F.W. Allendorf.
2009. Hybridization rapidly reduces fitness of a native trout
in the wild.
Biology Letters 5:328-331. PDF
- Burford,
D.D., T.E.
McMahon, J.E. Cahoon, and M. Blank. 2009. Assessment
of
trout passage through culverts in a large Montana drainage during
summer low flow. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
29:739-752. PDF
- Zymonas,
N., and T.E. McMahon.
2009. Comparison of
pelvic
fin rays, scales and otoliths for estimating age and growth of bull
trout, Salvelinus confluentus.
Fisheries Management and Ecology 16:155-164. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., B.A. Bear, and
A.V.
Zale. 2008. Use of an annular chamber for testing thermal
preference of
westslope cutthroat trout and rainbow trout. Journal of Freshwater
Ecology 23:55-63. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., A.V. Zale,
F.T.
Barrows, J.
Selong, and R. Danehy. 2007. Temperature and competition between
bull trout
and brook trout: a test of the elevation refuge hypothesis.
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136:1313-1326. PDF
- Bear,
E.A., T.E. McMahon, and
A.V.
Zale. 2007.
Comparative thermal requirements of westslope cutthroat trout and
rainbow trout: implications to species interactions and development of
thermal protection standards. Transactions of the American Fisheries
Society 136:1113-1121.
PDF
- McMahon,
T., and W.J.
Matter. 2006.
Linking
habitat selection, emigration, and population dynamics of freshwater
fishes: a synthesis of ideas and approaches. Invited presentation to
International Symposium on Behaviour and Ecology of freshwater fish:
Linking Ecology and Individual Behaviour, Danish Institute of
Freshwater Fisheries Research,
Silkeborg, Denmark. Aug 2004. Ecology of Freshwater Fish
15: 200-210. PDF
- Zymonas,
N.D., and T.E.
McMahon. 2006.
Effect of pelvic fin ray
removal on survival and growth of bull trout. North American Journal of
Fisheries Management 26:953-959. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E. 2006. Review
of
NOAA-Fisheries Biological Opinion on Effects of Proposed Central Valley
(CA) Project Changes on Listed Fish Species. NOAA Southwest Fisheries
Center
and Center for Independent Experts. PDF
- Munro,
A.R., T.E. McMahon,
and
J.R. Ruzycki. 2006. Where did they come from? Natural
chemical markers identify source and date of lake trout introduction in
Yellowstone Lake. Yellowstone Science 14(2): 4-12. PDF
- Blank M, Cahoon J, Burford D,
McMahon T and Stein O. 2006. Studies of fish passage through culverts
in Montana. IN: Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on
Ecology and Transportation, Eds. Irwin CL, Garrett P, McDermott KP.
Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC: pp. 647-661. URL: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7q19086f
- Jaeger,
M.E., A.V. Zale, T.
E.
McMahon, and B.J. Schmitz. 2005. Seasonal
movements, habitat use, aggregation,
exploitation, and entrainment of sauger in the lower Yellowstone River:
an
empirical assessment of factors affecting population recovery. North
American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1550-1568. PDF
- Watschke,
D.A., and T.E.
McMahon. 2005. A
lightweight modification of the McNeil core substrate sampler.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:795-797. PDF
- Munro,
A.R., T.E. McMahon,
and J.R.
Ruzycki.
2005. Natural chemical markers identify source and date of introduction
of an
exotic species: lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Yellowstone
Lake. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:79-87. PDF
- Hartman,
G.F., and T.E.
McMahon.
2004.
Aspects
of fish reproduction and some implications of forestry
activities.
Pages 143 to 168 IN T.G. Northcote and G.F. Hartman (eds.).
Fishes
and Forestry- Worldwide Watershed Interactions and Management.
Blackwell
Science.
- Rich,
C.F. Jr., T.E.
McMahon, B.E.
Rieman,
and W.L.
Thompson. 2003. Local habitat, watershed, and biotic
features
associated with bull trout occurrence in Montana streams.
Transactions
of the American Fisheries Society 132:1053-1064. PDF
- Munro,
A.R., T.E. McMahon,
S.A.
Leathe,
and
G. Liknes.
2003. Evaluation of batch marking small rainbow trout with coded
wire tags. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
23:601-605. PDF
- Downing,
D.C., T.E. McMahon,
B.L.
Kerans,
and
E.R.
Vincent. 2002. Relation of spawning and rearing life
history
of rainbow trout and susceptibility to Myxobolus cerebralis
infection
in the Madison River, Montana. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
14:191-203. PDF
- Nelson,
M.L., T.E. McMahon,
and R.F.
Thurow.
2002. Decline of the migratory form in bull charr, Salvelinus
confluentus,
and implications for conservation. Environmental Biology of Fishes
64:321-332. PDF
- Selong,
J.H., T.E. McMahon,
A.V.Zale, and
F.T. Barrows.
2001. Effect of temperature on growth and survival of bull trout,
with application of an improved method for determining thermal
tolerance
in fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
130:1026-1037. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., and W.M.
Gardner.
2001.
Status of sauger in Montana. Intermountain Journal of Sciences
7:1-21. PDF
- Jakober,
M.J., T.E. McMahon,
and
R.F.
Thurow.
2000. Diel habitat partitioning by bull charr and cutthroat trout
during fall and winter in Rocky Mountain streams. Environmental
Biology
of Fishes 59:79-89. PDF
- McMahon, T.E. 1999. Status of
sauger in Montana. Final Report to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks,
Helena. 94 pp. PDF
- Jakober,
M.J., T.E. McMahon,
and
R.F.
Thurow.
1998. Role of stream ice on fall and winter movements and habitat use
by
bull trout and cutthroat trout in Montana headwater streams.
Transactions
of the American Fisheries Society 127:223-235. PDF
- McMahon,
T.
1998.
Managers as Shamans. Presidents Corner, The Outlet, Montana
Chapter American Fisheries Society newsletter. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., A.V. Zale,
and D.J.
Orth.
1996.
Aquatic Habitat Measurements. Pages 83-120 IN B. Murphy and D. Willis,
(eds.). Fisheries Techniques, 2nd edition. American Fisheries
Society.
- McMahon,
T.E., and D.H.
Bennett.
1996.
Walleye and northern pike: boost or bane to Northwest fisheries.
Fisheries 21(8):6-13. PDF
- Dalbey,
S.R., T.E. McMahon,
and W.
Fredenberg. 1996.
Effects of electrofishing pulse shape and electrofishing-induced spinal
injury on long-term growth and survival of wild rainbow trout.
North
American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:560-569. (Received best
paper
award for 1996, NAJFM) PDF
- Magee,
J.P., T.E. McMahon,
and R.F.
Thurow.
1996.
Spatial variation in spawning habitat of cutthroat trout in a
sediment-rich
stream basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
125:768-779. PDF
- Endicott,
C.L., and T.E.
McMahon.
1996.
Development
of a TMDL (total maximum daily load) to reduce nonpoint source sediment
pollution in Deep Creek, Montana. Montana Dept. of Environmental
Quality Rept. 103 pp.
- McMahon,
T.E., S.R. Dalbey,
S.C.
Ireland,
J.
Magee,
and P.Byorth.1996. Field evaluation of visible implant tag
retention
by brook trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, and Arctic
grayling.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 16:921-925.
- McMahon,
T.E., and S.H.
Holanov.
1995.
Foraging success
of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides at different light
intensities:
implications for time and depth of feeding. Journal of Fish
Biology
46: 759-767. PDF
- McMahon,
T. 1992. Potential
impacts
of
the
introduction
of walleye to the fishery of Canyon Ferry Reservoir and surrounding
waters.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Rept.
- McMahon,
T.E., and L.B.
Holtby.
1992.
Behaviour,
habitat use, and movements of coho salmon smolts (Oncorhynchus
kisutch)
during seaward migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic
Sciences 49: 1478-1485. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., and D.S.
deCalesta.
1990.
Effects of fire on fish and wildlife. Pages 233-250 IN J. Walstad
(ed.). Natural and Prescribed Fire in Pacific Northwest
Forests.
Oregon State University Press, Corvallis.
- McMahon,
T.E., and G.F.
Hartman.
1989.
Influence
of cover complexity and current velocity on winter habitat use by
juvenile
coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Canadian Journal of
Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences 46: 1551-1557. PDF
- Holtby,
L.B., T.E. McMahon,
and J.C.
Scrivener.
1989. Stream temperatures and interannual variability in the emigration
timing of coho salmon smolts and fry and chum salmon fry from Carnation
Creek, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic
Sciences 46: 1396-1405.
- Matter,
W.J., R.W. Mannan,
E.W.
Bianchi,
T.E.
McMahon,
J.H. Menke, and J.C. Tash. 1989. A laboratory approach for
studying
emigration. Ecology 70: 1543-1546.
- McMahon,
T.E., and J.C.
Tash.
1988.
Experimental
analysis of the role of emigration in population regulation of desert
pupfish(Cyprinodon
macularius). Ecology 69: 1871-1883. PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., and G.F.
Hartman.
1988.
Variation
in the degree of silvering of wild coho salmon smolts migrating seaward
from Carnation Creek, British Columbia. Journal of Fish Biology
32:
825-833.
- Hartman,
G.F., J.C.
Scrivener, and
T.E.
McMahon.
1987. Saying that logging is either 'good' or 'bad' for
fish
doesn't tell you how to manage the system. Forestry Chronicle 63:
159-164.
PDF
- McMahon,
T.E., and R.R.
Miller.
1985.
Status
of the fishes of the Rio Sonoyta Basin, Arizona and Sonora,
Mexico.
Proceedings Desert Fishes Council 13-15: 237-245.
- McMahon,
T.E., and J.C.
Tash.
1979. Effects
of formalin (buffered and unbuffered) and hydrochloric acid on fish
otoliths.
Copeia 1979: 155-156.
- McMahon,
T.E., and J.C.
Tash.
1979.
Use
of
the chemical senses by threadfin shad to detect food, predators,
and conspecifics. Journal of Fish Biology 14: 289-296.
- McMahon,
T.E. and B.Kynard.
1979.
Avoidance
of an
antitranspirant by mosquitofish. Southwestern Naturalist
24:
87-92.
- author/coauthor,
Habitat
Suitability
Models
(1982-85)
for creek chub, channel catfish, walleye, warmouth, spotted bass, coho
salmon, and chum salmon. USFWS Biol. Rept. Series.
Professional
Service/Awards
- Appointed
member of
Future Fisheries
Review
Board,
Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, 2003-2007.
- Appointed
member of Excellence
in Fisheries Education Award committee, 2006-2007.
- Best
Paper award
nomination, Journal of
Aquatic Animal
Health, 2002.
- Elected
Western
Division Representative,
Education
Section, American Fisheries Society, 2003-2005.
- Fishery
Professional of
the Year award,
Montana
Chapter
of the American Fisheries Society, 2002.
- Associate
Editor, North
American Journal
of
Fisheries
Management, 1996-1998
- Elected
member, Executive
Committee,
Montana
Chapter,
American Fisheries Society, 1996-1999 (consecutive terms for
secretary-treasurer,
vice president, president, past-pres.).
- Best
Paper award, North
American Journal
of
Fisheries
Management, 1996.
Current
Graduate Students
- David Dockery, (MS),
Maintaining Migratory Pathways of Imperiled Large River and Small
Stream Prairie Fishes in the Face of Climate Change and Energy
Development
- Mariah Mayfield, Assessment of
Fisheries Restoration Potential of
the Upper Clark Fork Superfund Site: Spawning and Rearing Habitat Use
and Movements of Trout
in Relation to Environmental Factors in the Mainstem and Selected
Tributaries. (MS) (Recipient of EPA STAR Fellowship, 2010-2012)
- Joe Naughton
(MS); Ted Sedell (MS)
Coadvisor with Bob Gresswell, USGS Northern Rocky Mountain
Science Center
Science
Advisor to Graduate Students in Masters of Science in Science Education
Program at MSU:
Dale Spady, high school science
teacher, Thousand Oaks, California (in progress)
Miles McGeehan, high school
science
teacher, Vail, Colorado (in progress)
James Stuart, high school
science teacher, Bozeman, Montana (completed degree, 2010)
Todd Samson, middle school
science
teacher, East Helena, Montana (completed degree, 2009)
Patty Weaver, science
teacher,
Pennsylvania (completed degree, 2009)
Lisa Skilang, science teacher,
Mission, Iowa (completed degree, 2008)
Lisa Hawkins, science teacher,
Taejon High School, Seoul, South Korea (completed degree, 2007)
Cary Rosillo, science teacher, West Palm Beach (FL) middle
school (completed degree, 2007)
Past Graduate Students (date
of MSU
degree
& present employment)
- Clint Smith, (MS, 2011) Fishery Biologist, Montana Fish,
Wildlife, and Parks, Great Falls.
Thesis: Assessment of
Altered Rearing Environments on Survival and Performance of
Hatchery-Reared Trout: Implications for Cutthroat Trout Reintroduction
Programs. Available
at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Brian
Ertel (MS, 2011), Fishery Biologist, Yellowstone National Park.
Thesis: Distribution, Movements, and Life History
Characteristics of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Upper Yellowstone
River Drainage. Available at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Clint
Muhlfeld (PhD
2008), Research Aquatic Ecologist, US Geological Survey, Northern
Rocky Moutain Science Center, Glacier
National Park. Dissertation: Behavioral, Ecological, and Fitness
Consequences of Hybridization between Native Westslope Cutthroat Trout
and Nonnative Rainbow Trout. (Available
at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
)
- Andy
Solcz (MS 2007) Fishery Biologist, Hydroacoustics Technology
Inc. (HTI), Seattle, WA. Thesis:
Assessment of Culvert Passage of
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in a Yellowstone River Spawning Tributary
Using a Passive Integrated Transponder System (Available at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/ )
- Leo
Rosenthal (MS 2007) fishery
biologist, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Kalispell, MT.
Thesis:
Evaluation of Distribution and Fish Passage in Relation to Road
Culverts in Two Eastern Montana Prairie Streams.(Available: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Nik Zymonas
(MS 2006), research fishery biologist, Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Corvallis, OR Thesis: Age Structure,
Growth,
and Factors Affecting the
Relative
Abundance
of Life History Forms of Bull Trout in the Clark Fork River Drainage,
Montana and Idaho. (Available: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
) (Winner 2004 Student Writing
Contest, American
Fisheries Society for his article in Fisheries
"Alternative Lifestyles: Bull Trout
Strategies in the Northern Rockies")
- Darin
Watschke, (MS 2006),
fishery biologist, Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, Ennis,
MT.
Thesis: Assessment of Tributary Potential for Wild Rainbow Trout
Recruitment in Hebgen Reservoir, Montana. Available at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Clint
Sestrich (MS 2005),
fishery biologist, Gallatin National Forest, Livingston, MT.
Thesis: Changes in Native and Nonnative Fish Assemblages and Habitat
Following Wildfire in the Bitterroot River Basin, Montana. Available
at: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Beth Bear
(MS 2005), fishery biologist,
Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Laramie, WY. Thesis: Effects of Temperature on Survival and
Growth of Westslope Cutthroat Trout and Rainbow Trout: Implications for
Conservation and Restoration. Available
at:
http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Drake
Burford (MS 2005), fishery
biologist/stream restoration specialist, Oasis Environmental,
Livingston, MT. Thesis:
An Assessment of Culverts as Fish
Passage Barriers in a Montana Drainage Using a Multi-tiered Approach.
Available at:
http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Andrew
Munro (PhD 2004), postdoctoral
fellow
in otolith
microchemistry at University of Adelaide, School of Ocean Sciences,
Australia. Present position: Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
Commercial Fisheries Division, Anchorage. Dissertation:
Identification of Life History
Variation in Salmonids Using Otolith Microchemistry and Scale Patterns:
Implications for Illegal Introductions and for Whirling Disease in
Missouri River Rainbow Trout.
Available at:
http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/
- Ryen
Aasheim (MS 2004),
Blackfoot Watershed Restoration Coordinator, Trout Unlimited, Missoula,
MT
- Dan
Downing (MS 2000),
fishery biologist, Beaverhead-Deerlodge
National
Forest, Wisdom, MT
- Lee
Nelson (MS 1999), Native Species Coordinator, Montana
Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Helena, MT
- Andrew
Bowersox (MS 1998), Syracuse NY
high
school science teacher
- Matt
Handy (MS 1997), GIS specialist, Trout Unlimited
national headquarters,
Virginia
- Carol
Endicott (MS 1996), Yellowstone cutthroat trout recovery
coordinator, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Livingston MT
- Cecil
Rich (MS 1996), Purdue University
PhD, current position: US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish
Habitat Plan Coordinator, Anchorage, Alaska.
- Mike
Jakober (MS 1995), fishery
biologist, Bitterroot
National
Forest,
Sula, MT
- Steve
Dalbey (MS 1994), Regional Fisheries Manager/Supervisor, Montana
FWP, Glasgow, MT
- Jim Magee
(MS 1993), Arctic grayling recovery coordinator,
Montana FWP, Dillon, MT
- Sue
Ireland (MS 1993), Director of fish and
wildlife program, Kootenai Tribe of
Idaho
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