2015 Faculty Achievements and Activities

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources Awards and Honors

Aubry, Lise Myriam

Associate Editor, Ecology Letters, (October 10, 2015).

Beard, Karen H

USU College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Mentor of the Year, (January 15, 2015).

Brain, Roslynn G

2015 National 1st Place Winner: Excellence in Community Development - Individual, National

Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, (June 2015). 2015 Western Region Winner: Excellence in Community Development - Individual, National

Association of Community Development Extension Professionals, (June 2015). Western Region Representative, National Association of Community Development Extension

Professionals (NACDEP), (June 2015). Conner, Mary M

Outstanding Monograph of the Year, The Wildlife Society, (September 15, 2015).

Coppock, David Layne

2015 Award for Scientific Excellence, Board for International Food and Agricultural Development

(BIFAD), USAID Feed-the-Future Program, (October 20, 2015). Career Achievement Award for Eastern Africa, Ethiopian Society for Animal Production, (August 27,

2015). Plenary Keynote Speaker, 23rd Annual Meeting of the Ethiopian Society for Animal Production,

Ethiopian Society for Animal Production, (August 27, 2015). Cramer, Patricia C

Utah Department of Transportation UTRAC Trailblazer Award, Utah Department of Transportation,

(March 2015).

Etchberger, Richard C 2015 Carnegie Professor of the Year - Utah, CASE and Carnegie Foundation, (November 19, 2015).

Frey, Shandra Nicole

Award of Merit, Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society, (March 2015). Award of Excellence, Western Extension Directors’ Association, (February 2015).

Gaeta, Jereme Most Read Paper of 2014, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, (January 8, 2015).

King, Michael M

Bill E. Robins Undergraduate Faculty Advisor of the Year Finalist, Utah State University Student

Involvement and Leadership, (April 11, 2015). QCNR Advisor of the Year, Quinney College of Natural Resources - Utah State University, (January

26, 2015). Kulmatiski, Andrew

2014 article 'Most soil trophic guilds increase plant growth" ranked 16th of 769 Oikos articles

according to Altmetrics, (February 2015). Lant, Christopher Louis

Friend of UCOWR, Universities Council on Water Resources, (June 2015).

Larese-Casanova, Mark

Outstanding Program Evaluation Award, Alliance for Natural Resources Outreach and Service

Programs, (September 15, 2015). Carl Johnson Educator of the Year Award, Bridgerland Audubon Society, (May 7, 2015).

Messmer, Terry A

Letter of Appreciation, Six County Association of Governments, (July 2015). Western Extension Director's Award of Excellence, Western Extension Directors Association, (July

2015). Monz, Christopher A

Researcher of the Year, Quinney College of Natural Resources, (January 2015).

Romesburg, H Charles

Golden Circle Society Member, Best Friends Animal Society, (December 12, 2015).

Schmidt, Robert H

Volunteer Recognition Certificate, State of Utah, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, (April 3, 2015).

Schupp, Eugene W

Quinney College of Natural Resources Faculty Service Award, (February 2015).

Van Miegroet, Helga

Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, (July 2015).

Veblen, Kari

Quinney College of Natural Resources Teacher of the Year 2015, (February 2015).

Villalba, Juan J

Paper of the month, (June 2015).

Creative Works, Performances, Exhibitions and Activities

Other

Du Toit, Johan Truter

TEDxUSU - A Message for Humanity, From a Considerate Elephant, May 2015. King, Michael M

Original Photography Exhibit at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum - 60 Miles from Price - Photography Exhibit, October 1, 2015.

Publications/Intellectual Contributions

Performances in Publications

Frey, Shandra Nicole Wildlife Conflicts, (March 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Abstract Villalba, Juan J

Interaction between a tannin-containing legume and endophyte-infected tall fescue seed on lambs’ feeding behavior and physiology, (2015), American Society of Animal Science, Abstracts of Annual Meeting, July 9–12, 2015, Orlando, FL.

Book Review

Macnulty, Daniel Robert

A democratic approach to large carnivore conservation, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Ecology, 96, 1155-1156.

Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book

Brain, Roslynn G

Sustainability, (May 2015), John Wiley & Sons.

Cramer, Patricia C

Transportation and Large Herbivores, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Modifying structures to enhance passage by wildlife on existing roads, (March 2015), John Hopkins University Press.

Ramsey, Robert Douglas

A Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways, (November 2015), Taylor and Francis, 2, 237-276.

Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches, (November 2015), Taylor & Francis Group\CRC Press, 2, 309-352.

Tainter, Joseph A

Sustainability, (May 2015), John Wiley & Sons.

Book, Scholarly-New

Conover, Michael R

Human Diseases from Wildlife, (2015), CRC Press. Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Wolves on the hunt: the behavior of wolves hunting wild prey, (May 15, 2015), University of Chicago Press.

Bulletin-Extension

Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

The Untapped Potential of Water Conservation, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Utah Science, 68, 30-31.

Messmer, Terry A

What does a sage-grouse eat?, (December 2015), Utah State University Extension. Thacker, Eric T

What does a sage-grouse eat?, (December 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Bulletin-Other Coppock, David Layne

Methods and Costs for Pond-Catchment Rehabilitation on the Borana Plateau., (September 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State University.

Targeted informal education promotes Improved Well Being, Innovation, and Climate Change adaptation among residents in Bajura District, Nepal., (September 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State University.

Enclosures for rehabilitating pond catchments and implications for grazing management on the Borana Plateau., (August 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State University.

Sieve structures to control gully erosion on the Borana Plateau, Ethiopia., (August 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State University.

Investment Patterns of Wealthy Pastoralists on the Borana Plateau of Southern Ethiopia, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015).

(English Version) Outcomes of a Pastoral Sustainability Conference: The Borana Must Better Manage Rangelands and Diversify Livelihoods for a Brighter Future., (June 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State Unversity.

(Oromifa Version) Outcomes of a Pastoral Sustainability Conference: The Borana Must Better Manage Rangelands and Diversify Livelihoods for a Brighter Future., (June 2015), Feed the Future: Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change, Colorado State Unversity.

Conference Proceeding

Brain, Roslynn G

Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Building Sustainable Local Food Connections, (March 2015), Journal of Food Distribution Research, 41, 1-10.

Howe, Peter David

Environmental and economic benefits of non-disruptive demand response as a function of consumer information sharing, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), North American Power Symposium.

Curriculum Materials-Other

Radel, Claudia A

Social and Environmental Soundness Module, USAID LEAF Regional Climate Change Curriculum, (2015), USAID LEAF.

Fact Sheet-Extension

Brain, Roslynn G

Greywater Systems, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015). Frey, Shandra Nicole

Rabies in Utah, (August 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Finding Bambi - What to do with Mule Deer Fawns, (August 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Bats and Rabies in Utah, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Managing rock squirrels in Utah, (June 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Translating the Endangered Species Act, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Managing Utah Prairie Dogs on private lands, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Utah State University Extension.

Veblen, Kari

Post-fire grazing management practices in the Great Basin, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Great Basin Factsheet Series no. 7.

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Adler, Peter B

Community assembly, coexistence, and the habitat filtering metaphor, (2015), Functional Ecology, 29, 592-599.

Indirect effects of environmental change in resource competition models, (2015), The American Naturalist, 186, 766-776.

Influence of water availability on photosynthesis, water potential, leaf δ13C, and phenology in dominant C4 grasses in Kansas, USA, (2015), Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 118, 173-193.

Large niche differences emerge at the recruitment stage to stabilize grassland coexistence, (2015), Ecological Monographs, 85, 373-392.

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients, (2015), Nature Plants, 1, 15080.

Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes, (2015), Ecology Letters, 18, 85-95.

Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands, (2015), Nature Communications, 6.

Atwood, Trisha Brooke

Predators help protect carbon stocks in blue carbon ecosystems, (December 2015), Nature Climate Change, 5, 1038-1045.

Warming alters food web-driven changes in the CO2 flux of experimental pond ecosystems, (December 2015), Biology Letters, 11.

Predation threat alters composition and functioning of bromeliad ecosystems, (March 2015), Ecosystems, 18, 857-866.

Aubry, Lise Myriam

Evaluation of harvest indices for monitoring cougar survival and abundance, (December 2015), Journal of Wildlife Management.

Is anthropogenic cougar mortality compensated by changes in natural mortality in Utah? Insight from long-term studies, (February 28, 2015), Biological Conservation, 182, 187-196.

Baggio, Jacopo A

4 Principle 2–Manage connectivity, (2015), Principles for Building Resilience: Sustaining Ecosystem Services in Social-Ecological Systems, 80.

Boundary object or bridging concept? A citation network analysis of resilience, (2015), Ecology and Society, 20, 2.

Challenges and Opportunities in Coding the Commons: Problems, Procedures, and Potential Solutions in Large-N Comparative Case Studies., (2015).

Contextualizing the commons in a world of interdependency: Qualitative analysis of quantitative inconsistencies, (2015), International Journal of the Commons.

Irrigation experiments in the lab: trust, environmental variability, and collective action, (2015), Ecology and Society, 20, 12.

Taking a moment to measure Networks-A hierarchical approach, (2015), arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.07813.

The Role of Diverse Strategies in Sustainable Knowledge Production, (2015), arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.05083.

Beard, Karen H

The First Bromeligenous Species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil's Atlantic Forest, (December 9, 2015), PLOS One.

A combined tracer/evapotranspiration model approach estimates plant water uptake in native and non-native shrub-steppe communities, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), Journal of Arid Environments, 121, 67–78.

Diet of the non-native Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in Maui, Hawaii, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), Journal of Herpetology, 49, 586-593.

Activated carbon decreases invasive plant growth by mediating plant-microbe, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), AoB Plants, 7, plu072.

Introduction effort, climate matching, and species traits as predictors of global establishment success in non-native reptiles, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Diversity and Distributions, 21, 64-74.

Belmont, Patrick

Analyzing high resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer through landscapes: A review, (2015), Earth-Science Reviews, 148, 174–193.

Landscape-scale geomorphic change detection: Quantifying spatially variable uncertainty and circumventing legacy data issues, (2015), Geomorphology, 250, 334–348.

Over Parameterized Models and the Illusion of Reality, (2015).

Analyzing high resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer through landscapes: A review, (September 2015), Earth-Science Reviews, 148.

Brain, Roslynn G

'My Mom Idles Less than Your Mom!' Empowering High School Teens to Tackle Air Pollution, (November 2015), Solutions Journal, 6, 48-59.

Brunson, Mark William

Translational training for tomorrow's environmental scientists, (September 15, 2015), Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

Hunter Motivations for Pursuing a Declining Species: Insights from Greater Sage-Grouse Hunters in Utah, (May 20, 2015), Animal Conservation.

Burritt, Elizabeth A

Intake of Medusahead by Sheep: Influence of Supplements, Silica and Individual Animal Variation, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Invasive Plant Science and Management, 8, 151-159.

Daubenmire vs Line Point Intercept as Cover Measurements for Sage-Grouse Habitat, (February 2015), Rangelands, 37, 7-13.

Assessing the impact of supplements, food aversions, and silica on medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski) use by sheep, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 27, 2015), Small Ruminant Research, 124, 45-54.

Conner, Mary M

An occupancy-based quantification of the highly imperiled status of desert fishes of the southwestern United States, (2015), Conservation Biology, 29, 1142–1152.

Conover, Michael R

Breeding origins of northern shovelers (Anas clypeata) wintering on the Great Salt Lake, Utah, (2015), Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 127, 233-238.

Consequences of hunter harvest, winter weather, and increasing population size on survival of non-migratory Canada geese in Connecticut, (2015), Journal of Wildlife Management, 79, 1239-1245.

Factors influencing nesting success of ferruginous hawks in the Uintah Basin, Utah, (2015), Journal of Raptor Research, 49, 161-173.

Microhabitat selection by greater sage-grouse hens during brood rearing, (2015), Human-Wildlife Interactions, 9, 219-228.

Thank goodness they got all the dragons: wildlife damage management through the ages, (2015), Human-Wildlife Interactions, 9, 156-162.

Coppock, David Layne

Livestock-mediated dispersal of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. imperils grasslands and endangered Grevy's Zebra in the Allideghi Wildife Reserve in northeastern Ethiopia, (2015), Rangeland Ecology and Management, 68, 402-407.

Du Toit, Johan Truter

Genetic analysis of the Henry Mountains bison herd, (December 2015), PLoS ONE, 10, 1-11.

Habitat selection by free-ranging bison in a mixed grazing system on public land., (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Rangeland Ecology & Management, 68, 349-353.

Wild bison as indicators of the effectiveness of management practices to increase forage quality on open rangeland, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Ecological Indicators, 56, 145-151.

Competition on the range: science vs. perception in a bison-cattle conflict in the western USA, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Journal of Applied Ecology, 52, 145-151.

Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Characterizing and Contextualizing the Water Challenges of Megacities, (June 2015), Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 51, 589-613.

iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to Study Socio-Hydro-Ecological Systems, (March 26, 2015), Earth's Future/AGU.

Tools for Evaluating and Monitoring Effectiveness of Urban Landscape Water Conservation Interventions and Programs, (March 2015), Landscape and Urban Planning, 139, 82-93.

Gaeta, Jereme

A whole-lake experiment to control invasive rainbow smelt (Actinoperygii, Osmeridae) via overharvest and a food web manipulation, (2015), Hydrobiologia, 746, 433–444.

Largemouth Bass Management in Wisconsin: Intraspecific and Interspecific Implications of Abundance Increases, (2015), American Fisheries Society Symposium, 82, 193–206.

Learning to manage and managing to learn: sustaining freshwater recreational fisheries in a changing environment, (2015), Fisheries, 40, 56–64.

Predicting walleye recruitment as a tool for prioritizing management actions, (2015), Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 72, 661–672.

The Native American Fishery of Cedros Island, Baja California, and a Comparison with the Fisheries of the Islands of the Southern California Bight, (2015), Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 35, 69–86.

Hammill, Edward Ramsey

Warming alters food web-driven changes in the CO2 flux of experimental pond ecosystems, (December 2015), Biology Letters, 11.

Conspecific density modulates the effect of predation on dispersal rates, (2015), Oecologia, 178, 1149–1158.

Food web persistence is enhanced by non-trophic interactions, (2015), Oecologia, 178, 549–556.

Geographic range size and extinction risk assessment in nomadic species, (2015), Conservation Biology, 29, 865–876.

Population Trend of the World’s Monitored Seabirds, 1950-2010, (2015), PloS one, 10, e0129342.

Predation threat alters composition and functioning of bromeliad ecosystems, (March 2015), Ecosystems, 18, 857-866.

Hawkins, Charles P

Environmental disturbance can increase beta diversity of stream macroinvertebrate assemblages, (2015), Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 483–494.

Non-equilibrium in plant distribution models–only an issue for introduced or dispersal limited species?, (2015), Ecography, 38, 231–240.

The Clean Water Rule: Defining the scope of the Clean Water Act, (2015), Freshwater Science, 34, 1585–1587.

Howe, Peter David

The role of collective efficacy in climate change adaptation in India, (December 1, 2015), Weather, Climate, and Society, 8, 21-31.

Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world, (November 1, 2015), Nature Climate Change, 5, 1014-1020.

Geographic variation in opinions on climate change at state and local scales in the USA, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 6, 2015), Nature Climate Change, 5, 596-603.

Jin, Jiming

Development and evaluation of a physically based multiscalar drought index: The Standardized Moisture Anomaly Index, (November 27, 2015), Journal of Geophysical Research, 120.

Modifying Winter Wheat Sowing Date as an Adaptation to Climate Change on the Loess Plateau, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 9, 2015), Agronomy Journal.

Significant impacts of radiation physics in the Weather Research and Forecasting model on the precipitation and dynamics of the West African Monsoon, (August 26, 2015), Climate Dynamics, 44, 1583-1594.

Bias correction of the CCSM4 for improved regional climate modeling of the North American monsoon, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 25, 2015), Climate Dynamics, 1-16.

Crop growth and irrigation interact to influence surface fluxes in a regional climate-cropland model (WRF3. 3-CLM4crop), (March 11, 2015), Climate Dynamics, 45, 3347-3363.

Kettenring, Karin Marie

An assessment of metrics to measure seasonal variation in and grazing effects on riparian plant communities, (2015), Western North American Naturalist, 75, 102–114.

Biotic resistance, disturbance, and mode of colonization impact the invasion of a widespread, introduced wetland grass, (2015), Ecological Society of America.

Non-equilibrium in plant distribution models–only an issue for introduced or dispersal limited species?, (2015), Ecography, 38, 231–240.

Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis, (2015), Wetlands, 35, 877–888.

Koons, David N

Using life history trade-offs to understand core-transient structuring of a small mammal community, (2015), Ecosphere, 6, art187.

Avoiding the crowds: the evolution of plastic responses to seasonal cues in a density dependent world, (2015), Journal of Ecology.

Combined effects of climate, predation, and density dependence on scaup population dynamics, (2015), Ecological Applications.

Disentangling effects of climate, density dependence, and harvest on the population dynamics of an iconic large herbivore, (2015), Ecological Applications.

Is anthropogenic cougar mortality compensated by changes in natural mortality in Utah? Insight from long-term studies, (February 28, 2015), Biological Conservation, 182, 187-196.

Kulmatiski, Andrew

A combined tracer/evapotranspiration model approach estimates plant water uptake in native and non-native shrub-steppe communities, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), Journal of Arid Environments, 121, 67–78.

Activated carbon decreases invasive plant growth by mediating plant-microbe, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), AoB Plants, 7, plu072.

Modelling Water Uptake Provides a New Perspective on Grass and Tree Coexistence., (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 1, 2015), PloS one, 10, e0144300.

Lant, Christopher Louis

Development and evaluation of species distribution models for fourteen native Midwestern fish species., (2015), Hydrobiologia, 747, 159-176.

Larese-Casanova, Mark

Using Evaluation to Guide and Validate Improvements to the Utah Master Naturalist Program, (June 2015), Journal of Extension, 53.

Short-Term Environmental Education Programs: Changes in Knowledge and Attitude about Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality, (May 2015), Natural Sciences Education / published by American Society of Agronomy, 44, 18-25.

Long, James N

If long-term resistance to a spruce beetle epidemic is futile, can silvicultural treatments increase resilience in spruce-fir forests in the Central Rocky Mountains?, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2015), Forests, 6, 1157-1178.

Land classification in the interior western United States: a critical assessment of the habitat type concept, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Applied Vegetation Science, 18, 158-168.

Carbon dynamics in central U.S. Rockies lodgepole pine type following mountain pine beetle outbreaks, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Forest Science, 61, 665-679.

Lutz, James A

Climate contributors to forest mosaics: ecological persistence following wildfire, (November 2015), Northwest Science, 89, 219-238.

Observations of distributed snow depth and snow duration within diverse forest structures in a maritime mountain watershed, (November 2015), Water Resources Research, 51, 9353-9366.

Spatial aspects of tree mortality strongly differ between young and old-growth forests, (November 2015), Ecology, 96, 2855-2861.

The evolution of long-term data for forestry: large temperate research plots in an era of global change, (November 2015), Northwest Science, 89, 255-269.

Mixed severity fire effects within the Rim fire: Relative importance of local climate, fire weather, topography, and forest structure, (August 2015), Forest Ecology and Management, 358, 62-79.

Use of a forest reconstruction model to assess changes to Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest during the fire suppression era, (June 2015), Forest Ecology and Management, 354, 104-118.

Uncertainty analysis: an evaluation metric for synthesis science, (May 2015), Ecosphere, 6, art63.

CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change, (February 2015), Global Change Biology, 21, 528-549.

Evaluating observational methods to quantify snow duration under diverse forest canopies, (February 2015), Water Resources Research, 51, 1203-1224.

Structure of early old-growth Douglas-fir forests in the Pacific Northwest, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Forest Ecology and Management, 335, 11-25.

Water balance and topography predict fire and forest structure patterns, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Forest Ecology and Management, 338, 1-13.

Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Group composition effects on aggressive interpack interactions of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park, (June 25, 2015), Behavioral Ecology, 26, 1352-1360.

Mesner, Nancy O

Short-Term Environmental Education Programs: Changes in Knowledge and Attitude about Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality, (May 2015), Natural Sciences Education / published by American Society of Agronomy, 44, 18-25.

Messmer, Terry A

Sage-grouse response to sagebrush treatments: Insights from a 23-year case study in Utah, (September 2015), Rangeland Management and Ecology - Society for Range Management, 68, 375-382.

Hunter Motivations for Pursuing a Declining Species: Insights from Greater Sage-Grouse Hunters in Utah, (May 20, 2015), Animal Conservation.

Daubenmire vs Line Point Intercept as Cover Measurements for Sage-Grouse Habitat, (February 2015), Rangelands, 37, 7-13.

Mock, Karen E

Clonality and dynamics of leaf abscission of Gambel oaks at small spatial scales in Utah, (2015), Forest Science.

Further examination of the geographic range of Eriogonum corymbosum var.nilesii (Polygonaceae, Eriogoneae), (2015), Phytotaxa.

Monz, Christopher A

A Systems-based Approach to Address Unintended Consequences of Demand-driven Transportation Planning in National Parks and Public Lands, (2015), International Journal of Sustainable Transportation-In review.

An application of recreation resource assessment techniques to inform management action in an urban-proximate natural area, (2015), Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism-In review.

From conventional to sustainable transportation management in national parks, (2015), Sustainable Transportation in Natural and Protected Areas, 215.

The effect of minimum impact education on visitor spatial behavior in parks and protected areas: An experimental investigation using GPS-based tracking, (2015), Journal of environmental management, 162, 53–62.

Null, Sarah Elizabeth

How Do Changes to the Railroad Causeway in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Affect Water and Salt Flow?, (December 2015), PLoS One, 10, e0144111.

Optimizing selective withdrawal from reservoirs to manage downstream temperatures with climate warming, (2015), Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.

iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to Study Socio-Hydro-Ecological Systems, (March 26, 2015), Earth's Future/AGU.

Radel, Claudia A

Smallholders' adaptations to droughts and climate variability in southeastern Mexico, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 16, 2015), Environmental Hazards, 14, 271-288.

Schupp, Eugene W

Naturalization of almond trees (Prunus dulcis) in semi-arid regions of the western Mediterranean, (2015), Journal of Arid Environments, 113, 108-113.

Thacker, Eric T

Behavioral responses at distribution extremes: How artificial surface water can affect quail movement patterns., (November 2015).

Thermal patterns constrain diurnal behavior of a ground-dwelling bird, (November 2015), Ecosphere.

Patch-burn grazing (PBG) as a livestock management alternative for fire-prone ecosystems of North America, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, 1-18.

Sage-grouse response to sagebrush treatments: Insights from a 23-year case study in Utah, (September 2015), Rangeland Management and Ecology - Society for Range Management, 68, 375-382.

Daubenmire vs Line Point Intercept as Cover Measurements for Sage-Grouse Habitat, (February 2015), Rangelands, 37, 7-13.

Van Miegroet, Helga

Carbon dynamics in central U.S. Rockies lodgepole pine type following mountain pine beetle outbreaks, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Forest Science, 61, 665-679.

Grazing, tilling and canopy effects on carbon dioxide fluxes in a Spanish dehesa, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Agroforestry Systems, 89, 305-318.

Veblen, Kari

Grass-shrub spatial associations over a precipitation gradient and their implications for restoration in the Great Basin, USA, (December 2015), PLOS One, 10, e0143170.

Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savannah, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 1637-1645.

Generation of ecosystem hotspots using short-term cattle corrals in an African savanna, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Rangeland Ecology and Management, 68, 131-141.

Long-term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Journal of Ecology, 103, 657-668.

Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Grasslands, 25, 9-11.

Contrasting effects of different mammalian herbivores on sagebrush plant communities, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), PLoS ONE, 10, e0118016.

Villalba, Juan J

Intake of Medusahead by Sheep: Influence of Supplements, Silica and Individual Animal Variation, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Invasive Plant Science and Management, 8, 151-159.

Beneficial effects of temperate forage legumes that contain condensed tannins, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 20, 2015), Agriculture, 5, 475-491.

Free availability of high-energy foods led to energy over-ingestion and protein under-ingestion in choice-fed broilers, (May 2015), Animal Science Journal.

Forage Choice in Pasturelands: Influence on Cattle Foraging Behavior and Production, (March 13, 2015), Journal of Animal Science, 93, 1729-1740.

Modelling preference and diet selection patterns by grazing ruminants: A development in a mechanistic model of a grazing dairy cow, Mindy, (February 2015), Animal Production Science, 55, 360-375.

Understanding and manipulating diet choice in grazing animals, (February 2015), Animal Production Science, 55, 261-271.

Expression of conditioned preference for low-quality food in sheep is modulated by foraging cost, (February 16, 2015), Animal, 9, 1045-1052.

Assessing the impact of supplements, food aversions, and silica on medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski) use by sheep, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 27, 2015), Small Ruminant Research, 124, 45-54.

Wheaton, Joseph Michael

Landscape-scale geomorphic change detection: Quantifying spatially variable uncertainty and circumventing legacy data issues, (2015), Geomorphology, 250, 334–348.

Analyzing high resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer through landscapes: A review, (September 2015), Earth-Science Reviews, 148.

Impacts of beaver dams on hydrologic and temperature regimes in a mountain stream, (August 2015), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 1-16.

Journal Article, Professional Journal

Brain, Roslynn G

Extension sustainability camp: Design, implementation, and evaluation, (February 2015), Journal of Extension, 53.

Conover, Michael R

Spatio-temporal patterns in the depredation of waterfowl nests in the Prairie Potholes region, USA., (2015), Waterbirds, 38, 133-142.

Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Linkages between water challenges and land use planning in megacities, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015), Water Resources Impact, 17, 9-12.

Jenkins, Michael J

Mountain pine beetles use volatile cues to locate host limber pine and avoid non-host Great Basin bristlecone pine., (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), PLOS One.

Messmer, Terry A

Factors affecting seasonal movements of juvenile Greater Sage-Grouse: A reconceptualized nest survival model, (December 2015), AUK/American Ornithologist Union, 118, 139-147.

Sage-grouse Nests in an Active Conifer Mastication Site, (December 2015), The Prairie Naturalist/Great Plains Natural Science Society, 47, 105-106.

Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal Brain, Roslynn G.

Renewable energy’s role in university outreach to the public: A perspective from Utah State University Extension, (June 2015), Rural Connections: A Publication of the Western Rural Development Center.

Burritt, Elizabeth A

Bison Finishing Studies Show Ample Spaces and Feed Choices Result in More Efficient Gains, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), July/August/September, 34-35.

Howe, Peter David

What Do Americans Think about Climate Change at the State and Local Level?, (August 2015), Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings Brief.

Lutz, James A

The Utah Forest Dynamics Plot, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015), California Surveyor, 182, 20-26.

Null, Sarah Elizabeth

Time to give a dam: O’Shaughnessy Dam is no longer needed, (2015), Sierra College eJournal, 6.

Monograph

Null, Sarah Elizabeth

DAM, (December 1, 2015), Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld Germany, 168.

Newsletter Burritt, Elizabeth A

Can Animals Learn to Prevent Bloat?, (November 30, 2015), On Pasture, November 30, 2015.

President's Message, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015).

Your Success Comes From Pasture Plant Structure and Quality and Animals’ Grazing Skills, (August 31, 2015), On Pasture, August 31, 2015.

Why Livestock Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, (August 17, 2015), On Pasture, August 17, 2015.

Understanding Consequences to Change Animal Behavior, (June 22, 2015), On Pasture, June 22, 2015.

President's Message, (May 2015).

Expose Animals to Poor-Quality Foods Early in Life for Life-Long Success, (May 18, 2015), On Pasture, May 18, 2015.

BEHAVE Newsletter March 2015, (March 1, 2015), Utah State University Extension, 2015, 1-3.

Cattle Can Improve Sagebrush Habitat With a Little Training?, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 26, 2015), On Pasture, January 26, 2015.

BEHAVE Newsletter January 2015, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 1, 2015), Utah State University Extension, 2015, 1-3.

Mock, Karen E

New perspectives on western U.S. aspen regeneration and persistence., (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2015).

Veblen, Kari

Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 5, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015).

Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 4, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015).

Newspaper Frey, Shandra Nicole

Mourning doves, not turtle doves, for Christmas in Utah, (December 16, 2015), The Spectrum.

The status of wild turkeys in Utah, (November 25, 2015), Iron County Today.

Managing rock squirrels in Utah, (June 24, 2015), Iron County Today.

The truth about bats and rabies in the Southwest, (June 17, 2015), The Spectrum.

What is a vole and how can you keep it from damaging your yard?, (March 4, 2015), Iron County Today.

Schmidt, Robert H

Planning for a healthy new year takes dedication, (December 22, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A8.

WHO 'Bacon Report' Pits Health Against Hedonism, (November 24, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A9-10.

Fast food doesn't have to come from a drive through, (September 29, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A7.

Exercise alone won't make up for a poor diet, (September 1, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A7.

Teach snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, (August 12, 2015), Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 134, A13.

Changing your wellness strategy, (August 4, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A7.

Activity good for all of us, (March 3, 2015), Herald Journal, 105, A7.

Utah hunters must know a coyote from a wolf, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 11, 2015), Salt Lake Tribune, 289, O5.

Smart phones, smart life, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 6, 2015), The Herald Journal, 104, A7.

Research Report Burr, Steven W

2014-2015 Central Wasatch Visitor Use Study: Follow-Up E-Survey – Final Report, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015), Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (IORT), Utah State University.

Mock, Karen E

Examination of the geographic range of the Niles’ Buckwheat, (March 25, 2015), Phytotaxa, 203, 279–286.

Other

Burritt, Elizabeth A

Can Public Lands Continue to be Grazed and Still Recover?, (December 2, 2015).

Is Livestock Grazing Detrimental to Sage-grouse?, (December 2, 2015).

Should a Handful of Peer-Reviewed Articles Dictate Land Management Policy?, (December 2, 2015).

The First of Many Exclosure Studies, (December 2, 2015).

Rest-Rotation Grazing: Information is Accurate, but so Much is Missing, (November 30, 2015).

Why Does the Federal Government Own So Much Land?, (November 30, 2015).

Clipping Does Not Simulate Grazing, (November 20, 2015).

When Does Science Become Advocacy?, (November 20, 2015).

Sauer (1978) More Than Just Dead Leaves, (November 2, 2015).

Can You Trust Fleischner (1994)?, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 30, 2015).

Most Range Research Cannot Be Applied World-Wide, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 30, 2015).

How I Critique a News Article, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 28, 2015).

Misusing Mueggler, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 28, 2015).

History of Livestock Grazing on Public Lands: Changes Associated with the Taylor Grazing Act and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 21, 2015).

Rest-Rotation Grazing: Information is Accurate, but so Much is Missing, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 19, 2015).

The Purpose of this Blog, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 19, 2015).

What is rangeland management? (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 19, 2015).

Schmidt, Robert H

Reply to editorial: Whither (wither?) tenure? (December 14, 2015), Science, 350. Schupp, Eugene W

Woody Fuels Reduction in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities, (November 11, 2015), Great Basin Fire Science Exchange.

Software

Howe, Peter David

Yale Climate Opinion Maps: online tool, interactive maps, and data, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015), Yale University and Utah State University.

Technical Report-Other

Brunson, Mark William

Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 2. Landscape level restoration decisions, (December 7, 2015), US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center.

Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat - Part 1. Concepts for Understanding and Applying Restoration, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 26, 2015), US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center.

Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Utah's Water Future: Perspectives on Water Issues in Utah's Wasatch Range Metropolitan Area, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015).

Schupp, Eugene W

Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 2. Landscape level restoration decisions, (December 7, 2015), US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center.

Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat - Part 1. Concepts for Understanding and Applying Restoration, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 26, 2015), US Geological Survey, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Adler, Peter B

Forecasting changes in sagebrush distribution and abundance under climate change: integration of

spatial, temporal, and mechanistic models, Funded, $85,000.00, (2015 - 2017). Collaborative Research: Integral Projection Models for Populations in Varying Environments:

Construction and Analysis, Funded, (2014 - 2017). Forecasting climate change impacts on rangeland plant communities: Selecting, validating and scaling-

up population models, Funded, $80,000.00, (2012 - 2017). Forecasting changes in sagebrush distribution and abundance under climate change: integration of

spatial, temporal, and mechanistic models, Funded, $99,000.00, (January 2015 - 2016).

CAREER: Forecasting the community impacts of climate change—When do species interactions

matters?, Funded, $710,000.00, (2011 - 2016). Aubry, Lise Myriam

Eco-evolutionary responses to climate change in a plant-herbivore system: an interdisciplinary

approach, Funded, $113,007.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2020). USU PhD Presidential Fellowship, Funded, $52,000.00, (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2017). Black bear population dynamics, Funded, $28,000.00, (July 1, 2013 - August 31, 2017). Ecological drivers of persistence in a hibernator, Funded, $2,000.00, (January 1, 2015 - December 31,

2015). Adaptive responses of Uinta Ground Squirrels to climate change: learning from a hibernating indicator

species, Funded, $19,995.00, (March 2014 - March 2015).

Beard, Karen H

Asynchrony in the timing of goose-vegetation interactions: implications for biogeochemical cycling in

wet sedge tundra, Funded, $1,500,000.00, (2014 - 2017). Coqui predators in Hawaii, Funded, $58,000.00, (October 2015 - September 2017). How do matrix-habitat types influence edge effects? Ecological perspectives of local farmer and

applied field study on bromeligenous and leaf-litter frogs at Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Funded, $9,200.00, (November 15, 2013 - November 14, 2015).

Do coqui frogs affect bird communities in Hawaii?, Funded, $50,000.00, (October 2013 - September

2015). Belmont, Patrick

Climate and Human Dynamics as Amplifiers of Natural Change: A Framework for Vulnerability

Assessment and Mitigation Planning., Funded, $4,372,127.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2017).

Minnesota River Invasive Carp Prevention, Funded, $435,000.00, (January 1, 2015 - June 30, 2017). Exploiting high-resolution topography for advancing the understanding of mass and energy transfer

across landscapes: Opportunities, challenges, and needs., Funded, $100,000.00, (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2016).

Understanding the effects of wildfire on fish populations and stream geomorphology in Twitchell

Canyon, Utah., Funded, $383,589.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016). USU RGS MERCCI: Modeling Ecosystem Response to Climate Change, Funded, (2014 - 2015). Collaborative Implementation Strategy for Sediment Reduction for the Greater Blue Earth River Basin,

Funded, $770,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2015). OSL dating of terraces in Hells Canyon, Funded, $7,254.00, (August 1, 2014 - April 30, 2015).

Measuring long-term erosion rates near Hells Canyon, Idaho., Funded, $22,000.00, (September 1, 2013 - April 30, 2015).

An integrated sediment budget for the Root River, southeastern Minnesota., Funded, $227,658.00,

(May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2015). Brain, Roslynn G

Fostering Utah Community Supported Agriculture Opportunities, Funded, $46,651.00, (October 2015 -

October 2017). Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Furthering Farm to Restaurant Communication, Funded, $35,081.00,

(December 2014 - December 2016). Professional certification and technology integration for ENVS 4700: Communicating Sustainability,

Funded, $8,689.50, (June 2015 - June 2016). USU Moab Rainwater Harvesting System, Funded, $9,132.00, (June 2015 - June 2016). USU Extension Sustainability Social Media Intern, Funded, $4,000.00, (September 2015 - December

2015). Campus electric vehicle charging station, Funded, $689,000.00, (November 2014 - December 2015). Implementing a rain garden and education at the Moab Charter School, Funded, $500.00, (April 2015 -

August 2015). Moab Bee Inspired Gardens Intern, Funded, $5,000.00, (June 2015). Cache High Community Garden: Collaborative Community-Based Horticulture and Sustainable Living

Education, Funded, $9,775.20, (April 2014 - June 2015). Moab Area Sustainable Teaching Gardens Intern, Funded, $5,000.00, (April 2014 - June 2015). USU Extension Permaculture Initiative, Funded, $10,000.00, (April 2014 - June 2015). Community Bridge: Reducing Vehicle Idling in Cache Valley, Funded, $786.35, (January 2015 - April

2015). Brunson, Mark William

Preparing Natural Resource Condition Assessments (NRCAs) for Seven Intermountain Region Park

Units, Funded, $189,971.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2019). Ongoing funding for SageSTEP regional experiment, Funded, $135,000.00, (May 1, 2015 - March 1,

2019). Integrating ecological, economic, and social components to improve effectiveness of landscape

restoration, Funded, $54,000.00, (August 2015 - December 2017). Efficacy of translocation as a management tool for urban mule deer, Funded, $21,453.00, (July 2015 -

June 2017). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$79,997.00, (June 2015 - June 2017).

Developing and Integrating Landscape-scale Context into Natural Resource Condition Assessment, Funded, $147,311.00, (June 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016).

Tribal Consultation Meeting and Science Communication Assistance, Funded, $12,574.00, (July 1,

2013 - December 31, 2016). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$20,000.00, (May 2015 - June 2016). Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). Preparation of Natural Resource Condition Assessment Reports for Five Intermountain Region Parks,

Funded, $61,065.00, (September 15, 2013 - December 31, 2015). Development of Outreach and Interpretive Materials to Communicate Best Management Practices for

Confronting Marijuana Growers in National Parks, Funded, $4,000.00, (June 15, 2013 - December 31, 2015).

Translational Ecology - A Pedagogical Framework to Integrate Natural and Social Sciencse, Funded,

(September 2013 - August 2015). Weather Data and Forecasting Applications for Management of Ecologic Site Transitions, Funded,

$437,099.00, (February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2015).

Burr, Steven W Visitor Use Study-Pleasant Grove Ranger District, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Funded,

$58,581.00, (November 21, 2015 - April 30, 2016). Understanding Hispanic/Latino(a) Outdoor Recreation Behavior on the Salt Lake Ranger District of

the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the Central Wasatch Mountains, Funded, $12,317.00, (June 4, 2014 - June 3, 2015).

2014-2015 Visitor Use Study for the Salt Lake Ranger District, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest,

Funded, $61,917.00, (February 17, 2014 - May 31, 2015). Burritt, Elizabeth A

Training cattle to graze medusahead and avoid velvet lupine: A new tool to sustain the economic

viability of livestock operations in the Western US, Funded, $250,000.00, (May 2015 - June 2018).

Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). Understanding Aspen Chemistry to Reduce Aspen Herbivory in Western Landscapes, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 1, 2015 - May 30, 2016). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2015). An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range

planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).

Conner, Mary M California spotted owl data population dynamics, Funded, $45,000.00, (October 1, 2013 - September

30, 2015). Conover, Michael R

Impact of common ravens on greater sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming during 2012-2013.,

Funded, $35,000.00, (2014 - 2017). Impact of raven removal on sage-grouse, Funded, $40,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Impact of predator removal on greater sage-grouse populations, Funded, $125,817.00, (2014 - 2016). Impact of coyote removal on mule deer in Nevada, Funded, $625,000.00, (2011 - 2016). Food web linkages and avian habitat use of the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $78,166.00, (July 1, 2015 -

June 30, 2016). Impact of raven removal and eagle management on sage-grouse populations, Funded, $30,000.00,

(July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Satellite collars to track ravens, Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Satellite collars to track ravens, Funded, $15,000.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Food web linkages and avian habitat use of the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $44,700.00, (2014 - 2015). Impact of common ravens on greater sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming during 2012-2013.,

Funded, $37,000.00, (2012 - 2015). Impact of ravens on sage-grouse, Funded, $37,000.00, (2011 - 2015).

Coppock, David Layne

Climate Change Perspectives for Utah: Citizen Attitudes and Food Security, Funded, $180,766.00,

(July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2020). Sustainable Pastoralism on the Borana Plateau, Funded, $500,000.00, (October 1, 2012 - September

30, 2015). Improving the Resilience of Mixed Farm Systems to Pending Climate Change in Far Western Nepal,

Funded, $449,987.00, (May 1, 2012 - September 30, 2015). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2015). Climate and livestock in Nepal, Funded, $450,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2015). Risk Management and Utah Ranching, Funded, $310,690.00, (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2015).

Du Toit, Johan Truter

PhD Assistantship Award, Funded, $40,000.00, (August 2015 - July 2017). Support for a student studying spatial ecology of elk, Funded, $40,000.00, (July 2015 - June 2017).

Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $360,286.00, (July

2011 - June 2015). Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Utah EPSCoR RII Track-1: Interactions Among Water, Energy, and the, Funded, $20,000,000.00,

(August 1, 2012 - July 30, 2017). Testing Experimental Irrigation System Intervention in the Salt Lake City Department of Public

Utilities Service Area, Funded, $9,926.40, (June 1, 2014 - May 30, 2015).

Etchberger, Richard C VFO Youth Internship Wildlife Management Project, Funded, $158,000.00, (September 1, 2014 -

December 31, 2017). Pariette Wetlands Internship; Prairie Dog Monitoring; and Prairie Dog Population Genetics Projects,

Funded, $82,000.00, (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017). Pariette Wetlands Internship; Prairie Dog Monitoring; and Prairie Dog Population Genetics Projects,

Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2017). Frey, Shandra Nicole

Southern Utah Sage-grouse Monitoring. Year 2, Funded, $159,291.00, (March 1, 2015 - September 30,

2017). Hamlin Valley Greater Sage-grouse Population Monitoring Continuation, Funded, $80,000.00, (July 1,

2013 - July 30, 2016). Protect Visitor Experience, Health and Historic Structures via Wildlife Exclusion at Bryce Canyon

year 3, Funded, $16,167.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Wildlife Education Intern, Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Effects of Construction Activities and Reclamation on Sage-grouse Movements and Habitat Use,

Funded, $181,921.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016). Protect Visitor Experience, Health and Historic Structures via Wildlife Exclusion at Bryce Canyon,

Funded, $78,108.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016). Controlling Ground Squirrels, Funded, $9,126.80, (January 16, 2015 - January 31, 2016). Protecting visitor experience, health, and historic structures via wildlife exclusion of Bryce Canyon

National Park. Year 2., Funded, $24,020.00, (October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2015). Comparison of Methods to Control Pocket Gophers in Alfalfa. Year 2, Funded, $5,143.00, (July 2014 -

June 2015). Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Color Country Natural Resource Camp, Funded, $9,966.04, (July

1, 2014 - June 30, 2015). Gaeta, Jereme

Pyramid Lake Fishery Evaluation II, Funded, $49,119.00, (June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2020).

Evaluation of the threat of invasive northern pike to endangered June sucker, Funded, $89,980.00,

(June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016). Implement Red Butte Management Plan, Funded, $16,187.00, (June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016). Monitoring Utah Lake Resource Dynamics and Ecosystem Change, Funded, $87,778.00, (June 1, 2015

- May 31, 2016). The Response of cold-water fishes to drought in an Intermountain West lake., Funded, $19,936.83,

(June 1, 2015 - May 31, 2016). Howe, Peter David

Climate Change Perspectives for Utah: Citizen Attitudes and Food Security, Funded, $180,766.00,

(July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2020). Collaborative Research: Multi-scale Modeling of Public Perceptions of Heat Wave Risk, Funded,

$376,463.00, (May 1, 2015 - September 30, 2017). Sub-Award from Southern Illinois University: Climate Change, Hydrology, and Landscapes of

America's Heartland: A Multi-scale natural-human system. National Science Foundation, Coupled Natural and Human Systems, Funded, $83.00, (March 2015 - February 2016).

Testing a high-frequency survey tool to model risk perceptions and disaster preparedness, Funded,

$6,700.00, (January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015). Modeling the Geographic Response of U.S. Agriculture to Climate Change, Funded, $18,000.00,

(2014 - 2015). Hulvey, Kristin

Integrating ecological, economic, and social components to improve effectiveness of landscape

restoration, Funded, $54,000.00, (August 2015 - December 2017). Sage-grouse and livestock, Funded, $50,000.00, (July 2015 - July 2017). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$79,997.00, (June 2015 - June 2017). Improvement of Forb Seedling Establishment to Diversify Rangeland revegetation efforts in the Great

Basin, Funded, $22,000.00, (August 15, 2015 - 2016). GBCESU: Estimation of plant height using photogrammetrically derived point clouds, Funded,

$13,917.00, (2015 - 2016). GBCESU: Estimation of plant height using photogrammetrically derived point clouds, Funded,

$13,917.00, (2015 - 2016). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$20,000.00, (May 2015 - June 2016). Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). Jenkins, Michael J

Fuels Treatments to Reduce Environmental and Human Impacts of Large Fires at Camp Williams,

Utah., Funded, $120,000.00, (April 2013 - March 2015). Jin, Jiming

Advances in lake-effect process prediction within NOAA’s Climate Forecast System for North

America, Funded, $219,000.00, (August 1, 2014 - July 31, 2016). Kettenring, Karin Marie

Integrating ecological, economic, and social components to improve effectiveness of landscape

restoration, Funded, $54,000.00, (August 2015 - December 2017). Assessing approaches to manage to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $10,000.00, (2015 -

2016). Assessing approaches to manage to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $10,000.00, (2015 -

2016). Building capacity for Phragmites control and wetland conservation in the Great Salt Lake Ecoregion,

Funded, $15,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Waterfowl grazing allotments of Great Salt Lake Waterfowl Management Areas, Funded, $10,000.00,

(2015 - 2016). Effectiveness of grazing and herbicide as a Phragmites control and wetland restoration approach,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Impacts of grazing for Phragmites control on nutrient inputs, pools, and limitations, Funded,

$35,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Water quality impacts of cattle grazing in Great Salt Lake wetlands, Funded, $39,093.00, (2015 -

2016). Motivations for and effects of intensive water management on Great Salt Lake wetlands, Phase III,

Funded, $48,219.00, (2015 - 2016). Multi-agency efforts for invasive species control in Great Salt Lake wetlands: Monitoring of herbicide

and grazing treatment effects on the widespread invasive grass, Phragmites australis, Funded, $27,358.00, (2015 - 2016).

Revegetation of native wetland plants to restore habitat and improve Phragmites control, Funded,

$40,711.00, (2015 - 2016). Treatments for effective restoration of Phragmites-dominated wetlands in the Great Salt Lake, Funded,

$10,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Restoration of diverse and invasion resistant native vegetation in Great Salt Lake wetlands, Funded,

$19,972.00, (2014 - 2016). Phragmites control in Great Salt Lake wetlands, Funded, $5,000.00, (2015). Effectiveness of grazing and herbicide as a Phragmites control and wetland restoration approach,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2014 - 2015).

Revegetation of native wetland plants to improve Phragmites management in the Great Salt Lake watershed, Funded, $35,194.00, (2014 - 2015).

The importance of plant genetic diversity to ecosystem multi-functionality in ecological restoration,

Funded, $19,986.00, (2014 - 2015). Treatments for effective restoration of Phragmites-dominated wetlands in the Great Salt Lake, Funded,

$10,000.00, (2014 - 2015). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake watershed, Funded, $36,000.00,

(2012 - 2015). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $30,000.00, (2012 - 2015). RUI-Collaborative Proposal: Reduction in riverine silica transport due to human-induced change in

riparian vegetation, Funded, $21,746.00, (2012 - 2015). The effects of water management on wetland condition, Funded, $133,668.00, (2012 - 2015). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $28,000.00, (2011 - 2015). USU Extension Undergraduate Internship Award, Funded, $4,000.00, (May 15, 2015 - September 30,

2015). Koons, David N

The integration of monitoring & modeling the impacts of global change on wildlife populations in

agricultural landscapes, Funded, $48,250.00, (2015 - 2020). Efficacy of translocation as a management tool for urban mule deer, Funded, $21,453.00, (July 2015 -

June 2017). New integrated modeling tools to improve monitoring and demographic analyses of seabird

populations, Funded, $33,986.00, (September 2015 - June 2016). The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2012 - 2015). The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $360,286.00, (July

2011 - June 2015). Kuhns, Michael R

Screening walnut genotypes for disease resistance, cold hardiness, and for horticultural and forestry

traits, Funded, $20,000.00, (July 2015 - June 2017). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Kulmatiski, Andrew

Quantifying plant-soil feedback effects in classic diversity-productivity experiments, Funded,

$448,322.00, (May 1, 2014 - May 31, 2018). Lant, Christopher Louis

MOU to maintain headquarters of Universities Council on Water Resources at SIUC, Funded,

$1,226,712.00, (2014 - 2018). Sub-Award from Southern Illinois University: Climate Change, Hydrology, and Landscapes of

America's Heartland: A Multi-scale natural-human system. National Science Foundation, Coupled Natural and Human Systems, Funded, $83.00, (March 2015 - February 2016).

Modeling the Geographic Response of U.S. Agriculture to Climate Change, Funded, $18,000.00,

(2014 - 2015). Larese-Casanova, Mark

Assessing Academic, Stewardship, and Behavioral Benefits of Nature-Based STEM Education,

Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). Assessing Academic, Stewardship, and Behavioral Benefits of Nature-Based STEM Education,

Funded, $9,600.00, (July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016). USU Extension Undergraduate Internship Award, Funded, $4,000.00, (May 15, 2015 - September 30,

2015). Development of the Utah Master Naturalist Field Book Apps, Funded, $4,000.00, (July 1, 2014 - June

30, 2015). Extension Undergraduate Internship Award, Funded, $4,000.00, (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015). Statewide Dissemination of the Utah Junior Naturalist Program, Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2014 -

June 30, 2015). Long, James N

FIA Increment core (tree ring) archiving and database development, Funded, $140,000.00, (October 1,

2015 - October 1, 2018). FIA Increment Core Archiving, Funded, $50,028.00, (July 16, 2012 - December 31, 2016). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Composition and structure of limber and whitebark pine stands in the Interior West and the

silvicultural implications, Funded, $15,000.00, (October 2013 - September 2015). Luecke, Chris

US Forest Service Summer Interns, Funded, $67,345.00, (May 2014 - December 2019).

Lutz, James A

Dynamical interactions between plant and oomycete biodiversity in a temperate forest, Funded,

$1,600,000.00, (September 15, 2015 - August 31, 2020). Do wildfire and prescribed fire treatments conserve or promote important structural elements of fisher

habitat?, Funded, $99,819.00, (May 15, 2014 - December 31, 2017).

Disappearing refugia: identifying trends and resilience in unburned islands under climate change, Funded, $362,811.00, (August 25, 2014 - August 24, 2017).

Integrated Scenarios of Climate, Hydrology, and Vegetation for the Northwest, Funded, $192,999.00,

(August 25, 2014 - August 24, 2016). Post Rim Fire Assessment of Fuel Consumption and Mortality in the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot,

Funded, $59,084.00, (May 1, 2014 - March 31, 2016). Remeasurement of the Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot, Funded, $14,901.00, (May 1, 2014 - March 31,

2015). Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Elk Sightability at Yellowstone NP, Funded, $100,000.00, (September 15, 2014 - June 30, 2018). Determinants of population growth in Utah moose, Funded, $50,400.00, (January 20, 2013 - June 30,

2017). Yellowstone Wolves: their ecology and community consequences, Funded, $450,000.00, (September

1, 2012 - June 30, 2017). Predicting the population consequences of environmental change, Funded, $550,000.00, (February 1,

2012 - February 1, 2015). Mesner, Nancy O

FY 2013 USU Extension Nonpoint Source Reduction Proposal for 319 Funding, Funded, $97,000.00,

(July 21, 2013 - July 1, 2018). Utah EPSCoR RII Track-1: Interactions Among Water, Energy, and the, Funded, $20,000,000.00,

(August 1, 2012 - July 30, 2017). FY 2014 USU Extension NPS Outreach project, Funded, $84,525.00, (June 2, 2014 - June 30, 2017). FY 12 USU Extension Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Education and Citizen Monitoring

Program. FY 2012., Funded, $102,500.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2016). Western Conference on Water Management Strategies for Addressing Long-Term Drought and

Climate Uncertainty, Funded, $49,534.00, (March 2015 - February 2016). Messmer, Terry A

Enhancing Greater Sage-grouse Conservation on BLM Land, Funded, $250,000.00, (April 2014 -

April 2019). Forest grouse management in Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Funded, $120,079.00, (2015

- 2018). Mapping Greater Sage-grouse Response to Powerlines, Funded, $68,000.00, (December 2015 - June

2018). Increasing Stakeholder Awareness and Appreciation of the Scientific Basis for Utah’s Greater Sage-

grouse Conservation Strategy, Funded, $93,562.00, (2015 - 2017).

Livestock Grazing and Climatic Influences on a Forest Indicator Species, Funded, $50,000.00, (2015 - 2017).

Sage-grouse and livestock, Funded, $50,000.00, (July 2015 - July 2017). Implementing Utah's Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Strategy, Funded, $170,000.00, (June 2015 -

June 2017). Mapping the Ecology of Greater Sage-grouse in Morgan and Summit Counties, Funded, $136,125.00,

(August 2014 - June 2017). Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Season-Long and Prescribed Grazing (NRCS Conservation Practice

528) on Paired Ecological Sites (Phase 1), Funded, $385,821.00, (August 1, 2011 - June 30, 2017). Development of Utah Wild Horse and Burro Plan, Funded, $6,400.00, (September 2015 - June 2016). Sage-grouse Initiative - Grazing and Sage-grouse, Funded, $54,000.00, (July 2015 - June 2016). Sage-grouse Response to Conifer Removal, Funded, $73,600.00, (July 2015 - June 2016). Quantifying impacts of long-term sagebrush and juniper control., Funded, $10,000.00, (March 2014 -

May 2016). Implementing Utah's Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Strategy, Funded, $80,000.00, (October 2014 -

June 2015). Sage-grouse Initiative - Grazing and Sage-grouse, Funded, $65,423.00, (July 2014 - June 2015). Validation of Winter Models and Disturbance, Funded, $36,627.00, (October 2014 - June 2015). Greater Sage-grouse Response to Conifer Removal, Funded, $65,000.00, (July 2014 - June 2015).

Mock, Karen E.

New Directions in Aspen Restoration for the Intermountain West. Utah Cedar Mountain Initiative

$195,683. (July 2014-June 2017). Ecological genetics of dominant plant species of the Intermountain West. Joint Venture Agreement

between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $32,500. (May 2014- June 2019).

Estimation of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife

Service. $80,000.00 (June 2012-Dec. 2015) Managing for Resilience in Forested Ecosystems of the Intermountain West. USDA National Institute

of Food and Agriculture, National Needs Fellowship Program. $236,000.00 (January 2011-December 2015)

Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. $201,322. (September 2010-

June 2015) Adaptive Capacity of Mountain Pine Beetle in a Changing Climate. Joint Venture Agreement between

Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $145,640.00 (September 2009-2015)

Monz, Christopher A

Global Connections and Changing Resource Use Systems in the Arctic, Funded, $540,000.00,

(September 2015 - June 2018). Visitor Capacities on Longs Peak: a Preliminary Assessment in Rocky Mountain National Park,

Colorado, Funded, $29,000.00, (June 2015 - June 2017). CNH: Soundscapes of Coupled Systems of Biodiversity and Human Experience, Funded, $600,000.00,

(July 2015 - June 2016). An assessment of informal trails and visitor created trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. Project,

Funded, $25,900.00, (January 2015 - June 2016). Moose-Wilson Road Visitor Movement Study, Funded, $383,345.00, (May 2013 - June 2016). Building an Agent-‐Based Model of Visitor Use in Dispersed Recreation Settings, Funded, $19,000.00,

(January 2015 - December 2015). Managing Sustainable Recreation/Tourism in the Northern Forest, Funded, $96,522.00, (November

2012 - June 30, 2015). Understanding Hispanic/Latino(a) Outdoor Recreation Behavior on the Salt Lake Ranger District of

the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in the Central Wasatch Mountains, Funded, $12,317.00, (June 4, 2014 - June 3, 2015).

Null, Sarah Elizabeth

Assessment of Stormwater Harvesting via Managed Aquifer Recharge to Develop New Water Supplies

in the Arid West: the Salt Lake Valley Example, Funded, $749,998.00, (October 2015 - September 2018).

Impacts of riparian restoration and climate change on stream temperatures in Meadow Creek, Funded,

$46,999.00, (2015 - 2017). Watershed Restoration Initiative Monitoring and Analysis, Funded, $91,841.00, (2015 - 2017). Utah EPSCoR RII Track-1: Interactions Among Water, Energy, and the, Funded, $20,000,000.00,

(August 1, 2012 - July 30, 2017). Assessing the state of river science, water resources management policies, and water resources

planning tools for the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo, Funded, $204,347.00, (2015 - 2016). Restoring stream habitat connectivity: a systems modeling approach, Funded, $20,000.00, (2015 -

2016). Evaluating and developing a habitat based model for trout that includes temperature, flow, and food

production, Funded, $4,849,934.00, (2013 - 2016). Swaner Preserve Instream Flow Study, Funded, $15,271.00, (2014 - 2015). USU RGS MERCCI: Modeling Ecosystem Response to Climate Change, Funded, (2014 - 2015). WaterSMART: Building decadal prediction of extreme climate for managing water supply in

Intermountain West, Funded, $294,990.00, (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2015).

Climate variability impacts for Utah’s Great Salt Lake with proposed causeway modifications, Funded,

$50,927.00, (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015). Radel, Claudia A

REU Supplement, Funded, $7,504.00, (June 25, 2014 - July 31, 2016). CAREER: Gendered Transnational Labor Migration, Agriculture, and Environmental Change in

Mesoamerica, Funded, $464,494.00, (August 15, 2011 - July 31, 2016). Using cash transfers to promote ecosystem services and sustainable livelihoods: What is the role of

conditionality?, Funded, $17,669.80, (January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015). Ramsey, Robert Douglas

State View Program Development and Operations for the State of Utah, Funded, $23,673.00,

(December 13, 2013 - June 30, 2018). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$79,997.00, (June 2015 - June 2017). GBCESU: Estimation of plant height using photogrammetrically derived point clouds, Funded,

$13,917.00, (2015 - 2016). Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). Computation of National Forest Carbon Budgets, Funded, $571,701.43, (October 13, 2010 - September

30, 2015). Schmidt, John C

Assessing the state of river science, water resources management policies, and water resources

planning tools for the Rio Grande / Rio Bravo, Funded, $204,347.00, (2015 - 2016). Schupp, Eugene W

Ongoing funding for SageSTEP regional experiment, Funded, $135,000.00, (May 1, 2015 - March 1,

2019). Interactive effects of soils and browsing on sagebrush: implications for restoration success, Funded,

$137,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Sclerocactus wetlandicus habitat characterization and seed germination, Funded, $98,999.00, (May 1,

2013 - December 31, 2015). Conservation of a candidate species: breeding system and seed pool dynamics of the endemic DeBeque

Phacelia (Phacelia submutica), Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015). Ongoing funding for SageSTEP regional experiment, Funded, $510,823.00, (June 7, 2011 - April

2015). Thacker, Eric T

Forest grouse management in Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Funded, $120,079.00, (2015 - 2018).

Increasing Stakeholder Awareness and Appreciation of the Scientific Basis for Utah’s Greater Sage-

grouse Conservation Strategy, Funded, $93,562.00, (2015 - 2017). Livestock Grazing and Climatic Influences on a Forest Indicator Species, Funded, $50,000.00, (2015 -

2017). Sage-grouse and livestock, Funded, $50,000.00, (July 2015 - July 2017). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$79,997.00, (June 2015 - June 2017). Comprehensive assessment of rangeland seedings to improve restoration success, Funded, $17,295.00,

(August 2015 - December 2016). GBCESU: Estimation of plant height using photogrammetrically derived point clouds, Funded,

$13,917.00, (2015 - 2016). Home on the range, Funded, $10,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Interactive effects of soils and browsing on sagebrush: implications for restoration success, Funded,

$137,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Forecasting changes in sagebrush distribution and abundance under climate change: integration of

spatial, temporal, and mechanistic models, Funded, $99,000.00, (January 2015 - 2016). Quantifying impacts of long-term sagebrush and juniper control., Funded, $8,000.00, (July 2014 -

October 2016). Development of Utah Wild Horse and Burro Plan, Funded, $6,400.00, (September 2015 - June 2016). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$20,000.00, (May 2015 - June 2016). Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). Quantifying impacts of long-term sagebrush and juniper control., Funded, $10,000.00, (March 2014 -

May 2016). Grazing impacts on shrub-steppe treatments, Funded, $1,000.00, (May 7, 2014 - 2015). Expediting the Comprehensive Synthesis and Assessment of Utah Range Trend Studies and Watershed

Restoration Initiative Projects, Funded, $40,586.00, (May 2014 - June 2015). Assessment of Cattle Distribution in Rich County UT, Funded, $10,000.00, (June 2014 - May 2015).

Van Miegroet, Helga

Contribution of foliage and roots to stabilized soil organic carbon pools in Utah forests determined by

plant biomarker analysis., Funded, $18,950.00, (July 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015). Soils as the basis for assessment of site condition and ecosystem health, Funded, $154,000.00, (July

2012 - December 2015).

Improving feasibility of pinyon-juniper utilization for energy feedstock and ecological restoration,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2015). Veblen, Kari

Comprehensive assessment of seeded restoration species: factors controlling establishment and

persistence, Funded, $22,000.00, (July 2015 - June 2020). Perennial grass response to post-fire grazing management, Funded, $272,961.00, (March 2015 -

December 2018). LTREB Renewal: KLEE- scaling up and scaling out at the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment in

Laikipia rangeland, Funded, $449,817.00, (August 1, 2013 - July 31, 2018). Integrating ecological, economic, and social components to improve effectiveness of landscape

restoration, Funded, $54,000.00, (August 2015 - December 2017). Increasing Stakeholder Awareness and Appreciation of the Scientific Basis for Utah’s Greater Sage-

grouse Conservation Strategy, Funded, $93,562.00, (2015 - 2017). Using grazing systems to manage ecosystem services in Utah and Western landscapes, Funded,

$79,997.00, (June 2015 - June 2017). Comprehensive assessment of rangeland seedings to improve restoration success, Funded, $17,295.00,

(August 2015 - December 2016). Effectiveness of grazing and herbicide as a Phragmites control and wetland restoration approach,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2015 - 2016). GBCESU: Estimation of plant height using photogrammetrically derived point clouds, Funded,

$13,917.00, (2015 - 2016). Impacts of grazing for Phragmites control on nutrient inputs, pools, and limitations, Funded,

$35,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Interactive effects of soils and browsing on sagebrush: implications for restoration success, Funded,

$137,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Water quality impacts of cattle grazing in Great Salt Lake wetlands, Funded, $39,093.00, (2015 -

2016). Using livestock grazing systems to manage ecosystem services on Utah rangelands, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - May 2016). REU supplement to LTREB, Funded, $9,398.00, (March 2015 - February 2016). Monitoring aspen and tall shrubs for ungulate browsing at Fossil Butte National Monument, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 2015 - December 2015). Effectiveness of grazing and herbicide as a Phragmites control and wetland restoration approach,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2014 - 2015).

Improving feasibility of pinyon-juniper utilization for energy feedstock and ecological restoration, Funded, $30,000.00, (2011 - 2015).

Competitive variation among bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides) populations and

identification of potential environmental drivers., Funded, $19,989.00, (June 1, 2014 - November 30, 2015).

An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range

planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).

Expediting the Comprehensive Synthesis and Assessment of Utah Range Trend Studies and Watershed

Restoration Initiative Projects, Funded, $40,586.00, (May 2014 - June 2015). Assessment of Cattle Distribution in Rich County UT, Funded, $10,000.00, (June 2014 - May 2015).

Villalba, Juan J

Training cattle to graze medusahead and avoid velvet lupine: A new tool to sustain the economic

viability of livestock operations in the Western US, Funded, $250,000.00, (May 2015 - June 2018).

Self-Medication in Herbivores: A Novel Approach for Increasing the Ecological Services of

Pasturelands and for Restoring Rangelands, Funded, $665,544.20, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2017). Interactive effects of soils and browsing on sagebrush: implications for restoration success, Funded,

$137,000.00, (2015 - 2016). Pleiades Foundation Support, Funded, $2,500.00, (November 2015 - June 2016). Understanding Aspen Chemistry to Reduce Aspen Herbivory in Western Landscapes, Funded,

$10,000.00, (June 1, 2015 - May 30, 2016). Manipulating early experience in ruminants to increase intake of forages of low palatability, Funded,

$350,000.00, (May 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2015). Pleiades Foundation Support, Funded, $2,500.00, (November 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015). Do complementarities among forages influence animal production and welfare?, Funded, $12,966.00,

(July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015). Improving Ruminant Gains on Grass Pastures: Determining the Effectiveness of Condensed Tannin-

containing Forages to Reduce the Negative Effects of Tall Fescue Ergot Alkaloids, Funded, $19,899.52, (July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2015).

Presentations and Posters

Adler, Peter B

Linking transient dynamics and life history to biological invasion success, August 2015.

Aubry, Lise Myriam

Ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change: from individuals to populations, April

12, 2015. Ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental change: from individuals to populations,

March 4, 2015. Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Environmental Change: From Individuals to Populations,

February 19, 2015. Beard, Karen H

Earlier growing seasons and changes in migration timing influence carbon uptake and plant production

in Arctic coastal wetlands, December 9, 2015. Sub-arctic wetland greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 & N2O) emissions are driven by interactions of

environmental controls and herbivore grazers, December 9, 2015. Antipredator behavior of post-metamorphic anurans in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, September 2015. Invasion of herpetofauna: predictors and study cases for management purposes, September 2015. Insights into effects of roads on amphibians from citizen science, August 15, 2015. Invasive frogs do not affect native bird communities in Hawaii, August 15, 2015. Non-native coqui frogs do not affect native birds in Hawaii, July 15, 2015. Extinction and invasion risk are not two sides of the same coin, at least not for reptiles, July 1, 2015.

Brain, Roslynn G

Building momentum in Extension climate change communications: A Utah case study, December

2015. Greywater, October 2015. Utah Farm-Chef-Fork: Linking Rural Growers with Urban Chefs to Enhance Local Food Sourcing,

September 2015. Bee Inspired Gardens: A community partnership addressing water conservation, pollinator health, and

community food systems, May 2015. Benefits, barriers, and opportunities for energy outreach in Extension: A mixed-methods needs

assessment, April 2015. Salt Lake County urban farming and Utah Farm-Chef-Fork, March 2015. Teaching sustainability through a positive lens, March 2015. USU’s Community Bridge Initiative, February 2015.

Brunson, Mark William

Public perceptions of public lands grazing: from bad news to not so bad after all, December 16, 2015.

Enhancing ecosystem services through collaborative restoration: processes and outcomes, October 6, 2015.

Crafting the future of usable science for sustainable rangelands, August 13, 2015. Co-creating a social-ecological research agenda for rangelands, August 12, 2015. EOD Activities for Year 3, July 16, 2015. Human Dimensions of Federal Rangeland Management: What do citizens think and why?, April 30,

2015. Can We Fit Drought Adaptation into a Natural Resource Manager’s Tight Decision Space?, April 8,

2015. Public Lands Grazing and Conservation: Citizen Perspectives and Attitudes, March 3, 2015. Social and Political Sources of Uncertainty Affecting Public Land Restoration Decisions, February 1,

2015. Usable Socio-Economic Science for Rangelands: Results of an Agenda-Setting Workshop, February 1,

2015. Burritt, Elizabeth A

Principles and Application of Diet Training in Livestock, July 29, 2015. Performance and Profitability of Cattle Fed a Mixed Ration or a Choice of Feeds, June 10, 2015. Applications of Behavioral Principles to Pasture and Grazing Management, May 27, 2015. Utah’s Rangelands West Website, March 24, 2015. Aspen intake and preference by sheep: implications for herbivory and aspen decline., January 31,

2015. New Look, Trending Topics, More Content, Mobile Responsive: Re-launching the Rangelands

Partnership Portals, January 31, 2015. Influence of high-energy supplements, silica and individual variation on medusahead intake and

preference by sheep, January 31, 2015.

Conner, Mary M Data every whichway, March 23, 2015.

Coppock, David Layne

Improving dryland stewardship in developing nations requires participatory action research and

innovative funding programs, December 1, 2015. Integrating participation, action, partnerships, and scholarship in dryland research., December 1, 2015. Sustainable Pastoralism on the Borana Plateau: Research highlights from Participatory Processes,

Economics, and Rangeland Management, 2012-2015, August 28, 2015.

Project Kalo: Landscape and watershed rehabilitation: Vegetation recovery, erosion control, and

grazing management., August 28, 2015. Project Kalo: Economic issues affecting pastoral resiliency and investment on the Borana Plateau,

August 28, 2015. Project Kalo: Project concept and findings from participatory processes., August 28, 2015. Economic Issues Affecting Pastoral Resilience and Investment on the Borana Plateau, August 27,

2015. Conference Keynote: Interactions among water, livestock, and people on Ethiopia’s Borana Plateau:

Implications for rangeland dynamics and human health, August 27, 2015. Rehabilitation of degraded rangelands and conservation of water resources in the Borana pastoral

region of southern Ethiopia., August 25, 2015. Using participatory and action research to problem-solve with underserved communities: Lessons from

Ethiopia and Nepal., February 5, 2015. Population and Politics Limit Rangeland Restoration Options in Southern Ethiopia, presented at a

symposium entitled," Integrating Ecological and Socioeconomic Factors into Restoration Decision-Making and Outcomes", February 2, 2015.

Community engagement and noxious weed control in northern Utah: A case study., January 30, 2015. Participatory community assessment for priority problem diagnosis in Bajura District, Nepal: What

matters most—Poverty or climate change?, January 12, 2015. Cramer, Patricia C

Updates on Research with Wildlife and Roads, November 1, 2015. Evaluation of mule deer barriers at access roads in Utah, USA, September 2015. Prisoners’ dilemma: using game theory to create collaboration and resilience in transportation

ecology., September 2015. The wildlife crossing guilds decision framework: a behavior-based approach to designing effective

wildlife crossing structures., September 2015. Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Are Utah Landscapes Worth the Water?, November 18, 2015. Consumer Attitudes Toward Water-Efficient Landscapes, November 5, 2015. Utah’s agricultural land conversion: Implications for water management and land-use planning,

September 16, 2015. Characterizing Residential Water Customers for Promoting Urban Water Demand Management:

Results from iUTAH 2014 Household Survey, August 16, 2015. Tools for Evaluating and Monitoring the Effectiveness of Urban Landscape Water Conservation

Interventions and Programs, August 16, 2015.

Changing Places: Implications of New Forms of Housing for Water Management in the Intermountain

West.”, June 13, 2015. Invited testimony on Universal Metering, Conservation Pricing, and Infrastructure Repair &

Replacement, June 17, 2015. Assessing the influence of geographic and socio-demographic factors on water risk perceptions in

Utah, June 16, 2015. Metrics, Mechanisms and Messages for Promoting Urban Landscape Water Conservation, May 8,

2015. Water Demand for Urban Areas, April 2015. Spatiotemporal dynamics of water-related agricultural land use during rapid urbanization process,

April 21, 2015. The Role of Understanding Human-Hydrologic Interdependencies for Living with Aridity, Responding

to Drought, and Adapting to Climate Change, April 2, 2015. Characterizing Residential Water Customers for Promoting Urban Water Demand Management:

Results from iUTAH 2014 Household Survey, March 30, 2015. Meter Implementation and Information Feedback: Tools for Promoting Urban Water Conservation,

March 30, 2015. Water Policy Challenges and Dilemmas of Urbanization Processes in Utah, March 30, 2015. Using New Technologies to Facilitate Human Cooperation in Managing Scarce Water, March 5, 2015.

Etchberger, Richard C Vegetation Restoration on the Taylor Mountain Road Fire, Utah, April 2015.

Frey, Shandra Nicole Implementing Utah's sage-grouse Conservation Strategy, January 2015. The role of local working groups in Tetraonid conservation: sage lessons from Sage-Grouse,

September 3, 2015. Fine-tuning pocket gopher management in alfalfa, August 2015. Population genetics of ringtails in southern Utah, April 2015. Greater sage-grouse in southern Utah, April 2015. Identifying and Managing Common Garden Wildlife Pests, January 2015.

Howe, Peter David

Mapping climate opinion across the U.S., October 2015. Local, national, and global geographies of climate change perceptions, September 2015.

How do you define a heat wave? Mapping and modeling experience and risk perceptions of extreme

heat in the U.S., July 2015. How do you define a heat wave? Mapping subjective perceptions of extreme heat and heat-related

health risks in the U.S., April 2015. What your neighbors think about climate change: the geography of perceptions, beliefs, & behaviors in

the U.S., April 2015. Predicting climate change activism by linking survey data to a national voter registration database,

April 2015. Geographic Variation in U.S. Climate Change Opinion at State and Local Scales, February 2015.

Hulvey, Kristin

Grazing and Ecosystem Services, 2015. Using forest-based carbon programs to conserve biodiversity, August 9, 2015. Grazing and Ecosystem Services, May 2015.

Jin, Jiming

Regional climate and hydrological system modeling and analysis: from normals to extremes,

September 9, 2015. A method for improving simulated winter precipitation over the western United States, June 15, 2015. Just how important is model resolution for future projections of the North American Monsoon?, June

15, 2015. Kettenring, Karin Marie

Effective use of grazing to control Phragmites australis, March 2015.

Koons, David N

Evaluating Vital-Rate Contributions to Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics to Inform

Conservation, September 3, 2015. Linking transient dynamics and life history to biological invasion success, August 2015. New insights into the demographic drivers of population dynamics in changing environments, August

2015. Plenary Talk: Next-Gen studies of waterfowl population dynamics, April 2015. A sabbatical of science fun: extending demographic research & management with Bayesian methods,

February 2015. Lant, Christopher Louis

Drivers of the reduction in agricultural wetland loss rates in the United States 1955-200, July 16, 2015.

Geographic adaptation to price and climate change of rural land covers in the central United States, April 23, 2015.

Larese-Casanova, Mark Integrating the Utah Master Naturalist Program and STEM Education, September 16, 2015. Integrating Environmental Education and STEM, March 20, 2015. Natural Resource Volunteers and Citizen Science: Bringing Together a Community of Practice,

February 11, 2015. Lutz, James A

The distribution and occurrence of wildfire refugia under a changing climate, November 4, 2015. Using LiDAR to detect shrub locations and characteristics, October 22, 2015. Species-pool functional diversity and environmental heterogeneity jointly influence beta-diversity in

temperate forests., August 9, 2015. Research in the Yosemite and Utah Forest Dynamics Plots, March 10, 2015. Little things in big plots: watching trees in Washington, California, and Utah, February 4, 2015.

Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Understanding the Fate of Northern Yellowstone Elk in the Wolf Era, November 20, 2015. Diel activity pattern of wolves shapes elk response to spatial predation risk in northern Yellowstone,

August 9, 2015. Group size effects of a dangerous prey species on predator attack decision and capture success, August

8, 2015. Elk ecology and elk-wolf dynamics in northern Yellowstone, July 2, 2015. Modeling historic aerial count data to determine factors influencing population growth of moose in

Utah, April 27, 2015. Mesner, Nancy O

“The Effects of urbanization on watershed functions: The relationship between impervious surface

area and water quality”, February 22, 2015. “How clean is Utah’s Water? A comparison of two assessment techniques of Utah’s waters.”,

February 22, 2015. Messmer, Terry A

Implementing Utah's sage-grouse Conservation Strategy, January 2015. Wildlife Conservation’s Dilemma: Fur, Feather, Fins, Steel, and People., October 17, 2015.

Evaluating Vital-Rate Contributions to Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics to Inform Conservation, September 3, 2015.

The role of local working groups in Tetraonid conservation: sage lessons from Sage-Grouse,

September 3, 2015. Role of local working groups in conservation, July 16, 2015. Sage-grouse Responses to Power Lines in Utah, March 18, 2015. Wild Aware Utah, March 18, 2015.

Mock, Karen E.

The Pando Aspen Stand, Regeneration Ecology, and Stand Dynamics: New Insights on Genetic Diversity. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov. 3-7, 2015.

Aspen Genetics: Updating Our Understanding of Aspen in the Intermountain West. Society of

American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Nov. 3-7, 2015. Decadal analysis of aspen-conifer succession using remote sensing and GIS. Maps on the Hill, Salt

Lake City, Utah January 28, 2015. Radel, Claudia A

“Migración y cambio climático en el Noroeste de Nicaragua: una visión crítica y de género.”,

November 5, 2015. Mobility and Smallholder Food Security: Circular Subsistence Migration in Northwestern Nicaragua,

May 26, 2015. Mobility and Smallholder Food Security: Circular Subsistence Migration in Northwestern Nicaragua,

April 21, 2015. Panel: Re-Birth of the Region: Saliency, Implications and Imaginaries, April 21, 2015.

Schmidt, Robert H

Environmental and ethical issues involving meat production, October 29, 2015. How does wildlife damage management compare to traditional IPM?, March 24, 2015. Hard Choices: applied ethics and wildlife management, February 6, 2015. Ethics of hunting for food, January 21, 2015.

Schupp, Eugene W

Restoration of Greater Sage-Grouse habitat: A framework for landscape and site-specific decisions,

2015. The Context Dependence of Seed Dispersal Effectiveness, November 12, 2015. Sagebrush decline on the Colorado Plateau: A look at sagebrush and soils, October 2015.

Preliminary observations of dispersal and recruitment dynamics of Prunus fasciculata, a dry-fruited

native almond of the SW United States, June 2015. Tainter, Joseph A

Keynote Address: Energy and Complexity: How Evolution Causes Catastrophes, October 29, 2015. Energy Gain and Complexity: Using the Human and Ecological Past to Understand Our Future.,

October 27, 2015. Sustainability and Innovation: Can We Always Offset Resource Depletion?, October 21, 2015. Energy and Catastrophe: What Links the Roman Empire to the Gulf Oil Spill?, October 19, 2015. Keynote Address: Innovation in the City: Energy and Resource Efficiency, May 4, 2015. Sustainability and Collapse: Complexity and Energy From Ancient to Modern Societies (7 lectures),

April 16, 2015. Resource Sustainability and Innovation, February 26, 2015. Why Societies Collapse, February 6, 2015.

Thacker, Eric T

The Status of Wild Horses and Burros in Utah, December 2015. Grazing as a fuels treatment how does it all fit. Utah Association of County Agricultural Agents., June

2015. GRAZes Project update, May 2015. Stocking rate: How does it relate to pasture management. Pasture Management Workshop, May 2015. WeedTracker App: Using sportsman for early medusahead detection., April 2015. Grazing Distribution in Rich County, March 2015. Relating grazing utilization to fuels properties in a sagebrush bunchgrass community, February 2015. Livestock Grazing: An Environmentally Friendly and Economical Solution to Maintaining Fire

Breaks, October 28, 2015. Identification of diet supplements for elk management, February 2015.

Van Miegroet, Helga

Organo-mineral interactions promote greater soil organic carbon storage under aspen in semi-arid

montane forests from Utah., September 20, 2015. The relationship between tree above- and belowground C inputs and cutin and suberin presence in

soil., September 20, 2015. Soil Organic Carbon as the Basis for Assessment of Site Condition in Stands of Populus tremuloides,

April 9, 2015.

Veblen, Kari

Greater sage-grouse response to grazing timing and intensity in Wyoming, November 2015. Post-fire grazing management in the Great Basin, October 2015. Unraveling Fire and Herbivore Interactions to Manage Tree cover in an African Savanna, October

2015. Assessing vegetation change and seeding success on Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative project

sites: a cooperative, team effort, October 2015. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population response to grazing management and

precipitation across broad scales in Wyoming, September 29, 2015. Interactions between Cattle and Biodiversity: The Kenya Long-Term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE),

September 2015. Broad-scale population response of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) to grazing

management and precipitation, September 4, 2015. Conflict and coexistence between livestock and biodiversity in an African savanna, July 2015. Restoring native perennial herbs while retaining shrubs in Great Basin sagebrush communities, April

2015. Fire herbivore trap: effects of herbivory on post-fire tree re-sprout size and morphology in Acacia

drepanolobium savanna, April 2015. Sagebrush seedling recruitment following tebuthiuron application, April 2015. Effective use of grazing to control Phragmites australis, March 2015. Identification of diet supplements for elk management, February 2015. Targeting shrub and interspace microsites for restoration seedings and plantings in Great Basin

sagebrush communities, February 2015. Trophic interactions between cattle and biodiversity: the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment

(KLEE)., February 2015. Variation in competitive ability of bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides) populations, February

2015. Villalba, Juan J

Primary Roles for Plant Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health and Nutrition of Herbivores

through Plant Biochemical Diversity, November 15, 2015. Linking soil quality to human nutrition: the organic farming connection., November 15, 2015. Experiences in utero and early in life influence feeding behavior in ruminants, September 24, 2015. Interaction between a tannin-containing legume and endophyte-infected tall fescue seed on lambs’

feeding behavior and physiology, July 12, 2015.

Objective 4: Influence of supplements on intake of medusahead by sheep and Interaction between

alkaloids and tannins on sheep foraging behavior, June 9, 2015. Identification of diet supplements for elk management, February 2015. Aspen intake and preference by sheep: implications for herbivory and aspen decline., January 31,

2015. Influence of high-energy supplements, silica and individual variation on medusahead intake and

preference by sheep, January 31, 2015.