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Skagit County Public Works Intern, Cynthia Elston Jan 2023

Skagit County Public Works Intern, Cynthia Elston

College of the Environment Internship Reports

During my internship with Skagit County, I had the opportunity to participate in various programs contributing to the organization's mission of protecting and enhancing the natural resources in the county. The following paragraphs provide an overview of my involvement and contributions in each program.

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Nsea Intern, Mckenna Varela Jan 2023

Nsea Intern, Mckenna Varela

College of the Environment Internship Reports

The main focus of my position throughout this internship was to engage with the community members who volunteer on Saturdays from 9am - 12pm. Usually, there were only a handful of volunteers, maybe between 30 - 40; they would all have questions about the work we do, the importance of the riparian buffer along streams, and how each intern found their way to NSEA.

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Wwu Research Assistant Intern, Itzel Perez Jan 2023

Wwu Research Assistant Intern, Itzel Perez

College of the Environment Internship Reports

My 2-credit research project focused on the degradation of polymers, such as Low-Density Polyethylene and Polycarbonate, within the human digestive system. Throughout my project I had been working with my advisor, Dr. Montaño, as well as my research partner, Ashlynn Lee, to develop an in-depth understanding of polymers. I first began doing research on polymers of interests and narrowed down to two specific plastics- Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and PC (Polycarbonate).

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Senior Project - Sehome Arboretum Soils, Johnathan Billecci Jan 2023

Senior Project - Sehome Arboretum Soils, Johnathan Billecci

College of the Environment Internship Reports

In some areas of the Arboretum, the canopy has been transitioning from coniferous Douglas fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii) to deciduous big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Dieback of mature Douglas fir trees may be due to the slow-growing root rot fungus, Coniferiporia weirii, or the story may be more complicated. Other soil characteristics like nutrient availability and soil biota communities may influence the susceptibility of mature Douglas fir to C. weirii. To better understand why this transition is happening, Rebecca Bunn is putting together a research class which will evaluate whether other soil characteristics may be contributing to the dieback of Douglas …

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Spmc Research Assistant, Ben Molenhouse Jan 2023

Spmc Research Assistant, Ben Molenhouse

College of the Environment Internship Reports

Upon receiving the opportunity to work at Shannon Point Marine Center on the eelgrass research team I was absolutely thrilled to take part in the experiment. Our goal for the continuing experiment is to study the effects of climate change on eelgrass, Zostera marina, populations from the Puget Sound region. Particularly, we are researching the effects of warming ocean water temperatures on eelgrass populations. My past experiences entailed mostly work and experience in terrestrial settings, in courses at Western, on a seasonal forestry crew position that I worked over the past couple summers, and in my own personal free time. …

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Wwu Herring Stock Research Intern, Alexandra Haase Jan 2023

Wwu Herring Stock Research Intern, Alexandra Haase

College of the Environment Internship Reports

This internships main goal was to follow up the work of former graduate student Heidi Stewart, and explore the predation activities of large predators in Herring spawning habitats. Last year, Dr. Sobocinski and Heidi placed metal nets in different Bays around the Salihs Sea. This was to isolate herring spawn, in order to see the impact of predators on herring spawn. During this time, I was brought onto their research team as a field assistant and video processer. Heidi trained me in her procedures and gave me my first taste of environmental field work.

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Mt Baker Snow School Intern, Megan Moran Jan 2023

Mt Baker Snow School Intern, Megan Moran

College of the Environment Internship Reports

My internship with Northwest Avalanche Center’s (NWAC) Mt Baker Snow School (MBSS) spanned from February to May of 2023. During my time at Mt Baker Snow School, I was able to engage in lots of hands-on learning opportunities, both for myself and the students I was leading. Through the primary scope of my internship, which was leading student field trips, I was able to combine snow science knowledge from my Western classes with tools and guidance provided by MBSS to facilitate a fast paced, hands-on learning environment and get students excited about our mountain systems in Whatcom County. During MBSS, …

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Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program Intern, Zeppelin Poole Jan 2023

Bellingham Parks Volunteer Program Intern, Zeppelin Poole

College of the Environment Internship Reports

The Bellingham Parks volunteer program is a part of the Bellingham Parks and Recreation department. The volunteer program is responsible for four main volunteer-based events/roles. The first is to set up and host volunteer work parties at different parks throughout Bellingham, which includes prepping the work party, setting everything and all required materials up, teaching volunteers how to carry out the work, maintaining a safe and fun environment, making sure people enjoy the work party and that everything is being done properly, and then cleaning up the work party once it is finished. The second is help set people up …

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Washington Conservation Corps Intern, Maczenzie Kelm Jan 2023

Washington Conservation Corps Intern, Maczenzie Kelm

College of the Environment Internship Reports

My work with the Washington Conservation Corp (WCC) was with a restoration crew sponsored by the Skagit River Systems Co-op. The organization does work in the Skagit river basin to restore salmon habitat. The focus of this work is on riparian areas, in the summer season which I had worked we primarily maintained sites where plantings had been done previously. This was done through brush cutting survival rings around young plants, as well as removing invasive species such as Himalayan blackberry and morning glory either through herbicide use or brush cutting. Hours worked with WCC were ten hours four days …

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Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Intern, Ava O'Neill Jan 2023

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Intern, Ava O'Neill

College of the Environment Internship Reports

This spring I interned at the Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. I chose to apply for the green crab intern position at Padilla Bay because I have always had a fascination with crabs. Growing up, I spent my summers at Camp Orkila on Orcas Island, kayaking in the Salish Sea and hiking shorelines dotted with madrone, Douglas fir, and seaside juniper. Hours would go by in the sunshine with my friends, turning over rocks and searching for the shore crab with the coolest carapace, or poking sea anemones and watching them squirt. The excitement of flipping a rock and …

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Salish Scientists Summer Camp Internship, Jayden Lehner Jan 2023

Salish Scientists Summer Camp Internship, Jayden Lehner

College of the Environment Internship Reports

The non-profit is one of the fourteen Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs) in Washington State. They work to foster a community that cares about bringing awareness to salmon and giving everyone opportunities to contribute to the success of salmon. Salmon are an essential part of the Pacific Northwest, for people and the environment. During the summer, they run a Salish Scientists Summer camp held at the Willow Creek Salmon and Watershed Education Center in Edmonds, Washington. The center is a hatchery that they raise salmon fry to release into Willow Creek. The wetland on site is incorporated into many of …

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Institute For Watershed Studies Research Assistant, Julia Ralston Jan 2023

Institute For Watershed Studies Research Assistant, Julia Ralston

College of the Environment Internship Reports

Going into this internship I had a couple of learning objectives, and I feel I was able to complete all of them successfully. First, I was expecting to learn the specific techniques for lake sampling and how to collect those samples without compromising them. This was a goal that I feel was completed. I was taught a method of sampling that works well for small lakes, like the ones that we sampled from. For most lakes we used waders and waded into the lake. We brought with us a very long pole with a bottle at the end of it. …

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City Of Auburn Parks Dept Intern, Audrey Patton Jan 2023

City Of Auburn Parks Dept Intern, Audrey Patton

College of the Environment Internship Reports

My roles include weeding, removing invasive plants such as English Ivy (pictured below), hedging shrubs, pruning trees, watering flowers, designing garden beds, and planting annuals and perennials. Over the last 7 weeks, I have greatly increased my knowledge of natural systems in cities, specifically parks and gardens.

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Wwu Sustainability Engagement Institute Data Ambassador, Ashley Olson Jan 2023

Wwu Sustainability Engagement Institute Data Ambassador, Ashley Olson

College of the Environment Internship Reports

My internship almost entirely surrounded the project of working towards completion and submission of the WWU Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) report to receive a score assessing where our institution is both independently and comparatively in our progress towards an optimally sustainable campus. The role of my position as the data ambassador was to gather data from numerous departments and individuals throughout our campus network and craft technical writing within the majority of sections to further explain our campus operations and the data I compiled. The objective for …

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Pnnl Renew Pathway Summer School Intern, Sonya Alcocer Jan 2023

Pnnl Renew Pathway Summer School Intern, Sonya Alcocer

College of the Environment Internship Reports

Guided by federal policy, and in partnership with industry experts and the research community, PNNL scientists and engineers work every day toward a sustainable energy future for all that is not just imagined, but real. This immersive, cohort-based program introduces students to the teams at PNNL that conduct research in renewable energy science. The Pathway Summer School program provides students with mentoring, professional development, experiential learning, engaging field trips and tours, and conversations with leading experts in topics such as renewable energy, energy equity, and technology.

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Salish Scientists Summer Camp Internship, Jayden Lehner Jan 2023

Salish Scientists Summer Camp Internship, Jayden Lehner

College of the Environment Internship Reports

The non-profit is one of the fourteen Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs) in Washington State. They work to foster a community that cares about bringing awareness to salmon and giving everyone opportunities to contribute to the success of salmon. Salmon are an essential part of the Pacific Northwest, for people and the environment. During the summer, they run a Salish Scientists Summer camp held at the Willow Creek Salmon and Watershed Education Center in Edmonds, Washington. The center is a hatchery that they raise salmon fry to release into Willow Creek. The wetland on site is incorporated into many of …

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Institute For Watershed Studies Research Assistant, Julia Ralston Jan 2023

Institute For Watershed Studies Research Assistant, Julia Ralston

College of the Environment Internship Reports

The IWS conducts water quality research on bodies of freshwater and for some of their projects they collaborate with local government, and other organizations on water quality issues. I first learned about IWS from a job listing for their summer research assistant position, which entailed doing in the filed sampling of around 60 small lakes in the area, and also doing some lab work with those water samples. At the time I was taking a Watershed Biogeochemistry class at WWU, and my class was able to take a tour of the IWS labs and learn a little bit about what …

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City Of Auburn Parks Dept Intern, Audrey Patton Jan 2023

City Of Auburn Parks Dept Intern, Audrey Patton

College of the Environment Internship Reports

This summer, I am grateful to be employed by the City of Auburn working as a horticulturist. Horticulture is the science and art of cultivating plants. My roles include weeding, removing invasive plants such as English Ivy (pictured below), hedging shrubs, pruning trees, watering flowers, designing garden beds, and planting annuals and perennials. Over the last 7 weeks, I have greatly increased my knowledge of natural systems in cities, specifically parks and gardens.

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Using Seasonal Climate Scenarios In The Forageahead Annual Forage Production Model For Early Drought Impact Assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, B. D. Wardlow Jan 2023

Using Seasonal Climate Scenarios In The Forageahead Annual Forage Production Model For Early Drought Impact Assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, B. D. Wardlow

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Wolves And Sympatric Predators And Prey Relative To Human Disturbance In Northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, K. Kati Jan 2023

Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Wolves And Sympatric Predators And Prey Relative To Human Disturbance In Northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, K. Kati

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Influence Of Place Attachment On Farmers’ Succession Plans: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. M. Kennedy, S. J. Kunert Jan 2023

The Influence Of Place Attachment On Farmers’ Succession Plans: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. M. Kennedy, S. J. Kunert

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Foundational Conditions Enabling Participatory River Management In Watersheds Of Two Regulatorily Disparate States: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, K. J. Brasier Jan 2023

Foundational Conditions Enabling Participatory River Management In Watersheds Of Two Regulatorily Disparate States: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, K. J. Brasier

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Sediment Metagenomics Reveals The Impacts Of Poultry Industry Wastewater On Antibiotic Resistance And Nitrogen Cycling Genes In Tidal Creek Ecosystems, Miguel Semedo, Bongkeun Song Jan 2023

Sediment Metagenomics Reveals The Impacts Of Poultry Industry Wastewater On Antibiotic Resistance And Nitrogen Cycling Genes In Tidal Creek Ecosystems, Miguel Semedo, Bongkeun Song

VIMS Articles

The intensification of the poultry industry may lead to the increased spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment. However, the impacts of wastewater discharge from poultry processing plants on the sediment resistome are relatively unexplored. Furthermore, its relationships with important biogeochemical pathways, such as the N cycle, are virtually unknown. The overall objective of this study was to examine the abundance and diversity of antibiotic resistance and N cycling genes in sediment microbial communities impacted by poultry industry wastewater. We performed a metagenomic investigation of sediments in an impacted and a reference tidal creek. We also quantified the …

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The Roles Of Tidal Marshes In The Estuarine Biochemical Processes: A Numerical Modeling Study, Xun Cai Jan 2023

The Roles Of Tidal Marshes In The Estuarine Biochemical Processes: A Numerical Modeling Study, Xun Cai

VIMS Articles

Observations suggest that the existence of tidal marsh can alter the oxygen and nutrient dynamics in adjacent water bodies, but assessing the impacts of large tidal marshes on an estuary is challenging. In this study, we use a modeling approach to investigate the roles of tidal marshes on the estuarine biochemical processes. The marsh model, which simulates the ecological functions of marshes at seasonal and annual time-scales, is embedded inside an unstructured-grid three-dimensional hydrodynamic and eutrophication model (SCHISM-ICM). This modeling system simulates the growth and metabolism of the tidal marshes and links biological processes to nutrient dynamics in the water …

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199958, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199958, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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199959, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199959, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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199956, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199956, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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199961, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199961, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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199960, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199960, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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199966, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool Jan 2023

199966, David Kerstetter, Sean T. Wilms, Zachery Young, Brittany N. Savercool

PERC Post-Release Swordfish Survival sPAT Data

Datasets (and supporting material) from 28 sPAT electronic tags deployed on undersized swordfish as part of the MSMS thesis project of Zachery Young.

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