Daniel White, 2014

Thesis:

Recreational Visitor Use of the Headwaters Forest Reserve

Headwaters Forest Reserve (HFR) has existed since 1999, when the Bureau of Land Management purchased remnants of old-growth forestland from Pacific Lumber Company. The area provides numerous recreation opportunities, including hiking and dog walking. High visitor numbers combined with many different user group types seeking different experience outcomes often leads to conflict, and in recent years instances of human-dog conflict have increased. To assess the nature of human-dog conflict at HFR, 434 visitors to the area were surveyed from May to September 2012. The survey had two components, an on-site interview, and a written survey that was mailed to participants and then mailed back upon completion (71% response rate). Participants were asked about the quality of their visit, agreement with proposed area management strategies, and opinions on the current dog policy. Results showed about 20% of respondents reported conflict between humans and dogs, with figures higher for those visitors who didn't bring dogs. Significant differences in attitudes about potential management techniques were also found between visitors who bring dogs to HFR and visitors who don't, with visitors who bring dogs less receptive to more restrictions placed on dogs at HFR. I propose potential management techniques to alleviate conflict by adjusting attitudes of visitors through changing social norms, which includes increasing visitor education and increased enforcement of regulations

Rebekah Rafferty, 2015

Thesis:

Rancher Adaptations to Wolf Depredation in Western Montana

Katrina Nystrom, 2020

Thesis:

Quantifying Pacific Lamprey (Entosphenous tridentus) ammocoete habitat availability and risk associated with the summer hydrograph recession limb in Coastal Northern California

Katrina’s graduate research focused on Pacific Lamprey ammocoete habitat. Ammocoetes are a relatively immobile life stage and live in highly mobile silt deposits in the river for 3-10 years. She examined where in a watershed ammocoete habitat is found and how the ammocoete habitat diminishes with the summer streamflow recession curve. The research can guide stream restoration as well as streamflow management.   

Lenya Quinn Davidson, 2009

Thesis:

Prescribed fire: Influences on community support and Management activities in Northern California

Emily Ferrell, 2015

Thesis:

Post-Fire Pulses of Aquatic Production: Investigating the Midterm Effects of High-Severity Fire on Headwater Streams in Northwestern California

Emily's graduate research seeks to understand the mechanisms underlying aquatic community changes caused by riparian fire 5-10 years following a fire. Her study will assess both aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and periphyton production in the headwaters of the mid-Klamath region that were burned in the 2008 Klamath Theater Complex fire.

Jules Bartley, 2023

Thesis:

Physical characteristics and fine roots within duff mounds of old-growth sugar and Jeffrey pine in a fire-excluded Sierran mixed-conifer forest

Theodore Masters, 2022

Thesis:

Return to wolf country: exploring rancher knowledge of gray wolves in Wallowa County, Oregon

Portia Saucedo, 2017

Thesis:

Multiscale habitat suitability modeling for canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) along the northern California coast

Hannah Joss, 2023

Thesis:

Monitoring bull kelp (Nereocystis leutkeana) remotely at high resolutions

Ethan Luckens, 2019

Thesis:

Modeling the flow of Hall Creek, Humboldt County, California using visualizing ecosystem land management assessments (VELMA) and calculating the channel forming flow using the effective discharge calculation