Resilience Through Diversity
The 2016 Western Forestry Graduate Research Symposium was scheduled for April 22nd. Graduate students from Oregon had the opportunity to present posters and/or give oral presentations. The symposium was organized entirely by graduate students from within the College of Forestry.
Please join WFGRS in welcoming this year's speaker, ecologist Mike Letnic.
Mike Letnic is an ecologist at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to joining academia Mike worked with government wildlife agencies, during which time he was involved in the management of saltwater crocodiles and feral herbivores. Mike has several research interests, these include identifying and managing the devastating effects that introduced species have had on Australian ecosystems, trophic cascades, fire ecology and the ecology of arid lands. Mike is currently involved in the development of a rewilding program with the New South Wales Government that seeks to restore populations of locally extinct marsupials and native rodents in the Strzelecki Desert.
2016 Student Awards
Oral presenters
Grand Prize - Kira Puntenney
1st - Chris Lauer
2nd - Danielle Marias
3rd - Luciana Leite
Poster presenters
Grand Prize - Janel Lajoie
1st - Emily Heaston
2nd - Casey Steadman
3rd - Jamie Mosel
Thank you to our 2016 WFGRS Planning Committee!
Alexander Rose | Treasurer
Ben Hart | Food Coordinator
Courtney Schwartzbeck | Secretary
Emily Heaston | Email Coordinator
Gretchen Engbring | Website & Program Coordinator
Karla Jarecke | General Volunteer
Randi Shaw | General Volunteer
Sonia Bruck | Faculty Liaison
Teresa Wicks | Abstract Submission Coordinator