Dispatches from the Field

Our students and faculty are in the middle of a busy field season! As a few examples of their great work: Year 3 cohort student Claire Vaage led her first graduate career summer field survey team in the John Day River basin in Oregon, conducting kick-seine sampling for crayfish density estimates and snorkel surveys for steelhead fry. Year 2 cohort student Robin Ruhm traveled to Akiak, Alaska in July to help with arsenic and coliform sampling of the Kuskokwim River, and is headed to Peru this month to sample trees around gold mining sites for mercury levels and reduced photosynthesis. Our Year 3 cohort students are also preparing for their upcoming Summer Institute on the Elwha River in Washington State. Follow us on Twitter @FutureRivers for more real-time adventures!