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2013 ANNUAL REPORT U.S. Geological Survey

Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Quinney College of Natural Resources

Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290 (Left) This map shows the optimized protection coverage of rare plant communities (black) in relation to high energy extraction potential in the Colorado Plateau. Thomas Edwards’ research team is constructing species distribution models for rare plant species under consideration for listing by the FWS. (Right) Kevin Chapman holds a pelican whose eating habits at the Strawberry reservoir are being analyzed. DWR has teamed with Phaedra Budy’s research team to study the impact the pelicans are having on the trout and other fish populations in the reservoir. Presented at the: 2014 Coordinating Meeting Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Salt Lake City, UT 7 October 2014

COOPERATORS:

USGS Cooperative Research Units Program Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

QCNR Utah State University Wildlife Management Institute

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

MissionStatement

UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeResearchUnit

2013

ThemajorlimitinginfluencesuponfishandwildliferesourcesintheIntermountainWestareterrestrialhabitatdegradationandlossandwatershedandwaterdevelopmentissues.Rapidpopulationgrowthinthestate,coupledwithsocietaldesirestoaccessthewiderangeofnaturalresourcesavailableinthestate,hasexacerbatedthepressuresonbothterrestrialandaquaticresources.Thesepressuresrequirenovelapproachestothestudyof,andtransferofresearchresultsto,thosetaskedwiththeresponsibilitytoblendresearchinformationonthestatusandhealthofthestate’sterrestrialandaquaticecosystemswithothersocietalvalues.TheUnit’sprincipalroleistoserveasnexusforthecollectionofthisimportantinformation.Weachievethisthoughexcellenceinresearch,instruction,andinteractionwithcooperators.

ResearchexpertiseoftheUnitstaffincludes:landscapeecology,conservationbiology,researchdesignandappliedstatistics,largerscaleanimaldynamics,geographicalinformationsystemandhabitatrestorationmethodology,terrestrialandaquatichabitatanalysis,populationmanagementandassessment,fishpopulationdynamics,andaquaticfoodwebdynamics.Currentresearchactivitiesfocusonlandscape‐levelhabitatstudies,ecologicalmodelingoflake,reservoir,andriverinesystems,avianandterrestrialecology,andtheeffectsofclimatechangeonhabitatandbiotathroughouttheIntermountainWest.FutureresearchdirectionsoftheUnitwillcontinuetoinvolveendangeredfishandwildlifespecies,sustainablegameandsportfishmanagement,andlandscape‐levelstudiesinvolvingmodelingforfutureclimatescenarios.

Primarygraduateandcross‐listedgraduate/undergraduatelevelcoursestaughtbyunitpersonnelincludeDesignandAnalysisofEcologicalResearch(WILD6500,emphasizestheresearchprocess),GraduateFishEcology(WATS6230),andFishDiversityandConservation.Unitpersonnelhavealsodevelopedandprovideinstructionincontinuingeducationandprofessionaladvancementshortcoursesforagencypersonnel,withacurrentemphasisonanalyticaltoolsusedbyDWRbiologists.TheUnitalsofacilitatesinstructioninadiversearrayofworkshopsdevelopedbycooperatingFacultyatQCNRtoawiderangeofagencycooperatorsaswell.

CooperatingfacultyintheQuinneyCollegeofNaturalResources(QCNR),theEcologyCenter,andacrosstheUniversity(USU)are,andwillcontinuetobe,integratedintoUnitresearchtoapplydiverseexpertisetoallfacetsofaresearchproblem.TheprimarygoaloftheUnitistoprovidehighqualityinformationnecessarytohelpresolvepressingnaturalresourceproblems.TheUnitstrivestodothisbybringingtobearexpertisefoundnotonlyintheUnitstaff,butalsointhediversityofcooperatingfacultyfoundatUSU.

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PERSONNELCOOPERATORS–COORDINATINGCOMMITTEE

U.S.GEOLOGICALSURVEYJosephMargraf

WesternSupervisorU.S.D.I.CooperativeResearchUnits

[email protected]:(303)236‐1454

UTAHDIVISIONOFWILDLIFERESOURCES

GregorySheehanDirector

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources1594WestNorthTemple

SaltLakeCity,UT84114‐[email protected]

801‐538‐4702Fax801‐538‐4709

UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITYChrisLuecke,Dean

QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResourcesUtahStateUniversityLogan,UT84322‐[email protected]

435‐797‐2452Fax:435‐797‐2443

WILDLIFEMANAGEMENTINSTITUTE

StevenA.Williams,PresidentChrisSmith,[email protected]

717‐677‐4480http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org/

UTAHCOOPERATIVEFISHANDWILDLIFERESEARCHUNIT

UNITPERSONNEL

STAFF

PhaedraE.BudyLeaderFisheries&Professor

[email protected]

ShaunaLeavittBusinessAssistant

UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeResearchUnit

[email protected]

ThomasC.Edwards,Jr.

AssistantLeaderWildlife&ProfessorWildlandResourcesDepartment

[email protected]

CeceliaMelderUSUBusinessServiceCenter

[email protected]

EmeritusJohnA.Bissonette

Leader&EmeritusProfessorWildlandResourcesDepartment

[email protected]

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Phaedra Budy

Aquatic Research Ecologist Unit Leader

Thomas Edwards

Landscape Research Ecologist Assistant Unit Leader

Shauna Leavitt Business Assistant

John Bissonette

Landscape Research Ecologist Emeritus Unit Leader

Coop Scientists & Staff

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Frank Howe

UDWR Research Liaison USU Adjunct Associate

Professor of Wildland Resources

UDWR University Liaison

Fish Ecology Lab Manager

Gary Theide

Fisheries Biologist Department of Watershed

Sciences

4

Jacob Gibson

Research Associate Wildland Resources

David Stoner

Post Doctoral Fellow Wildland Resources

Dr. Nadja Gomes Machado Visiting Scholar

Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso Brazil

USU Scientists with Unit

Robert Fitts

Research Associate Utah Natural Heritage Program

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Post Doc Fellows & Grad Students

Tracy Bowerman

Fisheries Biology Ph.D. Candidate

Kevin Chapman

Aquatic Ecology Master’s Candidate

Kimberly Dibble

Research Biologist Post Doctoral Fellow

Michael Guttery

Wildlife Ecology Post Graduate Researcher

Nick Heredia


Colton Finch

Wildlife Ecology Ph.D. Candidate

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Brian Laub

Aquatic Scientist Post Doctoral Fellow

Stephen Klobucar


Peter MacKinnon

Aquatic Ecology Post Graduate Researcher


Daniel Olson

Wildlife Biology Ph.D. Candidate

Courtney Newlon


Harrison Mohn

Fisheries Biology Master’s Candidate

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Lisa Winters

Watershed Science Master’s Candidate

Carl Saunders

Aquatic Ecology Post Doctoral Fellow


Andrew Sims

Wildlife Ecologist Master’s Candidate

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Name JobTitle USUCollege Major Degree

J.D.Abbott WildlifeConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Aquatics Bachelor's

AnisAoude BigGameCoordinator NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

RonneyE.Arndt Biologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

RichardW.Ashcroft Biologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

PaulVincentBadame NativeAquaticsProjectsLeader NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DanBarnhurst Engineer/ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

JamesWilliamBates WildLifeProgramManager NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

KyleK.Beagley EnergyBiologist NaturalResources Forestry Bachelor's

ThomasW.Becker WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

HeatherHillBernales Biometrician NaturalResources WildlifeBiology Master's

DavidL.Beveridge ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

GaryJohnBezzant HabitatProgramManager Business HumanResources Master's

GarnJ.Birchell WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

CalvinM.Black WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

LeonC.Bogedahl WildlifeBiologist‐BigGameMngmt NaturalResources GameManagement Bachelor's

BruceL.Bonebrake HabitatProgramManager NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

QuentinArthurBradwisch NativeFishBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

MatthewG.Briggs Sergeant NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

ChristopherD.Brown AssistantSupervisor‐Waterfowl NaturalResources RangeScience Bachelor's

MichaelF.Canning ConservationDataCoordinator NaturalResources AquaticEcology Master's

CharlesB.Chamberlain AquaticsBiologist/Fisheries NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

KirstChristophersen ConservationOfficer Education Family&HumanDevelp. Bachelor's

TorreyL.Christophersen ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

KevinD.Christopherson NortheasternRegionalSupervisor Science Biology Master's

GaryL.Cook Instructor NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

EdwinThomasCornia Biologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

EllisC.Davis Lieutenant NaturalResources FisheriesManagement Bachelor's

DarrenL.Debloois Biologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

JustinS.Dolling WaterfowlAreaSupervisor NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

KirtA.Enright WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

JohnA.Fairchild HabitatCoordinator NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

USUAlumniWorkingforUDWR

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CarlR.Gramlich Lieutenant NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

CharlesL.Greenwood WildlifeManager NaturalResources FisheriesandWildlife Bachelor's

RonD.Greer HabitatBiologist NaturalResources WildlifeBiology Master's

WayneGustaveson ProjectManager‐LakePowell NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

JamesG.Guymon Supervisor/SouthernRegional NaturalResources FisheriesManagement Bachelor's

TroyT.Hammond ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

MilesB.Hanberg HabitatBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

VerlF.Hanchett WildlifeOfficer NaturalResources FisheriesManagement Bachelor's

DanielA.Hansen WIABiologist Science Biology Bachelor's

RichardDaleHepworth FisheriesBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

Mr.JD. ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Aquatics Bachelor's

RichardA.Jensen StateHatcheryAssistantManager Agriculture AgriculturalEducation Bachelor's

BruceC.JohnsonJr. ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

EdwardK.Johnson FisheriesBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DanielLouisKeller NativeAquaticBiologist NaturalResources NaturalResource Master's

SeanM.Kelly Biologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

KipL.King ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DavidR.Lee CUPProjectLeader NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DaleF.Liechty HatcheryDepartment NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

RaymondLeeLoken ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

JohnAllenLytle DistrictConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DaxL.Mangus WildlifeProgramCoordinator NaturalResources WildlifeBiology Master's

RoyMarchant ConservationOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

ToryD.Mathis WildlifeBiologist Science Biology Bachelor's

GaryAlanMcKell DistrictConservationOfficer‐Zion NaturalResources GameManagement Bachelor's

DouglasG.Messerly RegionalSupervisor NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

TimArnoldMiles FishCultureCoordinator NaturalResources FisheriesManagement Bachelor's

DeanL.Mitchell ConservationOutreachSectionChief NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

DustinLeeMitchell WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources WildlifeBiology Master's

MilesO.Moretti InterimDirector NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

JonathanK.Moser ConservationOfficer Science Biology Bachelor's

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DebbieMurphy‐Inouye ParkAssistant Agriculture AgriculturalSystms Bachelor's

BenjaminK.Nadolski AquaticBiologist NaturalResources FisheriesBiology Master's

DavidW.Olsen GameBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

MichaelJ,Ottenbacher AquaticsBiologist NaturalResources FisheriesandWildlife Master's

WestonP.Pearce WildlifeSpecialist‐KamasFishHatchery NaturalResources Fisheries&Aquatics Bachelor's

WilliamClayPerschon GreatSaltLakeProjectCoordinator NaturalResources FisheriesandWildlife Bachelor's

ClareL.Poulsen WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

MichaelR.Roach ConservationOfficer/GameWarden NaturalResources RecreationResources Bachelor's

JasonD.Robinson UplandGameBiologist NaturalResources WildlifeBiology Master's

CraigJ.Schaugaard ProjectLeader NaturalResources AquaticEcology Master's

JohnC.Schijf ConstructionOfficer NaturalResources FisheriesandWildlife Master's

RogerW.Schneidervin WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

MichaelT.Slater FisheriesManager NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

DavidK.Swenson WildlifeOfficer NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

RobinAnnToone WildlifeTechnician NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

PhilipKentonTuttle NativeAquaticsBiologist NaturalResources NaturalResource Master's

CorrieJoWallace WildlifeSpecialist NaturalResources WildlifeScience Bachelor's

GuyW.Wallace WildlifeBiologist NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

AlanWard ProjectLeader‐StrawberryReservoir NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Master's

RogerB.Wilson ProgramChief‐Aquatics NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

RandyH.Wood AssistantWildlifeManager NaturalResources Fisheries&Wildlife Bachelor's

SUMMARY:

NaturalResources 90%

Science 5%

Agriculture 2%

Education 1%

Business 1%

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BLM10%

BOR9%

NASA6%

NPS1%

NSF1%

UDWR54%

USFS2%

USFWS13%

USGS4%

2013 Research Contracts & GrantsFunding Summary by Source

Financial Summaries for 2013

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Agency Contributions

1. Cooperator Base Funds:

a. U. S. Geological Survey - Cooperative Research Units

Federal Salaries & Benefits 317,890

Operating 12,508

Subtotal 330,397

b. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Base

Base Account 46,000

10% Direct Administrative Costs paid on UDWR Projects 101,516

Subtotal 147,516

c. Utah State University Contribution

Staff Support Salary & Benefits 42,200

Space 32,511

Indirect Costs Waived on 2013 Projects 723,523

Subtotal 798,235

2. Indirect Costs Paid on Non-UDWR 2013 Projects 142,689

3. Total 2013 Research Funding Invoiced (Includes IDC Paid + 10% UDWR-DAC) 2,278,465

**IDC and 10% UDWR-DAC (shaded) are listed individually and also included in #3. This figure prevents double entries. (244,205)

4. TOTAL 2013 Funding Received 3,453,096

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UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT

FUNDING SUMMARY BY SOURCE

FISCAL YEAR 2013

13

76%

11%

2% 11%

UDWR 10% Administrative FeesJanuary 2014 Allocation

Salaries Wages Travel Other

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Fiscal Year 2010

Calendar Year 2011

Calendar Year 2012

Calendar Year 2013

Personnel $4,323 $5,571 $4,149 $7,705Fringe $1,332 $1,402 $1,450 $3,094

Travel $5,098 $6,860 $5,568 $2,079Gasoline $71 $0 $180 $479

Mail $1,284 $830 $678 $485

Telecommunications $5,513 $6,013 $6,502 $3,682

Supplies $9,171 $4,595 $6,313 $5,498

Rentals $0 $0 $120 $75

Insurance $250 $1,750 $2,175 $2,825

Equipment $6,081 $4,900 $6,588 $17,055

Vehicles $0 $0 $0 $0

Maintenance (all types) $4,888 $3,246 $4,914 $749

ProfessionalDevelopment $936 $606 $46 $0

Guests $2,291 $2,568 $2,906 $6,786

Tuition $0 $0 $0 $0

Miscellaneous $0 $404 $895 $25

YR10/11/12/13TOTAL $41,238 $38,745 $42,485 $50,538 $173,005

UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNITUDWR Operating Base

Expenditures

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Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesAquatic Research 288,460

Terrestrial Research 828,211 1,116,671 49%

FederalRWO 439,849

Other 721,945 1,161,793 51%

Other Sources

Other - - 0%

Grand Total 2,278,465 100%

UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNITSUMMARY OF INVOICED RESEARCH FUNDING

FISCAL YEAR 2013

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Project Source Grant Principal Total FY 2013

Duration Number Project Title Investigator Project Funding

Mar10-Dec14 UDWR 100537 Assessing Vehicle-Related Mortality of Mule Deer in Utah Bissonette, J 269,610.00 70,957.20

Jul07 - July12 USFWS 070722 RWO 56 Bull Trout Viability II Budy, P 633,421.25 -

May12-Sep15 USFWS 120973 RWO 63 Bull Trout Viability III Budy, P 71,757.90 71,757.90

July11-Jun14 UDWR 111202 Weber River Metapopulation and Source Sink Dynamics of Native Trout Budy, P 32,083.00 32,083.00

July11-Jun14 UDWR 111203 Scofield Reservoir Predator/Prey Interaction Budy, P 69,550.00 69,550.00

Jul12-Dec13 UDWR 121041 Flaming Gorge Burgot: Diet & Distribution, Early Life History (Sports Fisheries) Budy, P 118,017.00 118,017.00

July01-Jun13 UDWR 121106 Logan River Trout Viability - Long Term Monitoring and Evaluation (YR 12 - Blue Ribbon) Budy, P 581,023.00 15,279.00

Apr12-Sep13 UDWR 120649 Three Species Population Monitoring in the White River (UT) Budy, P 12,446.00 12,446.00

Jul12-Jun13 UDWR 130001 Strawberry Reservoir Fish Distribution Study (Blue Ribbon) Budy, P 3,000.00 3,000.00

Jan11-Sep15 BOR 110370 CPCESU: Movement & Habitat Studies of Endangered Fishes in the Colorado River Basin Budy, P 623,182.01 207,727.34

Jul11-Aug16 BOR 110915 CPCESU: Tributary Habitat Use Endangered and Imperiled Fishes in the Price River, UT Budy, P 166,452.00 42,585.00

Sep12-Jun14 NPS-CESU130041 NPS CP CESU - Channel Narrowing & Sediment...Big Bend Reach of Rio Grande (Schmidt) Budy, P 102,139.83 36,069.73

Apr11-Sep14 USFWS 110834 Pyramid Lake Fishery Evaluation Budy, P 344,769.22 115,998.75

Jun12-Jun17 USFS 121104 Cutthroat Population Conditions within the Logan Watershed Budy, P 73,902.00 34,451.00

Sep12-Sep17 BLM 130141 BLM CESU - San Rafael Restoration Science Budy, P 316,000.00 110,000.00

Oct10-Feb17 NSF 100618 Artic LTR: Climate Change Budy, P 131,000.00 35,000.00

May10-May15 USGS 100806 RWO 59 Sustainable Communities and Landscape Design Edwards, T 348,557.00 137,072.00

Sep11-Dec14 NASA 111321 RWO 61 Spatial Responses to Climate Across Trophic Levels: Monitoring and Modeling Plants, Prey, and Predators in the Intermountain Western United States

Edwards, T 108,377.35 108,377.35

Aug12-Jul 17 BLM 121026 RWO 64 Step-Down Demo Analysis of Plants and Animals under the BLM Rapid Ecoregioinal Edwards, T 122,641.51 122,641.51

Oct09-Apr13 FS 100194 Effects of Projected Climate Change on Distribution Patterns of …Conifers Edwards, T 150,000.00 28,106.05

Sep13-Sep16 USFWS 140142 Decision Support for the BLM Colorado Plateau REA and FWS Southern Rockies LCC Edwards, T 55,700.00 -

Grant#121026 Bureau of Land Management $75,000 (Funded through RWO64)

Grant#140142 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service $55,700

Jul11-Jun16 BLM 120007 Habitat Modeling of Rare Plant Species on the Colorado Plateau Edwards, T 352,293.00 112,006.64

Grant #120007 Utah Natural Heritage Program $314,000

Grant #121105 Survey of Sensitive Species in UT $16,536

Grant #130373 Habitat Modeling of Rare Plants Species on the CO Plateau $21,757

4,685,922 1,483,125 ======= =======

ACTIVE RESEARCH: UNIT SCIENTISTSFiscal Year 2013

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Project Source Grant Principal Total FY 2013

Duration Number Project Title Investigator Project Funding

Jul08-Jun13 UDWR 090110 Winter Distribution and Feeding Ecology of Waterfowl on the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem

Conover, M 359,790 53,531

Jul10-Sep13 UDWR 101114 Wildlife Crossing in Utah: Determining What Works and Helping to Create the Best and Most Cost-Effective Structure Designs

Cramer, P 198,100 61,737

Aug12-Jun13 UDWR 130079 UDWR Escalante Fall 2013 Damitz, S 62,000 62,000

Sep09-Jun14 UDWR 100027 Study the Impacts of Artificial Water and Coyotes on Kit Fox in Utah's West Desert Gese, E 460,017 95,176

Jul08-Jun14 UDWR 090282 Phase III of Cougar Research in Utah ($85K every May) YR1-4 Gese, E 340,000 85,000

Nov12-Jun15 UDWR 141025 Assessing Approaches to Manage Phragmites in Utah Wetlands Kettenring, K 30,000 -

Jul10-Jun14 UDWR 101213 Improved Monitoring for Management of the Henry Mountains Bison Herd Koons, D 360,286 63,177

Mar11-Jun13 UDWR 110451 2011-12 Statewide Utah Angler Survey Krannich, R 58,965 28,604

Jan13-Dec17 UDWR 130415 Determinants of Population Growth in UT Moose MacNulty, D 208,499 20,850

Jun11-Jun13 UDWR 120069 Sustaining Utah's Sage-Grouse Local Working Group Messmer, T 128,880 79,585

Jun12-Jun13 UDWR 120967 Demography, ...and Seasonal Movements of Greater Sage-Grouse in Ruby Pipeline Messmer, T 216,808 109,090

Sep10-Jun15 UDWR 110152 Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears Mock, K 118,878 32,115

Nov10-Jun14 UDWR 101029 Evaluate Habitat Quality of Mexican Spotted Owls' Territories in Utah Schupp, G 125,508 34,644

Oct11-Jun16 UDWR 120335 Evaluating Coyote Predation and Survival of Mule Deer Under Different Predator Management Regimes

Young, J 264,284 59,830

Jun12-Jun13 UDWR 121103 Rehabilitation of Bear Cubs Young, J 10,000 10,000

2,942,015 795,339

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ACTIVE RESEARCH: OTHER PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Fiscal Year 2013

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UNITPRODUCTIVITY–CY2013‐2014

Publications

BissonetteBissonette,J.A.2013.Scaleinwildlifemanagement:thedifficultywithextrapolation.

Chapter6,Pages73‐83inP.R.KrausmanandJ.R.Caine,(eds),WildlifeManagement:contemporaryprinciplesandpractices.TheJohnsHopkinsPress,Baltimore,MD,USA.

Brodie,J,H.Johnson,M.Mitchell,P.Zager,K.Proffitt,M.Hebblewhite,M.Kauffman,B.Johnson,J.Bissonette,C.Bishop,J.Gude,J.Herbert,K.Hersey,M.Hurley,P.M.Lukacs,S.McCorquodale,E.McIntire,J.Nowak,H.Sawyer,D.Smith,andP.J.White.2013.Relativeinfluenceofhumanharvest,carnivores,andweatheronadultfemaleelksurvivalacrosswesternNorthAmerica.JournalofAppliedEcology50:295–305.DOI:10.1111/1365‐2664.12044.

Biswas,T,R.D.Ramsey,J.A.Bissonette,andJ.Symanzik.2014.IntegrationoftwospectralindicestomonitorlossofmoistgrasslandwithintheJaldaparaWildlifeSanctuary,India.InternationalJournalofRemoteSensing35(3):1038‐1063.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2013.875631.

lson,D.D.J.A.Bissonette,P.C.Cramer,A.D.Green,S.T.Davis,P.J.Jackson,D.C.Coster.2014.MonitoringWildlife‐VehicleCollisionsintheInformationAge:HowSmartphonesCanImproveDataCollection.PLoSONE9(6):e98613.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098613.

BudyBottcher,J.L.,T.E.Walsworth,G.P.Thiede,P.Budy,andD.Speas.2013.FrequentUsageof

TributariesbytheEndangeredFishesoftheUpperColoradoRiverBasin:ObservationsfromtheSanRafaelRiver,Utah.NorthAmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement,ManagementBrief33:585‐594.

Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,J.Lobon‐Cervia,G.Gonzales,P.AMcHugh,A.McIntosh,L.A.Vollestad,E.BecaresandP.Jellyman.2013.Limitationandfacilitationofoneoftheworld'smostinvasivefish:anintercontinentalcomparison.Ecology94:356‐367.

Walsworth,T.E.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2013.Longerfoodchainsandcrowdednichespace:effectsofmultipleinvadersonimperileddesertfishes.EcologyofFreshwaterFish.Earlyonline:doi:10.1111/eff.12038.

Hough‐Snee,N.Roper,B.R.,Wheaton,J.M.,andP.Budy.2013.RiparianvegetationcommunitieschangerapidlyfollowingpassiverestorationatanorthernUtahstream.EcologicalEngineering58:371‐377.

Meredith,C.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2014.Predationonnativesculpinbyexoticbrowntroutexceedsthatbynativecutthroattroutwithinamountainwatershed(Logan,UT,USA)doi:10.1111/eff.12134.USGSFSP:IP‐042175.

Bowerman,T.,Neilson,B.andP.Budy.2014.Effectsoffinesediment,hyporheicflow,andspawningsiteselectiononsurvivalanddevelopmentofbulltroutembryos.CanadianJournalofFisheriesandAquaticSciences71:1–13.USGSFSP:IP‐049185.

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Saunders,W.C.,P.Budy,andG.Thiede.2014.DemographicChangesFollowingMechanicalRemovalofExoticBrownTroutinanIntermountainWest(USA),High‐ElevationStream.EcologyofFreshwaterFish.doi:10.1111/eff.12143.USGSFSP:IP‐034361.

Budy,P.andC.Luecke.2014.UnderstandinghowlakepopulationsofArcticchararestructuredandfunctionwithspecialconsiderationofthepotentialeffectsofclimatechange:amulti‐facetedapproach.Oecologia176:81–94.USGSFSP:IP‐053259.

Bennet,S.,B.Roper,R.Al‐Chokhachy,andP.Budy.Inpress.AnnualVariationofSpawningCutthroatTroutinaSmallWesternUSAStream:ACaseStudywithImplicationsfortheConservationofPotamodromousTroutLifeHistoryDiversity.EcologyofFreshwaterFish.Accepted18June,2014.ManuscriptID:UJFM‐2013‐0155.USGSFSP:IP‐050825.

Laub,B.G.,andP.Budy.Inpress.Assessingthelikelyeffectivenessofmulti‐speciesmanagementforimperileddesertfishesusingnicheoverlapanalysis.Accepted11September,2014withminorrevisions.ConservationBiology.USGSFSP:IP‐058151.

EdwardsEdwards,Jr.,T.C.,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,R.Wueest,W.Thullier,J‐CSvenning,

J.Elith,andN.E.Zimmermann.Differentiallifestagenichemodelling:canweconstructspeciesfitnesslandscapesfromSDMs?Inreview,Ecography.

Edwards,Jr.,T.C.,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,A.Psomas,andN.E.Zimmermann.Forecastingclimate‐induceddistributionshiftsforthepiñon‐junipercomplexoftheWesternUnitedStates.Inreview,GlobalChangeBiology.

Edwards,Jr.,T.C.,Jr.,F.Kienast,J.Bolliger,andT.Dalang.MaintaininghighAlpdrygrasslandmeadowsofhighconservationpriorityundershort‐andlong‐termecologicalchange.Inrevision,BiologicalConservation.

Ripplinger,J.,J.Franklin,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Legaciesofmanageddisturbanceleavesemi‐aridplantcommunitieswithreducedresilienceandalteredcomposition.Inrevision,JournalofVegetationScience.

Gross,D.H.,J.A.Logan,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Mountainpinebeetlefecundityandoffspringsizedifferamonglodgepolepineandwhitebarkpinehosts.Inrevision,CanadianJournalofForestResearch.

Brewerton,A.,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.EffectsoffirerestorationtreatmentsonshrubsteppepasserinesintheGreatBasin.Inrevison,RangelandEcologyandManagement.

Thuiller,W,T.Münkemüller,K.H.Schiffers1,S.Dullinger,V.E.Eckhart,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,DGravel,G.Kunstler,C.Merrow,K.M.O’Leary,N.E.Zimmermann,D.Zurell,andF.Schurr.Howdodemographicparametersrelatetoprobabilityofoccurrences?Inpress,Ecography.

Merow,C.,MJ.Smith,W.Thuiller,N.E.Zimmermann,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,A.Guisan,S.Normand,R.Wüest,andJ.Elith.BacktothebasicsofSpeciesdistributionmodeling:whatdowelearnfromcomplexversussimpleresponsecurves?Inpress,Ecography.

Norevll,R,E.,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,andF.P.Howe.2014.Disturbanceasrestorationinshrubsteppe:mixedeffectsonnon‐targetbirdspecies.JournalofWildlifeManagement78:456‐462.

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Svenning,J‐C,D.Gravel,R.D.Holt,F.Schurr,W.Thuiller,S.Dullinger,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,T.Hickler,S.Higgins,andS.Normand.2014.Bioticinteractionscanstronglyinfluencerangeexpansionrates.Ecography37:1‐12.

Gibson,J.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.2014.Effectsof“fuzzingandswapping”forestinventoryplotcoordinatesonspeciesdistributionmodelsunderprojectedclimatechangescenarios:howusefulareprojectionmodelsbasedonpublicdata.Ecosystems17:43‐53.

Beard,K.H.,C.A.Faulhaber,S.L.Durham,F.P.Howe,andT.C.EdwardsJr.2013.Indirectinteractionsamongrodentsandseedsinashrubsteppeecosystem.WesternNorthAmericanNaturalist73:426‐441.

Jones,K.B.,G.Zurlini,F.Kienast,I.Petrosillo,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,T.G.Wade,Bai‐lianLi,andN.Zaccarelli.2013.Informinglandscapeplanninganddesignforsustainingecosystemservicesfromexistingspatialpatternsandknowledge.LandscapeEcology28:1175‐1192.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.,D.R.Cutler,andK.H.Beard.2013.Predictingriskofinvasivespeciesoccurrence‐plot‐basedapproaches.Pages79‐98in:Welch,B.A.,P.H.Geissler,andP.Latham.Earlydetectionofinvasiveplant‐Principlesandpractices:U.S.GeologicalSurveyScientificInvestigationsReport2012–5162,U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Reston,Virginia.Edwards,T.C.,Jr.,D.R.Cutler,andK.H.Beard.2013.Theprocessofmodelassessmentandevaluation.Pages119‐126in:Welch,B.A.,P.H.Geissler,andP.Latham.Earlydetectionofinvasiveplant‐Principlesandpractices:U.S.GeologicalSurveyScientificInvestigationsReport2012–5162,U.S.GeologicalSurvey,Reston,Virginia.

ColbyW.Brungard,C.W.,J.L.Boettinger,M.C.Duniway,S.A.Wills,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Machinelearningforpredictingsoilclassesinthreesemi‐aridlandscapes.Inreview,Geoderma.

Ironside,K.E,D.Mattson,D.Choate,D.Stoner,T.Arundel,J.Hansen,T.Theimer,B.Holton,B.Jansen,J.O.Sexton,K.Longshore,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Variabledetectionratesinterrestrialglobalpositioningsystemtelemetrydatadeployedonlargemammals:probabilityofmissingfixes.Inreview,AnimalTelemetry.

PresentationsBudyMesner,N.,D.Jackson‐Smith,D.Stevens,P.Budy.2013.AssessmentofUtah’sNonpoint

Source(319)Program.2013SaltLakeCountywideWatershedSymposium,SaltLakeCity,October15,2013.

Budy.P.,A.Giblin,G.Kling,andB.Crump.2013.ArcticLakes:whathavewelearnedaboutsystemresponsetodirectandindirecteffectsofclimatechange?ArcticLTERMid‐TermReview,ToolikFieldStation,AK.18June2013.

Fisher,K.andP.Budy.2013.ComparingTrophicLevelPositionofInvertebratesinFishandFishlessLakesinArcticAlaska.PosterPresentation.StudentColloquium;ResearchonCapitolHill,SaltLakeCity,February,2013.

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Klobucar,S.L.,W.C.Saunders,C.Luecke,andP.Budy.2013.ALotalotaconsumption:trophiceffectsandpotentialimpactsofanovelandvoraciouspredatorinFlamingGorgeReservoir,WY‐UT.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,26‐29March,2013,Page,Arizona.

Klobucar,S.L.,W.C.Saunders,C.Luecke,andP.Budy.2013.ALotalotaconsumption:trophiceffectsandpotentialimpactsofanovelandvoraciouspredatorinFlamingGorgeReservoir,WY‐UT.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,15‐18April,2013,Boise,Idaho.

Klobucar,S.L,W.C.Saunders,C.Luecke,andP.Budy.2013.Understandingtheinvasionsuccessofanovelpredator:burbotlifehistoryandtrophicinteractionsinFlamingGorgeReservoir,WY‐UT.AmericanFisheriesSociety,8‐12September,2013,LittleRock,Arkansas.

Laub,B.G.,P.Budy,andJ.Jimenez.2013.RestorationoftheSanRafaelRiverandripariancorridorinsouthernUtah.SocietyofWetlandScientists,2‐6June,2014,Duluth,Minnesota,USA.

Laub,B.G.,P.Budy,andJ.Jimenez.2013.SynthesizingpopulationdynamicsofnativefishspeciesandgeomorphicanalysesofchannelchangetoguiderestorationplanningontheSanRafaelRiver,Utah.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,26‐29March,2013,LakePowellResort/WahweapMarina,Page,Arizona,USA.

Laub,B.G.,P.Budy,andJ.Jimenez.2013.RestorationoftheSanRafaelRiver,Utah:Anopportunityforassessmentofcumulativeprojectimpactsonalargescale.RiverCrossings:LinkingRiverCommunities,RiverManagementSocietyconferenceandworkshop,11‐15March,2013,GrandJunction,Colorado,USA.

Winters,L.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2013.Exploringthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofanexplosivepreybasebyasuiteofthreepredatoryfishesinahighelevation,westernreservoir.OralPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,143rdAnnualMeeting,8‐12September,2013,LittleRock,Arkansas.

Winters,L.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2013.Exploringthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofanexplosivepreybasebyasuiteofthreepredatoryfishesinahighelevation,westernreservoir.OralPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,15‐18April,2013,Boise,Idaho.

Hafen,K.,L.Winters,andP.Budy.2013.AgnosticbehaviorbetweenthreespeciesofsalmonidscommonlystockedinUtahreservoirs.OralPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,15‐18April,2013,Boise,Idaho.

Winters,L.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2013.Exploringthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofanexplosivepreybasebyasuiteofthreepredatoryfishesinahighelevation,westernreservoir.OralPresentation.SpringRunoffConference,UtahStateUniversity,9‐10April,2013,Logan,Utah.

Winters,L.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2013.ScofieldReservoir:exploringthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofanexplosivepreybasebythreetoppredatoryfishes.OralPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,26‐28March,2013,Wahweap,Utah.BestStudentPresentationAward.

Hafen,K.,L.Winters,andP.Budy.2013.AgnosticbehaviorbetweenthreespeciesofsalmonidscommonlystockedinUtahreservoirs.OralPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,26‐28March,Wahweap,Utah.

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Budy,P.2014.ArcticLakes:Spring2014updateandnewdirection.ArcticLongTermEcologicalResearch,25‐28.February,2014,WoodsHole,Massachusetts.

Klobucar,S.L.andP.Budy.2014.Inhot(ter)water:predictingzooplanktonbiomassandarcticchargrowthandconsumptionunderclimatechangescenariosontheAlaskaNorthSlope.Poster.ArcticLongTermEcologicalResearch,25‐28.February,2014,WoodsHole,Massachusetts.

Laub,B.G.,J.Jimenez,andP.Budy.2014.RestorationandmonitoringplanfornativefishandriparianvegetationontheSanRafaelRiver,Utah.TamariskCoalitionResearchandManagementConference,18‐20February,2014,GrandJunction,Colorado,USA.

Budy,P.2014.ChallengestodesertfishconservationandriverrestorationinthearidWest:Howcanweaverttheperfectstorm?UniversityofMissouri,Dept.ofFisheriesandWildlifeSciences.InvitedLecture:5March,2014MichaelDunmireLectureSeries.

Laub,B.G.andP.Budy.2014.Allasoneoroneforall?Assessingthelikelyeffectivenessofmanagingthreenativespecies(blueheadsucker,flannelmouthsucker,androundtailchub)asanecologicalcomplex.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,11‐14March,2014,Price,Utah,USA.

Chapman,K.,P.Budy,andF,Howe.2014.EvaluatingthepotentialimpactsofAmericanwhitepelicanpredationonBonnevillecutthroattroutinStrawberryReservoir,UT.Poster.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,11‐14March,2014,Price,Utah,USA.

Breen,M.J.,G.P.Thiede,P.Budy,M.D.Fiorelli,S.Klobucar,andP.MacKinnon.2014.Populationdemographicsandhabitatcriteriaforthreesensitivefishes:whyistheWhiteRiverunique?AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,11‐14March,2014,Price,Utah,USA.

Mohn,H.,B.Roper,P.Budy.2014.QuantifyingBonnevilleCutthroatTroutspawningmovementwithintheLoganRiverwatershedwithconsiderationtopotentialmetapopulationstructureandmanagement.AmericanFisheriesSociety,UtahChapter,11‐14March,2014,Price,Utah,USA.

Laub,B.G.,J.Jimenez,andP.Budy.2014.RestorationandmonitoringplanfornativefishandriparianvegetationontheSanRafaelRiver,Utah.2014SpringRunoffConference,1‐2April,2014,Logan,Utah,USA.

Budy,P.,M.M.Conner,N.L.Salant,andW.Macfarlane.2014.TheclockistickingfordesertfishesoftheSWUSA:Anoccupancy‐basedassessmentofregionalvulnerability.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

Klobucar,S.L.andP.Budy.2014.Inhot(ter)water?predictionsofarcticchargrowthandconsumptionunderclimatechangescenariosontheAlaskaNorthSlope.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

Macfarlane,W.W.,P.Budy,G.P.Thiede,andB.G.Laub.2014.LookingbeyondthemainstemforconservationofrestorationofendangeredColoradoRiverfishes.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

Mohn,H.,B.Roper,P.Budy.2014.InvestigatingBonnevilleCutthroatTroutspawningmovementwithintheLoganRiverwatershedwithconsiderationtopotentialmetapopulationstructureandmanagement.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

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Laub,B.G.andP.Budy.2014.Allasoneoroneforall?Assessingthelikelyeffectivenessofmulti‐speciesmanagement.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

Budy,P.,M.M.Conner,N.L.Salant,andW.W.,Macfarlane.2014.TheClockisTickingforDesertFishesoftheSWUSA:AnOccupancy‐basedAssessmentofRegionalVulnerability.AmericanFisheriesSociety,WesternDivision,7‐11April,2014,Mazatlán,Mexico.

Dibble,K.L.,C.B.Yackulic,T.Kennedy,andP.Budy.2014.Factorsinfluencingthesizeofsalmonidsinregulatedriversystems:asynthesisofdatafromtheWesternUnitedStates.JointAquaticSciencesMeeting;Portland,OR;May18‐23,2014.

Finch,C.andP.Budy.2014.Habitatmediateddispersalandrecolonizationinstreamfishfollowingaseverefire.Poster.JointAquaticSciencesMeeting;Portland,OR;May18‐23,2014.

Dibble,K.L.,C.B.Yackulic,T.Kennedy,andP.Budy.2014.AnexaminationoftheprocessesthatregulatefishsizedownriverofdamsintheWesternUnitedStates.144thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanFisheriesSociety;QuebecCity,Canada;August17‐21,2014.

EdwardsEdwards,T.C.,Jr,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andN.E.Zimmermann.Differential

lifestagenichemodelling:canweconstructspeciesfitnesslandscapesfromspeciesdistributionmodels?Offeredpaper,2014MeetingoftheU.S.ChapteroftheInternationalAssociationforLandscapeEcology,Anchorage,Alaska,5/19/2014.

Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.DistributionshiftsofconiferousforestsintheColoradoplateauunderprojected21stcenturyclimatechange.Offeredpaper,2014MeetingoftheU.S.ChapteroftheInternationalAssociationforLandscapeEcology,Anchorage,Alaska,5/19/2014.

Sims,S.A.,D.Stoner,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,D.J.Mattson,D.M.Choate,andK.Longshore.Mountainlion(Pumaconcolor)home‐rangesizeandthenormalizeddifferencevegetationindex:usingalandscapeproductivityindexasasurrogateforpreydensity.Offeredpaper,2014AnnualMeetingoftheUtahChapteroftheWildlifeSociety,St.George,Utah,3/20/14.

Stoner,D.T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.O.Sexton,J.Nagol,andH.Bernales.UngulatereproductionandplantphenologyontheColoradoPlateau.Offeredpaper,2014AnnualMeetingoftheUtahChapteroftheWildlifeSociety,St.George,Utah,3/20/14.

Stoner,D.,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.UsingremotelysensedindicesofprimaryproductivitytoevaluatelargemammalabundanceandmovementinthearidSouthwesternUnitedStates.Invitedpaper,Forty‐sixthAnnualFallMeetingoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,California,12/10/13.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.Casestudies:usingtheColoradoPlateauRapidEcoregionalAssessmenttosetmanagementandresearchobjectives.Invitedpaper,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/19/2013.

Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.DistributionshiftsofconiferousforestsintheColoradoplateauunderprojected21stcenturyclimate

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change.Offeredpaper,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/18/2013.

Ironside,K.E.,D.J.Mattson,D.Stoner,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,A.Anand,J.O.Sexton,K.E.D.M.Choate,K.Longshore,B.Holton,andB.Jansen.ColoradoPlateautrophicinteractions:climate,primaryproductivity,andlargemammals.Offeredpaper,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/18/2013.

Stoner,D.,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,andD.J.Mattson.Plantphenologyandtheabundanceofthreemountainungulatesonthecoloradoplateau.Offeredpaper,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/18/2013.

Sims,S.A.,D.Stoner,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,D.J.Mattson,D.M.Choate,andK.Longshore.Mountainlion(pumaconcolor)home‐rangesizeandthenormalizeddifferencevegetationindex:usingalandscapeproductivityindexasasurrogateforpreydensity.Offeredposter,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/17/2013.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.Forecastingclimate‐induceddistributionshiftsforthepiñon‐junipercomplexoftheWesternUnitedStates.Invitedpaper,SNFSinergiaProjectSpatiallyExplicitEvolutionofDiversity,ZurichETHandSwissFederalResearchLabWSL,Birmensdorf,Switzerland,24/4/2013.

Stoner,D.C.,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Naghol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,andD.J.Mattson.Ungulateabundanceacrossalatitudinalgradient:primaryproduction,summerprecipitation,andhabitatfragmentation.Offeredpaper,NASA2013AnnualMeetingonClimateChangeandBiodiversity,Bethesda,Maryland,13/4/2013.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andN.E.Zimmermann.ExpansionandcontractiontensionzonesinwesternUSpiñon‐juniperwoodlandsunderprojectedclimatechange.Offeredpaper,6thBiennialMeetingoftheInternationalBiogeographySociety,Miami,Florida,1/10/2013.

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Leavitt,ShaunaL.(2014,July15).Troutvs.chub.Retrievedfromhttp://wildlife.utah.gov/blog/2014/trout‐vs‐chub/

Leavitt,ShaunaL.(2014,July11).StrawberryReservoirpelicanproject.Retrievedfrom

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.839890476021966.1073741967.136959382981749&type=1

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ActiveGrantsandotherFundingBudy2013‐presentQuantifyingpelicanpredationpotentialonthefishcommunityof

StrawberryReservoirandassessingstreamhabitatuse(PI): ‐UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,$130,790. ‐USForestService,$29,307.2011‐presentPyramidLakefisheryevaluation:evaluatingcutthroattroutperformance

andidentifyinglimitingfactorsforthenativefishcommunity(PI):‐USFishandWildlifeService,$344,769.

2013‐presentUnderstandingtheeffectsofwildfireonfishpopulationsandstreamgeomorphologyinTwitchellCanyon(PI):

‐UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,$98,374.2012‐present SanRafaelrestorationscience:restorationimplementationandriparian

areadelineation(PI):‐USBureauofLandManagement,$316,000.

2014‐2015 MatchingwatershedotolithmicrochemistrytoestablishnataloriginsofendangeredJunesuckers(Chasmistislioris)(PI):

‐CentralUtahWaterConservancyDistrict,$20,000.2014‐2015 EcologicalchangesinaquaticcommunitiesintheBigBendreachoftheRio

Grande:Synthesisandfuturemonitoringneeds(PI):‐NationalParkService$102,140.‐NationalParkService$41,260.

2003‐presentBulltroutviability(PI):‐USFishandWildlifeService,$1,458,514.

2011‐presentTributaryhabitatuseofendangeredandimperiledfishesinthePriceRiver,Utah(PI):

‐USBureauofReclamation,$166,452.2010‐2016 ArcticLTER:Climatechangeandchangingdisturbanceregimesinarctic

landscapes(PI):‐NationalScienceFoundation,$192,000.

2012‐presentCutthroattroutpopulationswithintheLoganRiverwatershed(PI):‐USForestService,$73,902.

2012‐present MovementandhabitatstudiesofendangeredfishesintheColoradoRiverbasinutilizingstationaryandmobilepit‐tagdetectionsystems(PI):

‐USBureauofReclamation,$623,182.Edwards2013‐2016 DecisionsupportsystemsfortheBLMColoradoPlateauREAandFWS

SouthernRockiesLCC(PI): ‐BureauofLandManagement,$75,000. ‐U.S.FishandWildlifeService,$55,700.2012‐2016 HabitatmodellingofrareplantspeciesintheColoradoPlateau(PI): ‐BureauofLandManagement,$352,300.

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2011‐2015 Step‐downdemonstrationanalysesofplantsandanimalsundertheBLMRapidEcoregionalAnalysisprocess(PI):

‐BureauofLandManagement,$165,500.2011‐2015 Spatialresponsestoclimateacrosstrophiclevels:monitoringandmodeling

plants,prey,andpredatorsintheIntermountainWesternUnitedStates(PI):

‐NASA,$1,912,000Totalproject;$532,400USU.2009‐2015 Sustainablecommunitiesandlandscapedesigns(PI): ‐U.S.GeologicalSurvey,$348,600.

GraduateStudentsDirectedBissonetteDanOlson.2013.Assessingvehicle‐relatedmortalityofmuledeerinUtah,,Ph.D.October

2013.BudyBowerman,Tracy.2013.Amulti‐scaleinvestigationoffactorslimitingbulltroutviability.

PhD.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.Klobucar,Stephen.2013.Anexperimentalandmodelingapproachtounderstanding

predator‐preydynamics:identifyinglimitationsofpredatorperformanceinhighdesertimpoundments.MSThesis.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Winters,Lisa.2014.AnevaluationofthefoodwebdynamicsandpredatorpreyinteractionsinScofieldReservoir.MSThesis.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Dean,Andy.2014.Anevaluationoftherelativeperformanceofdiploidversustriploidbrooktroutwithconsiderationoftheinfluenceoflakecharacteristics.MSThesis.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Heredia,Nicholas.2014.FoodwebecologyandenergeticsofLahontancutthroattroutinPyramidLake,Nevada:ReturnoftheKing?MSThesis.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Newlon,Courtney.MSdegreeinprogress‐Ecology.Identifyingcuesformovementandtemporally‐dynamiclimitingfactorsinthebulltroutmovementcorridor.Tobecompletedin2014.

Strohm,Deanna.MSdegreeinprogress–Ecology.Matchingwatershedandotolithmicrochemistrytoestablishnataloriginsofanendangereddesertlakesucker.Tobecompletedin2014.

Klobucar,Stephen.PhDdegreeinprogress–Ecology.Inhot(ter)water:predictingzooplanktonbiomassandarcticchargrowthandconsumptionunderclimatechangescenariosontheAlaskaNorthSlope.Tobecompletedby2016.

Chapman,K.MSdegreeinprogress‐Ecology.QuantifyingthedirectandindirecteffectsofpelicanpredationonapopulationofcutthroattroutinStrawberryReservoir,UT.Tobecompletedby2015.

Finch,Colton.PhDdegreeinprogress‐Ecology.Fires,floods,andfish:projectingpopulationrecoveryinaninlandwatershed.Tobecompletedby2016.

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EdwardsAdamBrewerton.M.S.2012.Avianresponsetopostwildlandfirereseedingtreatmentsin

GreatBasinshrubsteppe.MSThesis.AvianEcology.UtahStateUniversity.Andrew(Steven)Sims.M.S.degreeinprogress..Effectsofinterannualclimateandprimary

productivityonmuledeersurvivalandfecundity.Tobecompletedby2017.

ResearchAssociatesDirectedBudySaunders,W.C.2010‐2013.1)Atestofthetheoryofbioticresistance:noveloptionsfor

nativefishrestoration.2)Understandingtheinvasionsuccessofanovelpredator:burbotlifehistoryandtrophicinteractionsinFlamingGorgeReservoir.

Laub,B.2012‐present.Identifyingrestorationpotentialforanimperiled,deserttributarystream.

EdwardsJacobGibson,ResearchAssociate

SustainablecommunitiesandlandscapedesignsDavidStoner,Post‐doctoralResearchAssociate

Spatialresponsestoclimateacrosstrophiclevels:monitoringandmodelingplants,prey,andpredatorsintheIntermountainWesternUnitedStates

RobertFitts,ResearchAssociateHabitatmodellingrareplantspeciesintheColoradoPlateau

MichaelGuttery,Post‐doctoralResearchAssociateDecisionsupportsystemsfortheBLMColoradoPlateauREAandFWSSouthernRockiesLCC

Visiting Scholar Collaboration

Edwards Dr. Nadja Machado, Professor, Federal Institute of Mato Grosso, Graduate Program in

Environmental Physics, Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso, Campus Cuiabá - Bela Vista., BRASIL. (*Program is Brasilian version of the U.S. Fullbright Program). Collaborative Research with T. Edwards: Selection of priority areas for conservation in Mato Grosso state based on ecological niche modeling, potential distribution of species and landscape structure.

UndergraduateResearchProjectsAdvisedBudyRoholt,B.Inprogress.Amorphometricdeterminationofgapelimitationoftopfish

predatorsinthewesternUS.WatershedSciences,USU.

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Reynolds,Jamie.Inprogress.Effectsofwaterqualityonfishspeciesincutlerreservoir.UndergraduateHonorsThesis.QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResources,USU.PresentedatUtahAmericanFisheriesSocietyandTheWildlifeSociety,March2014.

Hafen,K.2014.Agonisticbehaviorbetweenrainbow,cutthroat,andtigertroutinanovelUtahreservoircommunity.PreparedforsubmissiontoTransactionsoftheAmericanFisheriesSocietyasaNote.

Ausberger,J.2013.SculpindietcompositionintheLoganRiver.QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResources,USU.ResearchExperienceforUndergraduatesProgram.

Fisher,K.2013.ComparingTrophicLevelPositionofInvertebratesInFishAndFishlessLakesInArcticAlaska.UndergraduateHonorsThesis.USU.14pp.

EdwardsSims,S.A.,D.Stoner,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,D.J.Mattson,D.M.

Choate,andK.Longshore.Primaryproductivitypredictsmountainlion(Pumaconcolor)home‐rangesize.Offeredpaper,2014AnnualMeetingoftheUtahChapteroftheWildlifeSociety,St.George,Utah,3/20/14.

Sims,S.A.,D.Stoner,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,J.Nagol,J.O.Sexton,K.E.Ironside,D.J.Mattson,D.M.Choate,andK.Longshore.Mountainlion(pumaconcolor)home‐rangesizeandthenormalizeddifferencevegetationindex:usingalandscapeproductivityindexasasurrogateforpreydensity.Offeredposter,12thBiennialConferenceofScienceandManagementontheColoradoPlateau,Flagstaff,Arizona,9/17/2013.

Professional&AcademicService

BudyAmericanFisheriesSociety&SeaGrantBestStudentPaper/PosterSymposium.May2014.

AmericanFisheriesSociety,ProfessionalNetworkingOpportunity,Presentationand

Roundtableforstudentsetc.,UtahChapter,Price,UT,12March,2014.

AmericanFisheriesSociety,EducationSection,WesternDivisionRepresentative.2014–present.

AssociateEditor,2010–present,EcologyofFreshwaterFish.

NewFacultyTeachingAcademy,TeachingMentor,USU,JeremeGaeta,2014.

CommitteeAssignments:

BureauofLandManagement,StateofUtah,RapidEcosystemAnalysisImplementationCommittee(2011‐current).

Reviewerfor: TransactionsoftheAmericanFisheriesSociety,NorthAmericanJournalofFisheries

Management,EcologyofFreshwaterFish,ConservationBiology,CanadianJournalof

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FisheriesandAquaticSciences,JournalofFishBiology,JournalofFishandWildlifeManagement,SouthwestNaturalist.

EdwardsReviewerfor: TheAuk,JournalofWildlifeManagement,FloridaFieldNaturalist,TheMurrelet,

WilsonBulletin,JournalofFieldOrnithology,Condor,CurrentOrnithology,ConservationBiology,WildlifeSocietyBulletin,Ecology,EcologicalMonographs,RemoteSensingandEnvironment,AmericanNaturalist,EcologicalApplications,LandscapeEcology,EcologicalModelling,EnvironmentalManagement,BiologicalConservation,JournalofVegetationScience,TrendsinEcologyandEvolution,DiversityandDistributions,Ecography.

ProfessionalService:

General‐Secretary,InternationalAssociationforLandscapeEcology,2009‐current.EditorialBoard,JournalofAppliedVegetationScience,2007‐2013.EditorialBoard,Ecography,2010‐current).General‐Secretary,InternationalAssociationforLandscapeEcology(2009‐

current).

CommitteeAssignments:BureauofLandManagement,StateofUtah,RapidEcosystemAnalysis

ImplementationCommittee(2011‐current).StateofUtah,DepartmentofNaturalResources,EnvironmentalMonitoringBoard,

SaltLakeCity,Utah(2010‐current).HighNorthResearchCentreforClimateandtheEnvironment,FramCentre,

UniversityofTromsø,Tromsø,Norway(2012).

OrganizedSymposiaEdwardsCo‐Organizer,FourthWorkshoponAdvancesinPredictiveSpeciesDistributionModels,

8/27‐29/12,Riederalp,Switzerland.Co‐Organizer,FifthWorkshoponAdvancesinPredictiveSpeciesDistributionModels,5/3‐

5/13,Peyresq,France(resultedin7manuscriptspublished,inpress,orinreview).

Courses/WorkshopsBissonetteVisitingProfessoratAlbert‐Ludwigs‐UniversitaetFreiburg,threeweekshortcoursein

landscapeecology,11‐29Nov.2013.

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adminsitrationandsniorbiologists,and2)UtahDivisionofNaturalResourcesandGivernersOffice.

EdwardsEspressoshortcoursesdevelopedandtaught:

Coursescomprise>300hoursofdirectinstruction,notincludingstudent‐requiredtimeforassociatedexercises.Over500studnetsandmanagershaveparticipatedinthecourses,withcourseshavingbeentaughtatlocationsrangingfromFWSFieldofficestoUniversitysettingstoNCTC.

baseR–DataManagementandManipulationinRgraphR–BasicGraphinginRstatR‐I–DescriptiveStatisticsinRstatR‐II–AnalysisofVariancetechniquesinRstatR‐III–BasicRegressionTechniquesinRstatR‐IV–CategoricalMethodsinRSpeciesDistributionModellingUsingRBioclimaticForecastModellingUsingRAdvancedRegressionandClassificationTechniquesUsingR.

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AQUATICSANALYSISFORTHEBLMCOLORADOPLATEAURAPIDECOREGIONALASSESSMENT:CHALLENGESAND

OPPORTUNITIESREPORT

Dates:2014‐2015

Abstract:TheBureauofLandManagement(BLM),inpartnershipwiththeSouthernRockiesLandscapeConservationCooperative,preparedarapidecoregionalassessment(REA)documentfortheColoradoPlateauin2012.ThepurposeoftherapidecoregionalassessmentistointegratescientificdataacrossthedifferentmanagementboundariesintheColoradoPlateauinsupportofregionalconservationandmanagementplanning.Althoughanumberofdatasourceshavebeencompiledandintegrated,uncertaintyremainsregardinghowtousetheresultingmapproductstoguideidentificationofpriorityareasforconservation,restoration,anddevelopmentontheground.

WearecontributingexpertiseonnativefishandotheraquaticresourcestoateamwhosepurposeistoreviewtheREA,identifydatagapsandoverlookedinformationsources,identifythreatstoconservationofkeyspeciesbasedoncompileddataintheREA,andproviderecommendationsforusingtheinformationin the REA to direct conservation and restoration planning. The development of the “Challenges andOpportunitiesReport”isintendedtohelpmanagersdeveloplocal‐scaleprojectsthatareconsistentwithhigh‐priorityconservationandrestorationtargetsidentifiedattheleveloftheColoradoPlateauecoregion.Inotherwords,theanalysiswillprovideastep‐downfromthescaleoftheColoradoPlateautothefield‐office levelwheremanagementdecisionsareultimatelymadeand implemented.Overall, thegoal is todevelop management and conservation efforts for aquatic resources within a regional‐scale focus onprioritiesandthreats.

Funding:Primary:BureauofLandManagementU.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesBrianLaub,ResearchScientist,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesJustinJimenez,Fisheries/RiparianProgramLead,BLMUtahStateOfficeScottMiller,Director,NationalAquaticMonitoringCenter,USU–Dept.ofWatershedSciences

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PROGRAMREVIEWOFUTAH’SSTATECONSERVATIONAGREEMENTSANDSTRATEGIES

Dates:2014‐2015

Abstract:The state of Utah is signatory to a number of conservation agreements that are intended to guidemanagement and research of sensitive aquatic species and prevent listing of the species under theEndangeredSpeciesAct.Thespeciesthataremanagedundertheseagreementsinclude:

NorthernLeathersidechub SouthernLeathersidechub BorealToad BonnevilleCutthroatTrout ColumbiaSpottedFrog VirginRiverSpinedace LeastChub RoundtailChub,BlueheadSuckerandFlannelmouth

SuckerEach conservationagreementhasauniquehistory andwas prepared separately for each species. Although there has been important progress in managingsensitivespeciesundertheseconservationagreements,theUtahDepartmentofNaturalResources(UDNR)hasraisedconcernsthatlimitedfundingforimplementingtheagreementscouldbeusedmoreefficiently,particularlywithrespecttowhethermonitoringisappropriatetoassessprogresstowardaccomplishmentofgoals,isbeingrepeatedbyotheragencies,andwhethereffortscouldbecombinedformultiplespecies.

Thegoalofthisprojectisthustoconductanexternalreviewoftheconservationagreementsandproviderecommendations to the UDNR for improvement of goals, objectives, and monitoring plans for eachagreement.Reviewswillbeconductedthroughongoingdialoguebetweenreviewersandkeymanagementpersonnelwhoarefamiliarwithworkbeingconductedundereachconservationagreement.Wewillbeprovidingaseriesofworkshops fornatural resourcepersonnel thatwillhighlightkeyapproachesandstrategies that could be useful in improving theagreements,basedonthereviewfindingsandbasedoninvestigationsofsimilarconservationagreementsimplementedbyotheragenciesthatwereproventobesuccessful.

Funding:Primary:UtahDepartmentofNaturalResourcesU.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:HollyStrand–PrincipleInvestigator,USU‐QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResourcesPhaedraBudy,ProfessorandDirector,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesBrianLaub,ResearchScientist,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesCharlesHawkins,Professor,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

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ECOLOGICALCHANGESINAQUATICCOMMUNITIESINTHEBIGBENDREACHOFTHERIOGRANDE:SYNTHESISANDFUTURE

MONITORINGNEEDS

Dates:2014‐2015

Abstract:Similar tomanydesertriversystems, theRioGrandehasbeen impactedbydams and water withdrawls over the last century. The altered physicalprocesses and resultant changes in geomorphology and riparian vegetationcommunitiesalongtheriverhavebeenwellstudied,andbasicmonitoringofriparianvegetationcommunitiesandotherbiologicalresourceshasalsobeenconductedontheriver.However,asynthesisofknowledgeandmodelslinkingthebiologicaldatatoknowledgeofalteredphysicalprocessesthatcanbeusedtounderstandhowphysicalprocessessupportaquatichabitatandbiotaandhowtheseaquaticresourcescanbebettermanagedunderfuturechangesislacking.

Wewill be collecting and synthesizing available data on aquatic communities in the Big Bend region andcombiningthisavailabledatawithareviewofrelevantliteraturetodevelopmodelsthatlinkbioticdynamicswithphysicalprocesses.Inparticular,wewillworkcloselywithlocalscientistsandmanagerstodeveloptimeseriesofabundanceandpopulationtrendsofaquaticspecies inordertogagecurrentstatusofspeciesandidentifyhowalteredphysicalprocessesandotherenvironmentalchangeshaveimpactedaquaticbiotaover

time. In addition, we will summarize habitatrequirementsandlifehistoryoftargetspeciestobetterpredictfutureresponseoftheseorganismstofurtherhydrologic and geomorphic changes and to informpotential management activities. We will synthesizeavailable data on abundance trends, habitatrequirements, and life history parameters inconceptualmodels, and through thisprocess identifydata gaps and research needs. This projectwill thusresult inrecommendationsforfuturemonitoringandscientificresearchtoimproveunderstandingofaquaticresourcesandtheirinteractionwithphysicalprocessesoperatingintheBigBendregion.

Funding:Primary:DesertLandscapeConservationCooperativeU.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,ProfessorandDirector,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesBrianLaub,ResearchScientist,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesJackSchmidt,Professor,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesDaveDean,Researcher,GrandCanyonMonitoringandResearchCenter

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IMPLEMENTATIONANDMONITORINGOFASCIENCEBASEDRESTORATIONANDMANAGEMENTPLANFORNATIVEFISHAND

RIPARIANVEGETATIONONTHESANRAFAELRIVER,UT

Dates:2014‐2015

Abstract:LikemanyriversinthesouthwesternUS,theSanRafaelRiverinsoutheastUtahhasbeenimpactedbyhydrologicalterations,habitatfragmentation,andnon‐nativefishandvegetationestablishment. In low‐wateryears, the lowerSanRafaelRiveroftenbecomesdewateredduetoirrigationwithdrawls.Inaddition,springsnowmeltfloodshavedeclinedinmagnitudeanddurationduetowatercaptureintheupperportionofthebasin.However,summermonsoonfloodsstilloccurregularlyandtransportlargequantitiesofsedimentintothelowerriver.Thissedimentisnolongerexportedfromtheriverchannelduetothelossofspringsnowmeltfloods.Asaresult,thechannelhasnarrowedanddeepened,thefloodplainhasaggraded,andbackwatersandotheroff‐channelhabitatshavefilledwithsediment.Saltcedar(Tamarixsp.)hascolonizedtheriverbanksinhighdensitiesandexacerbatedfloodplainaggradationandchannelnarrowingby stabilizingbankand floodplain sediments.Thecombinationof reducedspring snowmeltflowsandsaltcedarcolonizationhasledtoanarrowingandsimplificationoftheriverchannel.Non‐nativefishspecieshavealsocolonizedtheSanRafaelRiverbelowHattRanchdam(picturedbelow),whichisacompletebarriertoupstreamfishmovement.Despitethesethreats,threenativespeciesofconservationconcern are found in the SanRafael River, the bluehead sucker (Catostomusdiscobolus), flannelmouthsucker (Catostomus latipinnis), and roundtail chub (Gila robusta).However, these speciesoccur in lowabundancesintheSanRafaelRiverandthusrestorationhasthepotentialtohelpensurethepersistenceofthesenativefish.

Weusedanalysesofchannelchange,currentmapsofvegetationdistribution,andmodelingofpotentialresponse of native fish to restoration measures to develop a watershed‐scale restoration plan thatprioritizes reaches for conservation and restorationmeasures.We are applying an experimental and phasedapproach to the restoration design, so that we canunderstandthecumulativeimpactsofdifferentrestorationprojects over a large scale. Through monitoring of fish,channelmorphology,andvegetationresponse,weenvisionthat the outcomes of the San Rafael River restorationprojectwillhelpinformrestorationeffortsthroughoutthesouthwesternUS.

Funding:Primary:BureauofLandManagementBureauofReclamation&U.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesBrianLaub,ResearchScientist,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesJustinJimenez,Fisheries/RiparianProgramLead,BLMUtahStateOfficeDavidDean,Researcher,GrandCanyonMonitoringandResearchCenter

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MATCHINGWATERSHEDANDOTOLITHMICROCHEMISTRYTOESTABLISHNATALORIGINSOFANENDANGEREDLAKESUCKER

Dates:2013‐2014Abstract:Anthropogenicchangestothelandscape,suchasstreamfragmentation,revisedflowregimes,channelization,sedimentloading,andintroducednon‐nativespecies,haveresultedinhighratesofdeclineinfreshwaterspecies.Manydesertspecies,suchastheJunesucker(Chasmistesliorus),arecurrentlylistedasendangered.Managershaveincreasinglyturnedtohabitatrestorationasakeycomponenttorecoveryplans.Forendangeredspecies,oneoftheprimaryoutcomesofhabitatrestorationisanoutcomeofsuccessfulreproductionandrecruitmentofindividualsintotheadultpopulation.TheJunesuckerispotamodromous,demonstratingmigrationsfromalakehabitat,UtahLake,UT,intodegradedtributaryhabitatstospawn.Confirmationofnaturalrecruitmentasafunctionofhabitatrestorationcanonlybeachievedbyestablishingnatalorigins.Recentresearchhasproventhevalidityofotolithmicrochemistry,atechniquethatanalyzessmallquantitiesofelements,totracepotamodromousfishtotheirnataltributaries.Previousstudieshavedocumentedthatlocalizedhabitatsintermsofmicrochemistryarereflectedinotolithcomposition,therebypotentiallymakingthisavaluablewayofdeterminingfishorigins.TheprimarygoalofthisstudyistouseotolithmicrochemistrytoestablishnataloriginsofJunesucker.Toaccomplishthiswewillfirstquantifythechemicalsignaturesamongtributaryspawninghabitats.Second,wewilldetermineiftheotolithmicrochemistrysignaturesfromJunesuckerotolithscanbeusedtodeterminenatalorigins.Lastly,wewilldevelopastatisticalmodelthatiscapableofclassifyingfishtotheirrespectivetributarybasedtheelement:calciumratiosintheotolithmicrochemistry.ThedataobtainedfromthisstudywilladvancethecurrentunderstandingoftheJunesuckerrecruitmentdynamicsandresultinafundamentalimprovementinourabilitytodeterminewherenaturalrecruitmentintotheadultspawningpopulationisoccurring.Inaddition,thisknowledgemayhelpevaluatefactorslimitingrecruitmentinUtahLaketributaries,identifyfuturerestorationlocalities,andassisteffectivenessmonitoringofspawninghabitatrestorationefforts.Funding:

JuneSuckerRecoveryProgramInvestigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

DeannaStrohm,GraduateResearchAssistant,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

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HABITATQUALITY,SELECTION,ANDCONNECTIVITYINSTREAMDWELLINGSALMONIDSAFTERWILDFIREDISTURBANCE

Dates:2014‐2016Abstract:The2010TwitchellCanyonwildfireburnedapproximately18,000hectaresofFishlakeNationalForest,Utah,includingsignificantproportionsoftheClearCreekwatershed.ClearCreekisanextensivecoldwaterstreamnetworkthatisanimportantconservationareafornativeBonnevillecutthroattrout,Oncorhynchusclarkiiutah(seeright).Mostofthefishes,includingnon‐nativefishes,wereextirpatedfromthedrainageasaresultoffire‐inducedhabitatimpairmentsuchastemporaryanoxiaandextensivedebrisflows.Restorationofthenativefishcommunity,includingBonnevillecutthroattrout,isongoing,butishamperedbytheinstabilityofpost‐firehabitatandthepersistenceofstochasticfloodevents.Pre‐firelandmanagementpracticessuchasfiresuppressionandtheintroductionofnon‐nativefishspeciesamplifiedtheimpactsoftheTwitchellFireontheaquaticcommunity.Whiletherehasbeenafundamentalshifttowardrestoringnaturalwildfiretoforeststhroughoutthewest,thereisstillsignificantuncertaintyofhownativefishpopulationsshouldbemanagedtoincreaseresiliencetoperturbationssuchaswildfire.

Weareusingacombinationofremotesensing,directsurveys,andhabitat‐metapopulationmodelingtoaddressthreeprimaryresearchquestionsrelatedtorestorationofthenativefishcommunityaffectedbytheTwitchellFire.First,weareusingbathymetriclidarcoupledwithdirect,discretemeasurementtodeterminethedegreeandextentofhabitatimpairmentandtoquantifytheamountanddistributionofhabitatfeaturessuchaspools,preferredsubstrate,largewoodydebris,andcoverthatareimportanttoBonnevillecutthroattrout.Second,wearesurveyingbothburnedandunburnedstreamstoassesspreyavailabilityanddetermineifsignificantdifferencesprevail,andevaluateiffishselectdifferenthabitatorfoodbasedonfirehistory.Third,wearebuildingametapopulationviabilitymodelbasedonextantdistributionofqualityhabitatpatchesandmigrationbarriers

todeterminetheprobabilityofpopulationpersistence/extinctionandtoprioritizehabitatrestorationeffortsforthisimportantnativefishery.Funding:

Primary:UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesQuinneyFellowshiptoColtonFinch(PhD)U.S.GeologicalSurvey‐UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesPatrickBelmont,Co‐PrincipleInvestigator,USU–DepartmentofWatershedSciencesColtonFinch,PhDstudent,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesKeelinSchaffrath,PhDstudent,USU–DepartmentofWatershedSciences

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EVALUATINGTHEPOTENTIALIMPACTSOFAMERICANWHITEPELICANPREDATIONONBONNEVILLECUTTHROATTROUTINSTRAWBERRY

RESERVOIR,UTAH

Dates:

2014‐2015Abstract:

ThedevelopmentofthewesternUnitedStatescausedwide‐spreadchangestonaturalecosystems.Remainingpopulationsoffishandwildlifealsowentthroughchangesinsizeanddistributionasaresultofchangestohabitat,resourceavailability,pollutants,invasivespeciesandhumanexploitation.Ascurrentconservationeffortscontributetotherestorationofpredators,questionsariseastohowthesepredatorswillexploitalteredhabitatandaffectpopulationpotentialpreypopulationsthatdevelopedintheirabsence.StrawberryReservoir,Utah,isoneofmanyexamplesofahighlyalteredecosystem,withdynamicsthatdiffersubstantiallyfromhistoricconditions.ThepresentfishassemblageofthereservoirconsistsofbothnativespeciessuchastheUtahchub(Gilaatraria)andUtahsucker(Catostomusardens),aswellasstockedandnaturally‐reproducingcutthroattrout(Oncorhynchusclarkiutah),anextremelypopularsportfish.Sincetheearly2000’s,Americanwhitepelicans(Pelecanuserythrorhynchos)spendthemonthsofApril‐Augustonthereservoir.BehavioralobservationsofpelicansandretrievalofPITtagsfromstockedcutthroattroutindicatedthepelicansmaypreyuponand/orintimidatecutthroattroutduringthespawningrunfromlateMaytomidJune.Thisstudyisintendedtocontributetotheunderstandingofdevelopingpredator‐preyrelationshipsinnovelecosystems,bydeterminingtherelativecontributionofmortalitytocutthroattroutbypelicanpredation,preferredpreyspeciesofpelican(e.g.,troutversussuckers),andbehavioraleffectsofpelicanflocksonpotentialcutthroatspawners.Toaccomplishthis,weareexperimentallymanipulatingthedistributionofpelicans,nearcutthroatspawningtributaries,viaselectivehazingtechniques.Wearemonitoringthebehavioralresponseofcutthroattrouttothepresenceofpelicansthroughfishcounts,aswellastrackingcutthroatmovementintoandoutofthespawningtributariesviaPIT‐tagdetectionarrays.Wearealsodeterminingthedietcompositionofthepelicansbycollectingstomachcontentsamplesfromcapturedbirds,andbloodsamplesforisotopicanalysis.Wewillusedatafromourfieldcollectionstodevelopapopulationmodel,toestimatethemortalityexperiencedbycutthroattroutduetopelicanpredationrelativetoothersourcesofmortality.

Funding:

Primaryfindingsource:UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesU.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRUUtahStateUniversityEcologyCenter

Investigators:

KevinChapman,PrincipleInvestigator,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesPhaedraBudy,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesFrankHowe,USU‐Dept.ofWildlandResources,UDWR

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LOGANRIVERTROUTVIABILITYANDLONG‐TERMMONITORING:FACTORSAFFECTINGTROUTPOPULATIONDYNAMICS,ABUNDANCE,

ANDDISTRIBUTIONINTHELOGANRIVER,UTAH

Dates:2001‐2014(on‐going)

Abstract:MostsubspeciesofcutthroattroutOncorhynchusclarkiiareimperiledorextinctduetothecombinedeffectsofhabitatdegradationandinteractionswithexoticspecies.Toquantifyabundanceandvitalratesandevaluatetrends,weselectedalargepopulationofcutthroattroutO.c.utahfromtheLoganRiverofnorthernUtah,arivercharacterizedbyhigh‐qualityandconnectedhabitat.Overa13‐yearperiod,wecompletedacomprehensivepopulationassessment,includingdepletion‐basedabundanceestimatesandamarkrecapturestudyofsitefidelity,growth,andsurvival.Abundanceofcutthroattrout(>100mmTL)variedgreatlybysamplesite,rangingfrom38fish/kmattheThirdDamsite(thelowermostendoftheirdistributionintheriver)upto822fish/kmatFranklinBasin.Populationtrend(lambda,λ)ofcutthroattroutestimatedfortheentireLoganRiverpopulationbasedonpooledsiteabundanceestimateswas0.89(0.77–1.02),indicatinganapparentoveralldecline;however,site‐specificpopulationtrendsarehighlyvariable.Clinicalsignsofwhirlingdiseasewereobservedinlessthan1%offishhandled(n>14,000fish),whileprevalenceofMyxoboluscerebralisincutthroattroutwas50–100%.Thedistributionofcutthroattroutandbrowntroutshowadistinctspecies‐zonationpattern(Figure1).Ourresultsprovideimportantconservationandrecoverybenchmarksforidentifyingrange‐widelimitingfactorsofBonnevillecutthroattrout.Wecontinuetorecommendaprecautionaryapproachtothemanagementofthisendemicandimportantpopulation.

Funding:USForestService,FishandAquaticEcologyUnit,Logan,Utah;USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind);UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,Numerouspartners.

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS‐UTCFWRU,USU‐WatershedSciences,EcologyCenterGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU‐WATS;HarrisonMoen,MSstudent,USU‐WATS

SelectedPublications:Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,J.Lobón‐Cerviá,G.G.Fernandez,P.McHugh,A.McIntosh,L.A.Vøllestad,E.Becares,andP.

Jellyman.2013.Limitationandfacilitationofoneoftheworld'smostinvasivefish:anintercontinentalcomparison.Ecology94(2)

Meredith,C.S.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2014.Predationonnativesculpinbyexoticbrowntroutexceedsthatbynativecutthroattroutwithinamountainwatershed(Logan,UT,USA).EcologyofFreshwaterFish.doi:10.1111/eff.12134

Saunders,W.C.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2014.DemographicchangesfollowingmechanicalremovalofexoticbrowntroutinanIntermountainWest(USA),high‐elevationstream.EcologyofFreshwaterFish.doi:10.1111/eff.12143

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TRIBUTARYHABITATUSEOFENDANGEREDANDIMPERILEDFISHESINTHEPRICERIVER,UTAH

Dates:2011–2013(topresent)

Abstract:ThePriceRiver,Utah,iscurrentlythefocusofconsiderableconservationdebate.EndangeredColoradopikeminnowhavebeenpreviouslybutrarelydocumentedusingthePriceRiver,andrecentlydocumentedusingasimilarneighbortributary,theSanRafaelRiver.Theywerefoundasfaras60kmfromtheconfluencewiththeGreenRiver.TheoverallgoalofthisresearchprojectistodocumentPriceRiverhabitatuseandmovementbyColoradopikeminnowandotherimperiledfishes,andobtaininformationonpopulationabundanceanddistribution.WearealsocombininghydrologicalandgeomorphicanalysesofchannelchangewithdataoncurrentfishdistributionsandhabitatneedstoguiderestorationeffortsonthelowerSanRafaelRiver,tolearnandguidetherestorationofothersimilartributariesincludingthePrice.Weareapplyinganexperimentalapproachtotherestorationdesign,sothatwecanunderstandthecumulativeimpactsofdifferentrestorationprojectsoveralargescale.

Todate,wehavedocumentedheavyuseofthePriceRiverby3ofthe4endangeredfishesandallthreeimperiledfishes,andtheremovementsintothePriceRivergenerallycorrespondwithpeaksinthehydrograph(Figure1).Althoughimpactedbymanyfactors,thePriceR.stillappearstoprovideadequateandimportantfishhabitattoimperilednativefishes.

Funding:USBureauofReclamation,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind),andUtahDivisionofWildlifeResources

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PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences,EcologyCenterGaryP.Thiede,ResearchAssociate,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesPeterMacKinnon,ResearchAssociate,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

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INNOVATIVEUSESOFPIT‐TAGTECHNOLOGY:EXAMPLESFROMTHECOLORADORIVERBASIN

Dates:

2009‐2014 Abstract:

RadioFrequencyIdentificationorRFIDwasintroducedintotherealmoffisheriesscienceinthePacificNorthwestinthemid‐1980’swiththeintroductionofthePassiveIntegratedTransponder(PIT)tag.PITtagswerefirstusedtoevaluatesurvivalofanadromoussalmonidsthroughthehydroelectricprojectsintheColumbiaandSnakerivers.Innovationssuchasmultiplexingantennareaders,smallerhigh‐performancetags,andlargermorerobustantennashaveresultedinthewidespreadapplicationofPIT‐tagtechnologyasafisheriesdatacollectiontool.PIT‐tagdetectionantennashavetraditionallybeenusedintheformoffixedantennaarraysdetectingPIT‐taggedfishastheymovethroughspecificareasofariver.AstheuseofPIT‐tagtechnologybecomesmoregeographicallywidespread,theneedforalternativedetectiontechniquesandmethodshasbecomeapparent.

TheColoradoRiverBasinpresentssomeuniquechallengesinfishdetectionwhetherusingmoretraditionalsamplingtechniques(e.g.,electrofishing,seining,trammelnetting,hoopnetting)orwhenusingPIT‐tagtechnology.Inthisbasinweareworkingwithlong‐livedfishesthatdonotpredictablymigrateannuallytotheexactsamespawninggroundsandhaveverydiversehabitatuseovertheirlifespan.Innovativenewstylesandtypesoffishdetectionantennashavebeendevelopedandtested,drivenbytheneedsandideasofbiologistsworkinginthefield.Thesenewmethodsallowbiologiststodetectfish“actively”insteadof“passively”waitingforthefishtomovepastafixedpoint.TheseinnovativemethodsopenupthepossibilitiestoexpandtheuseofPIT‐tagdatafromtraditionalmark‐recapturestudiestohabitatusestudies.Wehavecompletedanumberoftheseprojectswheresmaller,temporary,mobile,andfloatingantennashavebeensuccessfullyusedtodetectPIT‐taggedfishwheretraditional

samplingmethodshavebeenlesseffective.In2014wefloateda120milesectionoftheSanJuanRiverwithafloatingPIT‐Tagdetectionsystemanddetectedover550uniquetags.Weeffectivelydeployedfullysubmersibledetectionantennasonspawingbarsandotherhabitatsiteshavebeenimpossibletosampleusingtradionalsamplingmethods,givingusextraresightdataaswellashabitatuseinformation.Bythe

endof2014wewillhave17,stream‐wide,stationaryPIT‐tagdetectionstationsinplaceintheupperColoradoRiverBasin,passivelyprovidingcontinuousdatatosupportthedatacollectedbyactivesampling.

Fundingandcollaborators:

USBureauofReclamationUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesPeterMackinnon,ResearchAssociate,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciences

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QUANTIFYINGTHEDIRECTEFFECTSOFCLIMATICWARMINGONARCTICFISHESANDLAKEECOSYSTEMSUSINGWHOLE‐LAKEMANIPULATIONS

ONTHEALASKANORTHSLOPEDates:2014–2017Abstract: Lakesareeffectivesentinelsforclimatechangebecauseoftheirsensitivitytothesurroundingclimateandpotentialforrapidresponsetochange.Arcticlakeshaveextremelylowproductivityandaretypicallyclosedsystems.Fishspeciesdiversityisusuallydepauperate,andlakesareice‐covered,withwatertemperaturelessthan3°Cdegreesfor8‐9monthsoftheyear.Allthesefactorssuggestarcticecosystemsmaybeextremelysensitivetoclimatechange.

Theoverallgoalsofthisprojectareto:(A)experimentallymeasuretheeffectsofextendedgrowingseasonsonsystemproductionandcommunitycomposition(e.g.,primary,secondary,fish),and(B)applyempiricaldatafromthewhole‐lakemanipulationtomodeledclimatechangescenariosoffishgrowth,consumption,andabundance,inordertodeveloparegionalfisheriesclimateresponse.Weareaddressingpressingquestionsoflakeecosystemresponsetoclimatechangeandadvanceclimatechangeandecologicalscienceswithamulti‐year,latesummerwhole‐lakewarmingmanipulationtoquantifytheeffectsoffutureclimatechangeonlakeecosystemsintheArctic.Collectivelytheseeffortswillallowustofurtherpredicttheeffectsofclimaticwarmingatabroaderspatiotemporalscaleandimproveconservationprioritizationanddecision‐making(e.g.,subsistencefishing).Thisresearchhasthepotentialtosignificantlyimproveunderstandingofclimatechangeeffectsonarcticlakeecosystemsandimproveourabilitytomorepreciselypredictlakeecosystemresponsestodifferentclimatechangescenarios.

Toperformthewhole‐lakewarmingmanipulation,wewilldeployananchoredepilimneticwarmingandmixingraftcontainingslowly‐rotatingsubmergedpropellers(n=2‐4)inthecenterofeachexperimentallake.Raftswillbedeployedafterice‐offandjustbeforethelakesreachaveragemaximumsurfacetemperature(mid‐July).Thewarmingsystemwillbeoperateduntiltheaveragedateoflaketurnover(midSeptember)toexperimentallywarmandincreasethedepthoftheepilimnionandextendthegrowingseason,thussimulatingclimatechangeeffects.

Thisstudywillprovidesomeofthefirstempiricaldataforexperimentallymeasuredimpactsofclimatechangeviawhole‐lakemanipulations.Realisticquantificationofthesechangeswillimproveonthebodyofknowledgewithregardtoecosystemservicesacrossarcticlandscapes.Arcticecosystemsaremostsusceptibletorapidchangeduetopolaramplification,andtheresultsofthisresearchcouldprovidethebasisformoreadvancedpredictionsofchangeinlessextremeclimateswherechangewillhappenmoreslowly.

Funding: NationalScienceFoundation,Long‐TermEcologicalResearch

U.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences StephenKlobucar,GraduateResearchAssistant,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

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IMPROVINGMANAGEMENTANDCONSERVATIONPRACTICESOFBONNEVILLECUTTHROATTROUTONCORHYNCHUSCLARKIIUTAHTHROUGHANEVALUATIONOFMOVEMENTCHARACTERISTICSANDSPATIALPOPULATIONSTRUCTUREINTHELOGANRIVER,UTAH

Dates:2009‐2014(on‐going)

Abstract:WearestudyingmovementdistancesanddestinationsofspawningnativeBonnevilleCutthroatTroutOncorhynchusclarkiiutahwithintheLoganRiverwatershedinnorthernUtahinordertoinformthesuitabilityofcurrentfishingregulations.Giventhatspawningisthetimeatwhichgeneticinterchangeoccurs,knowingwhichareastoprotectwithinthehigh‐qualitywatershedcouldbenefitthisimportantpopulation.Thegoalsofthisresearchareto,(1)comparemovementdistancesanddestinationsamongtributaryandmain‐stemresidingCutthroatTrouttodeterminethelikelihoodofametapopulationstructure,(2)determinethepercentageofmobileindividualsindifferentareasofthewatershedalongwithawatershedscalepopulationestimatetoidentifyquantitiesoffishthatareaffectedbycurrentregulations,andto(3)useacquireddatatocomparehistoricalreasoningbehindLoganRiverfishingregulationswithpresentdayusesandconcerns,tobetterinformmanagementwithinthisimportantwatershed.Toachievethesegoals,wetaggedatotalof2,456cutthroattroutwithPassiveIntegrativeTransponders(PIT)tagsduringthesummersof2008‐2013withinseven,100‐200meterreachesoftheLoganRiverusingstandardelectrofishing,three‐passdepletiontechniques.Re‐sightdateandlocationdatafromcutthroattroutaredetectedcontinuouslyviastationaryantennas,andregularlywithmobileantennasinspecificriversections.UsingdateandlocationobservationsfromPITtagreadings,itisapparentthatveryfewfishmovelongdistances(>5km)inordertospawnandoverhalfmovelessthan500meters.Becauseofthis,itisunlikelyanymetapopulationstructureexistswithintheLoganRiver.Duringspawningtimes,weestimatethat61%ofthetotalpopulationofcutthroattroutareprotectedfromanglerharvest.ThefindingsofthisresearchprovidefisheriesmanagerswithmoredetailedinformationonhowcutthroattroututilizetheLoganRiver,asawholesothatmanagementdecisionsbetterprotectBonnevillecutthroattroutpopulationsduringcrucialtimesoftheyearandincriticalareas.

Funding:

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,USGeologicalSurvey,USDAForestService,UtahStateUniversity,Numerouspartners!

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipalInvestigator,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU,USUDept.ofWatershedSciencesBrettRoper,PrincipalInvestigator,USDAForestService,USUDept.ofWatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheryBiologist,USUDept.ofWatershedSciencesHarrisonMohn,GraduateResearchAssistant(M.S.),USUDept.ofWatershedSciences(expectedgraduation,fall2014)

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SPATIALRESPONSESTOCLIMATEACROSSTROPHICLEVELS:MONITORINGANDMODELINGPLANTS,PREY,ANDPREDATORSINTHE

INTERMOUNTAINWESTERNUNITEDSTATES

Dates:

Regionalstudysitres

2011‐2015(Ongoing)

Abstract:Wewillinvestigatetheimpactofclimateontrophiclinkagesbetweenprimaryproductivity,herbivores,andtoppredatorsacrosslandscapesintheIntermountainwesternUnitedStates.WewilldeployGPScollarson30muledeerandusethedatacollectedtomodelspatialpatternsofungulatedensityona16‐dayintervalbasedonremotelysensedvegetationphenology.Theresultingdynamicungulatehabitatmodelswillbeusedtoextrapolatepredictionsofpreydensityacrossthestudyarea,whichwewillthenuseasthemainpredictorformodelingcougarmovementusingadecadeofrecordscollectedfrom70intenselymonitoredindividualsacrosstheregion.Resultingoccupancysurfaceswillbemodifiedbyspatially‐explicitestimatesofsurvivalfromknownfatesof>200cougarstoderiveanalogsofdensity.Withthecostandoccupancysurfacesfromthisanalysis,wewillthenanalyzethehabitatandmovementofcougarsasanetworktoassessthesustainabilityoftheregionalcougarmetapopulation.

Funding:NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration

Investigators:JoeSexton,UniversityofMaryland(PI)DavidMattson,U.S.GeologicalSurveyandNorthernArizonaUniversity(Co‐PI)ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(Co‐PI)DavidStoner,Post‐doctoralResearchAssociate,UtahStateUniversity

Reports:Annualreports2012,2013

Publications:Ironside,K.E,D.Mattson,D.Choate,D.Stoner,T.Arundel,J.Hansen,T.Theimer,B.Holton,B.Jansen,J.O.Sexton,K.Longshore,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Variabledetectionratesinterrestrialglobalpositioningsystemtelemetrydatadeployedonlargemammals:probabilityofmissingfixes.Inreview,AnimalTelemetry.

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MODELLINGCLIMATECHANGEEFFECTSONNORTHAMERICANDRYMID‐LATITUDECONIFERS

Dates:

Modeledexpansion,persistence,andcontractionofpiñonjuniperwoodlandsasaresultofprojected

climatechangeoverthenext80years.

2009‐2014(Completed)

Abstract:Weevaluatedprojectedclimatechangeeffectson~30coniferspeciesoccupyingthemid‐drylatitudesofWesternNorthAmerica.Theprojectinvolvesthreeinterrelatedcomponents.First,climateprojections(e.g.,NCARPM1)weredownscaledto1kmresolutionforWesternNorthAmerica.Ensembleclassifierswerenextusedtomodelspeciesdistributionsasfunctionsofthedownscaledclimatevariables.Last,wedefinedtheleadingandtrailingedgesoftreedistributionsgivenprojectedclimatechanges.

Funding:USDAForestService,RockyMountainResearchStation,FIAProgram

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)GretchenG.Moisen,USDAForestServiceRockyMountainResearchStationNiklausZimmermann,SwissFederalResearchLabWSLJacobGibson,GraduateResearchAssistant(MSEcology2011)

Reports:None

Publications:Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,N.K.Zimmermann,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.2014.Effectsoflocation“fuzz‐swap”onspeciesdistributionmodelsunderprojectedclimatechangescenarios:howusefulareprojectionmodelsbasedonpublicdata?Ecosystems17:43‐53.

Edwards,Jr.,T.C.,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,A.Psomas,andN.E.Zimmermann.Forecastingclimate‐induceddistributionshiftsforthepiñon‐junipercomplexoftheWesternUnitedStates.Inreview,GlobalChangeBiology.

Thuiller,W,T.Münkemüller,K.H.Schiffers1,S.Dullinger,V.E.Eckhart,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,DGravel,G.Kunstler,C.Merrow,K.M.O’Leary,N.E.Zimmermann,D.Zurell,andF.Schurr.Howdodemographicparametersrelatetoprobabilityofoccurrences?Inpress,Ecography.

Edwards,Jr.,T.C.,J.Gibson,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,R.Wueest,W.Thullier,J‐CSvenning,J.Elith,andN.E.Zimmermann.Differentiallifestagenichemodelling:canweconstructspeciesfitnesslandscapesfromSDMs?Inreview,Ecography.

Merow,C.,MJ.Smith,W.Thuiller,N.E.Zimmermann,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,A.Guisan,S.Normand,R.Wüest,andJ.Elith.BacktothebasicsofSpeciesdistributionmodeling:whatdowelearnfromcomplexversussimpleresponsecurves?Inpress,Ecography.

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SUSTAINABLECOMMUNITIESANDLANDSCAPEDESIGNS

Dates:

Large‐scaledepictionofthecapacityofMexicolandstodeliverspecificecosystemservices.Threthreefunctionsevalutedhereincludegrossbiodiversity,

naturetourism,andcarbonsequestration.

2010‐2015(Ongoing)

Abstract:Environmentalsustainabilityisimportanttothewell‐beingofpeopleandcommunities.Landcoverandlanduseareknowntoaffectthequalityofawiderangeofecosystemprocessesandservices.Thedistributionandpatternofland‐useactivitieswithinalandscapeorwatershedcandramaticallyaffectthequalityofecosystemservicesandwell‐beingofsocieties.However,fewstudieshavedocumentedhowcommunityandcitydesignsmightaffectthesustainabilityofecosystemservices.Mostapplicationsofecosystemservicesincommunityandcityplanninghaveeitherbeenentirelyconceptual,orareveryearlyonintheprocess.However,rapidenvironmentalchange(e.g.,climatechange)requiresamoreimmediateunderstandingoftheabilityoflandscapedesignstosupportandsustainarangeofecosystem.Thisprojectwilldevelopasetoflandscapemetricsandmodelstocapturedifferencesinlandscapedesignsandwillcomparethoseindicatorandmodelresultstoconditionsofecologicalattributesandecosystemservices.Anoutcomeoftheprojectwillbenewmethodologiestoevaluatesustainabilityofecosystemservices.

Funding:U.S.GeologicalSurvey

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)BruceJones,U.S.GeologicalSurvey(Co‐PI)FelixKienast,SwissFederalResearchLabWSL(Co‐PI)LorenaSeguraMorán,UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico,Mexico

Reports:None.Analysesstillongoing

Publications:None.Analysesstillongoing.

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HABITATMODELLINGOFRAREPLANTSPECIESONTHECOLORADOPLATEAU:SUPPORTOFBLM’SECOREGIONALASSESSMENT

Dates:

Optimizedprotectioncoverageofrareplantcommunities(black)inrelationtohighenergyextractionpotentialintheColoradoPlateau.

2012‐2016

Abstract:Utahishometoapproximately340endemicplanttaxa.ManyoftheseareconsideredspeciesofconcernatbothStateandFederallevels,withtheU.S.FishandWildlifeServicehavingresponsibilityforreviewingthespeciesofconcernforpossiblelistingundertheEndangeredSpeciesAct.Ofspecialinterestareidentifying,mapping,andmodellingknownandpossiblelocationsofthespeciesonBLMlands.WeareconstructingspeciesdistributionmodelsforrareplantspeciesunderconsiderationforlistingbytheFWS,andasspeciesofconcernforBLMandthestateofUtah.Weareevaluatingmodelcapabilitiestopredictlikelylocationsofthespecies.AdditionalanalysesevaluatedistributionsinlightofproposedenergydevelopmentintheColoradoPlateau.

Funding:BureauofLandManagement,StateofUtah

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)RobertFitts,ResearchII,UtahStateUniversity(Co‐PI)RicoHergert,Intern,SwissFederalResearchInstituteWSL

Reports:None.Analysesstillongoing.

Publications:None.Analysesstillongoing.

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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR THE BLM COLORADO PLATEAU REA AND FWS SOUTHERN ROCKIES LCC

Dates:

2013-2016 New

Abstract: Rapid Ecological Assessments (REAs) are a product of the Bureau of Land Management’s evolution toward a landscape approach to land and resource management. In conjunction with the FWS Southern Rockies LCC, we will provide scientific, technical and training capabilities to land managers to understand, apply, and adapt models and tools for specific landscapes, resources, and management strategies as requested and needed by decision makers. This will be accomplished through delivery and utilization of a variety of data sets, models and decision support tools in multiple formats as requested and needed by decision makers. These activities will ensure the utility of the REA/LCC data and models in meeting current resource management needs. Specific research foci include emphasis on optimization strategies for identifying high watershed amenable to restoration, and incorporation of climate change effects into existing BLM REA/LCC data structure.

Funding: Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Investigators: Thomas C. Edwards, U.S. Geological Survey UTCFWRU and Utah State University (PI) Michael Guttery, Post-doctoral Research Associate

Reports:

None; new research start

Publications:

None; new research start

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