Department of Environmental & Forest Biology Annual Report

Department of Environmental & Forest Biology

Annual Report

Summer 2018 Academic Year 2018–2019

Melissa K. Fierke Donald J. Leopold Chairs, Department of Neil Ringler, Interim Chair Environmental and Forest Biology SUNY-ESF 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210

August 16, 2019

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Overview to Annual Report ...... 2 Buildings: Illick & Gateway...... 6

1. Teaching a) Summary of main courses taught by faculty members ...... 4 b) Summary of main courses taught by staff/adjuncts/visiting ...... 4 c) Course teaching load summary ...... 6

2. Undergraduate students a) Advising loads ...... 9 b) Curriculum changes ...... 9 c) Undergraduate students recruitment efforts ...... 9 d) Undergraduate students enrolled in each EFB major ...... 10 e) Student learning outcomes ...... 10

3. Graduate Students a) Graduate enrollment in EFB by degree 2009–2018 ...... 11 b) Graduate enrollment in EFB by major 2018 ...... 11 c) Number of graduate students by faculty and by degree ...... 11 d) Graduate student funding by department ...... 12 e) Graduate student funding by faculty ...... 13 f) Courses having TA support and enrollment in each ...... 14 g) Students Graduating and Thesis/Dissertation Titles ...... 15 h) Postdoctoral Researchers ...... 17

4. Research/Scholarship a) Summary of publications ...... 18 b) Science citation Indices for Dept and faculty ...... 19 c) Summary of proposal activity by Dept and faculty ...... 21 d) Summary of grant activity by Dept and faculty ...... 22

5. Outreach and Service a) Service to the department, college, and university ...... 24 b) Enumeration of outreach activities ...... 24 c) Summary of grant panel service ...... 24 d) Number of journal manuscripts reviewed by faculty...... 25 e) Summary of journal editorial board service...... 25 f) Service Learning ...... 25

6. Department Structure & Budget a) Organizational chart ...... 28 b) Recent activities ...... 29 c) Budget ...... 29 State account allocations ...... 32

Research account allocations ...... 31 Research Foundation allocation ...... 32

7. Departmental Honors and Awards ...... 33

8. Progress on previous year’s objectives ...... 33

9. Plans and Objectives for 2019–2020 ...... 34

10. Certification that all professional employees have had an annual evaluation and a new performance program in place by June 1, 2018 ...... 36

Appendix A. EFB Faculty: Rank, Education, and Interests ...... 37

Appendix B. Summary of Individual Faculty’s Most Significant Accomplishments ...... 41

Appendix C. Faculty Publications (published or in press) ...... 83

Appendix D. Papers Submitted, In Review, Pending Decision ...... 94

Appendix E. Papers/Posters Presented at Science Meetings ...... 98

Appendix F. Faculty Grants ...... 108

Appendix G. Service to Department, College, and University ...... 134

Appendix H. Unfunded Service to Governmental Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc. . . . .147

Appendix I. Unfunded Service to Professional Societies and Organizations ...... 1xx

Appendix J. Funded Service to Governmental Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc...... 1xx

Appendix K. Presentations to the Public...... 1xx

Appendix L. Miscellaneous Publications and Outreach Activities and Materials...... 1xx

Appendix M. Foreign Travel...... 1xx

Appendix N. New York Natural Heritage Program 2018–19 Publications, Presentations and Service ...... 1xx

Appendix O. Annual Report for the Thousand Islands Biological Station ...... 1xx

Appendix P. Annual Report for Cranberry Lake Biological Station ...... 1xx

Appendix Q. Annual Report for Onondaga Lake Science Center...... 1xx

Appendix R: Annual Report for Roosevelt Wild Life Station ...... 1xx

Appendix S: Campfire Club Annual Report ...... 1xx

Appendix T: Waterfowl & Wetlands Program ...... 1xx

Overview This report is a brief summary of the Department of Environmental & Forest Biology’s (EFB’s) activities during the 2018–2019 academic year. This report is structured to include items requested by the Provost to include: 1. Teaching 7. Honors and Awards 2. Undergraduate students 8. Progress on objectives for 2018–2019 3. Graduate Students 9. Plans and objectives for 2019–2020 4. Research 10. Certification that professional employees 5. Outreach have had an annual evaluation and a new 6. Governance Structure and Budget performance program

Introduction – Overview to Annual Report The topics and format of this annual report generally follow instructions from the Provost’s Office. Only a few of the many exciting activities and accomplishments within EFB the past academic year are included in this brief summary. Each faculty member’s summary of their most significant accomplishments this past year is in Appendix A. Dr. Don Leopold, our fearless leader of > 14 years stepped down as Department Chair this past Spring. He already has many projects going including summer travel to Russia and playing an integral on one of the funded Discovery grants (on Restoration Science). Ms. Sandra Polimino retired after being with ESF for more than 49 years and in EFB since 1985. Sandy has graciously remained with us part time until we can replace her (though she is most definitely irreplaceable). Effective September 1 of this year, Drs. Jacqueline Frair and Chris Whipps have been promoted to Professor. Of the College awards announced at the May Academic Governance meeting, Dr. Jacqueline Frair was named the ESF Exemplary Research Award (https://www.esf.edu/communications/view2.asp?newsID=7494) and Dr. Melissa Fierke received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service (https://www.esf.edu/communications/view2.asp?newsID=7495). Jacqui also received the Outstanding Academic Advisor award from ESF’s undergraduate students at the Annual Spring Banquet and Terry Ettinger, our Greenhouse Manager, received a Special Recognition for Staff Excellence for his outstanding efforts and the time and energy he devotes to his spring Plant Propagation course. We welcomed Dr. Jerry Belant to our Department this past fall. Jerry is ESF’s first ever Endowed Professor (https://www.esf.edu/communications/view2.asp?newsID=7237). ESF received a financial gift from the Camp Fire Club of America through tireless fundraising efforts led by Dr. Jacqui Frair. This position is an endowed professorship in Wildlife Ecology, with a focus on big game management. Jerry has settled in nicely in the Dept and has a lovely website already up and running (https://campfirewildlife.com/). Dr. James Gibbs, Dr. Jacqui Frair, Dr. Rebecca Rundell, Ron Giegerich, Communications, Development, CNS, ITS, and Physical Plant also are to thank for a wonderful Roosevelt Wild Life Station Centennial, which occurred on April 3, 2019. Again, many exciting activities and accomplishments within EFB the past academic year were excluded from this brief summary so I hope that you will review the details that follow. EFB’s enrollments, external funding, and worldwide attention in the media continue to be strong - the department is doing well, because of its excellent students, successful alumni, fine faculty, and dedicated staff.

Buildings Illick Hall Sub-basement renovations/Terrestrial Ecology/4th Floor Work will get underway early in the fall 2019 semester to transform the Illick subbasement into a much more user friendly space and the far west end of the third floor into a shared Terrestrial Ecology Research Lab, a new state of the art seminar room, and a dedicated space for our Center for Native Peoples. The subbasement and the TER lab spaces will be shared by EFB and FNRM faculty, fostering continued collaborations between our Departments. These renovations are being spearheaded and guided by Rex Giardine in Physical Plant and funded through the Marshall Hall rehabilitation project that will officially start summer 2020.

Illick Hall Program Study Several faculty in the department are engaged with a design firm and SUNY construction fund representatives in a Program Study for Illick. This study will guide renovations over the next 5–10 years. Please let Lee, Kim, Tom, Jacqui, or me know if you have ideas and thoughts.

Roosevelt Wildlife Station Collections and Classroom – Gateway basement The new Roosevelt Wild Life Collections and Classroom (RWLCC) in the lower level of the Gateway Building became a reality this past spring. Many had a role in this endeavor, but Rebecca Rundell, as RWLS Head Curator, carried a huge amount of the final burden and put in a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Delivery of this world-class facility involved Rebecca working closely with folks outside of the Department, particularly with Physical Plant staff Brian Boothroyd and Chris Cangello. Our prospective students, parents, and other important visitors have already seen this modern facility first-hand, which is facilitated through the "windows on collections" built into the design. Walls surrounding the RWLCC feature a permanent exhibit with attractive landscapes of the Adirondacks by renowned photographer Carl Heilman, and inspirational photographs of vertebrate animals facing conservation threat. What follows is a summary from Dr. Rundell:

“This year the Roosevelt Wild Life Station's Roosevelt Wild Life Collections and Classroom (RWLCC) was completed in the Gateway Building's Lower Level-- a fitting capstone to the RWLS Centennial. EFB Associate Professor and RWLC Head Curator Rebecca Rundell, Professors and RWLS Directors James Gibbs and Jacqui Frair, and Collections Manager Ronald Giegerich were heavily involved in the years-long labor to make this dream a reality. RWLCC projects included not only the visioning, design, and construction of the facility, but the creation of a functional and safe home for EFB's most important and well-used vertebrate collections. The funding sources for RWLCC included a $2M state allocation secured through the efforts of the Office of Government Relations (Maureen Fellows), and $600K in federal grants to Rundell. Physical Plant and Facilities staff Brian Boothroyd and Christopher Cangello were important and valuable contributors and collaborators in the building and construction, which involved a series of demanding meetings and logistics over months and years.

The new RWLCC seeks to secure and make accessible teaching and research collections, and serve as a springboard for collections access and collections-based research. At least twenty EFB courses depend directly on RWLC and EFB natural history collections, many of which were amassed in the early- to mid- 1900s. These collections are central to EFB programs, but will disappear, be made inaccessible, or become damaged without continuous support, organization, care, and growth. The two federal grants to Rundell helped provide some of the needed collections infrastructure and graduate training to finally secure our birds and mammals collections. Part of this effort involved the work of Collections Assistants David Bullis (EFB Ph.D. Candidate) and Emlyn Clark (EFB M.S. Student), who spearheaded the careful unpacking, triage, pest control, re-housing, and electronic databasing of our specimens. Clark and Bullis also worked with Collections Manager Ron Giegerich to make the teaching collections accessible to our students and train undergraduate collections interns.

Our new RWLC Classroom finally provides us with a showcase venue to teach many of our collections- based "scientific natural history" courses, that are a hallmark of EFB's undergraduate curriculum. Drs. Shannon Farrell and James Gibbs, as well as their undergraduate and graduate TAs have already taught Ornithology and Herpetology labs in this new space, which is unique in having state-of-the-art collections cabinets right in the classroom. The accessibility and professional-quality housing of our specimens helps to bring our students in close contact with authentic specimens and museum techniques.” Rebecca Rundell, RWLS Head Curator

1. Teaching a) Summary of main courses taught by faculty and enrollment in each course:

Faculty Course # Course Name Enrollment Cohen 493/693 Wildlife Habitats and Populations 46 796 WinBUGS for Ecologists 7 797 (0.5) Core Seminar (w/ Fierke) 16 Diemont 109/209 Honors Seminar (4 sections w/ Shields) 46 120 Global Env/Evol. Human Soc. 39 518 Systems Ecology 12 496/796 Ecolog Modeling: Green Infrastructure 1 Finished Honors Student 1 797 (0.5) Adaptive Peaks (w/ Limburg) 5 Dovciak 435/635 Flowering Plants 19 445/645 Plant Ecology & Global Change 39 523 (0.5) Tropical Ecology (w/ Stewart) 20 Farrell, J. 492 Senior Synthesis AFS 11 681 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration 11 797 EFB Core Course 16 Farrell, S. 482/796 Ornithology 55 390 Wildlife Ecology & Management 77 797 Philosophy of Science 7 Fernando 326 Plant Evol., Diversification, and Conserv. 34 427/627 Anatomy and Development of Plants 20 (BTC) 497 Research Design & Prof Development 24 Fierke 202 Ecol. Monitor. & Bio. Assessment 204 (Session A, C) 797 (0.5) EFB Core Course (spring w/ Cohen) 12 Frair 491/796 Applied Wildlife Science 46 796 (0.5) Quant Methods & Models in R (w/ Stella) 15 Gibbs 413 Introduction to Conservation Biology 104 419 Problem-solving in Conservation Biology 59 485 Herpetology 64 Green (BTC) 132 Biotech Orientation 28 303 Intro to Environmental Microbiology 64 505 Microbial Ecology 12 796 Numerical Ecology in R 10 796 R and Reproducible Research 23 Horton 320 General Ecology lecture 275 428/628 Mycorrhizal Ecology 26 Kimmerer leave from teaching, but Ethnobotany (CLBS) 17 Leopold 336 Dendrology 163 496 (0.5) Wetland Plants & Comm (w/ Petzke) 10 Leydet (EHS) 320 Disease Prevention 17 360 Epidemiology 33 497/797 Vector-Borne Disease 10 Limburg 487/687 Fisheries Science & Management 33 488 Fisheries Science Practicum 17 500 Watershed: Land to Sea 9 797 (0.5) Adaptive Peaks (w/ Diemont) 5 4

Lomolino 483 Mammal Diversity 76 444/644 Geography Nature/Biogeography 25 497/797 Biogeography and Conservation 12 McGee 102 General Biology Lab I (14 labs) 276 132 Orientation Seminar: EFB 132 202 Ecol. Monit. Biodiversity Assess. (4 days) ~12 days Newman (ENS) 132 Environmental Health Orientation 17 (BTC/EFB) 401/601 Molecular Techniques 22 325 Cell Biology 89 (BTC) 499 (0.5) Senior Synthesis 17 (ENS) 494 Environmental Health Capstone 14 Finished Honors Student 1 496/796 Phytoremediation 27 496/796 Cell Biology Recitation 7 Parry 132 Freshman Seminar (Con. Bio.) 46 502 Ecology & Mgt. Invasive Species 46 504 Plant Herbivore Interactions 18 797 Insects in a Changing Climate 15 Powell (BTC/EFB) 426/626 Plant Biotechnology 11 797 Presenting Research to the Public 8 Razavi 400/600 Toxic Health Hazards 37 797 Adaptive Peaks (Fall) 12 Ringler 385 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 30 554 Aquatic Entomology 13 797 Hydrology and Biogeochemistry 6 Rundell 311 Principles of Evolution 148 355 Invertebrate Zoology 39 500 Biology Field Trip (Ridge to Reef: Palau) 5 Schulz 424/624 Limnology: Study of Inland Waters 56 Finished Honors Students 3 496 Marine Ecology Field Trip 10 497 Marine Ecology Seminar 5 525 Limnology Practicum 17 Stewart 486/796 Ichthyology 79 523 (0.5) Tropical Ecology (w/ Dovciak) 20 Teale 217 Peoples, Plagues and Pests 100 351/551 Forest Entomology 62 494 Senior Synthesis Forest Health 2 Turner 200 Physics of Life 34 (summer) 200 Physics of Life 121 (fall) 462/662 Animal Physiology: Environ. & Ecol. 34 462 Animal Physiology: Environ. & Ecol. 7 (summer) 500 Biology Field Trip 1 Weir 440/640 Mycology 57 496/796 Microbial Consortia 19 Whipps 103 General Biology II: Cell Biology 197 453/653 Parasitology 21

b) Courses by Instructional Support Specialists, Adjuncts, & Visiting Instructors

Adams 210 Diversity of Life I 188 211 Diversity of Life II 173 Belford 496 Field Ornithology (Maymester) 20 Ettinger 437/637 Plant Propagation 17 Giegerich 381 Vertebrate Museum Techniques 10 Gurdak 388 Ecology Adir Fishes (CLBS -w/ Johnson) 8 Hamidi 103 General Biology I: Ecol/Organismal 283 Haynes 320 General Ecology Labs 275 Helenbrook 307 Principles of Genetics 24 480 Animal Behavior 8 Hough 496 Flora of Central New York 11 Johnson 120 Global Environment 95 388 Ecology Adir Fishes (CLBS w/ Gurdak) 8 Johnson, J. 296 Non-majors Biology 77 296 Non-majors Biology 17 Lamit 542 Freshwater Wetland Ecosystems 30 Mackey 312 Intro Personal Env Interp 44 417 Interpretive Design 18 McNulty 484 Winter Mammalian Ecology 16 Meany 296/496 Scientific Diving 23 Oakes 307 Principles of Genetics 174 308 Genetics Lab 185 Patterson 305/605 Indigenous Issues in the Environment 32 497/697 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 21 Petzke 496 (0.5) Wetland Plants & Comm (w/ Leopold) 10 Preminger 340 Forest & Shade Tree Pathology 62 Quinn 414 Senior Synthesis Cons. Biology 48 496 Integrating Conservation/Agriculture 9 Rogers 497/797 iMap Invasives 11 Schummer 496/692 Ecology and Management of Waterfowl 24 Shields 480 Principles of Animal Behavior 37 Walker-Kopp 104 General Biology Lab II 202 Weber (0.5)* 210 Diversity of Life I 188 (0.5)* 211 Diversity of Life II 173 * Many DoL lectures are given by faculty/# lectures: Schultz/6, Weir/6, Dovciak/3, Leopold/3, Newman/3, Farrell, S./2, Fernando/2, Gibbs/2, Lomolino/2, Rundell/2, Turner/2, Farrell, J./1, Horton/1, Ringler/1, Stewart/1.

c) Course teaching load summary by faculty member The following teaching load data were sent by Sophie Gublo-Jantzen and summarizes numbers of students multiplied by the number of credit hours for courses. Co-taught courses yield the number of credit hours for that course divided by number of instructors. All courses are credited, regardless of departmental prefix.

2 CR 3 CR Total Faculty Course Course Labs Research Load 4 CR w/ lab(s) Apprenticeships 3 CR w/ lab(s) Seminars/1 CR Seminars/1 CLBS/ Maymester Abroad Internships Honors Thesis Belant, J. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Cohen, J. 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 1 2 299 Diemont, S. 2.5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 519 Dovciak, M. 0 0 1 0 0.5 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 269 Farrell, J 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 91 Farrell, S 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 3 2 1 627 Fernando, D. 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6 3 3 1 0 236 Fierke, M. 0.5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 0 432* Frair, J. 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 228 Gibbs, J. 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 10 0 750 Green, H. 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 2 310 Horton, T.** 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 1004 Kimmerer, R. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 112 Leopold, D. 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 0 6 0 3 1 0 601 Leydet, B. 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 187 Limburg, K. 1.5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 138 Lomolino, M. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 421 McGee, G. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 0 1 9 0 726* Newman, L. 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 8 6 1 653 Parry, D. 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 319 Powell, W. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 124 Razavi, R. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 155* Ringler, N. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 207 Rundell, R. 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 4 13 1 717 Schulz, K. 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 4 4 0 267

Stewart, D. 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 310 Teale, S. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 5 3 0 562 Turner, S. 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 591 Weir, A. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 8 0 337 Whipps, C. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 6 1 694

* Fierke sabbatical Fall ‘18; Kimmerer leave; McGee sabbatical Spring ‘19; Razavi leave Spring ‘19. Mean 410 Staff/Adjuncts/Visiting Adams, K. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 1115 Belford, A. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 Gurdak, D. 0 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Hamidi, J. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 862 Haynes, K.** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 220 Helenbrook, W. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 Hough, M. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Johnson, S. 0 0 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 Lamit, L. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Mackey, T. 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 707 McNulty, S. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 Mulverhill, K. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 Oakes, A. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 153 Patterson, N. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 220 Petzke, A. 0 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Preminger, M. 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 153 Quinn, S. 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 220 Rogers, B. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Schummer, M. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 102 Shields, W. 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 236 Underwood, Br. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 45 Walker-Kopp, N. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0 236 Weber, J. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1083 Totals 29 6 32 16 3 13 12 118 41 63 99 16

2. Undergraduate Students

a) Advising Loads Listed below are numbers of undergraduate advisees assigned to each faculty member. EFB faculty advise their students from the time students matriculate at ESF until graduation. Some faculty also regularly and informally advise more - and some advise ESC students. Advisees are temporarily reassigned to other faculty during sabbaticals.

BELANT 0 FRAIR** 27 LOMOLINO 26 SCHULZ 27 COHEN 27 GIBBS** 26 *MCGEE* 27 SHIELDS 3 DIEMONT 26 GREEN 25 ***NEWMAN 21 (68) STEWART** 25 DOVCIAK 27 HORTON 26 PARRY 26 TEALE** 27 FARRELL, J 26 KIMMERER 25 POWELL 24 TURNER 26 FARRELL, S 26 LEOPOLD 9 RAZAVI 25 UNDERWOOD 26 FIERKE 20 LEYDET 24 RINGLER 8 WEIR** 28 FERNANDO 25 LIMBURG 26 RUNDELL 26 WHIPPS 26 ______

*Undergraduate Curriculum Director and coordinator for the Environmental Biology major. **Coordinates one of EFB’s majors. ***Coordinates the Biotech major and advises all Environmental Health students.

b) Curriculum changes There have been no significant curricular changes for any of EFB’s seven majors.

c) Undergraduate Recruitment Efforts Most of EFB’s undergraduate recruitment efforts are made through existing college programs, especially open houses, Transfer Days, and receptions for accepted students. For open houses, an overview of all our programs is presented in 5 Illick; this overview is followed immediately by a gathering in the foyer. Tables are organized by major and attended by at least one faculty representative - and when possible a current undergraduate student - to provide information and handle inquiries. Hands-on displays complement the information in the glass display cases about our undergraduate program. Additionally, EFB meets all requests by prospective and accepted students for personal visits with faculty during both the academic year and summer; EFB’s Secretary 1’s is responsible for organizing these meetings. Over the last few years the EFB General Biology instructors (Fierke, McGee, Whipps) have regularly met on campus and in the field with local high school students enrolled EFB101/102/103/104 through the ESF in the High School program. High school field trips to campus include participation in a general biology lecture, participation in a full 3-hour laboratory, and discussion sessions with the faculty about career opportunities in biology and the environmental sciences.

d) Undergraduate students enrolled in each EFB major:

Fall 2019 Major Percent # Students # 2018 # 2017 # 2016 # 2015 189 177 191 183 CONS BIOLOGY 28.3% 197 ENVRN BIOLOGY 25.0% 174 186 175 169 157 WILDLIFE SCI 21.8% 152 145 131 131 149 BIOTECHNOLOGY 10.6% 74 63 70 69 53 AQUATIC&FISH SCI 7.5% 52 48 46 45 54

ENV EDU&INTERP 4.3% 30 29 22 22 19

FOREST HEALTH 17 17 13 12 16 2.4% 696 677 634 639 631

e) Student Learning Outcomes Assessment The department developed an assessment reporting database that faculty use to submit student learning outcome assessment data. Coordinators for the seven majors will use these data to prepare the next 3-year assessment report during the coming academic year. The Wildlife Science program has employed an exit examination since 2014 to assess learning outcomes for its graduating seniors and report benefits from doing so. Conservation Biology faculty will look to employ a similar method in the coming academic year.

3. Graduate Students a) Graduate enrollment by degree in EFB Fall 2009–2018:

b) Graduate enrollment by major in EFB Fall 2018:

c) 134 graduate students were enrolled in the Department in the 2018–2019 year. This is an average of ~4.2 per the 30 faculty + 2 Visiting* faculty for the Department.

Faculty PhD MS MPS Total Committees Examiner/Chair BELANT 3 0 0 3 1 1 COHEN 4 3 0.5 7.5 12 3 DIEMONT 0 (3)* 1 (2) 0 1 4 1 DOVCIAK 4.5 0 0 4.5 4 1 FARRELL, J 0 5 0 5 4 2 FARRELL, S 2.5 6 0 8.5 7 0 FERNANDO 1 1 0 3 6 2 FIERKE 3 5 1 9 3 1 FRAIR 3 4 0 7 9 1 GIBBS 1.5 2 2 5.5 7 2 GREEN 1 2 0 3 4 1 HORTON 1 4 0 5 7 3 KIMMERER 0 3 (3) 1 4 ? ? LEOPOLD 4 2.5 0 6.5 6 1 LEYDET 0 2.5 0 2.5 3 0 LIMBURG 3.5 (1) 0 (1) 0 3.5 9 2 LOMOLINO 0 0 0 0 2 3 MCGEE 1 2 0 3 4 1 NEWMAN 5 (0.5) 1 0 6.5 7 2 PARRY 2 1.5 1 4.5 2 0 POWELL 1 7 1 9 1 2 RAZAVI 0.5 2 0 2.5 1 0 RINGLER 1 3.5 0 4.5 0 0 RUNDELL 3.5 1 0 4.5 2 0 SCHULZ 0 1.5 0 1.5 6 0 SCHUMMER* 0 2 0.5 2.5 0 1 STEWART 1.5 2.5 0 4 2 1 TEALE 5 3 0 8 1 1 TURNER 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 UNDERWOOD* 3 3 0 6 0 0 WEIR 2.5 1 0 3.5 0 0 WHIPPS 1 0 0 1 6 1 Total 60 73 7 134 33 *Numbers in parentheses denote grads mentored who are not in EFB (primarily GPES)

d) Funding of graduate students: In Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, a total of 44.5 and 39.5 Graduate Assistantships (GAs - also known as Teaching Assistantships, or TAs) were provided to support EFB graduate students. The following data were provided by the Provost to show funding source by Dept. The second table is by EFB faculty member.

Fund DegProg Source CHE EFB ES ERE FNRM LSA PSE SCE (blank) Total MF GA 2 2 Self 2 2 MF Total 4 4 MLA GA 10 10 GA/RPA 2 2 RPA 3 3 Self 5 2 7 MLA Total 20 2 22 MPD GA 1 1 MPD Total 1 1 MPS ALM 1 1 FEL 1 1 1 3 GA 1 1 2 R01 1 1 Self 3 4 5 3 6 1 22 MPS Total 4 5 6 4 9 1 29 MS ALM 3 3 ESF 5 1 1 7 FEL 2 4 2 8 GA 9 24 8 4 14 1 8 68 GA/RPA 1 1 2 RPA 3 22 3 4 1 33 Self 3 21 6 7 10 5 3 1 56 MS Total 15 75 15 19 34 6 12 1 177 PHD ALM 1 1 ESF 1 2 3 FEL 2 1 1 4 GA 4 15 7 3 2 1 8 40 GA/RPA 1 1 GER 5 3 1 2 2 1 14 R01 5 1 1 1 8 RPA 7 16 1 5 5 2 36 SPA 1 1 Self 3 23 7 4 9 1 7 54 PHD Total 24 62 17 17 19 4 19 162

Grand Total 43 142 39 41 66 30 33 1 8 403

e) Graduate Student Funding by Major Professor and Source - Spring 2019

Professor ESF* FEL* GA* GER* R01 RPA Self Total Belant 3 3 Castello 1 1 Cohen 5 3 1 9 Diemont 1 1 Dovciak 2 1 1 4 Farrell, J. 2 2 2 6 Farrell, S 2 1 2 3 8 Fernando 1 1 Fierke 1 2 5 1 9 Frair 1 2 4 7 Gibbs 1 5 6 Green 1 1 2 Horton 2 2 1 5 Kimmerer 1 2 2 5 Leopold 1 1 1 1 2 6 Leydet 1 1 Limburg 2 1 1 4 McGee 1 2 2 Newman 3 2 5 Parry 1 1 1 3 Powell 6 2 8 Razavi 2 1 3 Ringler 3 2 5 Rundell 1 2 1 4 Schulz 1 1 Stewart 1 2 1 2 5 Teale 4 1 2 7 Underwood 2 1 3 6 Weir 2 2 4 Whipps 1 1 6 2 39 3 1 38 42 134 *Types of GAs (definitions weren’t provided, but this makes sense). Note: #s aren’t exact/perfect, but give an idea among faculty and among Depts). f) 2018–19 Courses having GA/TA support

Course (# Students/# Labs) Fall Course (# Students/# Labs) Spring EFB101 (287) GenBio 3 EFB103 (188) GenBio 3

EFB102 (278/13 labs) GenBio 7 EFB104 (160/12 labs) GenBio 7 EFB132 (133) Orientation 0.5 EFB120 (137) Global 3 EFB132 (43) Orientation 0.5 EFB210 (173/8 labs) DoL 4 EFB210 (167/8 labs) DoL 4 EFB217 (98) Peoples, Pest, Plagues 0.5 EFB296 (74/4 labs?) NM-Bio 2 EFB305/605 (32) Indigenous Issues 0.5 EFB303 (71/3 labs) Microbio 2 EFB311 (148) Evolution 1 EFB307 (183 &187/8 labs) Genetics 5 EFB325 (89) Cell Biology 1 EFB312/512 (41/4 recitations) Interp 1 EFB326 (34/4 labs) Plant Diversity 2 EFB320 (247/10 labs) Ecology 5 EFB340 (45/2 labs) Forest Path 0.5 EFB336 (152/3 labs) Dendrology 2 EFB355 (39/2 labs) Invert Zoology 1 EFB352 (46/4 labs) Entomology 2 EFB385 (28/2 labs) Comp Anatomy 1.5 EFB390 (83/4 recitations) WL Ecol 1 EFB417/617 (17) NP Interp 1 EFB401/601(28/3 labs) Molec Tech 1 EFB419 (59)Prob Solving ConBio 1 EFB424 (60/3 “labs”) Limnology 2 EFB445/645 (35) Plant Ecol/Global 1 EFB427/627 (23/1 lab) Plant Anat 1 EFB480 (50/3 recitations) AnimBeh 2 EFB435/635 (23/1 lab) Flwng Plants 1 EFB482 (50/3 labs) Ornithology 2 EFB440/640 (64/2 labs) Mycology 1 EFB485 (64/3 labs) Herpetology 2 EFB483 (71) Mammalogy 2 EFB486 (79/4 labs) Ichthyology 2 EFB487 (26) Fisheries Sci 1 EFB491 (42/2 labs) Applied WL 1 EFB493 (38) Mgmt WL Habitat 38 EFB496 (10) Marine Field Trip 1 Totals 44.5 38

g) Graduate Degrees Conferred (by degree)

26 graduate degrees were conferred to EFB students in 2018–2019. This is down from a maximum of 54 degrees awarded. The record high degrees coincide with the largest number of faculty in EFB (36) as well as an initiative to recruit and graduate MPS students.

2018–19 Graduates and thesis/dissertation titles.

Graduate Degree Program MP Date Yrs Title Allies and Adherentes: Intercultural Encounter across Adam Fix PhD GPES DIEMONT 8/14-5/19 5.0 Haudenosaunee and Zapatista Landscapes Forest Gods and Forest Conservation: Evolving Perceptions Shruti Mokashi PhD GPES DIEMONT 8/12-5/19 7.0 and Relationships of Local Communities with their Sacred Forests in Western India Traditional Indicators of Rainfall in the Selva Lacandona, John Zeiger MS ConBio DIEMONT 8/17-5/19 2.0 Chiapas, Mexico Role of ground-level bryophytes in forest regeneration Monica Berdugo Moreno PhD Ecology DOVCIAK 8/12-12/18 6.5 dynamics Investigation of Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) Stacy Furgal MS F&W Mgmt FARRELL, J 1/17-5/19 2.5 abundance, egg deposition, movement, and spawning habitat quality in eastern Lake Ontario Influence of the diet, environmental, and food web on the gut Ben Gallo MS F&W Mgmt FARRELL, J/Leydet, B. 8/17-5/19 2.0 microbiome of northern pike (Esox lucius) and fishes of the upper St. Lawrence River Bat Foraging Habitat Use: Response to Local Harvest and Megan Gallagher MS Ecology FARRELL, S 8/16-5/19 3.0 Landscape Conditions Masoumeh Khodaverdi MPS Plant Sci FERNANDO 1/17-5/19 2.5 Spatial and behavioral ecology of large carnivores at the Lisanne Petracca PhD Ecology FRAIR 1/15-11/18 3.5 human-wildlife interface: insights for species conservation within and between protected areas Monitoring occurrence and habitat use by river otters, Lontra Kelly Powers MS F&W Mgmt FRAIR 1/16-10/18 2.5 canadensis, across New York State Browse selection and constraints for moose (Alces alces) in Sam Peterson MS F&W Mgmt FRAIR 1/16-10/18 2.5 the Adirondack Park, New York Dispersal, phenology, and cold hardiness of emerald ash Michael Jones PhD Entomology Fierke 8/13-8/18 5.0 borer and its introduced parasitoids Integrating habitat quality assessments with distribution Nagel, Leah MS Ecology GIBBS 8/15-11/18 3.0 modeling to facilitate vernal pool conservation

Community and Expert-Based Long-term Biodiversity Lumbsden, Joanna MPS ConBio GIBBS 1/17-12/19 3.0 Monitoring Framework Design: Report for the Reserva Ecologica Panamaes”, District of Pedasi, Republic of Panama Legacy of Robinia pseudoacacia invasion and use of Taylor Patterson MS Ecology HORTON 8/14-5/19 5.0 ectomycorrhizal fungi to restore Pinus rigida in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, NY The heart of the Country: Historical Ecology of Onondaga Catherine Landis PHD Ecology LEOPOLD/KIMMERER 1/09-11/18 9.5 Lake Plant-pollinator interactions in Central New York forest Geoffrey Griffiths MS Ecology MCGEE 8/14-12/18 4.5 understories and evaluation of forest herb restoration strategies in postagricultural forests Plant Interactions with Nanoparticles: Uptake, localization Wenjun Cai PhD Plant Sci NEWMAN 8/11-5/19 8.0 and toxicity An Investigation into the Improvement of Techniques for Vernon Coffee MS Plant Sci POWELL 08/15-8/18 3.0 Propagation of American Chestnut Water level regulation effects on water chemistry and Ceili Pestalozzi MS Ecology SCHULZ 8/11-8/18 7.0 plankton in coastal wetlands of the St. Lawrence River Greg Kronisch MS F&W Mgmt RINGLER 1/17-4-19 2.5 Fish assemblage dynamics within a recovering urban lake Near-shore fish assemblage in Onondaga Lake: Assemblage Harold Nugent MS F&W Mgmt RINGLER 5/14-6/18 4.0 analysis in a formerly polluted urban Determining migration patterns of greater and lesser snow Stephen Sliwinski MPS F&W Mgmt SCHUMMER 1/18-5/19 1.5 geese through New York State Migrations of Neotropical freshwater fishes inferred from Theodore Hermann PhD F&W Mgmt STEWART 8/10-12/18 8.5 otolith microchemistry and larval drift: Conservation implications Host odor attractants of Philornis downsi (Diptera: Kristen Doherty MS Entomol TEALE 1/13-5/19 6.5 Muscidae), an invasive bird parasite in the Galapagos Islands Female produced volatile pheromones of the Asian Tian Xu PhD Entomol TEALE 8/12-8/19 6.0 longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) Semiochemical attractants of the parasitic fly Philornis Alejandro Mieles PhD Eclogy TEALE 8/12-12/19 6.5 downsi in Galapagos Islands Paul Picciano MS F&W Mgmt UNDERWOOD ????-8/18

h) Post Doctoral Researchers & Visiting Scholars Belant: Mariela Gantchoff Jacob Hill Ken Kellner Research Scientists: Tyler Petroelje Ashley Lutto Jack Magee Stan Mwampeta Imani Mkasanga

Farrell, S.: Amanda Cheeseman, Started Jan 2019- present Farrell, J.: Dr. John Paul Leblanc, April 1 2016-present. Frair: Joseph Hinton, Dec 2018 – present (works on the moose project) Horton: Hosted Nahuel Policelli in my lab, a Fulbright Scholar from Argentina Powell: Patricia Fernandes, Fulbright Scholar from Portugal, Sep. 15, 2018 – Feb. 15, 2019 Transforming American chestnut (Castanea dentata) with a putative Phytophthora root rot resistance gene, Ginkbilobin2 (Gnk2) cloned from Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata).

4. Research/Scholarship a) Summary of publications EFB faculty authored or co-authored 135 articles published in refereed journals (Appendix C); papers submitted, in review, or pending decision are in Appendix D and presentations by EFB faculty at science meetings are in Appendix E.

2018-19 Book Faculty Publications Book Chapter(s) BELANT, JERROLD 29 3 COHEN, JONATHAN 11 DIEMONT, STEWART 4 2 DOVCIAK, MARTIN 4 FARRELL, JOHN 9 FARRELL,SHANNON 0 FERNANDO,DANILO 1 FIERKE, MELISSA K 5 FRAIR, JACQUELINE 4 GIBBS, JAMES 12 1 GREEN,HYATT 0 HORTON,THOMAS 2 KIMMERER, ROBIN 0 LEOPOLD, DONALD 4 1 LEYDET, BRIAN 0 LIMBURG, KARIN 4 LOMOLINO, MARK 2 MCGEE, GREGORY 3 NEWMAN, LEE 1 PARRY, DYLAN 6 POWELL, WILLIAM 5 1 RAZAVI,ROXANNE 1 RINGLER, NEIL H. 0 RUNDELL,REBECCA 6 SCHULZ, KIMBERLY 0 18

SCHUMMER, MICHAEL 4 STEWART, DONALD 3 1 TEALE, STEPHEN 3 TURNER, SCOTT ? WEIR, ALEX 2 WHIPPS, CHRISTOPHER 8 135 1 7

b) Science Citation Indices Scholarly Metrics provided by Chris Whipps. The impact of one’s overall publication record can be assessed by a variety of citation indices. The tool used for this analysis was Google Scholar, a freely available database. Citation analysis is a tool by which faculty can gage the impact and visibility of their work on the scholarly community, and the relative influence of their research. Google Scholar aims to index all of the peer-reviewed research and scholarly literature available on the web from any time period. The Hirsch index, or h-index, has become the standard accepted measurement of academic output and can be generated. The h-index is defined as: A scientist has index h if h of his/her Np papers have at least h citations each and the other (Np − h) papers have no more than h citations each. However, the h-index has significant limitations in terms of what it measures: 1) it does not include citations to the same work that have small mistakes in their referencing (of which for some publications there are many); 2) it only includes citation to journal articles (not to books, book chapters, working papers, reports, etc.); and, 3) it only includes citations in journals that are listed in the database being searched, which is never comprehensive of academic journals in the field. Therefore, the h-index should be viewed as one metric among many in considering academic output and productivity. In addition to the h-index, faculty 1, 5, and 10 year citation numbers are included to provide a more meaningful understanding of their work. The total number of documents in the databases is included which may offer more context of faculty work.

Citations of EFB papers the last 10 years:

c. Proposal Activity by Department:

c. Proposal Activity by EFB Faculty:

d. Grant Activity Based on the ESF Research Office records, EFB faculty operated their research programs with 147 funded research projects totaling $5.85 M during the 12 mo period ending on June 30, 2019. The credited direct and indirect expenditures amounted to $4.9 and $0.9 million, respectively, with a credited total of $5.82 million expended by faculty in the Department (this is up from 2017–18, at $4.1 + $0.8 = $4.9M). This means that on average for 30 faculty and 4 adjunt/visiting/staff/grad $170,893 was expending/faculty.

e) EFB Sponsored Program Expenditure Activity by faculty sorted from highest to lowest:

3 Yr 5 Yr 3 Yr 5 year Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure 2018–19 Name Ran Ran Mean Mean s 2014–2015 s 2015–2016 s 2016–2017 s 2017–2018 s 2018–19 IC:DC k k Frair, J. 1 $608,244 1 $598,254 $487,708 $678,831 $587,263 610,335 627135 15.8% Cohen, J. 2 $468,035 2 $533,163 $439,133 $822,578 $588,551 383,673 431880 17.4% Leopold, D. 3 $437,337 4 $400,758 $513,029 $178,749 $221,464 858,926 231622 19.6% Farrell, J. 4 $390,029 5 $363,582 $392,490 $255,335 $334,541 410,345 425200 21.4% Ringler, N. 5 $370,284 3 $417,229 $452,828 $522,466 $356,637 329,671 424543 23.4% Powell, W. 6 $319,656 6 $295,633 $207,253 $311,945 $442,571 451,898 64498 27.2% Kimmerer, R. 7 $213,182 9 $204,101 $284,878 $96,078 $232,565 126,316 280666 23.0% Whipps, C. 8 $204,780 7 $239,852 $313,518 $271,402 $181,001 176,526 256814 24.5% Fierke, M. 9 $193,750 12 $164,891 $45,467 $197,736 $246,115 187,750 147385 17.6% Gibbs, J. 10 $189,966 8 $216,781 $187,160 $326,845 $236,234 259,387 74277 91.9% Rundell, R. 11 $172,309 13 $118,400 $43,633 $31,439 $24,503 78,500 413923 11.4% Limburg, K. 12 $151,790 11 $169,762 $189,667 $203,773 $173,050 197,366 84955 27.2% Teale, S. 13 $149,373 10 $176,613 $204,661 $230,284 $164,694 188,408 95016 7.2% Farrell, S. 14 $123,001 15 $92,710 $20,205 $74,342 $64,145 135,168 169691 15.5% Turner, S. 15 $113,277 14 $112,623 $103,784 $119,502 $119,736 120,504 99591 57.0% Schulz, K. 16 $103,412 18 $63,925 $7,856 $1,532 $5,000 45,445 259791 27.3% Dovciak, M. 17 $71,336 17 $89,319 $115,466 $117,122 $72,830 14,971 126206 32.8% Parry, D. 18 $60,680 19 $57,533 $45,415 $60,209 $50,143 82,723 49173 20.1% Razavi, R. 19 $58,802 20 $35,281 5,426 170979 20.0% Newman, L. 20 $43,263 16 $90,685 $186,535 $137,101 $81,105 15,878 32806 58.2% Horton, T. 21 $42,855 24 $28,314 $7,070 $5,937 $30,788 54,936 42841 6.7% Green, H. 22 $37,614 25 $22,966 $1,990 $34,640 46,572 31630 8.3% Leydet, B. 24 26 $18,996 48,847 46131 McGee, G. 25 $30,109 23 $29,922 $23,513 $35,773 $51,228 26,436 12662 0.0% Fernando, D. 26 $22,091 21 $32,701 $48,492 $48,739 $11,129 24,290 30854 26.0% Weir, A. 27 $4,626 27 $11,012 $14,017 $27,167 $583 13,195 100 57.0% Diemont, S. 28 $497 29 $3,061 $7,848 $5,964 $1,491 0 0 N/A Lomolino, M. 29 $419 28 $9,893 $41,706 $6,504 $1,257 0 0 N/A Stewart, D. 31 0 30 $2,000 $3,990 $6,010 0 0 0 N/A

$4,387,322 $4,775,353 $4,313,264 $4,893,492 $5,186,068

5. Outreach and Service a) Service to the department, college, and university A summary of service by each faculty member to the department, college, and university is given in Appendix G. b) Enumeration of outreach activities Appendix H shows unfunded service by EFB faculty to government agencies, public interest groups, etc. This list does not include the many hours of outreach made by our Instructional Support Specialists, graduate students, and undergraduate students. For example, the Instructional Support Specialists who manage our Roosevelt Wildlife Collection and the Illick greenhouses (Ron Giegerich and Terry Ettinger, respectively) host numerous tours for the ESF community (e.g., Family & Friends Barbeque, Annual Alumni Tour, college visitors which include many school groups). Besides the numerous phone and email inquiries that faculty receive from the public, news channels, and newspapers, Ron Giegerich, Terry Ettinger, and Kim Adams respond to many similar requests for information from these sources. For example, Kim Adams receives hundreds of requests for information. Terry Ettinger assisted in the development and delivery of dozens of episodes of the ESF/Time Warner Cable “Going Green” collaboration which is broadcast weekly across all of upstate New York, western Massachusetts, and northern Pennsylvania and available on the web. Although there are no data to support this claim, the Department generates more print in the Syracuse Post-Standard than all other academic departments combined, and all other offices at ESF (except for the Top 10 Species List) and Syracuse University (except their athletic programs). Most of the dozens of local newspaper articles of this past year are posted in the main foyer of Illick. Much media attention often comes from beyond central New York. For example, Karin Limburg’s writing in The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/how-is-climate- change-affecting-fishes-there-are-clues-inside-their-ears-110249) and her ongoing world-wide collaboration with many others that resulted in a UN report titled “The Ocean is Losing its Breath: Declining Oxygen in the World’s Ocean and Coastal Waters”, which was featured in Scientific American’s February 2019 issue (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the- ocean-is-running-out-of-breath-scientists-warn/). This ever-increasing national and international attention to EFB faculty has resulted in tens of thousands of new viewers to ESF web pages. Unfunded service to professional societies and organizations is summarized in Appendix I. Appendix J summarizes the funded service by EFB faculty to government agencies, public interest groups, etc. Appendix K lists the presentations made to the public by EFB faculty and Appendix L includes miscellaneous publications and outreach materials. c) Summary of grant panel service (by agency) Cohen: NERC Estonia Research Council Fierke: National Science Foundation 1 proposal Limburg: Hudson River Foundation 4 preproposals, 8 full proposals Schulz: National Science Foundation 1 proposal Teale: Netherlands Org. Sci. Res. (NWO) 1 proposal Whipps: Bureau of Land Management 1 proposal Israel Science Foundation 1 proposal

d) Number of journal manuscripts reviewed by faculty (#journals/#manuscripts reviewed; excludes reviews of NSF, EPA, USDA, McIntire-Stennis, state agency, etc. proposals):

Belant: not reported Limburg, K.: 9/12 Cohen, J.: 6/7 Lomolino, M.: ?/10 Diemont, S.: 2/2 McGee 1/1 Dovciak, M.: 7/8 Newman, L.: 7/7 Farrell, J.: 1/1 Parry, D.: 6/8 Farrell, S.: 1/2 Powell, W.: 1/1 Fernando, D.: 5/6 Razavi: 2/2 Fierke, M.: 2/3 Ringler, N.: 1/1 Frair, J.: 3/13 Rundell, R.: 4/5 Gibbs, J.: 0/0 Schulz, K.: 1/1 Green: 2/2 Stewart, D.: 6/6 Horton, T.: 3/4 Teale, S.: 6/6 Kimmerer, R.: 0 Weir, A.: 2/3 Leopold, D.: 2/2 Whipps, C.: 11/13 Leydet, B.: 2/3 e) Summary of journal editorial board service Applied Vegetation Science: M. Dovciak (Editorial Board Member) Bio-Complexity: S. Turner Bioscience: J. Belant (Associate Editor) Ecology and Society: K. Limburg (Subject editor) Ecology of Freshwater Fishes: N. Ringler (Associate Editor) Forest Science: M. Fierke (Associate Editor) Frontier of Biogeography, Monographs in Biogeography: M. Lomolino (Editor) Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: K. Limburg (Subject editor) Intelligent Buildings International: S. Turner (Guest Editor) International Journal of Phytoremediation: L. Newman (Editor-in-Chief) Journal of Applied Ecology: J. Frair (Associate Editor) Journal of Parasitology: C. Whipps (Associate Editor) Journal of Vegetation Science: M. Dovciak (Editorial Board Member) Malacologia: R. Rundell (Associate Editor) Parasitology Research: C. Whipps (Section Editor) Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants: L. Newman The Canadian Entomologist: D. Parry (Subject Editor) Tree Physiology: D. Fernando (Editorial Review Board Member) Ursus: J. Belant (Deputy Editor-in-Chief) f) Service Learning

Besides engagement of students in classes listed below, EFB students were also very involved through independent studies (EFB 498) and internships (EFB 420). EFB faculty indicate the following courses have specific service learning components:

EFB 434/634 Ecosystem Restoration Design Students worked with an elementary school in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico and a faculty member at El Colegio de La Frontera in San Cristobal de Las Casas in the restoration design for a stream and wetland; these were coupled with composting and agroforestry production systems within the school grounds. The goal of the school was to create connections with the environment for the students that would serve as a sustainable school model for other public schools in the city. The designs developed by the students are now being developed further by the school to meet school education goals.

EFB 120 Global Environment (Diemont) Each group of 3-4 students proposes and develops a project that is related to course topics and that in some way serves the sustainability of the campus, Syracuse, or regionally. EFB 120 presents what sometimes appear to be the insurmountable problems of our world, such as climate change, poverty, population pressures, and water, soil, and pollution. This project encourages students as they develop tangible designs, processes, or products, to begin to take necessary steps to meeting these challenges, and to consider how their education at ESF, and even a small project, will address the needs of the world.

(Diemont) Emanuel Carter and I taught a field course in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain for which we collaborated with researchers and designers at the Centro para Estudios Ambientales (CEA) (Center for Environmental Studies) of Vitoria-Gasteiz in designing green infrastructure strategies to restore biological connectivity and to develop tangible relationships between people and nature in a new neighborhood of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Students worked on teams with research interns of CEA, who came from throughout Spain and France.

EFB 305/605 Indigenous Issues and the Environment. This year the students developed educational materials including a website for Indigenous Science, educational materials for the garden at Lafayette Experiment station and modules to share with existing classes at ESF to enrich the content with an indigenous perspective.

EFB 446/646 Ecology of Mosses The students created an educational brochure on the mosses of Clark Reservation state Park to be distributed by the Council of Park Friends at the Nature Center.

EFB 417/617 Non-Personal Environmental Interpretative Methods. Students work with community organizations and ESF groups.

EFB 414 Senior Synthesis in Conservation Biology. Students focused the entire semester on developing a Conservation Management Plan for the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn.

EFB 488 Fisheries Science Practicum had a service-learning component, surveying fishes of Meadowbrook in Dewitt. This led to one of the participants going further, taking on a deeper survey of Meadowbrook as an Honors Thesis, obtaining independent research credit for same (below). The data that this student collected were made available to water managers in Dewitt, through Drs. John Stella and Mark Teece.

EFB 525 Limnology Practicum For the seventh consecutive year, EFB 525, Limnology Practicum, had a significant service learning component. Students could choose to work with two allied local lake associations (Song Lake Association and COFOKLA – Cortland Onondaga Federation of Kettle Lake Associations) to develop their independent projects on topics that were both scientifically relevant and of interest to the homeowners. About half of student time in the course was devoted to developing and performing these independent projects, in co-operation with homeowners (when applicable) or sometimes with managers and practitioners in other areas.

The independent projects culminated in a scientific poster session and reception in 12 Illick Hall during finals week (16 December 2016) that was open to the public and attended by other undergraduate and graduate students not in the Practicum, faculty, members of the Song Lake Association and COFOKLA, as well as the general community. The projects continue to expand a database of water quality and species presence data that will be useful to the homeowners in lake management decisions.

Three of the poster projects were used as final capstone projects in Environmental Science or Environmental Studies, another one was presented by students at the New York meeting of the American Fisheries Society; two students from 2015’s class (one graduate student and one undergraduate) are following up on their project with me this summer to do additional research and writing to produce a paper for publication (planned submission to Limnology and Oceanography Methods in Fall 2017).

John Stella and I also included a service learning project in our Managing and Arching Research Data class. With the help of Heidi Webb, the students performed a collaborative project designing a database of teaching spaces at ESF and their capabilities that should be able to assist ESF, the Physical Plant Personnel and the Capital Planning Committee with identifying priority spaces for renovation and quickly assessing the current capacities, attributes and conditions of ESF teaching spaces. Stella, Schulz and Webb will provide this database to the Capital Planning Committee and the relevant Physical Plant personnel in early fall 2017 (or the next meeting if sooner).

EFB 486, EFB 796 Ichthyology We do surveys each year of fish communities in central New York. This year we studied the fishes in Jamesville Reservoir and nearshore of Oneida Lake. When new or unusual fish distributions are found, the DEC may be advised, and sometimes, specimens are preserved and provided to the New York State Museum of Natural History, Albany, or archived in ESF’s Roosevelt Wildlife Collection. Periodically, such results are provided to NYS DEC personnel who monitor conservation status of fish populations in the state.

6. Department Structure and Budget

a) Department of Environmental & Forest Biology Organizational Chart 2018–19

Department Chair Don Leopold/ Melissa Fierke

Secretary 1 Secretary 1 Sandra Polimino Faith Ashmore

Associate Chair, Awards Associate Chair, M. Fierke Communication & Development J. Gibbs Graduate Program Director Undergraduate Curriculum Director D. Fernando G. McGee Graduate Program Advisory Committee Majors Coordinators Chair J. Cohen ConBio EnvBio Wildlife Biotech A&F EEI ForHealth Gibbs McGee Frair Newman Stewart Weir Teale Promotion & Tenure Curriculum and Course Committee Assessment Committee Chair S. Teale Chair K. Schulz Space Committee Instr. Support Specialists/Supervisors Chair Vacant Nancy Walker-Kopp/Chair Patrick McHale/Chair New York Natural Terry Ettinger/D. Leopold Heritage Program Ron Giegerich/J. Frair DJ Evans Kim Adams/S. Teale

Cranberry Lake Thousand Island Roosevelt Campfire Club Biological Station Biological Station Wildlife Station Program M. Fierke J. Farrell J. Gibbs Jerry Belant

Affiliated Centers Native Peoples & Applied American Chestnut Onondaga Lake the Environment Microbiology Research & Restoration Science Center R. Kimmerer C. Whipps W. Powell Neil Ringler

b) Recent activities (e.g. By-laws, P&T Guidelines, etc.) EFB faculty revised Departmental Promotion and Continuing Appointment Guidelines in 2018–2019 (available upon request). We are looking to develop By-Laws in the 2019–20 AY. New procedures were developed by the Development Office and Financial Aid Office for undergraduate awards (new timing and format) and graduate awards (available upon request). c) Budget report of expenditures EFB’s Department budget comes from the following main sources: 1) state allocations (OTPS & TS); 2) funds generated from students (course fees, which were implemented in 2013–14 & summer course revenue), and; 3) SUNY Research Foundation (RF) research incentives funds; and 4) academic Equipment Replacement (through the graduate office). Biotech funds ended in 2016–17 and my question about this to our VP of Office of Academic Finance garnered this response “Beginning at that time, the department chair(s) during that time period were asked to incorporate the biotech budget requests into the overall departmental budget requests and/or to provide a supplemental proposal request, in the event that there were specific unanticipated costs above and beyond what had originally been planned, or allocated.” The MPS Graduate Tuition program initiated by Provost Bongarten and encouraged by Don Leopold brought extra revenue in for a couple of years (2012–14), but this program was discontinued and efforts towards the MPS program dropped. Course fees to cover expendables in our 55 lab-based courses (w/ 118 labs) were instituted in 2013–14 to compensate for continuing drops in OTPS/TS dollars to the Department. I am still trying to understand the huge decrease in OTPS/TS funds in 2017–18 ($30,519, $49,801 less than the $79,600 allocated in 2007–08) and 2018–19 ($36,900, $42,700 less than the $79,600). We also receive development funds through the College Foundation, a majority of which go to UG and graduate student scholarships/fellowships/prizes. A summary of allocations since 2006–07 indicate substantial fluctuations over the last 13 years with an unsustainably large decrease the past two years:

Summary of State Accounts 2018–19 Budget* OTPS Allocation: $36,900 ($34,000 OTPS; $2,900 TS) Planned* Expenditures: Office (administration, faculty, staff, grads): $13,500 Computers: 4,000 Photocopy: 2,500 Mileage/Travel: 3,000 Repairs: 2,000 Building, facilities, exhibits: 3,000 Seminars and receptions: 6,500 Chairman Operating (over-expenditures, all categories): 900 Greenhouses: 1,500 Subtotal $36,900

Faculty subaccounts: $35,688 Total Planned Expenditures: $72,588

Course Fee Allocation: $35,688 Tree Pest Info Service account: $1,600 Academic Equipment Replacement: $35,734

Of the extraordinary expenditures that are covered by state funds, the cost of the Department’s pre-Convocation award ceremony and reception for graduating students, their families and friends, and faculty and staff was about $5,500 (food and drink for reception, award plaques). State funds were also used to extend the employment of the work-study student assigned to the administrative office, cover costs of invited speakers for courses, and faculty attendance at teaching workshops. Funds generated from course fees were critical to cover course expenditures beyond the meager amounts allocated to each faculty member for their courses. Academic Equipment Funds allocated to EFB ($35,734 this past period) are instrumental in allowing faculty to replace equipment required for classroom instruction. Our specialized courses have also relied on these funds to upgrade badly outdated equipment. Unfortunately, these funds cannot be used to help replace the boats and other equipment needed for our aquatic sciences courses so we are still without a dedicated funding source for these required types of equipment. Some of the substantial expenditures from this account this past period were replacing the shared gel reader, providing a centrifuge for molecular use, a YSI replacement parts and a new spectrophotometer for the aquatic sciences courses. Funds from summer courses provide much incentive for the department to offer relevant summer courses during Maymester and Summer Session, while meeting increasing demands from students to satisfy curricular requirements outside of the fall and spring semesters.

Summary of Research Accounts

Below is the budget from fall 2018:

The Department could not function without these Research Incentive funds, i.e., the state allocation is insufficient to cover the basic teaching, research, and outreach expenses of a large doctoral- granting biology program. Increasingly, state funds are needed for development-related activities – although these activities should eventually result in financial support for currently unfunded programs and ideas, there are no state funds explicitly allocated for the travel and other costs associated with these efforts. Because of the significant reduction in Research Incentives funds (a smaller percentage is now allocated than in the past, i.e. we used to get a higher percentage, e.g., in ‘08–’09 we got $35K, whereas now we get around $25K). These lower amounts plus the recent reduction in OTPS means we no longer provide TIBS and CLBS undergraduate student summer fellowship programs and are covering basic departmental expenditures with Research Incentive funds.

In total, $25,594 was allocated to the Dept RI account and $1,902.40 ($27,496) into the Chair RI account in fall 2018 from SUNY RF Research Incentives Funds. There was a total of $47,614 available including carry over from previous years. The following is an expenditure report generated by the Office of Academic Finance for Departmental expenditures. Note: these numbers have not been verified as of writing this report.

Research Incentives Chair RI Salary & Wages Regular 795 Salary & Wages Grad Fringe Benefits Regular 318 Fringe Benefits Grad Supplies 8,959 1,512 Travel 6,644 Tuition and Fees Conference & Training 18,860 Postage & Publishing 1,541 General Services 8,497 Equipment Campus Services Recharges 2,000 12 Other Expenses Alterations and Renovations $47,614* $1,524 *These numbers have not been verified.

Summary of Research Foundation Funds Undergraduate and graduate student awards come from the following endowments: Maurice and Annette Alexander Wetlands Research Fund, Robert L. Burgess Graduate Scholarship in Ecology, Betty Moore Chamberlaine Memorial Fund, Leroy C. Stegeman Endowment in Invertebrate Ecology, Robert A. Zabel Endowed Scholarship, John and Etta Simeone Graduate Fellowship, Josiah L. Lowe-Hugh E. Wilcox Scholarship Fund, Phyllis Roskin, Joseph and Ruth Hasenstab, Edwin H. Ketchledge Scholarship, Lanier Memorial, Silverborg Memorial, and Patricia D. and Jeff J. Morrell Scholarship, and Dr. Samuel Grober ’38 Graduate Fellowship. During the academic year but especially at the annual EFB Spring Celebration and Awards Ceremony prior to the ESF Convocation, most of this total allocated amount was given out to EFB undergraduate and graduate students to assist them in their research endeavors and for outstanding accomplishments; additional money was given out during the academic year to students based on financial need.

7. Departmental Honors and Awards

Terry Ettinger – Undergraduate Special Recognition for Staff Excellence Award Jacqui Frair – Undergraduate Outstanding Academic Advisor Award Jacqui Frair – ESF 2019 Exemplary Research Award Jacqui Frair - INVITED KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Educating the next generation of conservation leaders: Challenges for ‘sustainable use’ in university curricula. (Aug 2018) Women and Sustainable Hunting, 4th Annual Conference, Artemis Working Group of the International Council on Game and Wildlife Conservation, Illomansti, Finland. ~70 attendees Melissa Fierke – Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service

Neil Ringler - Excellence in Fisheries Education award. American Fisheries Society. August 19, 2018. Atlantic City, NJ

Kimberly Schulz - Named a Fellow of ASLO (Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography), 2 Nov 2018. This is the primary professional organization in my field.

8. Progress on Objectives for previous years

Department specific initiatives and their relationship to the College strategic plan Unsure. We did not develop these the last few years as our Department was in flux much of the last 2 years due to Administrative edicts. Goals from 2016–17 (including those carried to 2017–18) that were achieved were: a. Development of new metrics for for EFB Promotion and Tenure decisions b. Establishment and management of a vital program in Environmental Health. Dr. Lee Newman shouldered this burden and accomplished this task for the Environmental Science program. c. Successful recruitment of new faculty to further elevate wildlife and conservation biology programs to national prominence through the hiring of a Full Professor via the Campfire Endowment Fund d. Hired Vertebrate Conservation Biology (Dr. Josh Drew) to help with advising and teaching needs. e. Establishment of a course in general biology for non-majors that will open to about 80 students Fall semester 2018. f. Completion of the new Roosevelt Wild Life Museum facility in the Gateway Center, to open in Fall 2018. and establish for the for the first since 1919 time of an actual space for the Station (Rm 11 Illick) g. Continued support of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station via bio-blitzes on private donor properties, and establishment of a physical space dedicated to the Station (Room 11, Illick Hall.) h. Internal search for the next Chair of the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology.

Goals from 2016–17 that were not achieved were: a. Restoration of our Environmental Interpretation program with renewed emphasis on Natural History.

b. Re-establishment of the Forest Pathologist line and enhancement of our unique Forest Health program (major) c. Establish a professorship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Ecology as well as in Tree Genetics and Environmental Health d. Implementation of a Departmental strategic planning process synergistic with that at the College level Goals from 2017–18 (based on 2016–17 goals) that were achieved were: a. Enhancement of additional metrics/guidelines for Promotion and Tenure, as previously proposed to the Faculty, and strengthening the connection between our mentoring program and P/T; (the later was recognized enhanced this past year).

Goals from 2017–18 (based on 2016–17 goals) that were not achieved were: a. Reestablishment of our strong program in Environmental Interpretation/Education, supported by two professorships, with a greater emphasis on Natura History, following the departure of Dr. Beth Folta. We have proposed to share this set of programs with at least one other department. b. Reestablishment of our program in Forest Health, following the retirement of of forest pathologist, Dr. John Castello. Our Forest Pathologist position is synergistic with many research and teaching areas both in EFB and FNRM. c. Formal assessment of the seven undergraduate majors in the Department by outside evaluators, which is a SUNY requirement. The groundwork for these assessments is being laid by the EFB Curriculum and Course Assessment Committee. Their work is also described in Section I of this report (External reviews are also needed, likely College wide, of our graduate programs). d. Completion of the funded Onondaga Lake Science Center located on the Lake or Inner Harbor, and development of a sustainable plan to operate it. e. Continued efforts to establish endowed Chairs in our most active teaching and research areas, including a professorship in Waterfowl and Wetlands Ecology and in Biotechnology.

9. Plans and Objectives for 2019–2020 Department specific initiatives and their relationship to the College strategic plan Primary is to make sure faculty supporting each major meet at the beginning and end of each AY and talk about their: vision for the future, current needs, whether curricula is meeting their vision & needs, as well as each faculty members contribution to the major and assessment learning objectives for the major – what is good/what needs changed to meet the LOs. Developing and instituting Bylaws for the Department. Plans and objectives in the new academic year have not yet been developed, but will be with the start of the new academic year through a series of Department retreats and meetings. Long –term Chair Dr. Donald Leopold shared these ideas in 2016–17, and they remain significant signposts for EFB and ESF (2016-17 report pp. 41-43): “In addition to animal-focused conservation issues, we could profitably focus on becoming a “National Center for Restoration of Threatened Tree Species”, building on the College’s work on American chestnut. More broadly, ESF also is positioned to become globally recognized as a leader in the restoration of rare/threatened plants (not only trees). Either focus would necessarily involve not just plant biotechnologist, but would include the array of specialties that enables conservation- on-the-ground to advance from ecology, silviculture, entomology, mycology, plant physiology, 34

social science, communications, and more. ESF/EFB has demonstrated capability to do this through our work on restoration of American chestnut and the federally-listed American hart’s tongue fern, through the use of in vitro or semi-in vitro produced planting materials. We will need at least a state- of-the-art laboratory facility for propagation so we can expand our scope in terms of the number of species to work on. The focus on the biology and propagation of rare/threatened plants in the Northeast U.S., and especially the integration of ecological perspectives with biotechnology tools, differentiate us from other institutions in the country focused on plant conservation. The potentials for this Center are enormous given a focus on the prevention and management of threats to trees and other plant species wherever they occur (urban, backyard, wilderness, plantation). ESF already has three excellent forest entomologists working on invasive species issues in forests and many other faculty here addressing these issues within their areas of expertise. ESF should be able to carve out a niche in the area of invasive species research by focusing on trees. A further area of strength (and potential further strengthening) is EFB’s fisheries programs at ESF are pushing boundaries both spatially and in techniques/methods development, combining the traditional (e.g., systematics) with new (e.g., hard part (otoliths, scales, bones) microchemistry). Our small and under-staffed program has repeatedly been ranked as one of the very top in the Nation. One option to further strengthen this area is to fill the “open” biogeochemist position with someone also trained in and emphasizing aquatic ecosystems. Urban ecology was a great former strength of ESF and could easily be so yet again. For example, the term "biophilic city" has been used to describe how to reconfigure cities to be more eco-friendly and better places to live. While one individual department has tried to own this area at ESF, the most exciting opportunities involve many departments together here. It is ironic that ESF is nearly unique among environmental colleges in its deep urban setting yet has virtually no engagement in the pressing urban ecology issues of the day. Moreover, urban ecology necessarily engages a diverse populace both in terms of service and potentially recruitment. As such getting more active in urban issues would greatly assist ESF in its overall campaign toward greater inclusion and equity on environmental issues. Three final strategic areas for consideration for investment include ecosystem restoration -- another direction that the department could develop more strongly especially if the focus is not only "wild" systems, but even urban systems and production systems. Second is for ESF to become a center for Ecological Economics, where we currently enjoy prominence despite limited faculty devoted to the area. We would need a couple of new faculty hires, at a minimum, for that. Third, ESF can offer Environmental Health programs that are unlike any others. Some focal areas that have been discussed include: 1) understanding how “nature-deficit disorder” affects the health of people, especially children; 2) examining environmental health after natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy and other events like catastrophic tornadoes. Indeed, many aspects of EFB involve working toward a healthier world for wild species and humans – formalizing, organizing and augmenting this emphasis could benefit the college immensely. It has long been stated that a true measure of excellence for EFB would be to have faculty members become fellows of National Academies, or even become Nobel laureates. To do so, ESF needs far more investment in better labs, and more resources to fill those labs with grad students and post-docs, not to mention more time for faculty to devote to research. This remains an intriguing target but practical concerns render it unrealistic at this time. Bolstering our field stations and thereby our well-known experiential “boots-on-the-ground” earning programs is another area for strategic growth. At a time that most University field stations have been abandoned, ESF’s Cranberry Lake Biological Station’s importance has risen from regional to national. TIBS is also nationally known. But to meet the instructional and research needs at these stations, particularly CLBS, renovations are needed, especially to living quarters and instructional spaces to accommodate the large number of students and faculty during the summer. ”ESF and EFB have been relatively successful because: 1) we have a strong mission that is more relevant than ever; 2) we have a lot of expertise on the campus in support of that mission; 3) what we focus on is generally accessible and appealing to the public, and 4) we are still pretty nimble, although the administrative hoops are getting harder to jump through, and some supporting facilities 35

are seriously degraded (e.g., the physical plant's capabilities, college fleet, Illick Hall, etc.). It is great we still have our extensive properties and our history being tied to the fate of New York's forests is both interesting and an excellent platform for expanding research and education in sustainability. ESF/EFB can offer interesting, non-traditional courses that engage students in exciting ways; that we incorporate students into our research programs; and that we can encourage folks to think outside the box. Other institutions have built highly successful (and lucrative) programs for public engagement on natural history, exploration of the natural world, and conservation, and done so with less opportunity (no lands like we have) and in states with access to far smaller populations and less financial resources. Careful study of successful enterprises and their programming and operations would behoove ESF/EFB. “Our biology program is different, and appealingly so, because of its applied focus. Faculty and students study subjects that need urgent attention. In a word, we are “relevant.” We are grateful to come to work each day to address important problems for society that relate to forest and environmental biology. And doubly grateful to see a shared desire for a healthier natural world in the students we teach. With very healthy undergraduate and graduate enrollments, the addition of 13 faculty the past 12 years (Drs. Frair, Whipps, Dovciak, Fierke, McGee, Newman, Cohen, Rundell, S. Farrell, Diemont, Green, Leydet, and Razavi), tremendous effort by many of the senior faculty, greater use efficiency and enhancements of existing space, and improvements at our field stations, the department is closer towards realizing its basic goal of being one of the premier environmental biology programs. The EFB Chair hopes that with the department’s strong foundation and energy from many new faculty and the highly productive established faculty that the department is poised to discuss and move towards EFB’s aspirations beyond what has already been articulated and attained.”

10. Certification that all professional employees have had an annual evaluation and a new performance program in place by June 1, 2018 Two professional employees – 5 Instructional Support Specialists (Kim Adams, Terry Ettinger, Ron Gegierich, Patrick McHale, and Nancy Walker-Kopp) and one CSEA (Faith Ashmore, Secretary 1) – had performance evaluations in 2019. Sandra Polimino was not reviewed as she retired.

APPENDIX A: EFB Faculty: Rank, Degree, Interest areas

Name and Title Degrees Interest Areas Belant, Jerrold PhD, Large mammal Conservation Campfire Club MS, Endowed Professor BA, of Wild Life PhD, Virginia Tech Wildlife ecology and management, population Cohen, Jonathan B. MS, U. Connecticut and habitat ecology, threatened and Associate Professor BS, Cornell University endangered species.

Diemont, Stewart A.W. PhD, Ohio State Systems ecology, ecological engineering, Associate Professor MS, Univ. of North traditional ecological knowledge, ecosystem Carolina restoration, sustainability analysis, natural BA, Univ. of Texas wastewater treatment systems and re-use, lesser-developed countries, agroecology

Dovciak, Martin PhD, Univ. of Minnesota Plant ecology; forest ecology; biodiversity; Associate Professor Dipl. Engin.. Zvolen plant population & community dynamics; Technical Univ spatial ecology; ecosystem management & restoration

Farrell, John M. PhD, SUNY ESF Fisheries management, aquatic ecology, Professor MS, SUNY ESF wetlands restoration, St. Lawrence River BS, Cornell University studies, muskellunge and northern pike ecology & mgt., invasive species Farrell, Shannon L. PhD, Texas A&M Assistant Professor MS, Texas A&M Wildlife ecology, E&T species and habitat, BA, Brown University anthropogenic impacts, quantification approaches for wildlife habitat services, policy innovations for implementing the ESA

Fernando, Danilo D. PhD, Univ of Alberta, Plant reproductive biology, plant structure and Associate Professor Canada development, in vitro fertilization in conifers, MS, Univ of Philippines pollen transformation & gene expression BS, Mountain State Agr. during pollen tube development Coll. Fierke, Melissa K. PhD, Univ of Arkansas Forest entomology and forest ecology; Associate Professor MS, Oregon State Univ impacts of invasives in forested settings with BS, Arkansas Tech Univ a focus on wood-boring insects.

Frair, Jacqueline L. PhD, Univ of Alberta, Wildlife and landscape ecology, animal Associate Professor Canada movements and habitat use, predator-prey MS, Univ of Wisconsin interactions BS, Cornell Gibbs, James P. PhD, Yale Conservation biology, ecological monitoring, Professor & MA, Univ of Missouri wildlife management, population biology and Associate Chair BS, Univ of Maine conservation genetics 37

Green, Hyatt C. PhD, Oregon State Univ. Molecular microbial ecology, co-evolution of Assistant Professor BS, Univ. Georgia microbes with their animal hosts, microbial source tracking and water quality, microbial biogeography

Horton, Thomas R. PhD, Univ of Cal.-Berkeley Mycorrhizal ecology and systematics, Associate Professor MA, San Francisco State mycology, restoration ecology Univ. BA, Humboldt State Univ Kimmerer, Robin W. PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin Ethnobotany, conservation biology, and Distinguished MS Univ. of Wisconsin bryophyte ecology Teaching Professor BS, SUNY ESF Leopold, Donald J. PhD, Purdue Forest and wetland ecology; understanding Distinguished MSF, Univ of Kentucky drivers of species abundance and diversity at Teaching Professor BS, Univ of Kentucky micro to macro scales; application of unique & Chair communities to sustainable landscapes; dendrology

Leydet, Brian F. PhD, Louisiana State Univ Infectious and vector-borne diseases, Assistant Professor MPH, Univ. North Florida arthropods of veterinary and medical BS, Old Dominion importance, vector biology, disease ecology, molecular biology

Limburg, Karin E. PhD, Cornell Fisheries ecology, ecosystem ecology, fish Professor MS, Univ of Florida migration, biogeochemical tracers, ecological AB, Vassar College modeling, ecological economics Lomolino, Mark V. PhD, SUNY Binghamton Biogeography; conservation biology, diversity Professor MS, Univ of Florida in isolated ecosystems and habitat islands. BS, SUNY-Cortland McGee, Gregory G. PhD, SUNY ESF Forest ecology, management, and restoration; Associate Professor MS, SUNY ESF effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on BS, Allegheny College northern hardwood forests. McNulty, Stacy A. MS, SUNY ESF Forest and landscape ecology, applied GIS; Research Associate BA, SUNY Geneseo ecology, conservation, and forest management in the Adirondacks Newman, Lee A. PhD, Rutgers & RWJ Med. Phytoremediation, molecular and cellular Associate Professor Sch. biology, plant nanoparticle interactions, plant MS, Rutgers & RWJ Med endophyte interactions, horticultural therapy, Sch. hyperspectral imaging for plant contaminant BS, Stockton State College exposure and plant stress, plant metal . interactions and mine site restoration, environ. health. Parry, Dylan PhD, Michigan State Univ. Forest insect ecology, population dynamics of Associate Professor MS, University of Alberta defoliating Lepidoptera, ecology of predators, BS, University of Alberta parasitoids, and pathogens of forest caterpillars, invasive species in forested 38

environments, top-down (natural enemies) and bottom-up (host plant) regulation of insect populations, evolution of life-history strategies in solitary and gregarious caterpillars.

Powell, William A. PhD, Utah State University Forest biotechnology, molecular plant- Professor BS, Salisbury State microbe interactions, plant genetic University engineering, plant gene analysis

Ringler, Neil H. PhD, Univ. Michigan Aquatic ecology, fish behavior, fisheries Distinguished MS, Oregon State Univ. science Teaching Professor BA, California State at Long Beach

Roxanne Razavi PhD,Queens’s Univ. Limnology, toxic health hazards, aquatic Assistant Professor MSc Queen’s Univ. ecology; mercury and nutrient cycling BSc McMaster University

Rundell, Rebecca J. PhD, Univ. Chicago Invertebrate conservation biology, Assistant Professor MS, Univ. Chicago and evolutionary biology, tropical biodiversity, Univ. Hawaii at Manoa adaptive and non-adaptive radiations, BS, Cornell Univ. organismal biology (Pacific island land snails, microscopic marine invertebrates)

Schulz, Kimberly L. PhD, University of Nutrient and exotic species effects on aquatic Associate Professor Michigan BA, Cornell ecosystems; ecological stoichiometry, aquatic University community and ecosystem ecology; bioenergetics; nutrient cycling; lower food web studies; Great Lakes; Finger Lakes

Stewart, Donald J. PhD, Univ of Wisconsin Fish ecology and fisheries management; Professor MS, Univ of Michigan ecological energetics; modeling predation and BS, Univ of Michigan production processes; Great Lakes ecosystems; Amazonian ecosystems; ecology and systematics of Neotropical freshwater fishes Teale, Stephen A. PhD, SUNY ESF Forest entomology; chemical ecology; Professor MS, Univ of Kansas pheromones of forest insects; evolution of BA, College of St. Rose pheromone communication

Turner, J. Scott PhD, Colorado State Univ. Animal physiology; physiological ecology, Professor MS & BA University of thermal energetics; biology of body size; California-Santa-Cruz physiology of gas exchange

Weir, Alexander PhD, Univ of Newcastle Systematics and evolutionary biology of fungi Professor upon Tyne using classical and modern molecular BS, Univ of Bradford, UK approaches; fungal biodiversity and conservation; fungal arthropod interactions; biology of parasites and symbionts

Whipps, Christopher M. PhD, Oregon State Univ Fish and wildlife diseases, parasitology, Associate Professor BS, Univ of Victoria at microbiology, taxonomy, molecular Malaspina U. College systematics, diagnostics, parasites as biological tags and ecological indicators

Appendix B: Faculty Significant Accomplishments & Future Plans

Belant

None given, but… worked with the Campfire Club to get the program up and running.

Cohen My lab has welcomed three new members this year, and I had fun getting to know my new students and to help them get started on their projects. It was especially rewarding as some of my new students were conducting sequel projects and were mentored by my previous students and post- docs, in the latter case as a co-MP. I now have three lab projects in which we are working with management agencies to conduct experimental management projects, which I find to be very satisfying. My lab had an amazing experience in January, when two of my Ph.D. students and I went to India to deliver a workshop on shorebird research and conservation. We got to know a great group of students in India and got to see the difficult conservation problems and creative solutions that our counterparts were working on. This year I accepted the role of Associate Director for the Roosevelt Wild Life Station. I will be assisting the new Director, Dr. Frair, as we work on taking the Station in exciting new directions. I am looking forward to this new challenge. This coming year I will be embarking on my first sabbatical leave. I intend to use the time to write several papers that have been on my list for quite a while. In addition, I am going to spend some time with a colleague at the University of Minnesota, working on collaborative projects with Great Lakes birds. I also hope to build on the relationships that I started with colleagues in India, to benefit both research and teaching programs at SUNY-ESF.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

This coming year I will be embarking on my first sabbatical leave. I intend to use the time to write several papers that have been on my list for quite a while. In addition, I am going to spend some time with a colleague at the University of Minnesota, working on collaborative projects with Great Lakes birds. I also hope to build on the relationships that I started with colleagues in India, to benefit both research and teaching programs at SUNY-ESF.

Diemont Students I work closely with students on their research and explore new ways to teach. This year I advised seven graduate students and served on the committee of four other students. I continued to develop a new course with Emanuel Carter on urban ecosystem design, ENS 596, and further modified EFB 120 and EFB 518, seeking to provide enriching and diverse education. I also learned and began co- teaching both freshman and sophomore Honors seminars with my co-Director, Bill Shields. I am mentoring my advisees in the investigation traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and environmental restoration in the northeastern US, southern Mexico, Guatemala, and western India. They are researching the ecological and societal needs, mechanisms, and implications of TEK. This work spans from rural to urban contexts, but all of these projects are at the critical intersection of nature and culture, where they consider ecosystem services, often paying special attention to the 41

provisioning of food. Two of my advisees graduated this year with PhD’s, and one graduate with an MS. One PhD student passed his Qualifying Exam. I also worked with one Honors student to the completion of her thesis. Writing with me, two former graduate advisees and one undergraduate advisee had a total of three papers published in peer-reviewed journal and one more accepted with revisions. Recognizing an interest in agricultural systems science at ESF, I consulted with scientists throughout Europe on the potential for a field course on agricultural systems that I will work to develop in the coming years. With colleagues from across campus, our proposal to the ESF Discovery Challenge was funded to develop a Restoration Science Center at ESF. This project cuts across teaching, service, and research, but will provide interdisciplinary education in restoration science at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Department/ College I served the college and department in a number of ways this year, from Program leadership to club advising. I began as co-Director of the Honors Program with Bill Shields, who I will be succeeding as Director. I learned the system, taught seminars, and worked closely with Honors students. I also continued in my advisory role for the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment (CNPE) and the ESF student chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (ESF SER). The CNPE continued its teaching and research partnerships with Salish Kootenai College and Hopa Mountain through our USDA Higher Education Challenge grant. ESF SER worked on a number of local and international restoration projects, including working with Brady urban farm in Syracuse. As Faculty Advisor for ESF in the High Schools, I met with teachers to discuss course re-design and a new textbook.

Self Professionally I continue to explore the intersection of ecological resilience with traditional, local, or indigenous knowledge and design. During the past decade much of my work has been focused in Mesoamerica, in particular a few villages in Mexico. I have been expanding my focus, looking at other communities in southern US, other areas of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and in many parts of Europe. I worked with communities in Mesoamerica this past year through graduate students because I was in Europe (Croatia, Macedonia, Albania, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Scotland) looking at traditional agroecosystems. Our group conducted interviews and field sampling (both insect and plant community) in Mexico and Guatemala to better understand climate change recognition and adaptation in traditional food ecosystems. Adaptation strategies appear to range from biological and physical indicators that allow groups to be nimble in the face of changing precipitation and temperature, to community re-adoption of and commitment to TEK, which allows them greater resilience. One of my master’s students began expanding this work during this summer to better understand women's roles in agroforestry systems. I continued work on TEK and ecosystem restoration in Mexico. We are better understanding succession in these systems and how Lacandon Maya farmers contribute to ecosystem services that they use (e.g., food and raw materials) while accelerating soil nutrient regeneration. We have also determined how bird communities respond to TEK design. We continued monitoring a long-term study site that I evaluate with students (both graduate advisees and students in EFB 434/634) that looks into how TEK restoration compares to more conventional forms of forest restoration. We had our first two articles from this study published this year. Our results belie current understanding of diversity and annual production in these systems, indicating that these systems are considerably more productive than has been understood to date. I also had two book chapters accepted on agroforestry in Mexico. In New York I continued my work with food systems and urban ecosystem restoration. Working with Matt Potteiger (LA) and Anni Bellows (Food Studies -SU), we had a project funded that will allow us to look at the intersection of design, food sovereignty, and ecological function in urban ecosystems. This past summer I spent a sabbatical in Europe, mostly northern Portugal. I am developing novel 42

research directions in agroforestry, urban design, and climate change adaptation; and began to strengthen collaborative relationships there. I also began learning Portuguese during my sabbatical, which is necessary for this research and field teaching. I explored urban ecosystems throughout Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Macedonia, Albania and Scotland, focusing on sites of urban agriculture and green infrastructure to begin to determine how the northeastern US could learn from and share with European colleagues about food system design and ecosystem restoration. I returned to Spain and Portugal to continue this work during May of this year. To begin to determine how traditional viticulture can be a part of climate change adaptation, I interviewed farmers and managers in northern Portugal about traditional vineyard design (about systems with trees and vines together). I also completed initial sampling of soil moisture and temperature within these systems.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

I am welcoming two new master’s students and plan to see two master's students graduate next year. With my graduate students we will continue working on traditional ecological knowledge in the US, Europe, and Latin America through TEK and food systems. One master’s student will continue the work on traditional viticulture in Portugal. The other new master’s student will be working urban food systems. I will teach ESF 109 and 209 Honors Seminars with Bill Shields and will co-direct the Honors Program with Bill. We are transitioning toward my directing the Honors Program beginning the following year. I will also teach a revamped EFB 518 Systems Ecology: Ecological Modeling and Design and will continue service learning for climate change adaptation design. I will continue a field course on urban ecosystem design in Spain with Emanuel Carter and formalize this course through the Committee on Curriculum. As part of our USDA grant, I will work with Salish Kootenai College, Hopa Mountain, and others in the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment in developing a graduate program at ESF on the integration of traditional and scientific knowledge for sustainability. I will also continue to work with the community of Lacanja Chansayab, Mexico on TEK-based restoration and education and with San Cristobal de Las Casas on natural wastewater treatment and ecosystem restoration. With our Discovery Challenge grant we will begin the curriculum development for undergraduate and graduate Restoration Science majors and work with the Development Office for long-term funding for this center. This year I am also planning to submit for funding support for research in the areas of ecosystem restoration, TEK, food security, urban ecosystems, and climate change adaptation. I will continue in new research and teaching areas in climate change adaptation, urban ecosystems and agroforestry design in Europe. I am particularly interested in how traditional ecosystem management can lead to improved climate change adaptation. I will also work with my graduate students in submitting manuscripts for research we have completed on old field restoration, urban food systems, and Zapotec and Maya traditional ecological knowledge.

Dovciak Students: I taught Plant Ecology & Global Change (EFB 445/645) and Flowering Plants: Diversity, Evolution, & Systematics (EFB 435/635), both at average enrolment this year (39 and 19, respectively), and EFB 523 Tropical Ecology (co-taught w/D. Stewart) for which we had to increase the enrollment cap yet again due to the large interest (to 20 students, incl. 1 graduate). The preparation for the Spring break ‘Andes to Amazon’ field trip to Ecuador for Tropical Ecology makes both semesters very busy since it takes quite a bit of time and effort to (a) prepare all the advance arrangements for transportation and accommodations in Ecuador for 20 students (for 43

example, we book airline tickets, coach, and some hotels in Oct-Dec. already) and (b) to prepare the students for the trip (for example, they need to get travel vaccinations and passports well in advance). Additionally, I spent significant time this Fall re-developing Tropical Ecology course website since I originally developed it for Dominica in the Caribbean where we used to go before the Hurricane Maria made the continuation of our program there impossible in 2018. However, I am pleased to report that the extra work paid off: again, we experienced some of the rarest creatures in their native habitats (e.g., giant river otters) in one of the most biodiverse places on the planet (Yasuni Biosphere Reserve); we had the largest enrollment in the class to date; and the students seemed to enjoy the trip very much as evidenced by their many positive comments. In addition, I continued to work with my six PhD students and all moved forward nicely: Berdugo had her second paper published in Journal of Vegetation Science, graduated and moved into a post-doctoral position at the University of Marburg in Germany; Zarfos had his first paper published in Plant & Soil; Roberts produced her first manuscript draft for submission this summer; Arias passed his candidacy exams; Tourville received nice competitive awards from Botanical Society of America and New York Flora Association and both he and Lumbsden successfully started their first field seasons). In addition, I provided internship and teaching experiences to 6 undergraduates. Department/College: I was intensively involved with continuing to develop new collaborations with partner institutions on Long Island—particularly Central Pine Barrens Commission and Brookhaven National Laboratory with whom I intensively pursued a collaborative study on Long Island pine barrens dynamics (funded by McIntire-Stennis Program). The effort involved multiple colleagues, meetings, phone conferences, workshops, and interviewing prospective field team members, and ultimately lead to our ability to provide research opportunities to 8 undergraduate students via Department of Energy funding this coming summer (effectively significantly increasing our project budget by ~$40k). In addition, I continued to represent College/Department in my broader professional service including (1) serving as an editorial board member in two flagship journals of the International Association for Vegetation Science (Journal of Vegetation Science, Applied Vegetation Science), (2) serving as a sole PI on a visible NSF project that involves permits from state and regional agencies in four states in the northeastern US, and (3) serving as a PI in larger collaborative research with NYS DEC and Cornell Cooperative Extension on a project “Evaluating deer impacts on forests of New York State”. At the college level, I contributed to a successful hire of Dr. Julia Burton for the Forest Ecosystem Management position in FNRM as one of the search committee members. I continue to serve as a member of several faculty groupings (e.g., GPAC, GPES) and I represented Conservation Biology major at EFB Spring Open House. I continued to contribute to departmental teaching program by giving guest lectures on flowering plants in EFB 210 Diversity of Life I (3 lectures), and in EFB 326 Plant Evolution, Diversification and Conservation (1 lecture), and to college teaching by contributing a lecture in LSA 496/696; and I gave a talk to ESF Alumni Meeting on Long Island. Self/Professional Development: The pine barrens project (funded recently by McIntire-Stennis Program) took much of my time this year, as I recruited a new doctoral student and together we recruited a team of 8 undergraduate researchers (funded by the Department of Energy). The work involved much coordination with the Long Island partners and I felt that my effort was rewarded when I received the Department of Energy Visiting Faculty Program Fellowship to visit the Brookhaven National Laboratory this summer to further this work. In addition, I started work on another new project, the NSF-funded “Linking Forest Regeneration, Plant Distributions, and Ecotone Dynamics in Changing Mountain Environments” ($322,992; 2018-2021; all to my graduate research group) and we were energized as we were able to publish a paper in the first year of the project already (which I think sets us up well into for future funding with NSF if we continue along this track). Importantly, we also published the second paper from the recently completed 44

NYSERDA supported project. I also continued my international collaborations with colleagues from the Technical University in Zvolen in Slovakia by working on collaborative research on various aspects of long term-forest dynamics and land use effects on biodiversity (we published two papers together in this cycle). Overall, I co-authored four published peer-reviewed papers this cycle, one additional paper was submitted for peer-review, and several are in advanced stages of progress for submissions in the next cycle. FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

During the next cycle I would like to accomplish the following main objectives (i) continue to develop the collaborative work on pine barrens dynamics with the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Central Pine Barrens Commission, and NYS DEC, including completing the first field season and preparing the second field season, and developing and submitting a proposal for additional major funding to extend the initial McIntire-Stennis seed funding to expand the scope of this work; (ii) continue the NSF-funded project on the montane ecotones of the Northeastern U.S., including completing the first field season and preparing the second field season, publishing the second paper and starting to develop a follow-up proposal; (iii) continue supporting my graduate students as they work on their papers and theses; (iv) continue to expand active and team-based learning components in my main classes (EFB 445/645 Plant Ecology & Global Change, and EFB 435/635 Flowering Plants: Diversity, Evolution, and Systematics); (v) continue to teach EFB 523 Tropical Ecology and include a stronger analytical component to our study of fruiting patterns in lowland tropical rainforests; and (vi) continue contributing to various continuing or new collaborative projects as appropriate.

Farrell, J.

For the students: I supervised 14 undergraduate students at TIBS who became an integral part of our research program and served as aquatic research technicians helping fulfill grant requirements and assisting graduate students and a post-doc with their research. These students received extensive training in laboratory and field experience by working in my lab. I also organized and supported educational forums including outreach events that students participated in with local non-governmental organizations and a group from the EPA. I hosted a summer lecture series and potluck dinners to enhance the student and staff experience at TIBS. At the beginning of the academic year I planned and held a mixer for AFS undergraduate students to promote interaction and for students to become familiar with faculty and the incoming freshman class. I mentored several undergraduate research projects including an EFB honors student and assisted other students with independent research. I also taught the graduate core seminar as an introduction to a group of 16 students entering EFB. I mentored or co-mentored six graduate students with two completing their programs. In the spring I taught graduating seniors in the AFS Senior Synthesis, took them on several professional experience field trips and hosted a potluck gathering with faculty as an exit interview to help improve the AFS major. I brought on a new MS and PhD student to EFB and continue to mentor graduate student research and professional development by attending and presenting at conferences, meetings and other venues.

For the department/college: The Discovery challenge was a large and time consuming collaborative effort that will lead to $600K of funding for development of a SUNY-ESF Restoration Science Center. The process brought many new interactions with ESF faculty and administration that were exciting and rewarding. I served on the ESF Ways and Means Committee and on the Revenue Generation Sub- committee and completed and presented a visioning presentation for repurposing ESF parking lot P- 22. I also secured a $106K grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service for student positions and expansion of the TIBS aquatic lab capacity for fish culture.

For myself/professionally: I greatly enjoyed working with students this year and had significant interactions at levels from elementary school students on class trips to TIBS to undergraduates doing honors program research and working in my lab on the river. Directing my research program with help from my undergraduate and graduate students, lab manager and post-doctoral fellow through nine months of field work was challenging and rewarding. I had numerous collaborative activities with many institutions. My research, monitoring, and habitat restoration activities on the St. Lawrence River with agency and NGO partners continue to grow and have influence on conservation and management.

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I will continue to provide leadership and service to the development of the ESF Restoration Science Center (with Colin Beier, Stewart Diemont, Terry Ettinger, Danny Fernando, Tom Horton, Robin Kimmerer, Chuck Kroll, Silje Kristiansen, Cathy Landis, Don Leopold, Greg McGee, Dylan Parry, Bill Powell, Neil Patterson, Matthew Potteiger, Michael Schummer, Theresa Selfa, John Stella, Elizabeth Vidon, Philippe Vidon, and Tim Volk). This center has the potential to be transformative in its approach to teaching and research with a merger of traditional and biocultural restoration and food sustainability. I also look forward to another productive year in teaching undergraduates in AFS and graduate students in restoration science as well as mentoring students involved in my research program. I will also continue to lead research and development of the Thousand Islands Biological Station facilities and programs. Additional upgrades to the TIBS wet lab and aquaculture capability are anticipated to support research and management efforts. In 2019, upgrades are planned to occur to the Cean Aquatic Researcher building including completion of the loft space. I hope to continue to work collaboratively with numerous ESF faculty and researchers and managers from a number of external institutions, NGOs and communities.

Farrell, S.

Students: This fall I offered a much needed 797 seminar-Philosophy of Science after numerous requests to turn the Core Course module into a stand-alone seminar, and I got positive feedback from grad students who took the seminar. I have further integrated evidence based teaching approaches into my courses to improve learning and have been working to more deliberately assess the efficacy of these efforts throughout the semester and adjusting accordingly. My major contribution to our students is through my time and attention, which has been substantial as I have a number of 46

advising and mentoring roles. Ive been officially and unofficially advising a large load of students and have offered special advising sessions open to both official advisees, students in my classes, and others to help with finding wildlife jobs and internships and resume writing and more generally about career and grad school paths and planning. In my role as acting curriculum coordinator this spring Ive also spent a great deal more time advising EFB students more broadly, to guide and troubleshoot. As acting chair of the IQAS committee I have also not only worked on numerous initiatives being developed to enhance teaching and learning (e.g., the identification and implementation of a new course evaluation platform, work on revising the advising system, developing a workshop series for faculty on teaching and learning), but also helped assist in cases of student grievances, academic probation appeals. Lastly, Ive had a large and active grad lab (~8 grads) and this past year I’ve allocated more hours per week meeting with and advising and mentoring my fantastic grad students than ever before.

Department: I’ve been serving as undergraduate curriculum coordinator since December, and along with that serving on the CCAC. In these roles I’ve been able to see new perspectives on the academic requirements, processes, and challenges students face. Consequently Ive been working to assist with efforts to help students navigate their paths more successfully and smoothly, such as clarifying field course and internship requirements where applicable and help make petitioning clearer and more efficient and saving faculty time and effort hopefully too. As Chair of IQAS and a member of the Academic Governance Executive Committee Ive been working to present and represent the needs and concerns of the department in efforts to improve governance, rethink our advising system structure in ways that may be more efficient and respectful of the time and effort of my colleagues, and to develop resources for improving teaching and learning.

Self: This year Ive realized that not only in my role as a mom of 2 toddlers but also in my role at ESF, I tend to focus outward on being of service to help others and the institution be the best it can be. Perhaps the primary thing I’ve done for myself is instead of being frustrated or resistant to this tendency and strength, Ive turned to embrace taking on roles that allow me to do what Im good at- focusing on being an exceptional advisor and mentor and working at the institutional level to help ESF be better overall at how we teach, advise, and mentor students and infusing this with my strong scientific mindset by focusing on using evidence based approaches to improve teaching, learning, advising. The second thing Ive done is chosen not to apply for grants this year, to us the time to discern and refocus what I want to be the primary focuses of my research program, so that I can better focus future grant pursuits toward those key priorities. Some key priorities include: 1) expanding our exciting preliminary research investigating the role of avian hosts in supporting tick and Lyme disease dynamics and the potential roel of migration and climate change of the range of the vectors and disease, 2) investigating the way science and stakeholders interact in endangered species conservation planning to affect outcomes and management success or failure.

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1. As mentioned above, I plan to focus future research efforts and grantsmanship on a more focused set of research priorities. Some key priorities include: 1) expanding our exciting preliminary research investigating the role of avian hosts in supporting tick and Lyme disease dynamics and the potential role of migration and climate change of the range of the vectors and disease, 2) 47

investigating the way science and stakeholders interact in endangered species conservation planning to affect outcomes and management success or failure. Additionally, as my lab now has a critical mass of expertise and data investigating bat habitat use through acoustic sampling, we’ll be looking to leverage this now large and growing dataset to begin to investigate some broader and large scale questions about bat habitat ecology and behavior. 2. I will be continuing to serve as Chair of the IQAS committee and as such I plan to expand efforts to provide evidence based resources to enhance teaching, learning, and perhaps re-envisioning the advising structure in EFB and ESF more generally. In conjunction with my brief experience as acting undergrad curriculum coordinator, I hope to use the synergy between these roles and my strength to help make changes and improvements to our undergraduate academic, advising, and professional development offerings in a significant way. 3. I will be working with other key colleagues to revise the Intro Wildlife and Con Bio courses for implementation in Fall 2020. In addition, though, I expect to further work to help revise and update the curriculum through both in-person and online course work, through revised and updated teaching methods, and enhancement of our curriculum for graduate students as well. 4. I plan to work with several collaborators in consulting, economics, policy, sociology, and environmental NGO sectors on developing a book project addressing the Endangered Species Act, strengths, weaknesses and associated challenges and opportunities for species conservation.

Fernando

For the Students: This past academic year, I taught EFB 427/627 (Plant Anatomy and Development), EFB 326 (Plant Evolution, Diversification and Conservation), and BTC 497 (Research Design and Professional Development). I also supervised and/or trained students under the following non-regular courses: BTC/EFB 420 (Research Apprenticeship), EFB 495 (Undergraduate Experience in College Teaching) and BTC/EFB 498 (Independent Research in Biotechnology/Environmental Biology). I gave invited lectures in other courses (e.g. BTC 132, EFB 210, EFB 535, and EFB 797), and served as curriculum adviser to 17 undergraduate students. In addition to the regular classroom interactions with the students in all the courses I taught this past academic year, I also interacted personally with many of them outside of the regular lecture and laboratory periods, particularly through involvement in their respective laboratory research projects and class bonus projects, as well as editing of drafts of written reports. Many of the students also came in during my office hours for clarifications, questions and/or conversations on various topics including practical applications of concepts covered in the lectures and labs. I want to emphasize that I have been personally involved in the training of several undergraduate students in my lab through independent research, internship and apprenticeship. After the change in the course title for my course EFB 326 (from Plant Diversity to Plant Evolution, Diversification and Conservation) including requiring of EFB 210 (Diversity of Life) as a prerequisite for the course, I have continued to revise all my previous lectures and lab exercises to reflect the more advanced and specialized nature of the course. The revision also includes many recent updates, particularly on concepts in plant evolution and conservation. In the lab, students have learned to use a phylogenetic analysis software (called Mesquite), which allows them to build their own dendrograms using morphological traits from various taxa covered in the lecture, and use the trees for analysis of phylogenetic concepts and relationships among taxa. The Mesquite software is free and so it is not the most convenient program to use, but nevertheless, serves its purpose in providing technological advancement to students. Overall, I have served at least 100 students under various capacities.

For the department/college: I served as EFB’s Graduate Program Director for the 12th year and my major responsibilities included the following: 1)Acted on various petitions concerning different aspects of EFB graduate program requirements and policies; 2) Reviewed and signed on various forms required for the completion of different degrees and majors (e.g., 2A, 3B, 4 and 6A); 3) Replied to inquiries concerning EFB graduate program (through email or phone, including those who showed up personally in my office) from several potential applicants and current graduate students; 4) Processed close to 100 graduate applications (for both spring 2018 and fall 2019) that involved the review of each application for initial assessment and designation of faculty reviewers, followed up on the completion of the reviews on each application, summarized the reviews for each application, and submitted EFB’s recommendation for each accepted and rejected applications to the Dean of Instructions and Graduate Studies; 5) Worked with the Graduate Office regarding issues on documents submitted by the applicants and faculty concerns regarding the online AppReview software; 6) Provided formal orientations (fall semester) to new graduate students regarding EFB graduate program; 7) Provided orientation to new faculty (e.g. Dr. ) about EFB graduate application and review process; 8) Worked with EFB Secretaries on the update and improvement of the various facets of the EFB’s Graduate Webpage, graduate application filing system, and survey on the most effective means of attracting/recruiting graduate students; 9) As a member of EFB’s Graduate Program Academic Committee and ESF’s Graduate Council, I provided information connections between the department and college on issues pertaining to graduate degree program offerings and requirements, admission/review process, policies, and other related matters; and 10) Made decisions in the in the awarding of graduate teaching assistantships to top rank applicants and continuing graduate students. As a new responsibility this year, I have worked with the Graduate Office on the development of new graduate application platform called SLATE, which will be implemented next fall. The platform involves customization of the EFB graduate application process and file, as well as incorporation of the data regarding ranking of applicants for GTA consideration. It is expected that many of the previous steps will be simplified or eliminated. I also anticipate that I will be involved in guiding the faculty on the use of this SLATE software.

For professional accomplishments: The following are what I consider as significant accomplishments for this academic year: 1) I was invited as an external reviewer for a colleague from Purchase College who was being considered for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure; 2) Publication of a long overdue paper from a former PhD student entitled “Predicted function, subcellular localization and expression patterns of genes encoding secretory proteins involved in pine pollen germination; 3) I have started the draft of a course reader for my course (EFB 326: Plant Evolution, Diversification and Conservation), which will eventually be used as the textbook for the course. This reader will contain almost all of my lectures in written form including supplementary materials and journal articles; 4) As a professor, I strive to provide high quality lectures and so after all the long-hours of lecture preparations for my revised course (EFB 326), I believe that they are now at much deeper levels and incorporate many of the current advances in the field, particularly on phylogenetics; and 5) Have established collaboration with several colleagues from the college which resulted in the approval of our research proposal entitled “Restoration Science Center” and funding through SUNY’s Discovery Challenge Grant.

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I still have the plan to complete my shelved book project on “Sexual Reproduction of Forest Trees.” I plan to work on the completion of this book in my next sabbatical.

Fierke

AG Chair in the fall, then sabbatical. I became Chair of the Dept.

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I’m going to survive.

Frair

This year I led the second full assessment of the wildlife major at ESF (as curriculum coordinator), with help from Jonathan Cohen, Shannon Farrell, and Jerrold Belant. We have plans to revise the curriculum going forward to better suit the evolving needs of the wildlife profession and our students (so stay tuned!). This year I also completed 3 graduate students (2 M.S., 1 Ph.D.), oversaw 1 undergraduate honors thesis (A. Wittmeyer), involved 2 undergrads in independent research to kick-start a new research program on fisher, involved a record number of undergrad teaching assistants (7) in my Applied Wildlife Science class, and placed 6 students into professional internships working with the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Importantly, Amy’s honors work picked up on the camera trap surveys initiated last spring by Olivia Iannone, with Amy poring over camera footage to assess how maintenance of remnant apple orchards throughout ESF’s Heiberg Forest influenced mammal species diversity and relative abundance, and to what degree baiting cameras would influence those results. Olivia and Amy’s work sets the stage for a long-term, undergrad-led camera study at Heiberg Forest that we intend to embark upon this next academic year in partnership with the student chapter of The Wildlife Society. Kelly Powers (M.S.) wrapped up research assessing the recovery of river otter across NY State and Sam Peterson (M.S.) completed research on diet selection and food-based carrying capacity for moose across the Adirondack Park. Both of these projects will have enduring impacts on wildlife management in NY State as they will form the foundation for species management plans currently in development by the DEC. Lisanne Petracca (Ph.D.) completed her research on large cat conservation, covering jaguar habitat connectivity across Central America, managing lion-livestock conflict in Tanzania, and assessing the status of a suite of large mammals within a war-torn park complex in Angola. Lisanne’s productivity and successes earned her the Burgess Outstanding Doctoral Student Award this past year. Kelly is now in training to become a National Guard pilot, Sam is an area wildlife manager in Colorado, and Lisanne is a Research Scientist with Panthera (and hopefully soon to be an Adjunct Professor at ESF). I am enormously proud of all these students and their accomplishments, and thankful for their many contributions to my research and teaching program. I am also honored to have received the Outstanding Academic Advisor award from the Undergraduate Student Association this year.

For the department/college this year, I co-chaired (with Lindi Quackenbush and Nosa Eigebor) the People Group of the larger ESF Discovery Challenge. The People Group was tasked to “… look at 50

the human assets of the College, as well as the educational programs and how they are supported, faculty and research staff and what is required to maximize their competitiveness, and what ESF needs to improve to retain and recruit the most talented faculty, staff, and students.” The core team involved 19 faculty, staff, administrators, and students (although we engaged many more than that in the process). We met several times, conducted and synthesized SWOT analyses across faculty, staff, and student groups, and focused on identifying and ranking priorities and suggested solutions. Our report to the larger Discovery Challenge team was submitted in April, and the full team is currently working to synthesis across the groups (Discovery, People, Ways&Means) to write the final report that will help set the strategic priorities for ESF in the coming year(s). I also helped ESF celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station with an inaugural address by Jerrold Belant, Camp Fire Conservation Fund Professor of Wildlife Conservation, and a dinner hosting the Camp Fire Club to recognize all their contributions to ESF and its wildlife program.

For myself professionally, my most impactful action this past year was to engage (by invitation) in a focused research group workshop in Banff, Alberta The workshop focused on how we might gain inference on animal learning through the study of animal movement, with workshop attendees representing a range of expertise from experimental animal behavior (e.g., feeding experiments with hummingbirds), to animal dispersal, home ranging, and migration (e.g., GPS-tag studies with large animals), to neurobiology and robotics (e.g., machine learning). The workshop was hosted by the Banff International Research Station, which is a lovely venue in the Canadian Rocky Mountains where elk, mule deer, and mountain bluebirds surrounded us daily. The goal of the workshop was to facilitate interdisciplinary study of animal learning and help frame future research directions. We are collectively working on a review paper for Ecology Letters from these efforts. Taking such a deep dive into a novel research arena was invigorating, and something I hope to be able to both participate in and facilitate for others in the future. I am also enormously pleased to be concluding some longer-term research (Adirondack moose, recovery of river otter, and deer-forest impacts)— impactful research that will directly influence species management plans into the future. Lastly, I am honored and humbled to have been recognized this year as ESF’s Exemplary Researcher.

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This coming year I will take on more significant leadership roles, internally as Director of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station (RWLS) and externally as President-Elect of the northeast chapter of The Wildlife Society. The RWLS has matured since I first became the Associate Director (back in 2010), with many of our major goals achieved such as establishing the first-ever endowed faculty chair in wildlife conservation at ESF (filled by Jerry Belant), securing and enhancing the Roosevelt Wild Life Collections by completing a multi-million dollar museum and teaching space in the lower level of the Gateway Building (many, many thanks are owed to Rebecca Rundell for her dedication to securing funding, designing that space, and overseeing the collections move into it!), and development of a externally funded Private Lands Initiative (by James Gibbs). In 2015, I led the effort to lay out a strategic vision for the station that took us to our 100th Anniversary, which we celebrated this past March. In the immediate future I’ll be working with Jonathan Cohen (incoming Associate Director) to update that vision for the next several years to establish our next set of strategic priorities. Among those priorities are securing a wildlife faculty position dedicated to waterfowl conservation and elevating the rigor and status of our wildlife research program.

Along with overhauling the Roosevelt Wild Life Station’s program, this coming year I intend to reorganize the wildlife curriculum to improve student learning outcomes, increase student opportunities, and make the best and highest use of faculty resources. And, toward that end, I intend to nominate two adjunct faculty members (Paul Jensen, NYS DEC and Lisanne Petracca, Panthera) and to engage them more formally in our education and professional preparation of students. I personally will be overhauling my graduate-level course offerings in the coming year as well.

But in the immediate future, I will be focusing as much as possible on data analysis, report writing, and publishing manuscripts from long-term research programs that are coming to conclusion. And this fall I will be embarking on a 5-year demographic study of northern fisher (Pekania pennanti) populations, and welcoming a new Ph.D. student (Stephanie Cunningham) into my lab.

Gibbs

For our students I teach two core courses in the Conservation Biology Major as well as an elective course in vertebrate ecology – Herpetology. I completed two graduate students (one MSc and one MPS [who has stayed on for a PhD in EFB]). I secured a summer fellowship for an undergrad to study timber rattlesnakes. I advise the ESF Herpetology Club. Our “Private Lands” conservation program funded by Fullers Overlook, coordinated with Don Leopold and delivered by Sam Quinn has created educational opportunities (field classes) and employment opportunities (summer project assistants) for many of our students.

For our Department and College, I served on the EFB P&T committee, coordinated the Conservation Biology undergraduate major, assisted Departmental Chair as Associate Chair, served on two search committees for new faculty hires, and served as Director of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station in a year that featured the centennial of the Station and the event to recognize it. The conservation biology major continues to grow, enabled by the many faculty who teach supporting courses.

For me professionally, “Problem-solving in conservation biology and wildlife management” exercise book still reaches many based on sales and requests for the instructors manual. The revision of the “Fundamentals of Conservation Biology” textbook (4th edition) is in final stages. Author-contributed chapters for the edited book on Galapagos giant tortoises for Elsevier’s “Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscapes” series are starting to arrive such that I will focus heavily on editing and writing to complete the book by end of 2019. I continue to serve as co-Director of the Galapagos Tortoise Restoration Initiative (GTRI), a many- pronged effort between the Galapagos Conservancy and the Galapagos National Park Service Directorate to fully recover giant tortoises throughout the archipelago; this year our efforts have expanded substantially due to award of a major Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant (to Galapagos National Park, Island Conservation, Galapagos Conservancy and Conservation International). Our SquirrelMapper contemporary evolution citizen science project reaches thousands and was recognized in the “Top 18 of 2018” by SciStarter; we are transforming the project and moving it to Zooniverse (now approved for release in fall 2019) to reach more community scientists. I developed with Misha Paltsyn (former PhD student) and Rodney Jackson (Snow Leopard Conservancy) new methodology and a mobile application for unified snow leopard monitoring methodology now being implemented across Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and

Uzbekistan. I invested heavily in developing galapagosvitalsigns.org as a tool to harness satellite data for reporting real-time trends in critical environmental indictors for Galapagos (to be released fall 2019); a similar tool is now being developed for the Altai region of Mongolia, Russia, China and Kazakhstan. I am grateful to have been awarded a full-year sabbatical leave for the academic year 2019-2020.

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During the upcoming sabbatical I am looking forward to renovating the two conservation biology core courses, improving herpetology labs, and perhaps developing a new course on endangered species management.

Green

Students: I continue to offer new and valuable learning opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students in the form of new courses, field and lab opportunities, as well as larger training initiatives. While my undergraduate courses are popular and have been getting great reviews, my two graduate courses, Introduction to R and Reproducible Research and a new one-credit offering Numerical Ecology in R, were the two most popular EFB796 courses in spring 2019. Both courses work well in a sequence and offer highly-relevant programming and other data science skills to help build modern scientists capable of working with large or complex data sets. I also took eight undergraduate students in my lab under EFB/BTC 298/498 including completing one Honor’s student, Molly Devlin, who’s thesis entitled “Assessing the Potential for Novel Antimicrobial Compounds from Microbial Life in Sediment from Wind Cave, SD” describes the isolation of novel antimicrobial-producing bacteria from cave sediments. Also, in the 2018-2019 AY, I personally mentored three high school students---one distantly. Steve Shaw and I also co-direct the Environmental Data Science (EDS) Initiative which includes supporting stipend toppers for students leading data-heavy projects, coding workshops for students, and a new minor in Environmental Data Science to accompany our excellent training in this area with actual credentials so students can impress future employers. I’ve taken on one new M.S. student on the forest soil nitrification project and have one on the verge on finishing.

Department/College: My work on the Graduate Program Advisory Committee (GPAC) to conduct a full evaluation of our departmental ranking system could have wide-reaching impacts on not only which applicants are accepted, but also where their financial support will come from during their time at ESF. The College has also not fully realized the potential in using institutional data for decision-making. As a service to the college, I have continued to retrieve, organize, and preliminarily analyze a decade of registration, funding, and graduation data to help inform OIGS policy and aims. As part of the EDS Initiative, we are also scrutinizing our data science offerings in order to identify overlapping courses, potential course sequences, as well as courses we should offer, but don’t. In addition, we are revisiting the College’s high-performance-computing capacity and determining how best to connect researchers with computing power that is essential modern science.

Self: The largest professional accomplishment I can imagine is establishing our lab as a leader in high-impact environmental research. With the help of collaborators, we’ve made great strides 53

toward this recently, much of which we hope to publish in the coming months. Most exciting is the characterization of previously-uncharacterized organisms in the deep sediments in Fayetteville Green Lake using genome-centric metagenomics. We’ve assembled 172 prokaryotic genomes, and identified novel variants of mcrA, the last “gate keeper” gene in the methanogenesis pathway. We are doing our best to quickly prioritize and then publish the many breakthroughs represented in this dataset. In April, we submitted “Development and validation of rapid environmental DNA (eDNA) detection methods for bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii)” to PlosOne and it’s still in review. The eDNA work is really kicking into high gear, especially with ESF faculty (Frair, Farrell, Limburg, Stewart), and especially with new funds to spend. We have many publications in prep that I’m trying desperately to get out before I submit my tenure packet. The closest are my M.S. students MEGA plate work entitled “Adaptive Response of Pseudomonas fluorescens to Dicamba (3,6- dichloro-2-methoxy benzoic acid) across a Spatiotemporal Gradient” we’ll be submitting to Applied and Environmental Microbiology and “Integration of spatial, meteorological, and water quality data permits better prediction of Listeria, Salmonella and pathogenic E. coli surface waters used for produce irrigation” we’ll be submitting to Water Research. I continue to review a handful of journal articles and proposals annually.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary) None.

Horton

Students: Mushroom walk for a small-ish group of Centennial Hall residents interested in learning about the fungi they were finding in Oakwood cemetery.

Department/college: - I was active on the Promotion and Tenure committee, doing the standard work but also putting the final touches/edits on the new Promotion and Tenure Policies document that was officially accepted by the department June 2019. I am now chair of this committee. - I accepted an invitation to serve on a new, or renewed, Forest Properties Advisory Committee. This is an important committee that facilitates communication between ESF faculty and the college properties staff. By increasing communication we will avoid conflicts stemming from expected/planned uses of the college properties. We will also help develop a way for everyone to enter and access panned activities on college properties. - I served on the search committee for the Forest Properties manager. We reviewed many applications, interviewed a few select candidates, and put forth our top candidate for hire. I am happy to say that this candidate accepted the offer and is starting his new position at the end of this summer. This individual will lead the effort in managing the extensive ESF Forest Properties. - I am also serving on the Illick Program Study committee. A good deal of work will be ongoing through the upcoming year, improving faculty offices, labs, and teaching spaces in Illick Hall. This is all part of a larger effort to improve many of the dated buildings on the ESF campus.

Self: - I accepted two new students to my lab, one will work on an MS degree and the other, a PhD. - I was able help Taylor Patterson finish and successfully defend his thesis. - I was invited to participate in the World Science Festival program, “Intelligence Without Brains”. - I was invited as one of the speakers at this year’s North American Mycological Association Foray and meeting at Paul Smith’s College, August 8-11. - I received word from Springer that my book, Mycorrhizal Networks, is doing quite well. It has been downloaded more than 10,000 times. It was published in 2015 and over the last three years, including 2019 to date, it has been cited more than the discipline average (Life Sciences). The chapter I cowrote is the top downloaded chapter of the book with 1272 downloads.

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I will continue to focus my research below ground, investigated how mycorrhizal networks support plants and are involved in plant community dynamics such as nutrient acquisition and forest succession. I look forward to attending the upcoming NAMA Foray in August and interacting with so many naturalists who really know their mushrooms! I look forward to writing a manuscript with one of my graduate students on the response of ectomycorrhizal fungi to nutrient additions in the White Mountains and using those data as preliminary data for a grant proposal. I will teach General Ecology and Advance Mycology: Basidiomycetes, as well as leading various reading seminars. This year I am taking over as Chair of the EFB Departmental Review Committee (formally known as the Promotion and Tenure committee). And I especially look forward to recharging my batteries all year through my interactions with undergraduate and graduate students in and out of the classroom.

Kimmerer

Professional The academic year 2018-19 comprised a leave from teaching distributed over two semesters in which I both pursued my sabbatical writing and research, as well as continued the leadership of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. During my sabbatical leave, I was awarded a writing residency at the Blue Mountain Center where I spent a month working on a new work of literary non-fiction combining both scientific and indigenous knowledges. This year I published five invited literary pieces from this leave and have produced the framework and significant portion of the manuscript for a book length project focused on Anishinaabe cultural knowledge regarding White Pine. The invited pieces include 1) "Corn tastes better on the honor system" for the inaugural issue of Emergence Magazine 2) "The Scribe of the Forest" for an anthology entitled "The Mind of the Plant" edited by Monica Gagliano 3) "Tallgrass" for The Clearing magazine in recognition of International Remembrance Day for Lost Species and 4) "What's in a Name" for the forthcoming book on California wildflowers and 5) “ Building Good Soil” for the forthcoming book from the University of Chicago press entitled “What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be”? I maintained a very active schedule of approximately 40 invited lectures. Highlights included a lecture tour for The Green Room series in Hawaii, four lectures hosted by the University of Arizona, Union Theological Seminary, University of Montana Native Science Fellows, University of Wisconsin, Connecticut College, The Arnold Arboretum, New York Botanical Garden, keynotes

for the Design with Nature conference, SUNY Sustainability conference, University of Kansas and others. I was honored to share the stage with Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Richard Powers and Terry Tempest Williams at the Harvard Divinity School. I taught invited environmental writing workshops at the Looking Glass Rock Writers Conference and a weekend workshop on reciprocity with the land, in Connecticut. I am currently serving as a co-editor for a new anthology in collaboration with The Center for Humans and Nature, entitled “Otherkind”. During this period I have also taken a leadership role in proposing an international Potawatomi Plant Protection Network, with my graduate student Kaya DeerInWater. I continue to collaborate with colleagues on fire ecology and traditional ecological knowledge in the Boundary Waters Region. College–wide contributions During this sabbatical year, I have worked closely with the Development Office to attract the attention of the Sloan Foundation to make them aware of our growing emphasis on innovative research and education for indigenous graduate students. Our efforts culminated in an invitation to join the prestigious Sloan Indigenous Graduate Program which will support 4-6 graduate students annually. The Center, with the excellent contributions of Neil Patterson and Catherine Landis was also successful in securing an $375,000 appropriation in the NYS budget for a second year to support our collaboration with NYS DEC. The Center also was awarded a small grant to host a workshop at the Blue Mountain Center to convene environmental leaders around the topic on Indigenous Land Trusts. Students-Teaching I was proud to have my graduate student Brian Ratcliffe complete his MPS in Applied Ecology. I continue mentoring my four active MS students, serving as a committee member for 4 and recruiting an incoming class of 4 new indigenous graduate students. I was granted a teaching release for both Fall and Spring terms. I have taught Field Ethnobotany at the Cranberry Lake Biological Station.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

I will teach Plants and Culture, as well as a seminar for our new Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership in the Fall. In the spring term I will teach Ecology of Mosses, Indigenous Issues and the Environment and Biocultural Restoration.

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I taught EFB 336 Dendrology for the 33st year to one of my largest classes yet (163 students total after about 15 dropped from the initial enrollment) and it was more fun as ever as student interest and engagement were very high. In May I traveled to nw California/sw Oregon with support from a UUP grant to photograph Chamaecyparis lawsoniana and Umbellularia californica to replace the mediocre images I have for these species in my dendrology lectures. I also spent portions of two days in the northern California redwood groves, for the same purpose. I am very excited about sharing these new, and many old, tree experiences with the students this fall.

I was reinstated as chair of the department September 1, 2018 and resigned (my choice) February 28, 2019. While I truly enjoyed (most of) these seven additional months as Chair, it was time to 56

step down after about 14 years (with about an eight month, enforced interruption) in this position. The professional experiences and personal relationships over this period are among the most significant in my life. I look forward to rebuilding my graduate research program and having significant time for scholarly activities that have been difficult to maintain the past 14+ years. Beginning in September (and continuing) I served as co-Chair (with T. Volk and C. Nomura) for the ESF Discovery Challenge. We were tasked with implementing a process to engage the ESF faculty in building on various, past strategic planning processes, to develop highly innovative research and teaching programs at ESF. We couldn’t be more pleased by the process nor results, although continue to be frustrated by the SUNY business-as-usual in waiting for funds to be available after at least nine months since the program was announced.

My Wildflowers of the Adirondacks (with L. Musselman, Old Dominion University) is now in production at Johns Hopkins Press. This will be my seventh book as author or co-author (i.e., not counting edited books or chapters within edited books). The publication date but has been delayed for marketing reasons. Besides the text which includes a unique section (for wildflower guides) summarizing vascular plant species by community types, 305 of the 312 images are mine, many taken recently for this book project. Past books, the many dozens of invited presentations, and the nearly 140 tree-related videos (through ESF TV) I’ve done have led to educating thousands of people beyond the students in our classrooms. Many of these people are in positions to implement ideas related to sustainability and other important conservation topics, many years before our current students can have the positive effects we anticipate.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary) None.

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Students In my 3rd year at ESF I have continued teaching two required courses (Disease Prevention and Epidemiology) for the environmental health major. Disease prevention was expanded from 2→3 credits which gave me the opportunity to expand on certain topics as well as incorporate more case studies. Despite multiple class cancelations this semester due to weather I would consider the course a success although it resembles something completely different than the prior 2 times it has been taught. I’m sure it will take significant work in the next couple years to get it to where it needs to be. Epidemiology is running smooth and this past year because I was afforded a half TA it allowed me to mentor the TA in developing a small lecture introducing a new qualitative skill to my class and the students. Together we developed the content of the lecture and the TA put together slides while I gave tips on delivery of the material. The TA then delivered the material as part of my regular classroom lecture. This helped expand a qualitative/statistics lecture and added a new skill for students taking the class. Evaluations indicate that students overall feel very positive about both classes in which they are exposed to novel way to think about the scientific process and problems especially as they relate to humans and societal norms and values. This was the second year I have offered a Vector Borne and Zoonotic disease seminar which is a journal club style class that discusses theory and science behind the semester’s theme (this semester’s topic was host defense to parasites). Enrollment has been fairly consistent in all the classes I teach. In regards to advising, I average on the higher end of undergraduate advising loads in the department and regularly have 57

informal meetings with non-advisees to give career advice. In my lab I continue to actively train undergraduate students in molecular biological techniques (~2 students a semester). As part of this training, all students are required to produce a scientific product related to their independent research project. This has resulted in multiple posters at the student spotlight on research each year. In the summer my lab hosted 2 REU students through the SUNY Upstate SURF program. Both students worked on independent projects that produced manuscript style papers as well as scientific posters. I also mentor graduate students whom are very active in my lab, in addition to research my graduate students have the opportunity to teach and train undergraduates as part of their learning experience. This spring I graduated my first graduate student (co-mentored with John Farrell) their research was supported by a GLRC grant. The student was highly productive resulting in 5 manuscript style chapters (2 currently in review). The student, Ben Gallo, was offered a highly competitive Graduate Student Fellowship at the University of Delaware where he will be completing his doctoral studies. In addition to my mentored students, students from other labs are regularly in my lab using equipment and/or resources. As of now I am mentoring two master’s students both conducting work that will help explain the role of small mammal communities and tick density on the distribution of Lyme disease in the landscape and their propensity to establish. Additionally one of my students was successful in getting an Edna Bailey Sussman Foundation Internship to help support some of her work for the Overlook Estate foundation and its property. Lastly, I continue to closely mentor a doctoral candidate from the Translational Biomedical science program at the University of Rochester Medical School who recently returned from Ecuador and is attempting to detect a human Rickettsial disease agent in ticks from El Oro province in Ecuador.

Department/College In addition to the core courses I teach for the environmental health major, much of my service in the past year has focused on the numerous outreach activities and media events highlighting our lab’s work at ESF. This included a segment on a local PBS show (Cycle of Health) and an interview on the local NPR station (Health Link on Air). In addition to numerous traditional media appearances this year I was approached to do a Facebook live event in my lab. This event involved a live interview, real time questions from viewers, as well as exposed viewers to a “behind the scenes” look at our research lab. This was a great experience and within the first week had amassed 6,000 views. Even more surprising was a recorded Public Service Announcement about tick safety accompanying the FB live segment which has garnered over 15,000 views. This type of outreach for our college is widely underutilized and could prove to be significant in advertising the ESF brand. For committee service I continue to serve on the Institutional Biosafety Committee and this year participated in the ESF career fellowship selection committee. I participated on the faculty search committee (Chaired by Dr. Nomura) for an ESF empire innovation program hire. I also gave a lecture for ESF in the High School which engaged local High School students in some of the work we are doing at ESF. Lastly I represented EFB majors (ENB, BTC, FH & NH&I) at the April accepted student reception and as part of this I updated the slides that we present to the prospective students and their families.

As part of the ESF Discovery Challenge: Pathways to Sustainable Innovation Strategy, I was involved in 5 of the top nine Discovery proposals of which 2 were funded. Although details are still being worked out on these projects I will play a role in both proposals in coming years. Additionally as part of the Discovery Challenge’s Peoples group I participated in the Fresh Eyes Focus Group workshop. All of these efforts are meat to move ESF in an innovative and sustainable direction.

Finally, in the last year I have spent significant time exploring philanthropic support for research conducted at ESF. Various meeting have been fueled by my connections with Infectious Disease 58

physicians at Upstate and while still in early planning stages we have had multiple meetings with Board Members, Trustees, and Chief Administrators of various local, state and national foundations that are interested in tackling the issue of Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases in Central New York. While this is a work in progress we have expressed support from various leaders in the CNY region.

Self/Professional After completing my third year request for reappointment I feel on track for tenure and have received consistent feedback from my mentors and the EFB department promotion and tenure committee on which areas I should focus. My grant & funding efforts during this past year have resulted in the submission of 3 Department of Defense Pre-proposals. These projects are in collaboration with colleagues from Upstate (1 in review) and another with researchers from West Point, USAMRIID, MAPP Biopharmaceuticals, and Alfred Einstein College of Medicine (1 rejected, 1 in review). From my lab I re-submitted an NIH R21 after addressing concerns from a previous submission, but this grant was not funded. At the moment, I have an additional R21 in review with collaborators at Upstate Medical. I also worked together with EFB collaborators on the submission to the Morris animal foundation of an Eco-Immunology grant surrounding current efforts to save the imperiled New England Cottontail Rabbits, however this was not funded. Despite the consistent clawing away at grants the lab is actively exploring new areas of research. I was finally able to travel down to Ecuador over spring break to meet with collaborators and see various facilities as well as oversee tick collection efforts of the PhD student I mentor from U of R. Working with a collaborator from The Central University of Ecuador in Quito we were able to process over 450 tick samples in Ecuador and get gDNA shipped to ESF to allow us to conduct some pathogen screening assays. This work was prompted after my lab was the first to discover significant evidence of tick-borne disease exposure in Ecuadoran patient samples (One manuscript in review). Vector surveillance will allow us to hone in on the most likely agent of disease. In addition to this international work my lab continues to pursue studies surrounding ticks and their pathogenic microbes in the Northeast. These studies revolve around understanding environmental factors in establishment and distribution of ticks and their microbes in the landscape to inform on human disease risk. I have also begun to expand beyond the disease ecology work and explore other areas of tick research. One exciting example is a collaboration with Dr. Steve Teale in which we have constructed the prototype for a tick bioassay that will allow us to screen novel compounds and their effects on tick behavior. All in the hopes of developing environmentally friendly treatments that reduce human and animal tick interactions through species targeted behavior modification. Additionally with the graduation of my first Masters student I am diligently working to get his thesis chapters prepared and submitted for publication. These publications will allow myself and Dr. John Farrell to pursue additional studies and funds related to the influence of diet and environmental factors on the microbiome on fish and how perturbations in the microbiome may effect fish ecology and physiology.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

I plan to continue contributing to grants revolving around my collaborations with other institutions especially as we gather preliminary data for projects. This next year I will focus significant effort into my tick work in Ecuador with hopes of submitting a NIH R15 grant with our preliminary data. For other projects I plan to pursue non-traditional funding sources like philanthropic and foundation support. I will be attending SUNY DOD day in early summer which will get me face to face with 59

DOD program managers to pitch project ideas. After speaking with EFB colleagues I plan on including a few more lectures in my vector borne and zoonotic disease seminar expanding on some novel emerging topics in the field. Over the next year I will continue to refine and submit manuscripts from Ben’s thesis. Theses paper will form the foundation for grant proposals to agencies like DEC and NSF. I should also have a population genetics paper on ticks in New York submitted in the next few months. I’ve also had recent interest from colleagues in Europe on some of my unpublished findings from my PhD at a recent meeting I was told I should update and submit this work. I will continue mentoring my two graduate students with one expected to graduate this next year. This should result in an additional manuscript submitted on our tick density work. As always I have multiple requests for seminars and speaking engagement already lined up for the upcoming year. I am also actively working with my Upstate colleagues as well as local business, community and foundation leaders on forming a significant partnership to combat ticks and tick borne disease in CNY.

Limburg For students: I continue to mentor and interact with both undergrads and grad students in a variety of ways. In the classroom, I try to offer students the best and most up to date understanding of the complex, ever-changing world of fisheries science; this includes interactive learning, guest lectures by experts far away (via remote link), and field training in the case of field-based courses. This writing marks one year since I led a group of international PhD students, mostly from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) through New York State, giving them an understanding not only of our watershed ecosystems, but also showing these mostly marine scientists the intimate connections between land, watercourses, and the sea. I continued to run my lab meetings over 9 time zones to accommodate one student in California and one in Sweden, as well as those locally based. I also very much enjoyed interacting with the ESF student chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), who were an enormous help for organizing aspects of the NY Chapter of the AFS annual meeting. Finally, in addition to ESF students, I find myself increasingly involved in informal mentoring of PhD students around the world, who seek help in my arcane expertise of otolith analyses. For the department and college: This past spring, Stew Diemont and I ran the Adaptive Peaks seminar together, themed on “Effecting Change from Local to Global Scales.” We were able to organize a set of truly excellent seminars, and taught the students in the seminar how to be exceptional hosts to academic visitors. I continued to serve on committees as asked. One committee that was quite interesting was that for the “Discovery Challenge,” an initiative of President David Amberg to stimulate intramural research initiatives by obtaining external funding from SUNY. The process was intended to get faculty and staff to talk to each other and to heal some of the sores from the recent past. It was exciting to see the ideas and enthusiasm that emerged. I believe that it accomplished healing, as President Amberg intended. Another, more recent initiative I am involved in is collaboration with Clarkson University to start a Center of Excellence in Water. This initiative is intended to grow to encompass other universities and colleges in the state, and to drive research on critical, water- related problems that will provide understanding and solutions. Finally, I have been working with Analytical and Technical Services to improve instrumentation at the college. I have a grant proposal pending at the NSF for a high resolution, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. If we are successful, this will increase our capabilities considerably and will

open new possibilities of problem-inquiry and solutions. If successful, I plan to run training courses for members of the ESF/SU communities and beyond. For myself: I’ve maintained the general directions of my research program, pursuing an understanding of the impacts of ocean, coastal, and inland water oxygen loss on fish, fisheries, and the ecosystems they are in. I also work with my students to understand diadromous fish habitat use (inland and marine) and threats; impacts of dams; and increasingly, I think about climate change impacts. Some of this work involves the use of physically rare instrumentation that requires travel to remote locations. Thus, I sent one of my PhD students to use one lab in California this year, and traveled myself to Stockholm to use another instrument. I also remain heavily engaged in international research activities at local to global scales. I’ve continued to try outreach activities, including another article (solicited) for The Conversation, serving as a scientific advisor on a film about the Hudson River, and working with a colleague who has produced a series of podcasts about my research and work with students. I have also been engaged deeply with the American Fisheries Society, serving as New York Chapter president and organizing a highly successful meeting this past February, jointly with the Northeastern Division of the society.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

I have a couple of pending NSF proposals that, if successful, will engage quite a lot of research activity that will doubtless spill over into my teaching. These are large, multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary proposed projects. If unsuccessful, we will revise and re-submit. I am also working with colleagues at CUNY and UMass to assemble another NSF proposal to the Coupled Natural and Human Systems panel for this fall. I will continue to seek opportunities for research locally in the Hudson/Mohawk watershed, and will be applying for funding to study fishes and hydropower threats in large rivers in Southeast Asia (with collaborators in Australia, Vietnam, and other countries). I plan to take on at least one new graduate student, and to work closely with my extant ones. I submitted an unsuccessful proposal to the Discovery Challenge that concerned developing research and academic programming on “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (CCAM).” It is an area that surprisingly few universities have programs in currently, so that ESF could be poised to establish a presence early on. Accordingly, I plan to at least run an experimental course this fall, to have students and faculty help me think through what are important and engaging (and hence market-attractive) aspects of such a program. I was asked to run for President of the International Fisheries Section of the American Fisheries Society. If elected, I will serve once again on the Governing Board of the AFS.

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Students I have continued to teach courses that emphasize fundamental biological, geological and geographic factors that influence biodiversity, and challenge students to develop an integrative understanding of relevant patterns and to articulate this in writing. The Mammal Diversity course has now grown to approximately 80 students (Fall 2018 enrollment). This course continues to receive excellent reviews from students (based on evaluations conducted from all students by TAs). 61

The biogeography course I teach (EFB 444/644) is now offered every year in the fall, alternating years for graduate and undergraduate students. My exams in each of these courses are written/essay format, with all questions graded by me. During Spring semesters I typically lead a graduate/upper division undergraduate discussion/seminar in a variety of subjects related to conservation and the geography of nature.

Department/College My service to the department and college should continue to develop should as deemed appropriate.

Professional Development I have developed my international network of colleagues and research programs in the areas of biogeography, ecology and macroecology. As a result, I have begun to publish with new collaborators, develop new proposal and received invitations to give guest lectures, keynote addresses and serve as external evaluator of faculty and research programs. I have begun new lines of research on Soundscape Ecology and on Palaeo-biogeography, which are emerging disciplines focusing on -- the spatial and temporal variation in the sounds of nature, and patterns in geographic variation of life before the impacts of human activities. We have published our first papers on these new lines of research. As a result, ResearchGate often reports that our papers are the most frequently cited of those from our department.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

In teaching, I will continue to develop my current course offerings, including continuing to teach courses in Mammal Diversity and in Biogeography, along with courses on a variety of topics related to conservation biology and biogeography, and seminars as appropriate on related topics.

I am also in the preliminary stages of launching an international initiative through the International Biogeography Society – On teaching that grand subject – which will provide instructors at colleges and universities across the globe with resources for teaching biogeography at graduate and undergraduate levels, with the ultimate goal of expanding teaching of the biogeography nature across an expanding diversity of undergraduate curricula. A paper to launch this initiative is about to be published in The Frontiers of Biogeography, and I have just been appointed Chair of the ad hoc Committee on Teaching Biogeography

In research, I am continuing to develop collaborations with soundscape ecologists from Purdue, and with paleobiologists from Italy, Greece and the Netherlands; the latter studies focus on evolutionary and geographic variation of vertebrates prior to the impacts of humans. Ultimately, we plan to combine these research activities with development of an international course on the ecology, evolution and conservation of island life to be taught in alternate summers at sites in the Mediterranean and Caribbean or Northeastern North America.

New research collaborations also includes that with soundscape ecologist Bryan Pijanowksi from Purdue University, where he has assembled a diverse team of biologists, acoustic ecologists and others to explore the ecological and geographic aspects of sounds in nature – an emerging field called Soundscape Ecology. We are in the final stages of preparing a revision of our NSF proposal for submission this September (anticipated budget of $750K); the proposal was rated very competitive and in the second tier of the competition for funding last fall.

In service, I will continue advising undergraduate and graduate students and contribute to development of the majors in Conservation Biology and Wildlife Sciences, and increase my contributions to departmental and college-wide service. My most significant service in the past year has been to chair two search committees. Together with a select group of very dedicated, highly engaged and selfless committee members, we conducted two excellent searches and believe they have led to hiring of two stellar faculty members.

In service to professional societies, I continue to contribute as a member of the editorial board, founder and past-president of the International Biogeography Society, and have now with my colleagues established a new series of monographs and expanded reviews in biogeography.

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Students – This year, working with the department chair and Dr. Rebecca Rundell, I established five Adirondack Conservation Biology Internships for EFB420 credit. Interns resided at Newcomb Campus and were able to engage with each other, graduate students, data managers, visiting professional scientists and practitioners during their time in residence. The internships provided undergraduates with real-world work experience and connected our students with professionals at the Adirondack Council, Adirondack Cooperative Loon Program, Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program and New York Natural Heritage Program. This model has great promise for developing skill sets in conservation science and communication and could serve other EFB programs/majors. I also taught EFB484, Winter Mammalian Ecology, for the ninth time and again found our students a joy to work with.

Department/College – I have served just over half of the two-year term as president of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS). OBFS is an opportunity to leverage the college’s excellent record of field science on an international stage and ESF gains visibility through these efforts (see for example this Mongabay article on long-term ecological research). In the research arena, in preparation for several collaborative syntheses of long-term data I oversaw publishing of long-term ecological monitoring data from the Huntington Wildlife Forest. With fellowship support from the NSF-funded Environmental Data Initiative program, the Adirondack Ecological Center published over 50,000 historical records on plants, birds, mammals and more. This major effort will enable our faculty and colleagues at other institutions to leverage existing datasets and identify new avenues for sponsored research, teaching and engagement. The “ecological scorecard” project with NYSDEC will engage existing ESF expertise and data for public land management needs.

Self – I’m happy to report my candidacy exams are now in the rearview mirror, and I am proceeding in doctoral research in the Graduate Program in Environmental Science program on governance and natural resource policy. New regional research on Beech Bark Disease and Beech Leaf Disease (with USFS, University of Maine and NYSDEC) and integrative forest ecology research (EFB, FNRM, Forest Operations and

AEC) is showing promise, and may provide new investigation opportunities across the Northeast US and Canada. I also initiated international collaborations with field station education and citizen science programming in social-ecological systems, as well as developing relationships between the Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve and biosphere reserves in Europe and promoting assessment of informal science education at field stations.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

I am working with colleagues on leveraging the long-term datasets collected at AEC and around the region toward looking at broader environmental change and will continue this work from the past summer and fall. I am also establishing protocols for wider dissemination of these data. Long-term datasets published through the EDI data publishing on tree seed production, wildlife populations and more should prove useful avenues for future inquiry. Expansion and continuation of the Adirondack Con Bio Intern program is another goal. Some international travel will occur next autumn relating to research and field station education/programmatic goals, and my doctoral research will continue.

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Students: I have continued to teach the five required courses, Cell Biology, Senior Synthesis and Molecular Techniques in EFB and Orientation and Capstone courses for Environmental Health. I taught the Phytoremediation course (EFB496/796) as a three credit course for the 4th time this year, and it continues to be well received by the students who liked the expanded format. I will discuss this more in the service to the Department and College. I taught the EFB496/796 Cell Biology Recitation again this year. The students again said that they greatly enjoyed the course and they learned valuable skills in both reading and understanding research articles, as well as presentation skills. I also continue to co-teach Diversity of Life II, in the topic area of Procaryotes. It is a fun lecture series, and the students seem to enjoy it and ask a lot of good questions. This year I have had 17 undergraduate students in the lab, 6 PhD and 1 MS students, and a visiting PhD student from Tyumen State University, Siberia. The lab also hosts students from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including Trinidad, Philippines, and China. The lab hosts not only a diversity of nationalities, but also religious and political backgrounds. Several students are or were in the Honors program, and several others are in CSTEP. The best thing about this is how proud the students themselves are of being in this diverse group. The students are extremely hard working, and this is reflected in the number of awards they have won locally and at internationally attended conferences. I continue to work with the students to develop their sense of community by hosting laboratory trips to places that are both fun and educational. I also work with the students to develop the importance of community service by participating in a food drive – last year the lab purchased and delivered over $1700 of food to a local food pantry and over $450 to support a local pet food pantry. I have always encouraged students to attend local and national conferences to gain experience and also to develop a network of contacts for future careers. This year, I expanded this to include students from the Environmental Health major, as well as academic advisees who work at the Medical School. I was able to take one of the Environmental Health students who wish to attend to the Association for Environmental Health Science annual conference in October, held in Amherst MA. Finally, I

continue to work with other facilities and entities around Syracuse, to develop both internship and research opportunities for students outside the ESF campus to expand their thoughts and options.

Department/College/SUNY I am continuing my work on the departmental Course and Curriculum Assessment Committee and the Tenure and Promotion Committee, and I was chair of the college Committee on Research. I also continue to nominally participate in three Hill Collaboration groups, Neuroscience, Cancer, and Wounded Warrior. As part of this last group, we are working for the 5th year with a former ESF graduate, Dr. Stephen Lebduska, who currently serves as the head of the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the Syracuse Veterans Hospital on a Horticultural Therapy program for inpatients in the unit. We are working not only with this unit in the hospital, but also with the long term care unit and the PTS inpatient unit. We also work with other community groups to obtain the plants and supplies for the program, and we currently have a PhD student who is doing this work for his dissertation project and six undergraduate students working at the VA on these programs. The programs involves growing plants on a rooftop garden, in room plants for patients, maintaining plants in common areas, and devising enrichment programs involving gardens and plants for the patients during the winter months. We are also working with Clear Path for Vets and developed, installed and maintain a kitchen garden for their Wednesday Canteen program. I am also designing a natural playground for the site to be used on Saturday Warrior Reset and Family Programs. This year, we have expanded our programs, and now work with three care units off site, developing therapeutic horticulture programs for diverse patient populations. For the 7th year, I was chair of the organizing committee for the Biotechnology Research Symposium, which continues to attract both academic and industry representatives. Unfotunately, due to funding issues, the Symposium was canceled for 2019, but we plan to do the Symposium again in 2020. I am still working with the administration at Brookhaven National Laboratory to develop and forward the major goals of an MOU, which would result in ESF and BNL having closer research ties, including joint management of an ecological preserve. I have also been working with faculty and staff at ESF to develop a series of courses, to be taught at BNL, which would benefit high school teachers and allow them to earn ESF credits. I have been working with Scott. Shannon to develop a joint diploma program with Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand for the Environmental Biology, Biotechnology, Aquatic Science, Environmental Science, Bioprocess Engineering and Environmental Health majors. This program would allow students from Mahidol University to do their last two academic years here at ESF, and then receive diplomas from both ESF and MU. As the program develops, ESF students would also be able to go to MU for a semester or academic year to participate in an international learning program. We had our first students coming to ESF in fall 2018, and more students will be coming this fall. I continue my involvement in the ESF heath related programs. I have continued working with both ESF and UMU administration to develop and implement a joint MD/PhD program, and this is moving forward. I am the Pre Health Advisor for students in the Environmental Biology Major. I was also the ESF advisor for students wishing to participate in the UMU 3+3 program to earn a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree; and this program will renewed this year. I am also the Coordinator for the Health and the Environment option in Environmental Science, and the Coordinator for Environmental Health, where I am not only doing curriculum coordination, but also updating the web site and promotional materials for students, administrators and fund raising, and submitted all required materials for final accreditation. I am the advisor for two new minors, Environmental Health and Food Studies, and the ongoing Biotechnology minor. This year, I also organized the final materials for the accreditation package to the National Environmental Health Science & Protection Accreditation Council to obtain full accreditation for the Environmental Health major. This included doing a self study of the program, and completing a course comparison grid to ensure that we are teaching all required material for accreditation, full descriptions of all 65

courses, faculty and organization of the program. As of right now, the program has conditional accreditation and we hope to receive work on the full accreditation in July. I continued to oversee the management and use of $650,000 of equipment for the Environmental Health/Environmental Medicine Biotechnology center, for use by ESF, Upstate Medical University and the Biotechnology Accelerator personnel. Over the past year, many of these instruments transitioned to be house in A&TS. I have been working with A&TS on the design and spec’ing of a new MS analytical facility for analysis of emerging contaminants. For the past year, I have lead the efforts to develop research and education collaborations with Tyumen State University in Siberia. This included my travel to TSU, and hosting Dr. Andrei Tolstikov, Vice Rector of Research multiple times to finalize a joint PhD program. During a return visit in Tyumen we discussed the development of both a joint MS diploma in Biotechnology, and joint PhD diploma programs in Biology, tick-borne diseases, and environmental chemistry and remediation. We were also invited by the US State Department to submit a proposal for a similar program development with Pavlodar University in Kazakhstan, and that we funded at the end of the academic year.

Self: I continue as Editor in Chief for the International Phytoremediation Journal. The journal has continued to increase the number of submissions received every year. The publishers continue to increase the number of issues, and from a quarterly journal we are now publish 12 issues a year, in the 8.5 x 11 page format. Our annual impact factor has actually increased slightly this year and the journal continues to be strong for a highly specialized journal, being in the upper 50% for all Environmental journals. I continued to serve as the Founding President of the International Phytotechnology Society after serving 6 years as President. The Society continues to grow and the conferences remain strong every year. I continue to chair both the Awards Committee and the Education Committees for the Society. I also continued my role on the Scientific Advisory Board member for the Association for Environmental Health Sciences. I am also working to developing more collaborative ties within the SUNY system, and I am working with colleagues from SUNY Upstate Medical University and SUNY University of Albany to develop joint research programs. While my publications remain excellent in quality and are published in top journals in my field, I look forward to increasing the number as more graduate students move to completion in the lab. And finally, I continue to work with an international team of editors to work on the books Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants; and have completed the 6th volume. The volumes continue to be heavily sited and very well received.

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In addition to what is detailed below:

I want to continue to submit more research grants to move more of my students off of teaching assistantships and onto research assistantships. While the TA is definitely beneficial to the student training and the department, allowing students to focus more on their research will ultimately benefit all.

Unfinished from last year, I want to develop the EFB 496/796 Cell Biology Recitation into a fully listed course, and I want to introduce a Phytotechnology course similar to one I previously taught to be given on alternate years. This new course would outline all the different ways that plants are used by society, and not just focus on the remediation aspects. I want to expand the BTC499 Senior 66

Synthesis course into a two credit course, to have the time to work more with students to develop their presentation and writing skills. I also want to develop a graduate level Cell Biology course, to meet the needs of the graduate student population.

I would still like to find the time to develop a Phytoremediation/Phytotechnology program at ESF, as the College has everything it needs course-wise to do this – it just requires the organization to make it a reality.

I want to continue to develop the Horticultural therapy program, as this is generating a lot of interest at the VA and in the community, and ESF, the Veterans and the students can benefit from this program. This year I plan to include the Children’s hospital in the program.

With the Environmental Health Program, I will be working to develop the MPS, MS and PhD programs to attract both graduate students and professional members of the Health community into the program.

I also plan to start a new course, EHS 332, which will work with students to improve their writing and presentation skills prior to the start of their internships, with emphasis on cover letters and resumes for application for internships.

Also with Environmental Health, I traveled to Anaheim, CA last summer to discuss the changes in the program for final accreditation approval. All paperwork was submitted in May of 2019, and we are awaiting final work on full accreditation.

I am working with S. Shannon to develop Public Health minor with Syracuse University, which would be available for all students, not only the Environmental Health and Environmental Studies students.

Work with Mahidol University to formalize the joint PhD program for Biotechnology and Environmental Biology, and to develop a program where ESF students could do semesters abroad at Mahidol.

Continue working to develop closer collaborations with Syracuse University and the Medical School to develop the Environmental Health/Environmental Medicine programs.

Continue working with Clear Path for Veterans, and develop internship opportunities for students in EFB. I also hope to finalize the design for a natural playground for their family days programs.

Continue the Therapeutic Horticulture program at Brookdale Assisted Living center to give students the opportunity to work with patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Also, continue the development of programs at Menorah Park and Nottingham/Loretto facilities, and work with Upstate Medical University faculty to expand the research programs.

Continue discussions with faculty and administration at Tyumen University in Siberia to develop a collaborative program that will bring faculty, graduate students and undergraduate students to ESF to engage in joint research programs. Also, work with University officials to develop exchange student and joint degree programs in Environmental Biology and Environmental Science. This will entail additional visits to Tyumen, as well as continuing to host visits to ESF from faculty, students and administration. 67

Work the colleagues to develop relationship with Burapha University of Thailand to develop exchange student and joint degree programs in Environmental Health

Work the colleagues to develop relationship with Hanoi University of Vietnam to develop exchange student and joint research programs in Phytoremediation and Aquatic Science

Continue discussions with the group in China on the development of the International Center for Excellence at supported by the Chinese Academy of Science and corporate sponsors, focusing on integrated contaminated land management and remediation.

Parry

Undergraduate. In spring 2019, I again taught EFB-502, continuing to add new components to this course to keep it fresh and current in this rapidly developing field I turn over more than 20% of the lecture material each year to keep pace with advances in the field. I refuse to use multiple-choice despite the significant time spent grading written answers. Although the FTE’s are relatively low (46 students), these are the kinds of courses that set ESF apart from competing institutions and give students value for their dollar and are one of our best marketing tools for getting students to come here. In 2015, I carved off the Conservation Biology students from the main freshman orientation and developed a more specialized experience. This freshman seminar has received consistently good evaluations since its inception and the in-class and take home exercises I have developed serves both to reinforce the conservation interests of the majority students while helping other students identify that they may be better aligned with another major. I mentored 5 students in 498 projects this year, three (Jeanne Wu, Annarose Quinn, Emily Booth) presented posters at the Research Spotlight and one (Chapin Czarnecki) gave a talk at the Ecological Society of America meeting in New Orleans, no small feat for an undergraduate! Graduate. I am one of a handful of EFB faculty that annually offer graduate seminars (e.g., climate change, invertebrate conservation, the legacy of Charles Elton) and in 2019, 15 students (which is the capped enrollment) took my Insects in a Changing Climate. I also served on GPAC and oversaw the Stegeman Award, again providing two well-deserving students with an award and some supplemental funds for research. Once again, I chaired the committee for our departmental flagship recognition, the Robert Burgess Outstanding Doctoral Scholar Award and presented the award at the Spring Ceremony.

Department and College: I represent the College’s interests and perspective as a member on the NY State Invasive Species Advisory Committee, an assemblage of governmental, non-profit, private sector, and academic stakeholders who function to advise NY State on invasive species issues and help to craft legislation that effectively combats targeted species or pathways. We played a significant role in developing and changing the ‘clean-boat’ bill that the governor signed into law, the development of the Invasive Species Awareness Week, and the ‘Three-Tier List’ of prohibited and restricted species. I will begin service on the College Committee on Research in fall 2019 and at the Department level, will assume responsibility as the Coordinator of Conservation Biology.

Self: 2019 was a very good year for my program. As PI, I received a $751K grant from the NYDOT to develop a biological control program for black and pale-swallow-wort, taxa that are

among New York’s most problematic invasive plants. Nearly 2/3rds of this funding will stay at ESF. My lab continues research on the collaborative NSF research I have been engaged in for a number of years and our research group published several papers in high quality journals in 2018- 2019 including a new paper in Molecular Ecology. We were honored to receive commendation from the Royal Entomological Society that our 2017 paper in Physiological Entomology was recognized as “Best Paper” in the Society’s journal suite over the past 2 years (2017-18). In collaboration with Bill Powell and several other faculty, we received a $500K award to continue evaluating the environmental impact of transgenic chestnuts – this is the 3rd round of funding we have received from the USDA, totaling $1.5M. I organized a well-received symposium at the joint ESA/ESC meeting in Vancouver, Canada, acknowledging the 150th year of gypsy moth in North America and the many contributions research on it has made to invasion biology, population dynamics, and many other facets of basic and applied ecology. This spring I organized and submitted a proposal for a special topics session on the development of biological control programs for black and pale swallow-worts for the North American Invasive Species Management Association meeting. This large meeting has never been held east of the Mississippi and will this year be held in Saratoga Springs, NY in September. I will also coordinate and moderate the session and roundtable.

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Ideally, I’ll be able to recruit a high-quality PhD student for the NYDOT project as well as a MS student. Both of my current PhD students are all but dissertation with potentially late fall or early spring defenses planned. The NYDOT project will be a priority over the next few years and with our new USDA-BRAG chestnuts in the ground in PA, VA, and NY, I’ll be able to initiate comparative non-target herbivore studies in 2020. My return as Coordinator of the Conservation Biology major coupled with the arrival of our new hire, provides some opportunities to make some log-needed changes to the program.

Powell

Students: I continue to provide a quality education through my classes and research opportunities. I had my postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Allison Oakes, teach my principles of Genetics courses this past fall so that she could gain valuable teaching experience and I could focus on our USDA petition for non- regulated status, which allowed it to be submitted for a completeness review. This spring I taught my Plant Biotechnology course and my seminar course on Presenting Research to the Public. The latter is a course that critical for our graduate students because we are in an age where there is a significant gulf between the general public and university researchers that needs to be bridged. Although I have no formal training in public speaking myself, I used the experience I have gained over 30 the years speaking with the public (see examples in Public Service Presentations). In addition to my direct teaching courses, probably more important are the “learn-by-doing” opportunities my research provides throughout the year. The American chestnut project continues to grow and provide hands-on research opportunities for our students as well as giving them the satisfaction of contributing to the historical restoration of the American chestnut. In addition to supporting nine graduate students, the project also provides paid jobs for undergraduate students and academic credit-based research opportunities (BTC420, 498, EFB420, 498) for additional 69

undergraduates. My hope for the future is for this project to expand to rescuing other tree species under the newly established Restoration Science Center (RSC), which will provide even more opportunities for our students in the future. This expansion has already begun with new funding for the American elm and potential funding for the Ozark Chinquapin.

Department/College: Again, the biggest contribution to our department and college is the success of the American chestnut project. Funding isn’t everything, but it is one metric that helps to demonstrate the chestnut project’s growth over the past few years. This funding has many sources from federal, state, and NGO foundation grants as well as from public donations. The project has grown five-fold from $161,630 expenditures in 2015 to around $850,000 in 2019. It will likely surpass the $1M/yr mark next year. It has also helped secure land and estate donations to ESF to help secure future student research for our college. This is all because of our research team’s success at developing a blight- tolerant American chestnut tree and has the potential to keep growing to help save other tree species. But the impact goes beyond extramural funding. This success brings positive publicity to our college through my public and professional presentations, with this year the total number of my student’s presentations having for the first time surpassed my own (14 vs 24 student, highlighted in the Public Service Presentations section). I am very proud of their accomplishments. Popular press articles, radio and TV reports continue to be high, as they have for the past five years, totaling in over 100 to date. One stand out was a radio interview on NPR’s On Point (April 29, 2019). Getting the word out sometimes requires taking advantage of new and unique opportunities. For example, three years ago I wrote an article for The Conversation that initially received over 20 ,000 reads, which was a good initial outcome. But the number of readers has continued to grow to over 103,000 today and still climbing. This is great advertising for both our department and college. My hope is that this and other forms of outreach will help ESF to establish itself as a center for tree restoration under the newly funded Restoration Science Center (RSC), and support spin-off projects such as the rescue of the Ozark Chinquapin and developing a blight resistant European chestnut in the near future, and working with other trees as the time goes on. Once we have regulatory approval, I hope ESF can establish the first demonstration of a Chestnut/Oak restoration forest planted on ESF property and containing all the species associated with the American chestnut. A pending $3.2M grant proposal includes this vision. Our students can follow this forest over the next century, continuously providing research opportunities as it matures. Professionally: Nobody on our campus understands the federal regulatory process for genetically engineered plants, so I have had to take on the task to educate myself and my students. I am doing this along with my Ph.D. student by meeting with the three regulatory agencies in person and through phone conferences and webinars throughout the year and by seeking advise from people with experience in the field. Last year we learned that it is normal to question an agencies’ regulatory authority. Therefore, we presented the argument to the EPA that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) does not apply to our trees because the oxalate detoxifying gene we added is not a pesticide and does not directly harm the fungal pathogen. Over the past year and a half, we have worked our way to one of the top officials in the EPA to pose this question, where they indicated that they are on the fence, and we are currently waiting on her decision. We will still be regulated by the USDA and FDA. My research team and I has completed all the experiments needed for the USDA and FDA and are starting to publish the results in peer reviewed journals. We submitted a draft petition to the USDA this year for a completeness review. We are expecting the final petition will be ready within a couple months for an official submission to the USDA, to be

followed within a few months to the FDA, and finally to the Canadian CIFA. This process has had a steep learning curve, but it will allow us to approach the process more efficiently in the future.

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Razavi

Students This year I welcomed 2 additional graduate students to my lab, Sarah Dzielski (MS student, funded on a NSF Graduate Research Fellow) and Iman Pakzad (MS student, funded with startup GA, Sussman Fellowship, and a Great Lakes Research Consortium Grant). Iman is co-advised with Dr. John Farrell and is spending her summers up at the beautiful TIBS. My other graduate students, Tori Field (MS student, co-advised with Dr. Rebecca Gorney, DEC) and Hadis Mirali (PhD student, co-advised with Dr. Karin Limburg) continued their academic and research activities this year. It’s been a pleasure to work with them and especially to learn from co-advisors in all aspects of student advising. I’m also grateful for Dr. Kim Schulz who has played a role in mentoring Tori Field. I have been pleased by the level of support for graduate student research from the College. Specifically, the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund (with Special Merit Award to I. Pakzad), the Tropical Social Forestry Scholarship (to S. Dzielski) and the ESF Graduate Student Travel Grant (to S. Dzielski) have provided extremely valuable funding. I mentored 21 undergraduates in the fall (and continued to learn the ropes from the ever patient Dr. Greg McGee). I taught Toxic Health Hazards for the second time. The classroom (Marshall 110) was a challenging room to work with which slightly affected my feeling of the energy of the class. Course evaluations remained high although I still need to work on improving tests. I really enjoyed getting to know our graduate students through the Adaptive Peaks Seminar series. We worked on student oral presentation skills (specifically on body language and voice skills), but what I enjoyed most were the discussions and questions that students had for each other and the papers we reviewed for upcoming speakers. We certainly have a wonderful group of bright and balanced graduate students.

Department/College I worked with Dr. Lee Newman and others on expanding the Environmental Health major. This year we were up for accreditation so there was a lot of work associated with that process. We are also working on setting up the graduate program which we hope to start in 2020. I gave an outreach talk (ESF in the Highschool) which is a great avenue to advertise the research environment and college to local 9th graders.

Self This spring I also welcomed my first child, a lively daughter that has brought immense joy and love to my family. My news was also received with a lot of enthusiasm and support from EFB faculty and staff, which reinforced how grateful I am to be in a department of colleagues that value family life as well as work. I’d like to acknowledge Drs. Karin Limburg, Hyatt Green, Don Stewart, Martin Dovciak, and Jacqui Frair who covered my undergraduate advising

while I was on leave in the Spring, and Sandy Polimino and Dr. Don Leopold for taking care of my daughter during various departmental events so I could more fully participate. This year I worked on a synthesis effort to publish all NYSERDA funded mercury data for New York State. I attended two workshops in Albany with many of the longstanding mercury experts in the State. I published a first-authored paper, and have another and several other collaborations in review in a Special Issue on mercury in New York State, including one for a student (Dzielski et al. in review). Much of this work results from a strong ongoing collaboration with local partner Dr. Lisa Cleckner at the Finger Lakes Institute (Hobart and William Smith Colleges). In the fall, I gave 2 invited departmental talks (Cornell University and Ithaca College). It was rewarding to be able to present my research results in these seminar series. I was an author on 4 papers at the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, and was pleased to find out that a previous paper I collaborated (Hayes et al. 2017) on was selected as one of 20 outstanding articles published in the ASLO journal portfolio from 2016 – 2017 and we were invited to give a follow up presentation at a special session at the ASLO February meeting. As I look ahead to the coming year, I also want to thank my mentoring committee (Drs. Melissa Fierke, Don Leopold, and Chris Whipps) who help me navigate decisions to improve my teaching, graduate student advising, and research productivity.

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Although this will be challenging with childcare, I hope to attend the biennial mercury conference (International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant) in Poland this fall. It is a very important meeting for me professionally. I will also attend the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry meeting in Toronto, which is a key way that I stay informed on contaminants of emerging concern. I hope to publish two first authored papers, submit an NSF grant, mentor an undergraduate Honor’s thesis, and continue to mentor 4 graduate students with their research projects.

Ringler

EFB My service as Interim EFB Chair ended approximately August 15, 2018 with the return of Chair Don Leopold. My primary teaching entailed courses in comparative vertebrate anatomy andaquatic entomology, and a joint seminar in Hydrology and Biogeochemistry with the departments of Chemistry and Natural Resources Engineering. My graduate program currently revolves around studies of the Onondaga Lake ecosystem, with one Master’s student graduating this spring, three students (1 PhD, 2 Master’s) continuing, and two new Master’s starting at ESF this spring.

ESF Creating the Onondaga Lake Science Center (OLSC) has presented a challenge with regard to siting this new facility, it but it will provide a footprint on Onondaga Lake and Syracuse, with global impact ultimately a goal. Several faculty members including Kim Schulz, Greg Boyer, and Roxanne Razavi have been involved in renewed planning for the Center, along 72

with representatives from the Physical Plant (Bryan Boothroyd, Gary Peden) and Administration (Maureen Fellows). The first annual report for the OLSC has been provided as an attachment to this report. The new Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions (Clarkson University/ESF), with a successful Roadmap event in Clayton, NY on May 30, 2019. This Center of Excellence should become a natural partner with the OLSC.

I have assisted in ESF’s evaluation of NRDA lands, including the Honeywell Visitor Center and other properties of potential interest to the College. The Honeywell Visitor Center is envisioned as a preliminary ESF footprint on the Onondaga Lake watershed (beyond our day and night net-setting boats!), particularly as the OLSC is under construction. Decisions and proposals for the properties will be completed this summer.

SUNY

The Distinguished Academy (DA) is finally becoming a working reality. Work of the Executive Committee of the DA on membership, scholarship and professional presentations is to to be presented to the Distinguished Academy June 10, 2019 in Albany, NY. Ultimately the Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions should extend beyond ESF and Clarkson University to many of the SUNY campuses.

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I plan to submit two new proposals to NRDA this summer on restoration of Atlantic Salmon and Lake Sturgeon. My graduate program of five students will continue to evolve, and make important contributions as a part of the Onondaga Lake Science Center. I hope to teach a 2-credit graduate course in Animal Flight in the fall of 2019. This course was initiated in 2004, and is based on basic mechanics of bird and pterosaur flight initiated in the comparative anatomy course, two decades of airplane flight instruction, and reviews of the expanding literature on the four animal groups of fliers (insects, pterosaurs, birds and bats). Last time the course was taught we invited Dr. David Alexander to campus for the Adaptive Peaks Seminar, and I believe that he would return following yet another book on fliers (On the Wing. Oxford Press, 2015; complement to Nature’s Fliers. Johns Hopkins Press 2002).

Rundell

Students: My Ph.D. student Jesse Czekanski-Moir and I had our paper on the ecology of nonadaptive radiations accepted to Trends in Ecology and Evolution. This will be an impactful chapter in Jesse’s dissertation and is an unusual and significant accomplishment for a graduate student. The paper is also receiving interesting discussion and dissemination among researchers in our field. My Ph.D. student David Bullis has submitted his work on the systematics and ecology of tropical land snail species in Burmese amber, which evolved as a collaboration with Jesse Czekanski-Moir (our lab), David Grimaldi and Hollister Herhold (American Museum of Natural History), and Warren Allmon (Paleontological Research Institution). In this paper, Bullis describes new species from mid- Cretaceous amber that also overlap with taxa of interest from our primary study area of Palau. 73

These species provide us with insights on morphological evolution in the group as well as the characteristics of the preservational environment in Cretaceous Burma/Myanmar. Ph.D. students David Bullis and Teresa Rose Osborne also undertook their first field seasons in Palau, first joining me and Jesse for part of our first international field course there, and subsequently collecting data and specimens for their theses, David on a highly endangered group of minute leaf litter snails, the endodontoids, and Rose on environmental differences among habitats in Palau as they might relate to body size in endemic land snails. Rose Osborne has also supervised several undergraduates working with her on her project who have learned microscope imaging techniques under her training and guidance. Ph.D. student Jesse Czekanski-Moir has mentored several undergraduates on independent research projects in our lab, including successfully mentoring Honors student Kiera Hyacinthe on the completion of her thesis research on the molecular phylogenetics of the Chittenango ovate amber snail. Kiera graduated in May 2019 and will attend the Dick Veterinary School in Scotland, ranked as the number six vet school in the world. I cannot overstate the important role and increasing need for graduate students as laboratory and field research mentors for our ESF undergraduates. As more and more undergraduates demand and expect such unique and meaningful research experiences as part of their college education, which can also help them to be accepted into graduate programs, we rely on graduate students’ enthusiasm and developing expertise as mentors, which will also be an asset to them as they enter higher ranks within the academic and professional workforce.

The highlight of the year from an undergraduate perspective was being able to help conceptualize and deliver our very first international field course to 12 students entitled “Invertebrate Conservation Biology in Palau: From Ridge to Reef” with my Ph.D. student and long-time collaborator in Palau, ant expert Jesse Czekanski-Moir. Through the knowledge, experience, contacts and friendships Jesse and I had cultivated over more than a decade, we brought ESF and SU students a one-of-a-kind in-depth conservation experience in Palau that took them from some of the most pristine reefs in Palau to the most diverse tropical rainforests, always working closely with members of the local community. We also called on our colleagues Dr. Anuschka Faucci (University of Hawaii marine biologist) and Dr. Carla Atkinson (University of Alabama freshwater ecologist) to lend their scientific expertise to the course and interact with the students, who greatly benefited from these new perspectives. Because good conservation happens only when the local community is directly involved and supportive, our course also included significant “service learning” components. With the support of Ngardmau conservation officers, our students surveyed eremrum sea cucumbers in Ngardmau State within a Marine Protected Area designated to protect these Actinopyga species from overharvesting. One of our ESF undergraduates led the writing of a technical report that we subsequently submitted to the conservation office in Ngarmau State. Our students also conducted post-rat eradication land snail surveys on the island of Ngeanges in Koror State, the results of which were submitted to the NGO Island Conservation as well as Koror State and the Palau Conservation Society (PCS). One of our ESF students, Audrey Sellepack, was the first to uncover live partulid tree snails at one of the Ngeanges sites—an important finding and particularly exciting given that the absence of rats on the island (intended primarily to help native birds) should give these snails a chance to thrive. Partulids are charismatic, “large”-bodied Pacific island endemic snails that have been decimated throughout the Pacific, many now extinct or existing solely in captivity. During the course we also traveled to the island of Peleliu on a trip led by PCS Director Lolita Gibbons-Decherong. We were fortunate to be part of major survey work in a site potentially slated for conservation protection, the forest of Bloody Nose Ridge, also the site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. As of this writing, the site has officially become a protected area due to the efforts of the Palau Conservation Society working with the private landowners. The announcement was just made through a special centerpiece of the Tia Belau 74

national newspaper, which includes photos of the animals we found there in this newly designated Peleliu Forest of Hope.

Preparing for and delivering the Palau international field course was intensely exhausting and stimulating, but most of all it was rewarding to witness my graduate student Jesse Czekanski-Moir’s talent and expertise in crafting and delivering such a top-notch, valuable, and memorable experience for our students. Our course also helped to highlight the fact that ESF students can rise to the occasion and shine at an international level, equivalent (or better) than students at higher-ranked universities with more opportunity and better financial support. It is therefore clear to me that graduate students like Jesse, and our ambitious field-oriented undergraduates are important assets to the College, both worthy and in need of more monetary support than we are currently providing for both the teaching of and participation in such opportunities.

I also continue to teach the large Principles Evolution course (EFB 311), as well as Invertebrate Zoology (EFB 355), both of which involve paleontology field trips on three consecutive weekends in April, and liberal use of scientific specimens, live and dead. I also contribute to EFB’s large required Diversity of Life course. In Evolution, our students successfully described this year’s evolution research in interpretive posters for International Darwin Day (at ESF: Darwin and Wallace Day), which are on display for the public during February and March at Moon Library. This is one of the few established Darwin Day events in Central New York, aimed at increasing our community’s understanding of evolutionary biology and its relevance to our lives. In Invertebrate Zoology this year’s group of students was especially strong and inquisitive. In lab, students dissected fresh animals from Han’s Market and Wegmans, and examined live animals from further afield. Lab TA Rose Osborne also received excellent feedback from students for her hard work on the course.

Department/College: My service to the department and college this year was completely consumed with finishing and opening the new Roosevelt Wild Life Collections and Classroom in the lower level of the Gateway Building, as envisioned, in my role as Head Curator. Delivery of this world-class facility involved working closely with several folks outside of our dept. and institution, and particularly with Physical Plant staff Brian Boothroyd and Chris Cangello. I also worked closely with James Gibbs, Jacqui Frair, Ron Giegerich, Communications, Development, CNS, ITS, and Physical Plant on multiple advance preparations for the Roosevelt Wild Life Station Centennial, which occurred on April 3, 2019. My NSF- and IMLS-funded graduate Collections Assistants Emlyn Clark and David Bullis have also delivered a stunning performance in rehousing our collections and making them both safe and accessible. They are bringing our bird and mammal Teaching and Research Collections to the modern standard of nationally-recognized natural history museums, as well as granting tours to our visitors, mentoring undergraduates, and other duties outside of their job descriptions—in their “free” time. This year I also worked with Stacy McNulty (AEC) to begin a new Adirondack internship program for our Conservation Biology students, which pairs students with Adirondack organizations such as the Adirondack Council VISION Project for a month of work over the summer, with student housing costs at AEC defrayed through pilot funding by our department (EFB). If this program were to be expanded beyond the five students we can currently support, we would be able to not only capitalize on the passion for the Adirondacks kindled in students at CLBS (e.g. EFB202), but potentially build a stronger long-term conservation alliance in the Adirondacks with an even deeper and more visible connection with ESF.

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This year I served as an invited panelist for the prestigious American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Fellowships, Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships, and Short- Term Research Publication Grants, with final panel selection meetings this Spring semester. Most graduate students and faculty (of any gender) would be humbled by the level of accomplishment, research expertise, and creativity among our emerging female scientists in this country, as well as the high level of competition. Our Chittenango ovate amber snail (COAS) conservation program continues to receive positive attention regionally (and from our ESF undergraduates), in large part due to my lead technician Cody Gilbertson’s captive breeding efforts, outreach to the local community, and successful work with our partners. We plan to release more snails to the edge of Chittenango Falls this summer, all of which were bred in CIRTAS in EFB. Although the COAS work is more familiar to the CNY community, my longterm research has been in the evolution and conservation of Pacific island land snails, which are among the most imperiled animals on Earth. I had the opportunity to talk about this extinction crisis through national and international outlets such as BBC Newsday, National Geographic, a longform BYU/Sirius podcast called Constant Wonder, and in an invited symposium entitled “Stemming the Tide of Extinction” at the annual national mollusc meeting. Among Pacific island archipelagos, Palau likely holds one of the most “intact” endemic land snail faunas. However, Palau is changing rapidly in the aftermath of the completion of the Compact Road around the largest island. Our new Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Palau is allowing us to continue to study and teach about this unique fauna, which holds novel insights about the evolution of life on islands, and how best to protect it from further decline.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

- Develop, strengthen, and modernize the collections program in the RWLCC. - Develop/build, rehouse, and make accessible Invertebrate Teaching Collections that serve multiple EFB courses and hundreds of students each year. - Work with other faculty, the study abroad office, and Development to build specific financial support for EFB students wishing to attend international and field courses. - Shift the weight of my effort back to my expertise in Pacific island land snail evolution and conservation, where I am most likely to become a national and international leader, and which will be most informative in terms of both the global land snail extinction crisis and understanding how these animals diversify (the latter of which informs evolution more generally).

Schulz

Students, Department, College and Self Despite a very difficult year personally, with severe health and family medical issues, as well as continued flooding issues in my lab into Fall 2018 (hopefully fixed now!) I believe I have managed to maintain a positive attitude and contribute to the student experience, my department, the college, and advance my professional career and research.

I continue to teach Limnology and Limnology Practicum, which provides a unique student-learning experience working with a lake association and learning hands-on professional skills. I developed a new Marine Ecology Field class which was a great success and resulted in some amazing classroom activities (student projects and films) for future students. The Marine Ecology Undergraduate 76

Seminar was again extremely well received and I will propose it as a formal course next year. I also oversaw numerous student capstone, independent research and research apprenticeships, and continued to help students study with the Sea Education Association (one of whom, Andrew Meashaw, just presented his SEA project to a United Nations panel). I also provided numerous guest lectures and facilitated the offering of two scuba classes to our students. I also co-ordinated the large Marine Science Minor and represented EFB in the Water resources minor. My teaching assistant in the spring (Laine McCall) and I also made considerable progress cleaning up a shared teaching preparation space for aquatics classes in EFB that had been unusable for many years.

In term of EFB Department service, I continue to have a high level of service, especially as Chair of the EFB Curriculum Course and Assessment Committee and a member of several other committees (see above). This year we worked hard to make progress toward our next assessment report, and with Greg McGee’s leadership, to try to envision the future of the Environmental Interpretation Program. I also devoted considerable effort to making the search for our new EFB Chair run in and organized and informed fashion.

At the College level I worked toward resolving remaining CIRTAS issues and hope to have this completed in early summer. I also served as the EFB representative to the College Curriculum Committee and in Onondaga Lake Science Center Planning Meetings.

In terms of my professional development, I was pleased to be made a Fellow of my primary society, ASLO, (Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography). This year I graduated Ceili Pestalozzi M.S. student and submitted two manuscripts for publication. I am also excited about the results from recently completed projects that I am writing up this summer. Most exciting to me for the future is the amazing potential of our MoU with NY State Parks, that has hired 3 full-time personnel at ESF and runs a watershed steward program with ~20 stewards in high risk areas (for invasives) around the state. I am actively building a scientific research program with additional external funding, to involve ESF, NY Parks and other external partners utilizing this program to advance invasive species research and applications.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary) None.

Schummer

Substantial collaboration with College Foundation to support Waterfowl and Wetlands Program and Initiative including securing $207,000 for three years for program director position ($433,000 for program and initiative since 2017). Assisted in development of Restoration Science Center proposal that was selected to be funded by SUNY, 2019 - 2023.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

ESF’s Waterfowl and Wetlands Conservation Program trains the next generation of waterfowl and wetlands scientists and conservationists. Our mission is to sustain and enhance expertise in 77

waterfowl and wetlands in the work force and deliver science-based conservation in the Atlantic Flyway and throughout North America. Our next step is to ensure our vision becomes reality by sustaining a Waterfowl and Wetlands Program at ESF in perpetuity in the Atlantic Flyway. We aim to continue to work diligently with all avenues provided by ESF to promote our program and secure the funding necessary to endow a chair in Waterfowl and Wetland Conservation at ESF. This includes exploring media outlets through the Communications Office and Digital Story Telling studio. We will provide opportunity for additional undergraduates in our lab to become involved in this process through Independent Research project in Fall 2019 aimed at telling the story of our lab and the students we produce. We also will work to enhance the capacity of the growing Restoration Science Center and link our waterfowl and wetlands program directly with those activities to train the next generation of conservationists.

At minimum, sustain funding at 2018 – 2019 levels and consistent with funding since 2009 (total - $3,520,562) Ducks Unlimited/Land Trusts grant ($42,000 – 2019) – Co-PI Seneca Meadows ($5,000 – 2019) – Co-PI CNY Wildfowlers ($1,000 – 2019) - PI Friends of Montezuma grant ($6,000 – 2019) – Co-PI Delta Waterfowl research grant ($15,000 – 2019) - PI Bird Studies Canada research agreement ($21,600 – 2019) – PI SUNY Discovery Grant ($300,000 – 2019) – Co-PI Moore Charitable Foundation ($14,400 – 2018) - PI New York Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration ($372,403 – 2018 – 2023) – Co-PI Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group ($66,142 – 2018) - PI Bird Studies Canada research agreement ($20,000 – 2018) – PI Waterfowl Research Foundation ($147,000 – 2018) - PI Community Foundation of Central New York ($60,000 – 2019) – PI

Stewart

None.

Teale

This year, three grad students in the Teale lab finished their degrees and moved on. Tian Xu finished his PhD in August and took a postdoctoral position with the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemistry in Beijing. Alejandro Mieles finished in December and accepted a postdoctoral with the Charles Darwin Research Station in Galapagos, Ecuador. Kristin Doherty completed her MS in May. All three of these students conducted groundbreaking research on the chemical ecology of invasive insects that are causing significant conservation problems in North and South America, Europe and Asia.

After spending several years developing and fine-tuning a detailed and explicit policy governing promotion and tenure decision-making in EFB, the Departmental Review Committee (formerly P&T) proposed a policy revision that was overwhelmingly approved by faculty vote. The revised policy will serve to guide junior faculty in career development and promote consistency among the various evaluation steps.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary) None.

Wier

STUDENTS This past year I taught EFB 440/640 Mycology to 57 students and played a major role in the EFB 210 Diversity of Life I lecture series offering 5 of the 23 lectures to an audience of about 190 students. I also offered my EFB 496 Microbial Consortia class for the second time to 19 students, with additional fine-tuning of both lab and lecture components. Overall student evaluations for this class were very high at 4.8/5.0. I also took on the role of temporary coordinator of the Environmental Education and Interpretation major during the spring semester (Jan-May) dealing with day to day management and guidance to all of our students in this major. I believe very strongly in involving undergraduates in research and this year I saw the fruits of my labor with Alex Dogonniuck and Tim Squires with our co-authored paper describing three new species of fungi parasitic on bat-flies (see published papers) being published in Mycologia and with Alex’s line drawings from the paper being selected for the front cover of this prestigious journal. I have also been working closely with Gwen Hilles and Emma Gutierrez on a paper describing new species in the taxonomically-challenging genus Trenomyces, and with Abby Flaitz and Hannah Roden on new species of the genus Dimeromyces. Both of these papers are now well-advanced and will be submitted in the coming months.

I have continued to advise my 4 graduate students and have recruited 3 more who will be officially starting this coming fall. One of these, Hannah Roden, will be focusing on a new research thrust investigating the occurrence of a fatal disease of young lambs in County Donegal, Ireland. We initiated a preliminary field component of this research during May and early June 2019 and will be following this up with more detailed work in future years.

DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE I took on the position of temporary coordinator of the Environmental Education and Interpretation Major this past spring (Jan-May 2019) and have enjoyed interacting with and advising our cohort of students in this major. I have also continued to oversee digitization of our important mycological collections at the college. This work has been funded by NSF through July 2018. To date we have digitized more than 11,000 items. I have also continued in my role as curator of the Plant and Fungal Herbaria at ESF and have facilitated both loans and scientific visits to the collections. This past year we hosted the board members of the NY Flora Association and our own ESF Botany Club. There have been a good number of loan requests processed and we (with Nancy Walker-Kopp) have also been involved with general re-organization of the collections.

SELF I continue to really enjoy the teaching aspect of my work here and have been thrilled at the enrollments in all of my classes and the general level of interest from students. I have also had a good research year with the completion of 3 papers (2 published and 1 submitted and in review). Two additional papers (primarily co-authored with undergraduates) are at an advanced stage and will be submitted in the coming months. I am excited to take on an additional 3 graduate students this fall, and to develop and broaden my research program with their input.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

This coming fall I have agreed to teach and coordinate the EFB 210 Diversity of Life I course in addition to my regular offering in EFB 440/640 Mycology. I have initiated a new research project on a fatal disease of young lambs in County Donegal, Ireland and will build on this work through the course of the upcoming academic year with a grant proposal submission to the USDA/Ireland NIFA program. I am also hopeful of finishing up 3 or 4 additional manuscripts and, of course, initiating some new research projects with incoming graduate students.

Whipps

Students I advise students in several majors, but most are from ENB and BTC, and many of these are pre-vet or pre-med. I am also the pre-vet club advisor. I currently mentor a CSTEP student as well. I had 5 undergraduate students working on research projects in my lab this year. I’m pleased with the progress and development of all these students as they learn how to work in a lab and conduct research. In all cases, I help with skill development, or career specific guidance on internships and research experiences. As part of this advising and mentoring, I wrote over 15 letter of support for students on internships and job applications. This year, I started a new PhD student, Andrew Janik, who is focusing his research on zebrafish diseases. Four of the publications listed above involved my students or a student I mentored informally at ESF. In my classes, General Biology II and Parasitology, I have generally found an approach that works well for most students to achieve learning outcomes. With EFB453 (Parasitology), I use case studies, class discussions, and student selected projects. In the student projects, students investigate a topic of their interest in a multi-step process, requiring research summaries, and peer review of their draft reports prior to my final evaluation. In EFB103, General Biology II, I continue to use case studies as a tool for delving more deeply into certain subjects, and I tried a new classroom response system this year which worked well.

Department/College A significant time commitment for me to the department and college is being chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). At ESF, the chair of the IACUC also acts as coordinator and manager of the program, and we currently have oversight of 26 different protocols. The IACUC also ensures ESF is compliant with federal regulations so that the college can continue to accept awards that involve vertebrate animals. As the time window for this report closes, EFB is currently searching for a new Animal Physiologist. I am serving on this committee, even into the summer. I also direct the SUNY Center for Applied Microbiology, and we are developing our capacity to carry out research in Lyme disease. 80

Self This year I was promoted to Professor (to take effect in the Fall), so I was pleased to reach this milestone. I dedicated a lot of time to catching up on publications, with 9 items either published, in press, or in review as of this report. I also had a heavy load as Associate Editor of the Journal of Parasitology and Section Editor for Parasitology Research. Collectively, I handled 25 submissions in this reporting period. For some submissions, I spent significant time to edit and assist non- English speaking authors with their papers. I was also a reviewer for 13 manuscripts from various journals. Last summer, I was invited to Mount Sinai hospital in New York City to teach a course on diseases of zebrafish for their research staff. This was well attended and provided a template for continuing this kind of work at other facilities.

FUTURE PLANS, AMBITIONS, AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR YOUR OWN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE PROGRAM IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOREST BIOLOGY (brief summary)

Many of my future plans involve continuing with the progress already made in the items listed above. With teaching, in EFB103 I will be implementing a new textbook and online learning platform this year. That will take some ramping up time, but I believe this will be a benefit for students. In Parasitology, I’ll continue to build on existing labs and case studies, but much of the other materials are worked out. I’ll be taking on the BTC132 Orientation course this coming fall, so look forward to developing that, and building on what previous instructors have done. With research, there are several large-scale experiments planned for the lab, so these will require attention. Undergraduate students will need guidance as their research develops and projects take shape. In a collaborative project with Brian Leydet, we plan to evaluate zebrafish as a mode for early infection with the Lyme disease bacterium. I have 2 review papers and 4-6 others that I hope to get out over the next year. I am also working on grant with a colleague to study diversity of fish parasites. With service, I expect the IACUC will continue to dominate my time. I hope to develop a new protocol form which will save PIs and the IACUC a bit of time by avoiding common issues that arise in review of animal protocols. I have been serving on the Animal Physiology search and hope to see that successfully wrap up soon.

Appendix C. Faculty Publications (published or in press)

Books

Leopold, D.J. and L.J. Musselman. Wildflowers of the Adirondacks. Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD (in press)

Book Chapters

Do Linh San, E., J.J. Sato, J.L. Belant, and M.J. Somers, editors. In press. Small carnivore evolution, ecology, behaviour and conservation. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. Gantchoff, M.G., N.S. Libal, and J.L. Belant. In press. Small carnivore introductions: ecological and biological correlates of success. Pages XX-XX in: Do Linh San, E., J.J. Sato, J.L. Belant, and M.J. Somers, editors. Small carnivore evolution, ecology, behaviour and conservation. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. Millspaugh, J.J., C.T. Rota, T.W. Bonnot, R.A. Montgomery, J.L. Belant, C.R. Ayers, R.A. Gitzen, D.A. Eads, D.C. Kesler, and C. Bodinof. In press. Analysis of resource selection. Pages xx-xx in D. Murray and B. Sandercock, editors. Population ecology in practice: underused, misused, and abused methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Rota, C.T., J.J. Millspaugh, T.W. Bonnot, R.A. Montgomery, J.L. Belant, C.R. Ayers, R.A. Gitzen, D.A. Eads, D.C. Kesler, and C. Bodinof. In press. Analysis of resource selection: web exercises. Pages xx-xx in D. Murray and B. Sandercock, editors. Population ecology in practice: underused, misused, and abused methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Diemont, S.A.W., T. Toland, 2019. Urban design toward more holistic systems: improving discipline integration and sustainability evaluation. In M. Hall, S. Balogh (eds.), Urban Ecology, Springer. Diemont, S.A.W., L. Soto Pinto, G. Jimenez, 2019. An overview of agroforestry and its relevance in the Mexican context. In S. Jose (ed.) North American Agroforestry, 3rd edition, accepted.

Gibbs, J.P., Buff, M.F. and Cosentino, B.J., 2019. The biological system—Urban wildlife, adaptation, and evolution: Urbanization as a driver of contemporary evolution in gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). In Understanding Urban Ecology (pp. 269-286). Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Powell WA, Newhouse AE, Coffey V. 2019. Developing blight-tolerant American chestnut trees., In Perspectives on Engineering Plant for Agriculture, P. Arnold Editor, Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol, doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a034587

Gurdak, D.J., C.C. Arantes, L. Castello, D.J. Stewart, and L.C. Watson. In Press, 2019. Evidence of Recoveries from Tropical Floodplain Fisheries: Three Examples of Management Gains for South American Giant Arapaima. In: From Catastrophe to Recovery: Stories of Fishery Management Success. C.C. Krueger, W.W. Taylor, and S.-J. Youn (Editors). American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MA.

Appendix C. Faculty Publications (published or in press)

Belant Alatawi, A., F. Bled, and J.L. Belant. In press. Anthropogenic and environmental effects on avian species richness and occurrence in Aldesa Valley, Saudi Arabia. Acta Ornithologica. Belant, J.L., F. Bled, I.J. Mkasanga, C.M. Wilton, S.B. Mwampeta, D.E. Beyer Jr., W. Mwakilema, R. Fyumagwa. 2019. Track surveys do not provide accurate or precise lion density estimates in Serengeti. Global Ecology and Conservation. 20:e00651. Bled, F., and J.L. Belant. 2019. DemetR: a Bayesian population simulation web-application for harvest management. Ursus. 29:82-92. Croose, E., F. Bled, N.L. Fowler, D.E. Beyer, and J.L. Belant. 2019. American marten and fisher do not segregate in space and time during winter in a mixed-forest system. Ecology and Evolution 9:4906-4916. Farrell, A., G. Wang, S. Rush, J. Martin, J.L Belant, A. Butler, and D. Godwin. 2019. Machine learning of large-scale spatial distributions of wild turkeys with high-dimensional environmental data. Ecology and Evolution 9:5938-5949. Fowler, N.L., D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2019. Non-linear relationships between human activities and wolf livestock depredations. Biological Conservation 236:385-392. Gantchoff, M.G., D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2019. Reproductive class influences risk tolerance during denning and spring for American black bears. Ecosphere 10:e02705. Gantchoff, M.G., L. Conlee, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Conservation implications of sex-specific landscape suitability for a large generalist carnivore. Diversity and Distributions. 25:in press. Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, G. Wang, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Anthropogenic mammal mortality increases with the human footprint. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17:in press. Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. 2019. Cause-specific mortality of the world’s terrestrial vertebrates. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28:680-689. Iglay, R. B., T. J. Conkling, T. L. DeVault, J. L. Belant, and J. A. Martin. 2019. Forage or biofuel: assessing native warm season grass production among seed mixes and harvest frequencies. Southeastern Naturalist: 18:1-18. Kautz, T.M., J.L. Belant, D.E Beyer, Jr., B.K. Strickland, T. R. Petroelje*, and R. Sollmann. 2019. Predator densities and white-tailed deer fawn survival in a four-predator system. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:in press. Michel, E.S., S. Demarais, B.K. Strickland, and J.L. Belant. In press. Body mass, not parity, influences reproductive tactics for a long-lived cervid mother. Journal of Mammalogy. Noonan, M.J., M.A. Tucker, C.H. Fleming, T. Akre, S.C. Alberts, A.H. Ali, J. Altmann, P.C. Antunes, J.L. Belant, D. Berens, D. Beyer, N. Blaum, K. Bohning-Gaese, L. Cullen, Jr., R.C. de Paula, J. Dekker, J. Drescher-Lehman, N. Farwig, C. Fichtel, C. Fischer, A. Ford, J.R. Goheen, R. Janssen, F. Jeltsch, M. Kauffman, P. Kappeler, F. Koch, S. LaPoint, A.C. Markham, E.P. Medici, R.G. Morato, R. Nathan, L.G.R. Loiveira-Santos, K.A. Olson, B.D. Patterson, A. Paviolo, E.E. Ramalho, S. Roesner, N. Selva, A. Sergiel, M.X. Silva, O. Spiegel, P. Thompson, W. Ullmann, F. Xieba, T. Zwijacz-Kozica, W.F. Fagan, T. Mueller, and J.M. Calabrese. 2018. A comprehensive analysis of autocorrelation and bias in home range estimation. Ecological Monographs. 89:e01344. Svoboda, N.J., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.F. Duquette, and P.E. Lederle. 2019. Carnivore space use shifts in response to seasonal resource availability. Ecosphere 10:in press. Alatawi, A., F. Bled, and J.L. Belant. 2018. First inventory of terrestrial vertebrates in Aldesa Valley, Saudi Arabia. Check List. 14:743-750. Conkling, T.J., J.L. Belant, T.L. DeVault, and J.A. Martin. 2018. Impacts of bioenergy production at airports on bird conservation and aviation strike risk. Ecological Applications 28:1168-1181. 83

Gantchoff, M.G., G. Wang, D.E. Beyer, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Scale-dependent home range optimality for a solitary omnivore. Ecology and Evolution 8:12271-12282. Gantchoff, M.G., C.M. Wilton, and J.L. Belant. 2018. Environmental and anthropogenic factors predict alien species richness in Argentina's National Parks System. PeerJ. 6:e5514. Hilderbrand, G.V., D.D. Gustine, B. Mangipane, K. Joly, W. Leacock, L. Stutzman, J. Erlenbach, M.S. Sorum, M.D. Cameron, J.L. Belant, T. Cambier. 2018. Plasticity in physiological condition of brown bears across diverse ecosystems. Polar Biology 43:773-780. Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers. Ecology and Evolution 8:2518- 2526. Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, J.C. Beasley, O.E. Rhodes, Jr., and J.L. Belant. 2018. Roads do not increase carrion use by a vertebrate scavenging community. Scientific Reports. 8:e16331. Iglay, R. B., K. B. Schwarz, J. L. Belant, J. A. Martin, G. Wang, and T. L. DeVault. 2018. Large mammal use of semi-natural grasslands and implications for aviation strike risk. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9:222-227. Katuwal, J.B., H.P. Sharma, P.L. Shaner, R. Gurung, V. Thapa, T.G. Magar, T.B. Gurung, K. Parajuli, M.B. Gurung, H. Basnet, S. Koirala, M.S. Ghimire, S. Yadav, J.L. Belant, K. Shah. 2018. Updating spatial information of 27 mammal species in Nepal. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 28:1735-1745. Mangipane, L.A., J.L Belant, D.J.R. Lafferty, D.D. Gustine, T.L. Hiller, M.E. Colvin, B.A. Mangipane, G.V. Hilderbrand. 2018. Dietary plasticity in a nutrient-rich system does not influence brown bear body condition or denning. Polar Biology 41:763-772. McFadden-Hiller, J. and J.L. Belant. 2018. Spatiotemporal shifts in range and distribution of a recolonizing black bear population. Ecosphere. 9:e02375. Murphy, S.M., J.S. Laufenberg, J.D. Clark, M. Davidson, J.L. Belant, and D.L. Garshelis. 2018. Genetic diversity, effective population size, and structure among black bear populations in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA. Conservation Genetics 19:1055-1067. Norton, D.C., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.G. Bruggink. 2018. Female American black bears do not alter space use or movements to reduce infanticide risk. Plos One. 13:e0203651. Scharf, A.K., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., M. Wikelski, and K. Safi. 2018. Habitat suitability cannot capture the essence of animal-defined corridors. Movement Ecology. 6:18.

Cohen Stantial ML, Cohen JB, Loring PH, Paton PWC. In press. Radio transmitters did not affect apparent survival rates of adult piping plovers. Waterbirds. Cheeseman AE, Cohen JB, Whipps CM, Kovach AI, Ryan SJ. In press. Hierarchical population structure of a rare lagomorph indicates recent fragmentation has disrupted metapopulation function. Conservation Genetics. Grant DM, Cohen JB, Stantial ML, Linhart R. In press. Substrate-level nest site selection of sympatric Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) and American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) in New Jersey, USA. Waterbirds. Cheeseman AE, Cohen JB, Ryan SJ, Whipps CM. 2019. Determinants of home range size of imperiled New England and introduced eastern cottontails. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97: 516-523. Davis KL, Karpanty SM, Spendelow JA, Cohen JB, Althouse MA, Parsons KC, Luttazi CF. 2019. Begging behavior as an honest signal of need and parent–offspring association during the postfledging dependency period. Ecology and Evolution ece3.5279.

Goldspiel HB, Cohen JB, McGee GG, Gibbs JP. 2019. Forest land-use history affects outcomes of habitat augmentation for amphibian conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation e00686. Gibson D, Hornsby A, Brown MB, Cohen JB, Dinan LR, Fraser JD, Friedrich MJ, Gratto-Trevor CL, Hunt KL, Jeffery M, Jorgensen JG, Paton PWC, Rock J, Stantial M, Weithman C, Catlin DH. 2019. Migratory shorebird adheres to Bergmann's Rule by responding to environmental conditions through the annual lifecycle. Ecography. In Press. Whipps CM, Gavard EJ, Cohen J, Ryan SJ. 2019. Gastrointestinal parasites of the New England cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and eastern cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) in the Hudson Valley, New York. Parasitology Research. In Press. Peach MA, Cohen JB, Frair JL, Zuckerberg B, Sullivan P, Porter WF, Lang C. 2019. Value of protected areas to avian persistence across 20 years of climate and landuse change. Conservation Biology 33:423-433. Durkin MM, Cohen JB. 2019. Estimating avian road mortality in a single observer robust design framework. Journal of Wildlife Management 83:100-108. Althouse MA, Cohen JB, Karpanty SM, Spendelow JA, Davis KL, Parsons KC, Luttazi CF. 2019. Evaluating response distances to develop buffer zones for staging terns. Journal of Wildlife Management. 83:260-271.

Diemont *Bunge, A., S.AW. Diemont, J.A. Bunge., S. Harris, S., 2019. Urban foraging for food security and sovereignty: quantifying edible forest yield in Syracuse, New York using four common fruit-and nut-producing street tree species. Journal of Urban Ecology, 5(1), p.juy028. *Falkowski, T.B., A. Chankin, S.A.W. Diemont, *R.W. Pedian, 2019. More than just corn and calories: A comprehensive assessment of a traditional Lacandon Maya milpa harvest’s nutritional content. Food Security 11 (2): 389–404. *Falkowski, T.B., D. Douterlungne, A. Chankin, A., S.A.W. Diemont, 2018. Effects of five Lacandon Maya agroforestry trees on soil nematode trophic group composition and successional dynamics. Agroforestry Systems doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0330-7. *Falkowski, TB, A. Chankin, S.A.W. Diemont. Successional changes in vegetation and litter structure in traditional Lacandon Maya agroforests. Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems, revised manuscript in review.

Dovciak Berdugo MB, Dovciak M. 2019. Bryophytes in fir waves: Forest canopy indicator species and functional diversity decline in canopy gaps. Journal of Vegetation Science 30: 235–246. Zarfos MR, Dovciak M, Lawrence GB, McDonnell TC, Sullivan TJ. 2019. Plant richness and composition in hardwood forest understories vary along an acidic deposition and soil-chemical gradient in northeastern United States. Plant and Soil 438, 461–477. Stašiov S, Kubovčík V, Čiliak M, Diviaková A, Lukáčik I, Pätoprstý V, Dovciak M. 2019. Heterogeneity in millipede communities (Diplopoda) within a forest–forest edge–meadow habitat complex. Acta Oecologica 98, 6–13. Parobeková Z, Bugala M, Kardoš M, Dovciak M, Lukáčik I, Saniga M. 2018. Long-term changes in dwarf pine (Pinus mugo Turra) cover and growth in the Orava Beskid Mountains, Slovakia. Mountain Research and Development 38: 342-353.

Farrell, J. Goretzke, M. Windle, J.M. Farrell. (In press). Range Expansion of the Western Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris Heckel, 1837) in eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. BioInvasion Records. Walton-Rabideau, Lédée, E. J. I., J. P. Leblanc, P. Szekeres, J. D. Midwood, A. J. Gallagher, J. M. Farrell, and Steven J. Cooke. (In press) Spatiotemporal ecology of juvenile Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in upper St. Lawrence River nursery bays. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. Walton-Rabideau, S.E., Newell, M., Jeanson, A.L., Lédée, E. J. I., Farrell, J. M., S. J. Cooke (In press) Evaluation of tag retention, healing, growth and behavior in age-0 muskellunge Esox masquinongy following acoustic transmitter implantation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Getchell, R. G., First, E. J., Bogdanowicz, S. M., Andrés, J. A., Schulman, A. T., Kramer, J., Eckerlin, G. E., Farrell, J. M., and H. Marquis. (In press) Investigation of round goby viral hemorrhagic septicemia outbreak in New York. Journal of Fish Diseases. Massa, E. A. and J. M. Farrell. (In press) Improving habitat connectivity in a Typha-dominated wetland shows increased larval northern pike survival. Wetlands. Neveldine, B., Leblanc, J. P., J. M. Farrell, online first, Vegetation response and juvenile northern pike (Esox lucius) outmigration following connectivity enhancement of a Typha dominated coastal wetland. Wetlands. Miano, A. J., Leblanc, J. P., J. M. Farrell. 2019. Laboratory evaluation of spawning substrate type on potential egg predation by round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Journal of Great Lakes Research 45:390-393 Rougemont, Q., Carrier, A., Leluyer, J., Ferchaud, A-L., Farrell, J.M., Hatin, D., Brodeur, P., Bernatchez, L., 2019. Combining population genomics and forward simulations to investigate stocking impacts: A case study of Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) from the St. Lawrence River basin. Evolutionary Applications 1–21.doi: 10.1111/eva.12765 (COVER ARTICLE) Massa, E. A. and J. M. Farrell. 2019. Prey selection by larval northern pike (Esox lucius) exposed to different zooplankton assemblages representing seasonally flooded wetland and nearshore bay habitats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64: 1200-1213. Foubert, A., C. Le Pichon, M. Mingelbier, J. M. Farrell, J. Morin, F. Lecomte. 2019. Modeling the effective spawning and nursery habitats of northern pike within a large spatiotemporally variable river landscape (St. Lawrence River, Canada). Limnol. Oceanogr. 64, 803-819. doi: 10.1002/lno.11075

Farrell, S.

Kilheffer, C, K, Underwood, H. B., Raphael, J., Ries, L., Farrell, S., Leopold, D. Deer do not affect short-term rates of vegetation recovery in overwash fans on Fire Island after Hurricane Sandy. Ecology and Evolution:in press.

Fernando Salazar AM and Fernando DD. Predicted function, subcellular localization and expression patterns of genes encoding secretory proteins associated with pine pollen germination. Tree Genetics & Genomes 15:9.

Fierke N. Peidmonte, S. Shaw, M.A. Prusinski, M.K. Fierke. Landscape Features Associated with Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Density and Tick-borne Pathogen Prevalence at Multiple Spatial Scales in Central New York State. J Medical Entomology. 44: 1496–1508. G. Tumminello, T. Volk, S. McArt, M.K. Fierke. Maximizing pollinator diversity in willow biomass plantings: A comparison among willow sex and pedigrees. Biomass and Bioenergy. 117: 124–130. C.A. Bondi, C.M. Beier, M.K. Fierke, P.K. Ducey. The role of feeding strategy in the tolerance of a terrestrial salamander (Plethodon cinereus) to biogeochemical changes in northern hardwood forests. Canadian J Zoology. 97 (4) 281–293. M.I. Jones, J.R. Gould, M.L. Warden, M.K. Fierke. Dispersal of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) parasitoids along a linear ash corridor in western New York. Biological Control.128: 94–101. M.I. Jones, J.R. Gould, M.L. Warden, M.K. Fierke. Phenology of emerald ash borer and its introduced larval parasitoids in the Northeastern United States. J Economic Entomology. In revision.

Frair Bastille-Rousseau, F., C.B. Yackulic, J.P. Gibbs, J.L. Frair, F. Cabrera, and S. Blake (2019) Migration triggers in a large herbivore: Galápagos giant tortoises navigating resource gradients on volcanoes. Ecology, early view (e02658). ** Article spotlighted on the journal cover.

Berkman, L.K., J.L. Frair, P.E. Marquardt, D.M. Donner, J.C. Kilgo, and C.M. Whipps (2019) Spatial genetic analysis of coyotes in New York State. Wildlife Society Bull., 43(1):21-30.

Peach, M.A., J.B. Cohen, J.L. Frair, B. Zuckerberg, P.J. Sullivan, W.F. Porter, and C. Lang (2019) The value of protected areas to avian persistence across 20 years of climate and land use change. Conservation Biology, 33(2):423-433.

Fuda, R.K., S.J. Ryan, J.B. Cohen, J. Hartter, and J.L. Frair (2018) Assessing the impacts of oil exploration and restoration on mammals in Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Uganda. African Journal of Ecology, 56(4):804-817. ** Article highlighted as a “top 20 most read paper” from this journal in 2017-18.

Gibbs Bastille-Rousseau, G., Yackulic, C.B., Gibbs, J.P., Frair, J.L., Cabrera, F. and Blake, S., 2019. Migration triggers in a large herbivore: Galápagos giant tortoises navigating resource gradients on volcanoes. Ecology, p.e02658. (cover) Goldspiel, H., J. Cohen, G. McGee, J. P. Gibbs. 2019. Forest land-use history affects outcomes of habitat augmentation for amphibian conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation (In press) Goldspiel, H.B., Newhouse, A.E., Powell, W.A. and Gibbs, J.P., 2019. Effects of transgenic American chestnut leaf litter on growth and survival of wood frog larvae. Restoration Ecology, 27(2), pp.371-378.

Iegorova, L., Gibbs, J. P., Mountrakis, G., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Paltsyn, M., Ayatkhan, A., Baylagasov, L., Robertus, Y. and Chelyshev, A., 2019. Rangeland vegetation dynamics in the Altai Mountain region of Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan and China: Effects of climate, topography, and socio-political context on livestock herding practices. Environmental Research Letters (In press). Jensen, E.L., Edwards, D.L., Garrick, R.C., Miller, J.M., Gibbs, J.P., Cayot, L.J., Tapia, W., Caccone, A. and Russello, M.A., 2018. Population genomics through time provides insights into the consequences of decline and rapid demographic recovery through headstarting in a Galapagos giant tortoise. Evolutionary Applications, 11(10), pp.1811-1821. Miller, J.M., Quinzin, M.C., Edwards, D.L., Eaton, D.A., Jensen, E.L., Russello, M.A., Gibbs, J.P., Tapia, W., Rueda, D. and Caccone, A., 2018. Genome-wide assessment of diversity and divergence among extant Galapagos giant tortoise species. Journal of Heredity, 109(6), pp.611- 619. Norris, D., Michalski, F. and Gibbs, J.P., 2018. Beyond harm’s reach? Submersion of river turtle nesting areas and implications for restoration actions after Amazon hydropower development. PeerJ, 6, p.e4228. Norris, D., Michalski, F. and Gibbs, J.P., 2018. Community involvement works where enforcement fails: Conservation success through community-based management of Amazon river turtle nests. PeerJ, 6, p.e4856. Norris, D., Peres, C.A., Michalski, F. and Gibbs, J.P., 2019. Prospects for freshwater turtle population recovery are catalyzed by pan-Amazonian community-based management. Biological Conservation, 233, pp.51-60. Paltsyn, M.Y., Gibbs, J.P. and Mountrakis, G., 2019. Integrating traditional ecological knowledge and remote sensing for monitoring rangeland dynamics in the Altai Mountain region. Environmental Management (In press). Quintana, I., Norris, D., Valerio, A., Becker, F.G., Gibbs, J.P. and Michalski, F. 2019. Nest removal by humans creates an evolutionary trap for Amazonian freshwater turtles. Journal of Zoology (In press). Víctor Quesada, Sandra Freitas-Rodríguez, Joshua Miller, José G. Pérez-Silva, Zi-Feng Jiang, Washington Tapia, Olaya Santiago-Fernández, Diana Campos-Iglesias, Lukas F. K. Kuderna, Maud Quinzin, Miguel G. Álvarez, Dido Carrero, Luciano B. Beheregaray, James P. Gibbs, Ylenia Chiari, Scott Glaberman, Claudio Ciofi, Miguel Araujo-Voces, Pablo Mayoral, Javier R. Arango, Isaac Tamargo-Gómez, David Roiz-Valle, María Pascual-Torner, Benjamin R. Evans, Danielle L. Edwards, Ryan C. Garrick, Michael A. Russello, Nikos Poulakakis, Stephen J. Gaughran, Danny O. Rueda, Gabriel Bretones, Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, Kevin P. White, Adalgisa Caccone & Carlos López-Otín. 2019. Giant tortoise genomes provide insights into longevity and age-related disease. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(1), p.87-95.

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Horton

Newhouse A, Oaks AD, Pilkey HC, Roden HE, Horton TR, Powell WA (Published online July 19, 2018) Transgenic American Chestnuts Do Not Inhibit Germination of Native Seeds or Colonization of Mycorrhizal Fungi. Frontiers in Plant Science. | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01046

Dowie NJ, Gans MR, Grubisha LC, Massicotte HB, Tackberry L, Garibay-Orijel R, Horton TR, Klooster MR, Miller SL (In review) Unearthing cryptic ecological specificity and speciation in complex tripartite mycoheterotroph symbioses. New Phytologist.

Kimmerer - none

Leopold

Kilheffer, C., H.B. Underwood, L. Ries, J. Raphael, and D.J. Leopold. Effects of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus borealis) exclusion on plant recovery in overwash fans after a catastrophic coastal storm. AoB Plants (in press). Kilheffer, C., H.B. Underwood, J. Raphael, L. Ries, S. Farrell, and D.J. Leopold. 2019. Deer do not affect short-term rates of vegetation recovery in overwash fans on Fire Island after Hurricane Sandy. Ecology and Evolution (in press). Mattingly, K.Z., J.J. Wiley, and D.J. Leopold. 2019. Invasive species removal promotes habitat restoration but does improve the condition of a threatened plant subspecies. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (in press). Smith, R.L. and D.J. Leopold. Effects and interactions of multiple variables on the plant species richness and diversity in northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) swamps of northern New York. Natural Areas Journal (in review beginning April 2019).

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Limburg Avigliano, E., B. M. de Carvalho, N. Miller, S. C. Gironde, A. Tombari, K. Limburg, and A.V. Volpedo. 2019. Fin spine chemistry as a non-lethal alternative to otoliths for habitat and stock discrimination: comparison between structures for an endangered catfish species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 614: 147-157. DOI: 10.3354/meps12895. Evans*, T.M., and K.E. Limburg. 2019 Online First. Parasitism offers large rewards but carries high risks: Predicting parasitic strategies under different life history conditions in lampreys. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI:10.1111/jeb.13481 Nack*, C.C., D.P. Swaney, and K.E. Limburg. 2019 in press. Historical and future changes in spawning phenologies of American Shad and Striped Bass in the Hudson River Estuary. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. Limburg, K.E., and M. Casini. 2018. Effect of marine hypoxia on Baltic Sea cod Gadus morhua: evidence from otolith chemical proxies. Frontiers in Marine Science 5: 482. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00482

Lomolino

van der Geer, A. A. E., M. V. Lomolino and G. Lyras. 2018. ‘On being the right size’* – Do aliens follow the rules? Journal of Biogeography 2018:1–15. Lomolino, M. V. 2018. On teaching “… that grand subject …” Frontiers of Biogeography 2018, 10.1-2, e37812

McGee McGee, G.G., M.E. Cardon and D.H. Kiernan. 2019. Variation in sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marshall) bark and stemflow characteristics: implications for epiphytic bryophyte communities. Northeastern Naturalist 26(1):214-235. Goldspiel, H.B., J.B. Cohen, G.G. McGee and J.P. Gibbs. In press. Forst land-use history affects outcomes of habitat augmentation for amphibian conservation. Global Ecology and Conservation. Kiel, N.G., G.R. Griffiths and G.G. McGee. In revision. Can disruption of an ant-plant mutualism explain lack of recovery of forest herbs in post-agricultural forests of New York? Northeastern Naturalist.

Newman A. Noori, T. Donnelly, J. Colbert, W. Cai, L.A. Newman and J. C. White. Exposure of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) to silver nanoparticles and siler nitrate: physiological and molecular response. 2019. International Journal of Phytoremediation. Accepted.

Parry Brown, A.A., A. Newhouse, WA Powell and D. Parry. Comparative Efficacy of Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Entomopathogens on Transgenic Blight-tolerant and Wild-type American, Chinese, and Hybrid Chestnuts (Fagales: Fagaceae). Insect Science (Impact 2.026). In Press. Friedline, CJ., TM. Faske, EM. Hobson, BM. Lind, D. Parry, RJ. Dyer, DM. Johnson, LM. Thompson, KL. Grayson, and AJ. Eckert. 2019. Evolutionary genomics of gypsy moth populations sampled along a latitudinal gradient. Molecular Ecology 28: 2206-2223 (Impact 6.131). Faske, TM, LM Thompson, N Banahene, A Levorse, M Quiroga Herrera, K Sherman; SE Timko, B Yang; DR Gray; D Parry; PC Tobin, AJ Eckert; DM Johnson; KL Grayson. 2018. Can gypsy moth stand the heat? A reciprocal transplant experiment with an invasive forest pest across its southern range margin. Biological Invasions 21: 1365-1378 (Impact 3.054). Leuenberger, W.L., E. Larsen, J. Leuenberger, and D. Parry. 2019. Predation on Plasticine Model Caterpillars: Engaging High School Students using Field-Based Experiential Learning and the Scientific Process. The American Biology Teacher 81:334-339 (Impact 0.32) Hinman, E., J. Fridely, D. Parry. 2019. Plant defense against generalist herbivores in the forest understory: a phylogenetic comparison of native and invasive species. Biological Invasions, 21: 1269-1281. (Impact 3.054). Haynes, K.J, J. Tardif, and D. Parry. 2018. Drought and surfacelevel solar radiation predict the severity of outbreaks of a widespread defoliating insect. Ecosphere, 9(8), p.e02387. (Impact 2.49)

Powell Brown, A.J., Newhouse, A.E., Powell, W.A. and Parry, D. 2019 Comparative Efficacy of Gypsy Moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) Entomopathogens on Transgenic Blight-tolerant and Wild-type American, Chinese, and Hybrid Chestnuts (Fagales: Fagaceae), Insect Science (accepted pending revision) Westbrook, J., Holliday, J., Newhouse, A., and Powell, W. 2019. A plan to diversify a transgenic blight-tolerant American chestnut population using citizen science. Plants, People, Planet (in press) Goldspiel, H. B., Newhouse, A. E., Powell, W. A., & Gibbs, J. P. (2019). Effects of transgenic American chestnut leaf litter on growth and survival of wood frog larvae. Restoration Ecology, 27:371-378 https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12879 Chang, S., Mahon, E. L., MacKay, H. A., Rottmann, W. H., Strauss, S. H., Pijut, P. M., Powell, W.A., Coffey, V., Lu, H.,Mansfield, S.D., Jones, T. J. (2018). Genetic engineering of trees: progress and new horizons. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 54:341-376 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-018-9914-1 Newhouse, A. E., Oakes, A. D., Pilkey, H. C., Roden, H. E., Horton, T. R., & Powell, W. A. (2018). Transgenic American Chestnuts Do Not Inhibit Germination of Native Seeds or Colonization of Mycorrhizal Fungi. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9:1046. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01046

Razavi Razavi, N.R., Cushman S.F., Halfman, J.D., Massey, T., Beutner, R., and L.B. Cleckner (2019) Mercury bioaccumulation in stream food webs of the Finger Lakes in central New York State, USA. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 172:265–272

Ringler - None

Rundell Bullis, D.A.*, H.A. Herhold, J.E. Czekanski-Moir*, D. Grimaldi, and R.J. Rundell. Submitted. Diverse new tropical land snail species from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea, Assimineidae). Cretaceous Research (Impact factor: 2.046) Czekanski-Moir, J.E.* and R.J. Rundell. Accepted. Endless forms most stupid, icky, and small: the preponderance of non-charismatic invertebrates as integral to a biologically sound view of life. Ecology and Evolution (Accepted 7 Jan. 2019, minor revision) (Impact factor: 2.3) Czekanski-Moir, J.E.* and R.J. Rundell. 2019. The ecology of nonecological speciation and nonadaptive radiations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34(5): P400-415. (Impact factor: 15.938) Li, Z.*, G.P. Tiley, R.J. Rundell, and M.S. Barker. 2019. Reply to Nakatani and McLysaght: Analyzing deep duplication events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116: 1819-1820. (Impact factor: 9.504) Gilbertson, C.R.*, R.J. Rundell, and R. Niver. 2019. Determining diet and establishing a captive population of a rare endemic detritivore, the endangered Novisuccinea chittenangoensis (Pilsbry, 1908) (Pulmonata: Succineidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 85: 41-47. (Impact factor: 1.358)

Li, Z.*, G.P. Tiley*, S.R. Galuska**, C.R. Reardon**, T.I. Kidder**, R.J. Rundell, and M.S. Barker. 2018. Multiple large-scale gene and genome duplications during the evolution of hexapods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115: 4713-4718. (Impact factor: 9.504) * graduate student; **undergraduate student

Schulz - None

Schummer Lamb J. et al. In press. Spatially-explicit network analysis reveals multi-species annual-cycle movement patterns of sea ducks. Ecological Applications. Palumbo, M. D., S. A. Petrie, M. L. Schummer, B. Rubin, and S. Bonner. 2019. Mallard resource selection trade-offs in a heterogeneous environment during autumn and winter. Ecology and Evolution 9:1798-1808. Schummer, M. L., A. M. Smith. R. M. Kaminski, K. Hunt, and H. Havens. 2019. Influence of achievement-oriented factors on hunt quality in Mississippi. Journal of the Southeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 6:129–135. Dyson, M., M. L. Schummer, T. Barney, H. Henry, and S. A. Petrie. 2018. Habitat selection and survival of wood duck broods and ducklings at Long Point, Ontario. Wildlife Society Bulletin 82: 1725-1735.

Stewart Gurdak, D.J., D.J. Stewart, L. Castello, and C.C. Arantes. 2019. Diversity in reproductive traits of arapaima (Arapaima spp., Müller, 1843) in Amazonian várzea floodplains: Conservation implications. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2019: 1-13, DOI: 10.1002/aqc.3030 Maitland, B.M., B.P. O’Malley and D.J. Stewart. 2019. Subsurface water piping prevents meromixis in a deep volcanic crater lake (Dominica, West Indies). Hydrobiologia [Published Online 22 June 2019]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-04000-7 Gurdak, D.J., C.C. Arantes, L. Castello, D.J. Stewart, and L.C. Watson. In Press, 2019. Evidence of Recoveries from Tropical Floodplain Fisheries: Three Examples of Management Gains for South American Giant Arapaima. In: From Catastrophe to Recovery: Stories of Fishery Management Success. C.C. Krueger, W.W. Taylor, and S.-J. Youn (Editors). American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MA.

Teale

Y Zou, L Hansen, T Xu, SA Teale, D Hao, JG Millar. 2019. Optimizing pheromone-based lures for the invasive red-necked longhorn beetle, Aromia bungii. Journal of Pest Science, 1-9 R Chen, X He, J Chen, T Gu, P Liu, T Xu, SA Teale, D Hao. 2018. Traumatic Resin Duct Development, Terpenoid Formation, and Related Synthase Gene Expression in Pinus massoniana Under Feeding Pressure of Monochamus alternatus Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 1-12.

Wier Kaishian, P. and Weir, A. (2018). New species of Prolixandromyces (Laboulbeniales) from South America.Mycologia 110: 222-229. Dogonniuck, A., Squires, TJ, and Weir, A. (2019). Studies on Dimorphomyceteae: I. New species of Nycteromyces and Dimeromyces (Laboulbeniales) on bat flies (Streblidae). Mycologia 111: 118-126.

Whipps

Whipps, C.M., Cheeseman, A.E., Lindsay, K.A.W., Cohen, J. (Accepted) Evaluation of Cottontail Pellets Collected in Suboptimal Conditions for DNA Analysis. Wildlife Society Bulletin Cheeseman, A.E., Cohen, J.B., Whipps, C.M., Kovach, A.I., Ryan, S.J. (In Press) Hierarchical population structure of a rare lagomorph indicates recent fragmentation has disrupted metapopulation function. Conservation Genetics Whipps, C.M., Gavard, E.J., Cohen, J., Ryan, S.J. (In Press) Gastrointestinal parasites of the New England cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) and eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in the Hudson Valley, New York. Parasitology Research Berkman, L. K., Frair, J. L., Marquardt, P. E., Donner, D. M., Kilgo, J. C., Whipps, C. M. 2019. Spatial genetic analysis of coyotes in New York State. Wildlife Society Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.960 Chang, C.T., Lewis, J., Whipps, C.M. 2019. Source or Sink: Examining the Role of Biofilms in Transmission of Mycobacterium spp. in Laboratory Zebrafish. Zebrafish. 16(2):197-206. Zhang, X., Liu, Y., Whipps, C.M., Guo, Q., Gu, Z. 2019. Multiple evolutionary routes of the single polar capsule in Thelohanellus species (Myxozoa; Myxobolidae). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 8:56-62. Cheeseman, A.E., Ryan, S.J., Whipps, C.M., Cohen, J.B. 2018. Competition alters seasonal resource selection and promotes use of invasive shrubs by an imperiled native cottontail. Ecology and Evolution. 8(22):11122-11133. (IF = 2.3) Youker-Smith, T., Boersch-Supan, P., Whipps, C.M., Arrigoni, J., Gibbs, J.P., Ryan, S.J. 2018. Environmental drivers of ranavirus in free living amphibians in constructed ponds. EcoHealth. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1350-5

Appendix D. Papers Submitted, In Review, Pending Decision

Belant

Belant, J.L., F. Bled, C.M. Wilton, I.J. Mkasanga, S.B. Mwampeta, W. Mwakilema, and R. Fyumagwa. In revision. Lion abundance in Serengeti is greater than expected. Royal Society Open Science.

Fazzalari, A., G. Basadonna, A. Kucukural, K. Tanriverdi, M. Koupenova, N. Possi, J. Kakuturu, A. Friedrich, R. Korstanje, N. Fowler, J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., M. Brooks, E.W. Dickson, A.J. Palesty, J. Freedman, and M.A. Cahan. In review. MicroRNA regulation of hemostasis in hibernating black bears: a novel translational approach.

Fowler, N.L., J.L. Belant, G. Wang, and B.D. Leopold. In review. Ecological plasticity of denning chronology by American black bears and brown bears.

Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. In review. CauseSpec: a database of global terrestrial vertebrate cause-specific mortality.

Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. In review. Protected areas reduce poaching but not overall anthropogenic mortality of North American mammals.

Hill, J.E., T.L. DeVault, and J.L. Belant. In review. Impact of the human footprint on anthropogenic mortality of North American reptiles and amphibians. Hoskinson, C., C.D. Hilton, D. Hewitt, A. Tri, J.L. Belant. In review. Serosurvey of select pathogens in free-ranging American black bears (Ursus americanus) in Mississippi.

Kautz, T.M., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., B.K. Strickland, and J.F. Duquette. In revision. Influence of biological and environmental conditions on winter survival of a northern ungulate: evidence for a late-winter survival bottleneck. Ecology and Evolution.

Mangipane, L.S., D.J.R. Lafferty, K. Joly, M.S. Sorum, M.D. Cameron, J.L. Belant, G.V. Hilderbrand, D.D. Gustine. In review. Dietary plasticity and the importance of salmon to brown bear body size and condition in a low arctic ecosystem.

Marable, M.K., G. Wang, R. Ogawa, D. Godwin, J.L. Belant, and M. McKinney. In review. Seasonal effects of weather on survival of translocated wild turkeys at the southern periphery of their range.

McKinney, M.R., G. Wang, J.L. Belant, K.D. Godwin, and J.A. Martin. In revision. Individual variation in fine-scale space use by translocated wild turkeys. Frontiers in Zoology.

Mwampeta, S.B., F.J. Magige, and J.L. Belant. In revision. Spatial and temporal overlap of caracals and servals in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology.

Norton, D.C., J.L. Belant, D.E. Beyer, Jr., J.G. Bruggink, N.J. Svoboda. In review. Effects of timber harvest on American black bear space use.

Petroelje, T.R., J.L. Belant, and D.E. Beyer, Jr., and N.J. Svoboda. In revision. Human subsidies alter behavior of an apex carnivore. Scientific Reports.

Wong, S.T., J.L. Belant, R. Sollmann, A. Mohamed, J. Niedballa, J. Mathai, G.M. Street, A. Wilting. In review. Influence of body mass, sociality, and movement behavior on improved detection probabilities when using a second camera trap.

Dovciak

Lesser MR ‡, Dovciak M, Wheat R, Curtis P, Smallidge P, Hurst J, Kramer D, Roberts M, Frair J. Modelling white-tailed deer impacts on forest regeneration to inform deer management options at landscape scales. Forest Ecology and Management. Submitted.

Farrell, J.

Gallo, B., J. M. Farrell, and B. Leydet. (Submitted) Fisheries and the Gut Microbiome: Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Microbial Ecology to Better Understand Fish-Microbe Interactions. Fisheries.

Farrell, S.

Fletcher, J. and S. L. Farrell. Habitat use of northern long-eared bats in a Northeastern coastal population. Journal of Mammaology In Review. Campomizzi, A. J., S. L. Farrell, K. Smith, and J. E. Groce. Assessing Potential Causes and Identifying Geographic Locations of Woodland Loss for Conservation Planning of the Endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. New submission to Scientific Reports.. in review

Leydet

*Farovitch L., Sippy R., Beltrán-Ayala E., Endy TP., Stewart-Ibarra AM., Leydet Jr BF. Detection of Antibodies to Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae and Arboviral Co-infections in Febrile Individuals in 2014 – 2015 in Southern Coastal Ecuador. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (In review, Submitted 02/19, Re-submitted 05/19) *Gallo B., Farrell J., Leydet Jr BF. Fisheries and the Gut Microbiome: Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) and Microbial Ecology to Better Understand Fish-Microbe Interactions. Fisheries (In review, Submitted 05/19)

Limburg

Hauser, M., F. Duponchelle, T.W. Hermann, K.E. Limburg, L. Castello, D.J. Stewart, G. Torrente-Vilara, A. Garcia-Vasquez, C. Garcia-Davila, M. Pouilly, C. Pecheyran, E. Ponzevera, J.-F. Renno, A.S. Moret, and C.R.C. Doria. 2019 in review. Unmasking

continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon. Freshwater Biology. Limburg, K.E., and M. Casini. 2019 in review. Otolith chemistry indicates hypoxia exposure is linked to worsened Baltic cod condition. Biology Letters. Monteiro Pierce*, R., K.E. Limburg, D. Hanacek, and I. Valiela. 2019 in review following revision. Effects of urbanization of coastal watersheds on growth and condition of juvenile alewives in New England. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Newman S. Wolcott, D. Carter, T. Endreny, and L.A. Newman. Suitability of micro-green, ornamental, and legume plants in green walls used to pre-treat brewery wastewater. 2019. Ecological Engineering. Submitted.

Parry Bonello, E; Campbell, F; Cipollini, D.; Conrad, A.; Farinas, C.; Gandhi, K; Hain, F; Parry, D.; Showalter, D.; Villari, C.; Wallin, K. Invasive tree pests devastate ecosystems – Time to fix a flawed response framework. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Submitted. (Authorship alphabetical after first author) (Impact 8.320)

Schulz Holmes, C.J., Z. Rapti, J.H. Pantel, K.L. Schulz and C.E. Cáceres. Patch centrality and network connectivity affect metapopulation dynamics in small freshwater ponds. Submitted to Theoretical Ecology. Brainard, A.S., V.A. Ludzadis, and K.L. Schulz. Drivers of richness, biomass and dominance of invasive macrophytes in temperate lakes. Submitted to Biological Invasions

Schummer

Bleau, A. J., J. B. Cohen, M. L. Schummer, and B. L. Swift. Submitted. Factors affecting occupancy of mallards and American black ducks wintering in the Finger Lakes. Journal of Wildlife Management. Call, M. et al. Submitted. Surveys of waterbirds in the Darkhad Depression, Mongolia during summer and autumn. Wildfowl.

Stewart Hauser, M., F. Duponchelle, T.W. Hermann, K.E. Limburg, L. Castello, D.J. Stewart, G. Torrente- Vilara, A. García-Vásquez, C. García-Davila, M. Pouilly, C. Pecheyran, E. Ponzevera, J.-F. Renno, A.S. Moret, and C.R.C. Doria. In Review. Unmasking continental natal homing in goliath catfish from the upper Amazon. Submitted to: Freshwater Biology.

Teale T Xu, L Hansen, SA Teale. 2019. Female calling behaviour in the Asian longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Canadian Entomologist

Whipps Bauer, E.F., Whipps, C.M. (In Review) Smallmouth bass parasites in the St. Lawrence River, an ecosystem with hyper-abundant invasive prey. Parasitology Research

Appendix E. Papers/Posters Presented at Scientific Meetings

Belant, J.L., D.E. Beyer, Jr., N.L. Fowler, T.M. Kautz, and T.R. Petroelje. Apr 2019. White-tailed deer mortality in a multi-predator system. Eastern Black Bear Workshop. Potosi, Missouri, USA. Invited. Hill, J., T. DeVault, J. Beasley, O. Rhodes, Jr, and J.L. Belant. Aug 2018. Effects of vulture exclusion on carrion consumption by facultative scavengers. Ecological Society of America Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Oral. Hill, J., T. DeVault, J. Beasley, O. Rhodes, Jr, and J.L. Belant. Nov 2018. Roads do not increase carrion consumption by a vertebrate scavenging community. The Wildlife Society Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Oral. Finnegan, S., N. Svoboda, and J.L. Belant. Oct 2018. Brown bear resource use and energetics in a rapidly changing landscape. The Wildlife Society Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Poster. Gantchoff, M.G., Wang, G., Beyer, D., and Belant, J.L. Oct 2018. Scale-dependent home range optimality for a solitary omnivore. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Oral. Gantchoff, M.G., Conlee, L., and J.L. Belant. Apr 2019. Sex specific habitat suitability and connectivity for Missouri bears. Eastern Black Bear Workshop. Potosi, Missouri, USA. Oral. Kellner, K.F., and J.L. Belant. Mar 2019. Antler Point Restrictions in NY: preliminary results. NYS DEC Big Game Management Team Meeting, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.

Stantial ML, Cohen JB. Using miniaturized GPS tags to study breeding season habitat use and migration in threatened Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus). 42nd Meeting of The Waterbird Society. Vancouver, Canada. Stantial ML, Cohen JB. Using miniaturized GPS tags to study breeding season habitat use and migration in threatened Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus). 27th International Ornithological Congress. Vancouver, Canada. 3-minute speed talk. Stantial ML. Cohen JB. Using manual and automated telemetry for monitoring breeding Piping Plovers. Eastern Bird Banding Association Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY, April 2019. Eline D, Cheeseman A, Cohen J. Testing adaptive management to promote a native cottontail over a non-native competitor. New England Cottontail Technical Committee Meeting. January 2019. Great Barrington, CT. Eline D, Cheeseman A, Cohen J. Adaptive management to promote a native cottontail over a non- native competitor. American Society of Mammalogists. June 2019. Washington, DC. Poster. Cook A, Cohen J, Kocek A. Variations in tidal marsh sparrow nesting strategies in urban and island marshes: implications for restoration. Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies a 75th Annual Meeting. April 2019. Groton, CT. Poster. Kocek A, Elphick CS, Hodgman TP, Kovach AI, Olsen BJ, Ruskin KJ, Shriver WG, Cohen JB. Conservation of tidal marsh sparrows in an urban setting: how habitat selection and fitness compare to range wide patterns. Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies a 75th Annual Meeting. April 2019. Winner, Best Student Paper. Kocek A, Elphick CS, Hodgman TP, Kovach AI, Olsen BJ, Ruskin KJ, Shriver WG, Cohen JB. Conservation of tidal marsh sparrows in an urban setting: how habitat selection and fitness compare to range wide patterns. American Ornithologists Society Annual Meeting. June 2019. Anchorage, AK.

Durkin MM, Cohen JB. Demographic consequences of road mortality to Snowy Plovers at Gulf Islands National Seashore, FL. American Ornithologists Society Annual Meeting. June 2019. Anchorage, AK.

Diemont, S., Learning from the people and the land: traditional ecological knowledge toward restoration of ecosystems and of our connection with nature, October 11, 2018, Society for Ecological Restoration, New England Chapter, Conference, New Haven, CT, Keynote Talk. *Mokashi, S., S.A.W. Diemont, Forest gods and forest conservation: Local perceptions and management of village sacred forests in the Bhimashankar region, Western India, April 25, 2018, SU Life Sciences Research Symposium, Syracuse University.

Dovciak Zarfos MR*†, Dovciak M, Lawrence GB, McDonnell TC. 2019. Why is the composition of tree seedling communities shifting across the Adirondacks? Adirondack Research Forum, Old Forge, NY, March 6-7.

Farrell, J. Conklyn, A. L., J. M. Farrell and R. G. Getchell Seasonal condition and VHSV prevalence in the invasive round goby in the Upper St. Lawrence River. Annual Meeting New York Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 6-8, 2019. Gallo, B. D., Farrell, J. M., B. F. Leydet. 2018. The Fish Gut Microbiome: Use of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to Examine Gut Microbial Community Patterns Among Fishes and Sampling Habitat. 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ. August 19-23, 2018. (Finalist for best student paper award). Gallo, B. D., Farrell, J. M., B. F., Leydet. 2018. The Fish Gut Microbiome: Implications of Using of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to Examine Microbial Community Patterns and Bacterial Infections. American Society of Microbiologist 53rd Eastern NY Branch Annual Regional Meeting, Albany, NY. October 16, 2018 Goretzke, J.A., Farrell, J.M., and M.J.S Windle. 2019. Range expansion of the Western Tubenose Goby in the upper St. Lawrence River. Poster presented at: New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. 8 Feb 2019. Goretzke, J.A. and Farrell, J.M. Development of native fish and aquatic macrophyte assemblages in excavated coastal wetlands of the upper St. Lawrence River: New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. 9 Feb 2019. Pakzad I, Farrell JM, and R. Razavi. Mercury bioaccumulation and diet overlap of two invasive goby species in the St. Lawrence River. Annual Meeting New York Chapter American Fisheries Society (Poughkeepsie, NY, Feb 6-8, 2019. Walton-Rabideau, S.E., E.J.I. Lédée, J.P. Leblanc, P. Szekeres, J.D. Midwood, A.J. Gallagher, J.M. Farrell, and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Spatiotemporal ecology juvenile Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in upper St. Lawrence River nursery bays their inaugural fall and winter. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, London, Ontario.

Farrell, S. - None given.

D. Fernando - None given.

J. Gould, M.K. Fierke, J. Duan, L. Bauer. Introduced parasitoids for biological control of emerald ash borer in North America. International meeting10/1–4/2018: Preparing Europe for invasion by the beetles emerald ash borer and bronze birch borer, two major tree-killing pests, Vienna Austria. J. Gould, M.K. Fierke, J. Kaltenbach, F. Miller, M. Jones. Integrating biological control and insecticide treatments to control emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in urban environments. 2018 ESA/ESC/ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018). Nov.11–14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. M. Jones, M.K. Fierke, J. Gould. Phenology of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and its introduced parasitoids in New York State. 2018 ESA/ESC/ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018). Nov.11–14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. B. Rogers, J. Dean, M.K. Fierke. 2019. Developing and Maintaining the iMapInvasives Certified Trainers Network. Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts; Apr 2019. B. Rogers, J. Dean, M.K. Fierke. Following A Train-the-Trainer Model Approach for Branching Out. Citizen Science Association meeting, Apr. 2019, Raleigh, NC. M. Wybron, M. Schelsinger, M.K. Fierke. Habitat selection and dispersal of the northern barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela) in the Hudson valley, New York. Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts; Apr 2019. M. Wybron, M. Schelsinger, M.K. Fierke. Marking technique for northern barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela) adults. Poster. Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts; Apr 2019.

K. Powers, J. Frair, Mapping otter occurrence across central & western NYS. (April 2018) Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Vermont (presented by M.S. student in the lab) S. Peterson, J. Frair, Estimating nutritional carrying capacity for moose in NY (and similar title). ―Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, Vermont (April 2018) ―North American Moose Conference, Washington (June 2018)

J. Gibbs. "Reintroductions to restore a species complex: The science-based future of giant tortoise restoration in Galapagos", 2nd International Wildlife Reintroduction Conference, Nov 13-15, 2018, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL (300 attendees)

H. Green, A. Kirtane, M. Wilder (2018). eDNA Methods for Bog Turtle. Rangewide Bog Turtle Symposium. Richmond, VA. Green, H.C., M. Wilder (2019). Incorporating eDNA Methods into Rare and Invasive Species Management. NY DEC Statewide Bureau of Wildlife Meeting. Syracuse, NY.

T. Horton, Lamit J, Kennedy P, Yanai R. Using MiSeq on DNA from in-growth bags to observe ectomycorrhizal fungi with N, P, and N+P additions in mature forest plots in Bartlett Experimental Forest, NH. Poster. July 2018, 11th International Mycological Congress, San Juan, PR. 100

Hudon A, Horton T, Gifford N. Assemblage structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi on scrub oak (Quercus ilicifolia) roots in fire-adapted pine barrens. Poster. July 2018, International Mycological Congress, San Juan, PR. Hudon A, Horton TR, Gifford N. Assemblage Structure of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Quercus ilicifolia (Scrub Oak) Roots in Fire Adapted Pine Barrens. Contributed Talk. April 2019, NENHC, Springfield MA. Koob J, Horton TR. A truffle-finding orchid: Epipactis helleborine’s mycorrhizal fungi and how they support its carbon budget. Contributed Talk. April 2019, NENHC, Springfield MA. Patterson TR, Horton TR, Gifford N. Legacy of Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Locust) Invasion and use of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi to Restore Pinus rigida (pitch pine) in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Contributed Talk. April 2019, NENHC, Springfield MA. Patterson TR, Horton TR. Increasing success of pitch pine restoration in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve using suilloids fungi. Invited talk. July 2018, 11th International Mycological Congress, San Juan, PR. Victoroff C, Potter G, Castracane J, Horton T. Allocation of nonstructural carbohydrates by Pinus strobus colonized by three ectomycorrhizal symbionts: Suillus, Rhizopogon, and Cenococcum geophilum. Poster. July 2018, 11th International Mycological Congress, San Juan, PR. Victoroff CN, Yanai R, Horton TR. Fruiting response of ectomycorrhizal fungi to nutrient additions in Bartlett Experimental Forests, New Hampshire. Contributed Talk. April 2019, NENHC, Springfield MA.

R. Kimmerer - None given.

Weber, J. and D.J. Leopold. Evaluating reproductive niche characteristics of federally-listed Houghton’s goldenrod to approximate range wide stability, NE Natural History Conference, Springfield, MA April 2019 (poster presentation). Weber, J. and D.J. Leopold. Rediscovering our species sense: Developing natural history appreciation and skillsets in undergraduate students, NE Natural History Conference, Springfield, MA April 2019 (oral presentation).

Leydet - None given.

Ewell Hodkin, C., and K.E. Limburg. Determining life history of blueback herring in the Mohawk River using otolith microchemistry. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Atlantic City, August 2018. Ewell Hodkin, C., and K.E. Limburg. Differential migration in blueback herring as evidenced from otolith chemical signatures. New York Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2019. Limburg, K.E., D. Breitburg, J. Cramer, S.S. Ekoh, A. Gårdmark, Y. Heimbrand, G. Kronisch, J. Le, L.A. Levin, L.R. McCormick, S. McNulty, A. Orio, M.A. Samson, S. Shatto, and K.M. Smith. Valuing Ecosystem Services at Risk from Deoxygenation of Oceans, Estuaries, and Coastal Seas. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Atlantic City, August 2018. Limburg, K.E., D. Breitburg, J. Cramer, S.S. Ekoh, A. Gårdmark, Y. Heimbrand, G. Kronisch, J. Le, L.A. Levin, L.R. McCormick, S. McNulty, A. Orio, M.A. Samson, S. Shatto, and 101

K.M. Smith. Valuing Ecosystem Services at Risk from Deoxygenation of Oceans, Estuaries, and Coastal Seas. Ocean Deoxygenation Conference, Kiel, Germany, September 2018. Limburg, K.E. Impacts of Hypoxia in Warming Waters: Fish Otoliths as Recorders of Environmental Stress and Physiological Effects in Fishes. Ocean Deoxygenation Conference, Kiel, Germany, September 2018. Limburg, K.E., and R. Adams. Whither shad? What has happened to America's "Founding Fish"? New York Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2019. Limburg, K.E. 29 years on, your PhD shad otoliths may still surprise you. New York Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2019. (Poster) Limburg, K.E. Concluding remarks. Hudson River Environmental Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 2019. Miraly, H., R. Razavi, and K.E. Limburg. Mapping the chemistry of fish eyes and ears to help map Lake Erie hypoxia and its impacts. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Atlantic City, August 2018. (Poster) Nack, C.C., K.E. Limburg, and D.P. Swaney. Historical and future changes in spawning phenologies of American Shad and Striped Bass in the Hudson River Estuary. New York Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2019. Smith, K.M., A. Feldpausch-Parker, and K.E. Limburg. Towards Co-Learning in River Restoration: Public Perceptions of Dam Removal in the Hudson River Estuary. American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Atlantic City, August 2018. Smith, K.M., A. Feldpausch-Parker, and K.E. Limburg. Reconnecting waters for eels and river herring: Towards resilience building approaches for dam removal action in the Hudson River watershed. New York Chapter American Fisheries Society annual meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY, February 2019.

M. Lomolino – none given.

Grunwald, S.J., M.A. Garmendia and G.G. McGee. Analysis of epiphytic gametophyte growth and health of transplants on Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple): implications for population refugia. April 12, 2019. Northeast Natural History Conference, Springfield, MA. (poster). Grunwald, S.J., M.A. Garmendia and G.G. McGee. Influence of environmental variation on epiphytic bryophyte assemblages on Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple) in northern and central New York. April 26, 2019, SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury (oral presentation).

Deutschman-Ruiz, G. and S. McNulty. Common Loon Vocalization Activity relating to Topographic and Environmental Variation. Spotlight on Research, Syracuse, NY. April 16, 2019. * Undergraduate EFB student lead presenter N. Karniski-Keglovits, S. McNulty and C. Demers. Changing Precipitation Patterns and the Common Loon in the Adirondacks, NY. Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, MA, April 23, 2019.

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S. A. McNulty. Beyond the Disease: Forest Diversity, Wildlife and The Enduring Role of American Beech. New England Society of American Foresters. Burlington, VT. March 27, 2019. Novita, P. and S. McNulty. Publishing long time series of data: the EDI Fellowship at the SUNY ESF Adirondack Ecological Center. Organization of Biological Field Stations annual meeting, Schoodic Institute, Maine September 19-21, 2018.

L. Newman. Nov 2018. Effects of Herbicide Safeners on nickel uptake and toxicity – agricultural implications. International Symposium on Agro-Environmental Quality. Nanjing, China. L. Newman. June 2018. Therapeutic Horticulture, Phytoremediation and Public Health. Royal Golden Jubilee Symposium. Pattaya, Thailand. Seminars Presented The Roles of Green Plants in Environmental Remediation, Risk Assessment and Human and Environmental Health. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. March 2019 Using Plants to Solve Environmental Problems, a molecular approach. Oswego College, Oswego, NY September 2018. Research and Education Opportunities at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Sirinhorn International Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2018. Environmental Biology, Biotechnology and Biochemistry at SUNY ESF. Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, June 2018.

Oral Presentation: D. Collins and L. Newman. Therapeutic Horticulture Program and the Syracuse VA Medical Center; Recreational Therapy Continuing Education Symposium. Syracuse, NY. May 2019 D. Collins and L. Newman. Quantifying the effects of a therapeutic horticulture program on veterans in Central New York. American Horticulture Therapy Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 2018.

Poster Presentations: D. Collins, S. Lebduska and L. Newman. Greenspace and evidence-based health care design in an existing construction. New York State Green Building Conference, Syracuse, NY, April 2019. Won 2nd place poster competition. M.D. Lewis, A.G. Keith and L Newman. Hyperspectral imaging of hybrid poplar leaves for the detection of trichloroethylene pollution. S. Caltabiano, Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy. Amherst, MA. October 2018. Won 1st place poster competition. A. Kenyon, W. Cai, J. Wu, J. Masisak, A. Ludlow and L. Newman. Uptake of Perfluoroalkyl Substances PFOS and PFOA by STUDENT Free-floating Hydrophytes Pistia stratiotes and Eichhornia crassipes. Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy. Amherst, MA. October 2018. D. Collins and L. Newman. Quantifying the effects of a therapeutic horticulture program on veterans in Central New York. 35th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy. Amherst, MA. October 2018 P. Vosters, S. Caltabiano, A. Kenyon and L. Newman. Effect of endophytic Enterobacter sp. 638 on expression of growth regulating genes in hybrid poplar roots. SURF Program presentations, Syracuse, NY. August 2018.

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D. Parry Lead Organizer and Moderator, 2018 ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018) Tuesday, November 13, 2018. P-IE Section Symposium: The Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar L.) at 150: Contributions to the Development of Invasion Ecology. K. Grayson, L. Thompson, S. Agosta, S. Powers and D. Parry. Linking Thermal Tolerance and Climate in an Invasive Forest Insect National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology and NEON Investigators Meeting. Boulder, Colorado. 5/15 – 5/17/19. D. Parry, K. Grayson, D. Johnson, and P. Tobin. Climate, adaptation, and stasis along the 2000 km gypsy moth invasion front. 2018. ESA/ ESC/ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018). Nov.11-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. R. Manderino, P. Tobin and D. Parry. 2018 Re-evaluating the Compsilura hypothesis for explaining declines of native giant silk moths (Saturniidae). 2018 ESA/ESC/ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018). Nov.11-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. T. Faske, L. Thompson, D. Parry, A. Eckert and K. Grayson. Using genomic approaches to understand local adaptation and range dynamics in North American gypsy moth populations. 2018 ESA/ESC/ESBC Joint Annual Meeting (Entomology 2018). Nov.11-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. E.D. Hinman, J.D. Fridley and D. Parry. Connecting defense-related leaf traits in 20 species of native and invasive woody plants to the growth of two generalist herbivores in a controlled feeding assay. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug. 5-8, 2018 R. Manderino, P. Tobin and D. Parry. Spatially variable parasitism of giant silk moth (Saturniidae) by the rogue biological control agent, Compsilura concinnata, across a forest compositional gradient Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug. 5-8, 2018 C.P. Czarnecki**, R. Manderino, and D. Parry. Ultraviolet reflectance and relative bird predation on plasticine caterpillar dummies. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Aug. 5-8, 2018. =** Undergraduate D. Parry. A Ray of Hope in all the Invasive Gloom? Effects of Transgenic Blight- Resistant American Chestnut on Non-Target Insect Herbivores. Annual Gypsy Moth Review National Meeting of the Gypsy Moth Management Board. Indianapolis, IN Nov. 2-5, 2018

W. Powell Case Study: American chestnut, 10/3-4/18. USDA Specialty Crop Regulatory Assistance (SCRA) Nuts and Bolts Workshop. Riverdale, MD. Chestnut team presentations: Dakota Matthews and Eric Carlson (both MS level graduate students) Environmental Impacts of Transgenic American Chestnut, 8/6/18, Ecological Society of American, Chestnut session, New Orleans, LA.

R. Razavi R, Williams C, Massey T, Cleckner L. “Drivers of zooplankton methylmercury bioaccumulation in the Finger Lakes, New York” June 10-15 2018, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [talk] Hairston N, Gilman B, Gronwall T, Gronwall D, King A, Schaffner L, Razavi R, Cleckner L. “Internal waves, internal loading, and the stimulation of cyanohabs in a shallow Finger Lake, 104

New York” June 10-15 2018, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [talk] Brown M, Boscarino B, Buffington K, Razavi R, Cleckner L. “Bloody murder: food web responses following the establishment of an aquatic invasive species, the bloody-red shrimp, Hemimysis anomala” June 10-15 2018, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [talk] Best R**, Brown M, Razavi R, Cleckner L. “Methylmercury in zooplankton: the role of taxonomic composition and temperature in Seneca Lake, NY” June 10-15 2018, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [poster] **Undergraduate mentee Hadis M*, Limburg K, Razavi R. “Mapping the chemistry of fish eyes and ears to help map Lake Erie hypoxia and its impacts” August 19-23 2018, American Fisheries Society, Atlantic City, New Jersey [poster] *Graduate student author Halfman JD, Razavi R, Cleckner L. “Water Quality Trends Since 2006 and its Implications on Cyanobacteria Blooms in the Finger Lakes, New York” December 10-14 2018, AGU, Washington, D.C. [poster] Amejecor K, Razavi R, Massey T, Halfman JD, Cleckner L. “Phytoplankton dynamics in the Finger Lakes assessed using a FluoroProbe and conventional techniques” December 10-14 2018, AGU, Washington, D.C. [poster] Field V* “Using citizen science to inform the role of invasive mussels on HABs in New York State” May 3-4 2019, New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Lake George, NY [talk] *Graduate student author Pakzad I*, Farrell J, and R. Razavi. “Mercury bioaccumulation and diet overlap of two invasive goby species in the St. Lawrence River”. February 6-8, 2019, Annual Meeting New York Chapter American Fisheries Society Poughkeepsie, New York [poster] *Graduate student author Deemer B, Hayes N, Strock K, Corman J, Razavi R, Dibble K, and Yackulic C. “Catchment and management characteristics are key in determining reservoir response to climate change” February 23 – March 2 2019, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, San Juan, Puerto Rico [talk]

N. Ringler. “Recovery of a Nearly Lost Aquatic Treasure.” Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference. February 28, 2019. Saratoga Springs, NY. Krause, Jeremy W., Grant M. Sholten and Neil H. Ringler. “Acoustic tag retention and mortality of juvenile Ciso Coregonus artedi. New York Chapter and Northeast Division of the American Fisheries Society Joint Annual Meeting. February 7, 2019. Poughkeepsie, NY Kronisch, G. R. and N. H. Ringler. Evaluation of Fish Assemblage Response to the Remediation of an Urban Lake. New York Chapter and Northeast Division of the American Fisheries Society Joint Annual Meeting. February 7, 2019. Poughkeepsie, NY.

R.J. Rundell. 2018. Evolution and conservation in the land snails of the Republic of Palau. Symposium: “Stemming the Tide of Extinction.” Invited Talk. Joint Meeting of the American Malacological Society and the Western Society of Malacologists. June 21, Honolulu, Hawaii.

K.L. Schulz. Invited speaker: Climate Change and Toxic Lake, Central New York Climate Summit, 20 October 2018.

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Schulz, K.L. Invited participant: Harmful Algal Bloom Consortium, Cornell University, 7 June 2018.

M.L. Schummer, A. Smith, E. St. James, K. Hunt, R. M. Kaminski, and H. Havens. 2018. Achievement-oriented effects on waterfowl-hunt quality at Mississippi Wildlife Management Areas, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conference, Mobile, Alabama.

Sinopoli, D., Stewart, D., Palumbo, J., Clifford, K. and Wright, J. Morphological variation among Bowfin (Amia) populations from the Mississippi River Basin: Taxonomic and conservation implications. Aug. 17-23, 2018; Oral presentation, Annual Meeting of American Fisheries Society, Atlantic City, NJ. Makaure, J. and Stewart, D. J. A review of biogeographic zones for southern African freshwater fishes: A multivariate analysis. Oct. 24-26,2018; Poster presentation, Student Conference on Conservation Science, American Museum of Natural History, NYC. Sinopoli, D. and Stewart, D. A Synthesis of management regulations and attitudes towards Bowfins, and conservation implications of a developing caviar fishery. Feb. 6-8, 2019; Poster presentation, NY Chapter and NE Chapter, American Fisheries Society Joint Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. Awarded ‘Best Student Poster’.

S.A. Teale. “Chemical ecology of Philornis downsi and potential tools for management” Stakeholders Meeting for Discussions on Alternative Pest Management Approaches Including SIT Against the Parasitic Fly Philornis downsi on the Galapagos Islands. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 11-13 June 2018 (INVITED). Hansen L, Xu T, Hao D, Teale S. “Host Olfactory Percepts of Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis” International Society of Chemical Ecology, Atlanta, GA, 2-6 June 2019.

Kaishian, P. and Weir, A. (2018). New species of Prolixandromyces (Laboulbeniales) from South America 11th International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2018.

C. Whipps Invited talks August 10, 2018. AALAS District 1 Annual Meeting: Zebrafish Wet Lab, New York, NY. Monitoring and controlling diseases in zebrafish facilities. June 1, 2018. Toronto Zebrafish Health and Husbandry Symposium, Toronto, Canada. Controlling Disease in Zebrafish Facilities March 7-11, 2019. Aquaculture 2019. Evaluating the role of surface biofilms in the transmission of Mycobacterium species in laboratory zebrafish.

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Appendix F: Faculty Grants (active during the reporting period)

Belant Role of Predators, Winter Weather, and Habitat on White-Tailed Deer Fawn Survival in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan – Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Safari Club International Foundation, Safari Club International Michigan Involvement Committee. 16 August 2018-30 September 2022: $734,145 (current FY: $415,000). Nick Fowler, Todd Kautz

Quantifying Upper Peninsula Deer Movements and Abundance: Preparing for CWD Management – Michigan Department of Natural Resources. 16 August 2018-30 September 2021: $291,864 (current FY: $124,000)

Understanding Roost Dynamics and Diet of Sympatric Vultures in southeastern US in Relation to USAF – USDA APHIS 1 January 2019-31 December 2021: $400,000 (current FY: $199,314)

Resource Use and Distribution of Roosevelt Elk and Kodiak Bears on the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska - Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 1 July 2018-30 June 2022: $1,059,834 (current FY: $120,062). Shannon Finnegan

Survival, Recruitment, and Movements of Missouri Black Bears - Missouri Department of Conservation. 1 July 2018- 30 June 2021: $310, 264 (current FY: $100,000)

Strategies to increase deer hunter success in suburban landscapes – New York Department of Environmental Conservation. 1 April 2018-31 March 2023: $253,615 (current FY: $48,806)

Estimating Lion Abundance – Safari Club International Foundation. 1 July 2018-30 June 2020: $120,000 (current FY: $50,000)

Characterizing success of Isle Royale wolf introduction – National Park Service. 1 July 2018-30 June 2023: ~$550,000 (current FY: ~$110,000)

Cohen A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Structured Decision Making for Predator Management for Piping Plovers – 1%

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Cheeseman AE, Cohen JB. New England Cottontail Research in the Hudson Valley. 6/2018- 7/2020. Private sponsor. $6,213. Cohen JB. Great Lakes Piping Plover Recovery Planning in the Eastern Great Lakes Basin. 1/2019-12/2019. $70,000. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Supporting Alison Kocek. Cohen JB ,Stantial ML. Statewide Piping Plover HCP Implementations Assistance: Design of Predator Management Program. 4/2019-6/2019. Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. $7,960. Supporting Michelle Stantial. Larkin J, Cohen JB. Monitoring Framework for the Forest Bird Component of the RKM-NFWF Western PA Business Plan. 8/2018-12/2021. Indiana University of Pennsylvania.. $159,000 Supporting Cameron Fiss.

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Cohen JB, Cheeseman AE. Scientific Management of New England Cottontails. 4/2018-5/2022. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. $594,370. Supporting Drew Eline. Cohen JB, Kocek AR. Experimental Habitat Restoration for Tidal Marsh Birds. $359,976. 4/2018-5/2022. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. $359,976. Supporting Alison Kocek, Alexandra Cook Shriver G, Cohen J, Elphick C, Correll M, Kovach A, Olsen K, Ruskin K. Assessing the Ecological Effectiveness of Hurricane Sandy Marsh Restoration Activities Regionwide. $4,609,304. 11/17 – 12/23. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $121,960 managed by J Cohen. Cohen JB, Stantial ML. Statewide Piping Plover HCP Implementation Assistance. MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. $12,000. 1/18 - 6/18. Supporting Michelle Stantial. Cohen JB, Stantial ML. Structured Decision Making for Predator Management to Benefit Piping Plovers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $6,000. 5/18 - 9/18. Supporting Michelle Stantial. Cohen JB, Kocek AR, Liner J, Mazzocchi I, Shulenburg P, Nyver R. Informing Restoration of the Endangered Piping Plover to Lake Ontario. $21,751. 3/2017-12/2019. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Supporting Michelle Stantial. Cohen JB, Darrah A. Increasing Benefits of Piping Plover Nest Exclosures. $137,000. 1/2017- 12/2018. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Cohen JB, Stantial M. Factors Affecting Piping Plover Reproductive Success in Southern New Jersey and Priorities for Improving Monitoring and Management. $28,404 4/2017-12/2018. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Supporting Michelle Stantial. Cohen JB, Schummer ML. Ecological separation of wintering mallards and black ducks in New York. NYS DEC. $346,062. 4/2015-3/2019. Supporting Adam Bleau and Justin Droke Cohen JB, Whipps CM, Ryan SJ. Factors Limiting New England Cottontail Populations in New York – NYDEC, $860,000, 8/2013 – 3/2019, supporting Amanda Cheeseman and Emily Gavard

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Cohen JB, Kocek AR. Monitoring and Management of Piping Plovers on Lake Ontario. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. $130,000. Accepted for funding. Cohen JB, Cheeseman AE, Whipps CM, Kovach AI, Rittenhouse T, Rittenhouse, Piche M. Adaptive Management of Shrublands for Recovery of the New England Cottontail When Eastern Cottontails ArePresent. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. $175,454.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) Leydet B, Whipps CM, Cheeseman AE, Cohen JB. Health Assessment for the Imperiled New England Cottontail Rabbit. Morris Animal Foundation. $50,000.

Diemont A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Climate change adaptation and traditional ecological knowledge in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (2%) Social, ecological, and religious dimensions of sacred groves in Maharashtra, India (1%) with Shruti Mokashi, PhD advisee Fire, field restoration, and traditional ecological knowledge in New York: Ecosystem services from four edible herbaceous species (1%) with Eli Arnow, MPS advisee Zapotec agroforestry and ecosystem health in Oaxaca, Mexico (1%) with Isaias Martinez, PhD advisee

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Food security and urban edible wilds (2%) with Avalon Bunge and Austin Arrington, MS advisees

B. 1. Grant-supported Research – none.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Diemont, S.A.W., SCC-Planning: A workshop series exploring the nexus of food, water, people, and technology in urban agriculture communities across three U.S. cities, National Science Foundation, $99,997, 1/1/18-13/31/19. Diemont, S.A.W., Meeting conservation and educational goals with a Lacandon Maya traditional ecological knowledge field guide, National Geographic Conservation Trust, $20,000, 12/1/17-12/1/18, submitted and pre-proposal accepted, final proposal in revision.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) Diemont, S.A.W., Measuring impact of urban agriculture in New York’s Great Lakes Basin through citizen science and sensor-based monitoring of surface runoff, Great Lakes Research Consortium, $25,000, 3/2/17-12/31/19.

Dovciak A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) • Long-term forest dynamics and the effects of land-use patterns on biodiversity in the Western Carpathians. Collaboration w/Technical University in Zvolen (2%). • Effects of land-use legacies on understory plant communities in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2%). • Impacts of land-use on ant communities and myrmecochorous plants (1%).

B. 1. Grant-supported Research • National Science Foundation. “Linking Forest Regeneration, Plant Distributions, and Ecotone Dynamics in Changing Mountain Environments”. M. Dovciak (PI, no CoPIs); Total Award: $322,992; 5/2018-5/2021 (Current year: $103,974). Supported Jordon Tourville, Mike Zarfos, Margaret Roberts, and Monica Berdugo. • USDA McIntire-Stennis Program. "Recent Changes and Future Trajectories of an Ecosystem at the Crossroads: Implications for Planning, Management, and Conservation of Long Island Central Pine Barrens". M. Dovciak (PI), T. Green, K. Schwager (CoPIs); Total Award: $61,784; 7/2018-8/2020 (Current year: $24,325). Supported Joanna Lumbsden- Pinto. • NYS DEC. “Evaluating deer impacts on forests of New York State”. M. Dovciak (PI), J. Frair, J. Hurst, P. Curtis, P. Smallidge (CoPIs). Total Award: $312,213; 4/2014-3/2019 (Current year: $8,255). Past support for Mark Lesser and Margaret Roberts. • Syracuse University and USDA McIntire-Stennis Program. “How will New York State forests respond to environmental change in the 21st century? Establishing a statewide monitoring network of tree health”. J. Fridley and J. Stella (lead PIs), K. Becklin, J. Drake, D. Frank, C. Beier, J. Bendix, M. Dovciak, J. Lamit, M. Ritchie (Co-PIs). Total Award: $50,000; 2019-2021 (Current year: $0 to Dovciak).

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2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above) —None.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) —None.

Farrell, J. B. 1. Grant-supported Research Farrell, J. M. 4/1/16-3/31/21. Water Level Regulation Adaptive Management Research: Coastal Wetland Health Indicators and Sportfish Production in the Upper St. Lawrence River. NYS Department of Environmental Protection Fund (funded $1,417,046). GA’s supported – MS student Ben Gallo (summer 2018; spring 2019); MS student Alex Kua (summer 2018; spring 2019) Farrell, J. M. 10/1/2017-9/30/2020. The St. Lawrence River Fish Habitat Conservation Strategy: Evaluation of Habitat Enhancements and Development of Novel Restoration Approaches. US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Special Project, $616,801. GA’s supported – Jessica Goretzke (summer 2018, fall 2018, spring 2019) Leydet B. L. and J. M. Farrell. 3/1/17 – 12/31/19. Influence of Spawning and Nursery Habitat in Shaping the Northern Pike (Esox lucius) Gut Microbiome. Great Lakes Research Consortium, $22,500. Supports Ben Gallo. Razavi R, Farrell J.M., 5/10/2019-12/31/2020. Great Lakes Research Consortium .Food Web Impacts and Contaminant Transfer of the Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River basin $24,966. Supports: Iman Pakzad, MS student.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Farrell, J. M. 4/1/2019-2/28/2023. Restoration of the upper St. Lawrence River Muskellunge Population. US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Special Project, $106,800 (funded). Supports undergraduate summer assistantships. SUNY ESF Restoration Science Center (in alphabetical order) – Colin Beier, Stewart Diemont, Terry Ettinger, John Farrell, Danny Fernando, Tom Horton, Robin Kimmerer, Chuck Kroll, Silje Kristiansen, Cathy Landis, Don Leopold, Greg McGee, Dylan Parry, Bill Powell, Neil Patterson, Matthew Potteiger, Michael Schummer, Theresa Selfa, John Stella, Elizabeth Vidon, Philippe Vidon, and Tim Volk. August 2019- July 2022, Discovery Challenge Proposal, $600,000 (accepted).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) – none.

Farell, S. A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) • Pilot research on American robin and other ground foraging birds: population status, trends, distributions, and potential role as reservoir and vector of : Lyme disease and ticks. 5% • Beaver impacts on small mammal communities in the ADKs. 3% • Investigating role of stakeholder and landowner perceptions on success of conservation planning- case study using the lesser-prairie chicken 3% • Investigating role of environmental, economic, and social variables on conflict in endangered species planning 3% 110

B. 1. Grant-supported Research U.S. National Park Service. White Nose Syndrome Funding 2016. Fall Migration, Swarming, and Hibernation Ecology of Northern Long-eared Bats at Cape Cod National Seashore, and Implication for Ameliorating Impacts of White-nose Syndrome. Awarded: $199,600. Dates: 1/1/2017-12/31/2018. PI: S. Farrell. Full support for PhD grad student Sarah-Jayne Collins started Jan 2017. NSRC Theme Four: Biodiversity and protected area management. Imperiled Bats in Northeastern Forests: balancing bat conservation with forest management. PI: S. Farrell. Co- PI R. Germain. Awarded: $121,029. Dates: 9/1//2017-5/1/2020. Supported MS student Megan Gallagher and partial support for MS student Mike Rosenthal. McIntire-Stennis Research Program. Mapping the distributions of forest mammals across NY State: Phase 1. Dates: Jan 2019 - Dec 2020. PI: S. Farrell Co-PI: J. Frair, A. Fuller (Cornell). Awarded: $57,806. Will support incoming PhD student Melanie Berger started Jan 2019. McIntire-Stennis Research Program. The Sky is Falling: Invasive-induced Forest Biodiversity Loss and Evaluation of Stand Rehabilitation. Dates Aug 2017-Aug 2019. PI- Stacy McNulty. Co-PI: R. Germain, G. McGee, S. Farrell. Awarded: $65,568. Full support for MS student Ravyn Neville started Aug 2017. NYDEC. Establishing statewide distribution information and mapping for small and meso- mammals. Dates ≈April 2019-Apr 2023. PI: S. Farrell. Co-PI J. Gibbs, Co-PI C. Whipps. Budget ≈ $900,000. Anticipated to support: 1 Postdoc (Amanda Cheeseman) at in years 1- 4. Will support PhD student Melanie Berger in years 3-4. Has supported 3+ undergraduate student technicians this year, and expected to do the same annually.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) Department of Defense. Natural Resources and Endangered Species Research and Support at Fort Hood, Texas. PI S. Farrell. Contributed to Discovery Challenges proposal (PI Leydet): Land Management For Healthy People: controlling human disease through ecosystem management Contributed to Discovery Challenges proposal (PI Mountrakis): Geospatial Analytics for Planet Earth: Sensing and Making Sense

Fernando A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) In vitro regeneration and genetic transformation of Salix spp (10%) Hormonal induction of fruit development in Actinidia arguta (2%) Effects of demethylation on pollen tube development in Wollemia nobilis (2%) Bioinformatic and phylogenetic analysis of B-Expansin genes (2%) Induction of polyploidy in willow (2%)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research USF&WS-GLRIP. Phylogeography, intraspecific variation and conservation genetics of American hart’s- tongue fern (AHTF, Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum). $25,000. March 2017 to November 2018. PI: DD Fernando.

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NYS DEC Section 6 Endangered and Threatened Species Monitoring and Management. American hart’s tongue fern genetics and reintroduction. $20,000. PI: DD Fernando. August 1, 2016 to July 2019. Research Assistants – Mike Serviss (Part-time for Fall 2016), Lukas Evans (part-time Summer 2018). GLRI-NOFO. Production of Genetically Diverse American Hart’s-Tongue Fern through Captive Propagation. $35,000. June 2018 to August 2020. Lukas Evans (funded as part-time summer 2019). SUNY Discovery Challenge Grant. Restoration Science Center. Many Co-PI’s from SUNY- ESF.$600,000 over three years (2019-2022). Awarded but official start date not yet set.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above) - None

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) - None

Fierke B. 1. Grant-supported Research S. Shaw, M.K. Fierke. 6/18–5/19. Monitoring seasonal variation in ticks in Western and Central NY. NY Senate. $50,000. M.K. Fierke. Saving ash trees in “aftermath” forests using EAB parasitoids. 5/18–5/19. $62,122. USDA Farm Bill. Workplan with J. Gould, USDA APHIS. Supports new MS student Tim Morris and several technicians. M.K. Fierke. Optimizing Pan Trap Color for Parasitoid Monitoring and Oobius parasitism in NYS. 6/18–5/19. $32,000. Cooperative Workplan with J. Gould, USDA APHIS. Supports UG technicians. M.K. Fierke, M.I. Jones. Geographical comparisons of the synchrony and phenology of emerald ash borer and its introduced larval parasitoids in New Your State. 3/15–9/19. $360,000. Cooperative Workplan with J. Gould, USDA APHIS. Supports PhD student Michael Jones and several technicians. M.K. Fierke, M.I. Jones. Assessing compatibility of insecticides and biocontrol for controlling emerald ash borer in urban environments. 5/15–5/19. $88,000. Cooperative Workplan with J. Gould, USDA APHIS. Partially supports PhD student Michael Jones and multiple summer UG technicians. C. Nowak, M.K. Fierke (co-PIs). Exploring pollinator dynamics on powerline corridors in the Northeastern United States. Electric Power Research Institute. 5/16-8/21. $628,146. Supports two MS students, Jessica VanSplinter and Erica McPhail as well as multiple UG technicians.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above) - None

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) - None

Frair A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) “Felid ecology in human-dominated landscapes”, unsupported, L. Petracca, Ph.D. student, 2% AY.

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“Jaguar density and habitat connectivity in the Brazilian Pantanal”. Unsupported, A. Devlin, Ph.D. student; 2% AY. “Spatial ecology of mammal communities in human-dominated forest landscapes: a case study of felids in the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil”, unsupported, L. Bonjorne de Almeida, Ph.D. student, 2% AY.

B. 1. Grant-supported Research NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, “Wildlife research and management support”, 2018-2023, PI: J. Frair (started 1 April 2018). Provides $5,686,420 in support to 13 different projects (PI’s S. Farrell, Gibbs, Belant, Frair, Cohen, and Schummer) and I manage each as a sub-award under the main grant. Grants directly supporting J. Frair during fiscal year 2018-19 listed below: “New York State Mammal Distribution Assessment”, PI(s): S. Farrell, J. Gibbs, J. Frair, C. Whipps, M. Schlesinger; $963,678 total (2018-2023), $173,949 for 2018-19. “Monitor and Model Moose Populations in New York”, PI: J. Frair; $201,559 total (2018- 2021), $116,926 for FY18-19. “River Otter Population Monitoring”, PI: J. Frair; $16,015 total (2018-19). “Northern Fisher Population Demography”, PI: J. Frair; $678,662 total (2018-2023), $208,349 for FY18-19. “Biostatistics and Data Management Support for Wildlife Management and Research”, PI: J. Frair; $1,021,772 total (2018-2023), $190,545 for FY18-19. “Administrative Support and Project Oversight”, PI: J. Frair; $245,930 total (2018-2023), $47,316 for FY18-19. Wildlife Conservation Society, “Amur tiger and Amur leopard conservation”, 2017-2019, PI: J. Frair. $18,000 (FY18-19). Supports D. Mathiukhina (M.S. student). US Forest Service (Joint Venture Research Agreement), “Bat movement and habitat use patterns during fall swarm and spring emergence”, 2017-2020, PI: J. Frair. $160,000 total ($22,785 for FY 18-19) supports one full-time professional at the USFS Northern Forest Research Station in Rhinelander, WI. U.S.D.A. McIntire-Stennis Program, “Mapping the distributions of forest mammals across NY State: Phase I”, $55,496 total (2016-2019; $25,252 FY18-19). PIs: S. Farrell, J. Frair, and A. Fuller (Cornell University). NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, “Wildlife research and management support”, 2013-2018, PI: J. Frair. Received $309,418 amendment for final year (2017-18), and one-year no-cost extension through Mar 2019. Provides $3,661,530 ($519,057 during 2018-19) to 10 different projects (PI’s Cleveland, Dovciak, Cohen, Frair, Schummer, and Whipps), and I manage each as a sub-award under the main grant. Grants directly supporting J. Frair listed below: o “Status of river otter in reintroduction area”, PI: J. Frair. $172,716 total (2015-2019), $7,743 for 2018-19. Supports Kelly Powers (M.S. student) and includes sub-award to H. Green for eDNA analysis. o “Monitoring and modeling moose populations in NY”, PI: J. Frair. $657,868 total (2014- 19), $29,425 for 2018-19. Supported Dr. Rachel Wheat and Dr. Joseph Hinton (Roosevelt Post-Doctoral Scholars) and Sam Peterson (M.S. student). o “Indices to track ecological impact of white-tailed deer”, PIs: M. Dovciak, J. Frair. $311,500 total (2013-2019), $9,889for 2018-19 o “Other program support for wildlife management and research”, PI: J. Frair. $143,911 total (2014-2019), $37,833 for 2018-19.

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• NON-RESEARCH AWARD: NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, “Internships for Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resource Management”, PI: J. Frair. $999,089 maximum (2019-2024; $199,917 maximum for any given year). • NON-RESEARCH AWARD: NY State Department of Environmental Conservation, “Internships for Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resource Management”, PI(s): J. Frair. $336,000 total (2017-2019; $66,244 for FY18-19).

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). None.

3, Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above). None.

Gibbs Chobani LLC, $30,565, Wetlands Mitigation and Restoration Options Analysis, Gibbs, James, Leopold, Donald J, May 2019-Dec 2019 National Park Service, $42,562, Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions for Martin van Buren National Historic Site, Gibbs, James, Sep 2017-Jul 2019 (Dr. Geri Tierney supported) National Science Foundation, $600,000, How Environment, Physiology and Life History Interact to Determine Pattern in Animal Migration (DEB 1258062), J.P. Gibbs, S. Blake, S. Deem, J. Frair (01-Mar-2016 28-Feb-2019) (Dr. Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau supported) US Environmental Protection Agency, $324,516, Determining the Importance of Vernal Pools Across Geophysical and urbanization Gradients to Inform Regulation, Conservation, and Management, Schlesinger, Matthew D., Gibbs, James : McNulty, Stacy A. : Evans, Dorothy J. : (01-Jan-2016 30-Jun-2019) (Leah Nagel supported) NASA (Science Mission Directorate / Earth Science Division), $779,061, Management of Social- Ecological Grazing Systems in the Altai Mountain Transboundary Zone, Mountrakis, Giorgos, Gibbs, James (01-Jan-2015 Dec 31 2019) (Liza Yegorova, Misha Paltsyn, Shahriar Heyderi supported) National Academy of Sciences / U.S. Agency for International Development, Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Program, $55,200 (SUNY-ESF portion of $220,000 award), Where is My Turtle? Quantifying Biodiversity Impacts of Hydroelectric Expansion and River Use Changes in Brazilian Amazon, Gibbs, James (23-Feb-2016 1-Mar-2020) (2 MSc students supported at Amapa State University in Macapa, Brazil) Northeastern States Research Cooperative, $110,881, Using Social Media to Quantify Forest-Based Tourism in the Northern Forest, Kuehn, Diane M., Gibbs, James P. (01-Sep-2016 31-Dec. 2019) (Harrison Goldspiel, Brannon Barr supported) Wildlife Conservation Society, $36,000, Enhancing Tiger Conservation in Thailand: The Role of Peripheral Protected Areas in Supporting Regional Tiger Populations, Gibbs, James (29-Aug- 2016 31-Aug-2018) (Manoon Pliosungnoen supported) ESF College Foundation, $190,447, “Fuller Overlook Agreement,” Gibbs, James P., Leopold, Donald J, Jul 2016-Jun 2020 (many ESF undergraduates supported) NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, $230,993, “New York Mammal Survey”, Farrell, Shannon, James P. Gibbs, Chris Whipps. Apr 2018-Mar 2023 (Amanda Cheeseman supported)

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program, “E-TEAM: Environmental Transdisciplinary Education in Adaptive Management”, Gregory L. Boyer, PI;

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3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

Green A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Rapid Evolution of Pseudomonas fluorescens to Herbicides across a MEGA Plate -- 3% Microbial Source-tracking on Onondaga Creek, NY -- 2 % Mercury Cycling in Meromictic Lakes – 3% Novel Microorganisms in Fayetteville Green Lake Sediments – 2% Development of eDNA Methods to Assess River Otter Repopulation – 3% Identification of Bacterial Contaminants in Irrigation Water with Microbial Source-Tracking– 2% River Otter Population Monitoring with eDNA – 3% Invasive Jellyfish (Craspedacusta sowerbii) monitoring with eDNA – 2% Detection of Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) with eDNA – 3% Shedding and Decay of Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) eDNA – 2% Bioprospecting for Wild Yeasts with Desirable Sensory Profiles at an Upstate New York Craft Brewery – 3% Methanogen Community Dynamics in Response to Ammonia Stripping from Anaerobic Digestors – 2%

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Green, Hyatt CCo-lead, Steven ShawCo-lead, Mary Collins, James Gibbs, Colin Beier, and Lindi Quackenbush (2019). SUNY-ESF Discovery Challenge (Internally Competitive). Inititative in Environmental Data Science. $600,000. 07/01/2019–06/30/2022. Graduate and undergraduate student training grant. Green, Hyatt CPI (2019). USDA McIntire-Stennis Program. Role of Comammox Bacteria in Adirondack Forest Nitrogen Cycling. $60,052 to ESF. 05/01/2019–04/30/2021. Provides year- round tuition and stipend for Megan Demcevski (MS).

Limburg, KarinCo-lead and Hyatt GreenCo-lead (2019). NY DEC. Invasive Round Goby and Elusive American Eel: Use of eDNA and Baseline Surveys to Track Movements In and Out of the Mohawk River $238,000 to ESF. 06/01/2019–08/31/2021. Supports Chris Nack (PhD) and Hadis Miraly (MS) over two summers and partial AY support for Maxwell Wilder (PhD). Rice, MarianPI and Hyatt C Green (2017). Utah Department of Environmental Quality. E. coli Source Identification and Education and Outreach Program. $136,474 to ESF. 07/01/2017– 06/30/2020. Partial AY support for Maxwell Wilder (PhD). Erb, LoriPI, Hyatt C Green, Chris Urban, Brandon Ruhe, Kevin Shoemaker, Kathy Gipe, Susan Klugman, Scott Smith, Brian Zarate, and Lisa Masi (2015). USFWS-Competitive State Wildlife Grant. Multistate Recovery Actions for the Bog Turtle and Associated Headwater Wetland Species of Greatest Conservation Need. $117,000 to ESF ($499,970 total). 10/01/2015–06/30/2018. Partial AY support for Maxwell Wilder (PhD). 2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).Shaw, StevenPI, Chuck Kroll, Colin Beier, Lindi Quackenbush, and Hyatt Green (2019). NSF-NRT-HDR. Co- training Environmental and Data Scientists to Enhance Environmental Problem Solving. $2,995,118. Would support about 9-10 PhD students.

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Horton

A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) 1. PCR amplification of Neonectria spp. from beech trees infected with Beech Bark Disease. 1% of time Research by Mike Preminger (Teale) and Gretchen Lasser (Yanai) 2. Morels on the Solvay Wastebeds: An extraordinary crop waiting for Onondaga kitchens or unsafe for human consumption? Horton TR, Razavi R, Leopold DJ. 1% 3. A survey of mushrooms and their uses by the Lancondon of Guatemala. Diemont S, Horton TR. 1% 4. A molecular investigation if a Chinese gecko is a new species. Undergrad project. 1% 5. Truffle production at a private truffle farm in Skaneateles, NY. 1%

B. 1. Grant-supported Research 1. USDA – Environmental Impacts of GE and Conventionally-produced American Chestnut. $500,000. Aug 1, 2018 - July 31, 2021. No students yet 2. Discovery Challenge, Restoration Science Center, $600,000. No students yet. Co-Authors, listed in alphabetical order Beier C, Diemont S, Ettinger T, Farrell J, Fernando D, Horton T, Kimmerer R, Kroll C, Kristiansen S, Landis C, Leopold D, McGee G, Parry D, Powell B, Patterson N, Potteiger M, Schummer M, Selfa T, Stella J, Vidon E, Vidon P, Volk T. 7/1/2019 – 6/30/2022. No students yet. 3. MRGP – Research Assistantship Program. Interactions between hemlock wooly adelgid and ectomycorrhizal fungi. $15,000. 8/30/2018 – 8/29/2021. Co-authored with Andy Cortese, PhD student. 4. American Orchid Society -- Interactions between photosynthetic capability and mycorrhizal colonization of a mixotrophic orchid (Epipactis helleborine) under varying light levels in the field. $920. Summer 2019. Authored by and for Julian Koob, MS student. 5. Horton TR. USDA McIntire-Stennis Program. Increasing success of pitch pine restoration through soil microbe management. $56,819. 8/15/16 – 9/30/19. Taylor Patterson, MS. Aimee Hudon, MS. 6. Yanai R, Horton TR. NSF. Collaborative Research: IDBR: Type A: The Nanaphid: A novel aphid-like nanosensor network for real-time measurements of carbohydrates in live plant tissue. National Science Foundation. $59,816 for the ESF component, $24,780 to Horton lab. Other institutions: SUNY Albany, SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Boston University. 2/1/15 – 3/31/19. Claudia Victoroff, MS.

2.Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Fragoso JMV, Galetti PM – Principle Investigators. (2019) NSF Collaborative Dimensions US-BIOTA - São Paulo: Community structure entrains biodiversity-function linkages in hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems. $1,782,931. I am a collaborator.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected. None.

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Leopold A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Chobani, Site inventory and wetlands mitigation and stewardship alternatives analysis; $39, 429; May 2019 to December 2019, J. Gibbs and D. Leopold NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation, SUNY-ESF Gateway Building Green Roof; $413,000; January 2011 to October 2019; T. Toland, D. Daley, D.J. Leopoold, and M. Kelleher. NYS-DEC, Invasive plants program coordinator; $566,586; July 2016 to June 2019; D.J. Leopold. USFWS (GLRI), Range wide status assessment of Houghton’s goldenrod, with a special emphasis on niche limit, demographic transitions, and population stability; $149,600; February 2016 to December 2018. D.J. Leopold. NYS-DEC, Snowshoe hare population monitoring; $103,278; April 2018 to March 2021, D.J. Leopold, S. Cleveland, and B.H. Underwood. NOAA, Factors affecting dune and vegetation recovery from superstorm Sandy in the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness Area on Fire Island National Seashore (FIIS), NY; $40,000; July 2016 to June 2018; H.B Underwood and D.J. Leopold. NYS DEC, Abundance, distribution and management of white-tailed deer in the Town of Dewitt, NY; $230,916; August 2016 to July 2018; H.B. Underwood and D.J. Leopold. NYS-DEC, New York Natural Heritage Program; $4,204,361; July 2017 to June 2022; D.J. Leopold and D.J. Evans. NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation; Evaluating legacy impacts of hyper- abundant white-tailed deer in forested stands of Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks; $89,446; March to October 2020, H.B. Underwood and D.J. Leopold.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

Leydet

A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) 1. Serosurvey for exposure to tick-borne diseases in febrile patients from Ecuador (unsupported 5%) 2. Miranda’s project on the fuller property (boot-legged 2%) 3. The ecology of Lyme disease in birds in Onondaga County (unsupported 2%) 4. Powassan Virus and B. burgdroferi in ticks in northeastern Pennsylvania (Summer REU student & boot- legged 2%) 5. High-Throughout Anti-tick compound bioassay platform (unsupported 2%)

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Great Lakes Research Consortium. Influence of Spawning and Nursery Habitat in Shaping the Northern Pike (Esox lucius) Gut Microbiome. PI-Leydet BL, Co-PI: Farrell J. (3/1/17 – 12/31/19) - $22,500 Partial Support: MS student Benjamin Gallo USDA-CREES/McIntire-Stennis Program Ixodes scapularis Invasion into the Adirondack Park Preserve: Host Associations and Their Influence on Lyme Disease Emergence. (8/15/2017 – 9/30/2019) PI-Leydet BL. $60,404. Supports: MS student Sarah Lanthier

ESF Discovery Challenge Proposals 1. Core team: Mary Collins, Brian Leydet, Jaime Mirowsky, Roxanne Razavi, Lee Newman. The Center for Environmental Medicine and Informatics (CEMI). (2019- 2021)- $600,000 2. Core team: Steve Shaw, Hyatt Green, Mary Collins, James Gibbs, Colin Beier, Lindi Quackenbush Collaborating staff and faculty: Tim Morin, Chuck Kroll, Jim Sahm, Bahram Salehi, Brian Leydet. Initiative in Environmental Data Science. (2019-2021)- $600,000

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). 1. National Institutes of Health R21.Development of GPCR-based pesticides for the prevention of Lyme disease. PI: Knox B (Upstate Medical)., Co-PI: Thangamani S (Upstate Medical)., Co-I: Leydet B., Recks S (Upstate Medical). (09/01/2019- 08/31/2021)- $445,500 2. DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Investigator initiated award Pre-Proposal. Therapeutic Antibody Identification for Treatment of Lyme Disease in Service Members. PI: Melanson V (West Point)., Co-I: Barnhill J (West Point)., Chandran K (Albert Einstein), Bornholdt Z (Mapp Biopharmaceutical)., Dye J (USAMRIID)., Leydet B. (07/01/2020-06/30/2023). TDC- $600,000 3. DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Idea Award Pre- Proposal. Mast Cell Activation In Borrelia Infection. PI- King C (Upstate Medical)., Co-I: Paolino K (Upstate Medical)., Thangamani S (Upstate Medical)., Leydet B. (07/01/2020-06/30/2022). TDC- $250,000 3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) 1. Morris Animal Foundation. Health Assessment for the Imperiled New England Cottontail Rabbit PI:Whipps C., Co-PI: Leydet B., Cohen J., Cheeseman A. (05/01/2019-04/30/2022)-$123,454 Supported: 1 PhD (partial). 2. National Institute of Health R21. Utilizing Capture-Based Pathogen Transcript Enrichment and RNA-seq to Identify Novel RNA Transcripts Associated with Survival, Transmission and Pathogenesis of Borrelia burgdorferi PI:Leydet BL, Co-I:Nomura C. (07/01/2019-06/30/2021)-$385,025. Supported: 1 Postdoctoral researcher and multiple UG researchers. 3. DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Investigator initiated award Pre-Proposal. Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibody Identification for Treatment of Lyme Disease PI: Melanson V (West Point)., Co-I: Barnhill J (West Point)., Chandran K (Albert Einstein), Bornholdt Z (Mapp Biopharmaceutical)., Dye J (USAMRIID)., Leydet B. (07/01/2019-06/30/2022). TDC-$600,000

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1. PI- Leydet B., Co-I: Leopold D., Gibbs L., Farrell S., Germain R., Hoffman R., Quinn S., Land Management For Healthy People, controlling human disease through ecosystem management (2019-2021)- $600,000 2. PI: Newman L., Co-I: Collins M., Leydet B., Razavi R., Mirowsky J., Vidon E. Environmental Health Research: Playing to the Strengths of ESF (2019-2021)- $600,000 3. PI: Mountrakis G., Co-I: Murphy N., Quackenbush L., Salehi B., Egiebor N., Morin T., Beir C., Brown T., Bevilacqua E., Stehman S., Stella J., Gibbs J., Farrell S., Leydet B., Dovciak M., Farrell J., Spuches C., Mao H., Scott G., McNulty S., Brietmeyer B. Geospatial Analytics for Planet Earth: Sensing and Making Sense (2019-2021)- $600,000

Limburg A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Work in support of my unfunded (or under-funded) grad students. Includes helping them to write proposals,

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Australian Synchrotron, Monash University, Melbourne, NSW: “Finding the Mekong Salmon: Trace element analysis of fish bones to understand migration patterns and mitigate development impacts in the Lower Mekong River.” (L. Baumgartner, Charles Sturt University, PI) Ca. $95,000. KL is co-PI, will travel to use synchrotron. This supports the research of a PhD student at CSU. Baltic Sea 2020: “Eastern Baltic Cod: Solving the ageing and stock assessment problems with combined state-of-the-art tagging methods.” 27M SEK (approx. $3.2 million), 1/01/2016 – 12/31/2019; supports 3 PhD students in 3 Baltic countries; KL is co-PI and leading the otolith chemistry work package. Hudson River Foundation: “Looking into the big green and blue boxes: insights on critical habitat for young and adult blueback herring to assess resilience.” 6/01/2017 – 12/31/2018, $138,069; 1 PhD student is supported (Cara Ewell Hodkin). National Science Foundation: “Collaborative Research: Consequences of sub-lethal hypoxia exposure for fishes: a trans-oceanic comparison.” 9/1/14 – 8/31/18, $283,564; supports 1 student (Melvin Samson). NOAA Fisheries: “Demographics of Gulf of Maine Atlantic Cod in the 17th century: Patterns in growth, maturity, season of capture, and estimated mortality based on otoliths from an archaeological site.” $64,000 (to Mark Wuenschel; KL is collaborator, ESF will be site of otolith analyses for $10,000) Sea Grant: “Reconnecting waters for eels and river herring: a mediated modeling approach to assess receptivity to dam removal in the Hudson-Mohawk watershed.” 2/01/16 – 1/31/18, $132,780; supports 1 student (Kayla Smith). Swedish Research Council FORMAS: “Losing track of time: dubious age determination of Baltic cod, probable causes and promising solution.” 3M SEK (approx. $353,000), 1/01/16 – 12/31/18; supports 1 PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), where KL is a Visiting Professor and lead PI.

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2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). NYSDEC Mohawk River Basin Program (funded, about to begin): “Invasive Round Goby and Elusive American Eel: Use of eDNA and Baseline Surveys to Track Movements In and Out of the Mohawk River.” June 1, 2019 – August 31, 2021; $228,309. With Hyatt Green. National Science Foundation, GEO Directorate: “EAR/IF: Acquisition of a High- Resolution, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Research: ‘Multidisciplinary Mineralogy’.” September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022; $488,009. National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography: “Collaborative Research: Shifting the Hypoxia Paradigm – New Directions to Explore the Spread and Impacts of Ocean/Great Lakes Deoxygenation.” October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2022; $899,872 to ESF; $241,164 to Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected Great Lakes Fishery Commission: “PILOT INVESTIGATION OF FISH OTOLITHS AND EYE LENSES AS COMPLEMENTARY ‘INFORMATION ARCHIVES’ TO STUDY EXPOSURE TO HYPOXIA IN TWO LAKE ERIE SPECIES.” $20,000; declined. Belmont Forum (global funding consortium): “Understanding and Coping with Deoxygenation of the Global Ocean for Marine Ecosystem Use Sustainability (DEGOMES).” This was led by a colleague in Sweden and included collaborators in Japan, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. My part was $75,000; declined recently.

Lomolino A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Island Biogeography Theory and Practice – 25% The Geography of Sound – 25%

B. 1. Grant-supported Research - None.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). PI - NSF – SONORIC GEOGRAPHY – A SEMINAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ADDRESSING THE SILENCE OF BIOGEOGRAPHY (NSF Ecology; Geography and Spatial Sciences Programs - Deadline Sept 5 2019; DEB accepts anytime)

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) PI - NSF – The Geography of Sound: Synergy of Biogeography and Soundscape Ecology. $750K; CoPI Bryan Pijanowski (Purdue); declined (2nd tier of competitive proposals)

McGee A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Restoration protocols for forest understory herbaceous plants – 10% Evaluation of integrated undergraduate laboratory experiences – 25% Microhabitat evaluation of epiphytic bryophytes – 15% 120

B. 1. Grant-supported Research McIntire-Stennis Research Program, The Sky is Falling: Invasive-Induced Forest Biodiversity Loss and Evaluation of Stand Rehabilitation, $57,806, Aug 2017 – Dec 2019, PI- S. McNulty, CoPIs-R. Germain, S. Farrell. Grant support for Ravyn Neville.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

McNulty A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) 1. Adirondack Long-Term Environmental Monitoring Program (ALTEMP) – a variety of ecological projects occurring at Huntington Wildlife Forest (ESF Newcomb Campus); 10% time 2. Adirondack Biodiversity Project (ATBI, All-taxa Biodiversity Inventory), in partnership with NY Natural Heritage Program; 2% time 3. Climate change and phenology in the Adirondacks – lake ice; plant fruit/seed production; signals of changing climate; 10% time 4. Amphibian population trends and habitat associations in a) vernal pools and b) forested uplands/seeps; 5% time 5. Forest management/beech ecology research – 15% time

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Kenefic, L., D. Houston, B. Muňoz Delgado, S. McNulty and W. Livingston. Long-term outcomes of beech bark disease: 40-year results. US Forest Service. University of Maine Cooperative Forestry Research Unit. $5,078. 7/1/19-6/30/20. McNulty, S., G. G. McGee, S. Farrell and R. Germain. The Sky Is Falling: Invasive-induced Forest Biodiversity Loss and Evaluation of Stand Rehabilitation. McIntire-Stennis Program. $65,568, 2017-2019. Ravyn Neville. Schlesinger, M., J. P. Gibbs and S. McNulty. Determining the importance of vernal pools across geophysical and urbanization gradients to inform regulation, conservation, and management. EPA Wetland Program Development Grant. $324,515. 1/1/16 - 12/31/18. Leah Nagel. McNulty, S. and J. Stella. McIntire-Stennis program. Beaver Influence on Vegetation Structure and Avian Diversity at Local and Landscape Scales. $52,027. 5/1/13 – 9/30/18. Patrick Oelschlager, Rachel Zevin. McNulty, S. A. Environmental Data Initiative. $10,000. EDI Packaging, Archiving and Publishing Data Internship Project. 2/1/18-8/31/19. Two fellows recruited from other institutions. Jensen, P. G. and S. A. McNulty. American marten movements and space use relative to pulses in mast production and prey fluctuations. $2,000. American Wildlife Conservation Foundation. 10/1/17-9/30/18.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

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Newman A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Safeners and metal toxicity protection 4 Role of plant endophytes on crop production 4 Role of P450 genes in TCE degradation 4 Impact of nanoparticles on epidermal symbiotes 2 Horticultural therapy 8 Wastewater treatment walls 4 Mine site restoration 4 Reuse of biological waste on the ISS and Mars mission for food production 4 Use of hyperspectral imaging for plant health on ISS 2 Use of treatment wetlands to removed TCE from surface water 4

B. 1. Grant-supported Research

American Councils; Establishing Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching Collaborations with Pavlodar State University, Kazakhstan; April 2019 to September 2019; 9,999; L. Newman and G. Lanza. SUNY; Center for Environmental Medicine and Informatics; $600,000; May 2019; M. Collins, B. Leydet, J. Mirowsky, R. Razavi and L. Newman Exon Mobile/Roux Associates; Determination of Utility of Plants and Treatment Wetlands for PFOA Remediation; January 2018 to March 2019; $35,003; L. Newman. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Development of Hyperspectral Imaging of Plants to Detect Contamination; $365,509; March 2011 to Dec 2018; current year $17,;L Newman; PhD. student Sarah Caltabiano supported Multiple Sponsors; New York State Biotechnology Symposium, $18,807.00; Dec 2016 to November 2018; Katherina Searing, L. Newman, A. Stiponovich, T. Amadon. Gifford Foundation; Construction Funds for Horticultural Therapy; $1000; June 2013 to Sept 2019; L. Newman. American Legion Ladies Auxillary; Funds for Horticultural Therapy; $2500; May 2013 to open ended; L. Newman.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above) - None at this time

3.Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) SUNY; Creation of the Center for the Study of Contaminants of Emerging Concern; 4600,000; 2019; C. Murphy, M. Driscoll, D. Kieber, H. Mao; H. Green, L. Newman; B. Ramarao, S. Moran, R. Briggs, T Zeng and C. Schoneich SUNY; Environmental Health Research; Playing to the Strengths of ESF; $597,652; 2019; L. Newman, M. Collins, B. Leydet, J. Mirowsky, D. Leopold, R. Razavi and E. Vidon. EPA; Innovative Methods to Treat PFAS in Contaminated Landfill Leachate and Groundwater; $898,497; 2018; L. Newman, C. Murphy, M. Driscoll, D. Kiemle and F. DeOno.

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Parry A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, Ice Storm Project. ~5%

B. 1. Grant-supported Research 2019-2021. D. Parry. Rapid Range Expansion During an Unprecedented Outbreak of a Long- Dormant Invasive Defoliator. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. $69,800 (Will partially support Eric Swiecki). 2019-2022. D. Parry, A. Davalos, J. Schnurr, C. Brown-Lima. Field Evaluation of Hypena opulenta for Biological Control of Invasive Pale and Black Swallow-Worts in New York State. NY Department of Transportation. $751,000. (Funds for 2 graduate students at ESF – not yet selected) 2019-2024. Farrell, J., D. Fernando, M. Schummer…..D. Parry……and many others. Discovery Challenge Grant. $650,000 2019-2021. Powell, WA, D. Parry, J, Drake, T. Horton, S. Fitsimmons, C. Beier, and J. Holliday. Environmental Impacts of GE and Conventionally Produced American Chestnut. USDA BRAG. $500,000. 2019. D. Parry. Variation in Developmental Traits Among Invasion Front Gypsy Moth populations. Gypsy Moth Slow-the Spread Foundation. $14,000 2018-2020. KL. Grayson, S. Agosta. D. Parry. Collaborative Research: Linking thermal tolerance to invasion dynamics: Climate and physiological capacity as regulators of geographical spread. National Science Foundation. Macrosystem Biology. $300,000 (Partially supported Chelsea Jahant-Miller)

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above) - None

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) D. Parry. USDA Forest Health Protection Evaluation Monitoring Program Assessing Impact and Delineating the Range of Black Oak Gall Wasp in New England. $83,922 D. Parry. USDA Forest Health Protection – Emerging Pests. A new tree killing pest of oak: Quantifying the damage and delineating the range of black oak gall wasp in New England. $86,900.

Powell A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent)

Starting some preliminary work on Ozark Chinquapin, which was also devistated by chestnut blight. Looking for future funding. Approximately 1% of time.

B. 1. Grant-supported Research (note: these grants also support undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research support staff) Total this past year: ~$850,000 between July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019 • PI, New York Chapter of TACF grant, Field & Greenhouse Manager support, $79,196, 1/1/18-12/31/19, no graduate research assistants

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• PI, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) grant, developing and testing blight tolerant American chestnut trees, $247,500/yr, 7/1/18 - 6/31/19 (4th year for total $990,000, - new $247,500/yr grant to start 7/1/19), four graduate research assistants • PI, USDA-NIFA BRAG grant, Environmental Impacts of GE and Conventionally-Produced American Chestnut, $500,000/3 years, 8/1/18 - 7/31/21, two summer graduate research assistants • PI, NYS Legislative grant: $100,000/yr, 7/1/19 - 6/30/20 (4th year, so total $400,000), six undergraduate students • PI, Templeton World Charity Fund grant: $230,000/1.5 years 8/1/18 - 12/31/2019 (total to date including past grant, $420,000) - one graduate research assistant • PI, Crowd funding and public donations: current balance ~$225,000 (overall total counting past donations, ~ $500,000), two graduate research assistants • PI, Orentriech American Elm grant: $200,000 / 2 years, 9/1/18 - 8/31/2020, no graduate research assistants • Co-PI, Discover Challenge grant, $600,000/3yrs, no graduate research assistants

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Templeton World Charity Foundation, invited extension submission, Restoration of the American Chestnut Tree – Finish regulatory review and “kick-start” restoration efforts. In collaboration with TACF. Total $3,200,000/3yrs (1/1/20– 12/31/22), three graduate research assistants

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) none

Razavi A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Oneida Lake Hg project (boot-legged - 5%) Indonesia Hg project (boot-legged - 5%) Finger Lakes zooplankton Hg project (boot-legged - 1%) Finger Lakes water quality analyses (boot-legged - 1%) Reservoir NLA assessment (boot-legged - 1%)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research NYSDEC, “Investigation of Foodweb Interactions with Harmful Algal Bloom Formation”, $125, 239 (May 15 2018 – May 14 2020) Supports Tori Field, MS student, Summer 2018 – Spring 2020 McIntire-Stennis SEED funds, “Assessing contaminant exposure in bats of the Finger Lakes, New York”, $7,000 (August 8 2018 to September 30 2019) Supports undergraduate Honor’s thesis student Abby Webster, Fall 2019 Great Lakes Research Consortium Task Group, “Gap analysis for contaminants of emerging concern in the Great Lakes Basin”, $10,000 (May 1 2018 – June 30 2020) Iman Pakzad, Employee, July – August 2018 NYSDEC, “CSLAP Field Technicians and CSLAP Office Tech Intern” $49,992 (May 1, 2019 – August 31, 2019)

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Great Lakes Research Consortium, “Food web impacts and contaminant transfer by the Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River basin”, $24,966 (May 10 2019 – December 31 2020) Supports Iman Pakzad, MS student, August 2018 – December 2020

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Team member with PI Mary Collins proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “The Center for Environmental Medicine and Informatics (CEMI)” $600,000 (July 1, 2019 – June 30 2022) Co-PI with PI Karin Limburg proposal to the National Science Foundation “Collaborative Research: Shifting the Hypoxia Paradigm – New Directions to Explore the Spread and Impacts of Ocean/Great Lakes Deoxygenation”, $899,872 (October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2022) Co-PI with PI Karin Limburg proposal to the National Science Foundation MRI, “Acquisition of a High-Resolution, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Research: “Multidisciplinary Mineralogy””, $488,009 (September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2022) Senior Personnel with PI Teng Zeng (Syracuse University) proposal to the National Science Foundation MRI, “Acquisition of a Gas Chromatograph-High Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer to Enhance Research and Research Training Capabilities at Syracuse University”, $692,868 (September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2021)

Core faculty on PI Christopher Nomura proposal to the State University of New York 2018-2019 Empire Innovation Program, “Establishment of a Center for the Study of Emerging Contaminants of Concern”, 2.5 million

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) National Geographic Society, “Avian indicators of ecosystem health in mercury impacted areas of Borneo”, $30,000 Co-PI with PI Karin Limburg to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission “Pilot investigation of fish otoliths and eye lenses as complementary “information archives” to study exposure to hypoxia in two Lake Erie Species”, $19,897 Team member with PI Lee Newman proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “Environmental Health Research: Playing to the Strengths of ESF”, $600,000 Team member with PI Ted Dibble proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “Interactions of air pollutants, ecosystems, human health, and policy”, $600,000 Team member with PI Neil Ringler proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “A new vision for Onondaga Lake”, $600,000 Team member with PI Mark Driscoll proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “Creation of the Center for the Study of Contaminants of Emerging Concern”, $600,000 Team member with PI Karin Limburg and Stewart Diemont proposal to the State University of New York Discovery Challenge, “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation”, $600,000

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B. 1. Grant-supported Research Honeywell International, LLC. ‘Onondaga Lake Biological Assessment and Monitoring’. Three graduate students (Michaela Kenward, Carrick Palmer, Joseph Sullivan) and three summer technicians supported July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. $165,000 (funding committed through 2022) New York Department of Environmental Conservation. ‘Relationship between physical parameters and water quality.’ June 1, 2018 - May 31, 2020. One graduate student supported (Jane Van Vessem). $89,000 New York Department of Environmental Conservation. ‘Mohawk River TMDL development: Water Quality review and reporting.’ August 20, 2018 – August 19, 2020. One technician supported (Michaela Schnore). $145,831 U.S. Geological Survey. ‘Restoration of Lake Ontario Native Species’. One technician (Jerome Krause) supported at Tunison Lab, Cortland, NY. August 2018 - August 2019. $37,711 New York Department of Environmental Conservation. Summer 2019 interns Courtney Nichols and Matthew Rizzo

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

Rundell A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) With Ph.D. student Jesse Czekanski-Moir, forged a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Palau in support of our research and teaching activities in the country. 15% of time Rundell, R.J. In Review. Assessing the Pacific island land snail extinction crisis through IUCN threat categorization of the lowland rainforest land snails of Belau (Republic of Palau, Oceania). Resubmitted to Biodiversity and Conservation (impact factor 2.265) 5% time Rundell, R.J., D.A. Bullis., A. Gawel. Diversity and conservation of the land snails of Peleliu: Pre- and post-World War II. 5% time Rundell, R.J. C.C. Christensen. Extinction of the genus Carelia of Kauai through rat predation. 5% time

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Rundell, R.J. and Q. Wheeler. National Science Foundation. Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR). DBI-Biological Research Collections. Program Solicitation 15- 577. (6/1/2017-8/31/2020), $491,591. CSBR: Natural History: Securing, Expanding, and Making Accessible the Roosevelt Wild Life Collections at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. (2 graduate research assistants supported; Emlyn Clark, David Bullis) Rundell, R.J. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America Program. (10/1/2016-9/30/2019), $118,694. Roosevelt Wild Life Collections. (1 graduate research assistant supported; David Bullis) Rundell, R.J. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), (5/1/18 – 4/30/19), $95,000. Removing the threat of stochastic extinction for the Chittenango ovate amber snail.

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Rundell, R.J. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), (5/1/18 – 10/31/19), $76,653. Removing the threat of stochastic extinction for the Chittenango ovate amber snail. Supplement. Rundell, R.J. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), (11/1/18 – 6/30/20), $65,168. Removing the threat of stochastic extinction for the Chittenango ovate amber snail. Supplement.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). Rundell, R.J. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Endangered Species Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), (1/1/2020 – 6/30/21), $120,000. Preventing stochastic extinction of the Chittenango ovate amber snail: Investigating geographic and environmental context in order to establish a wild backup population. (will support one postdoctoral researcher, David Bullis) Nekola, J. with Working Group Members G. Barker, R. Cameron, S. Chiba, R. Cowie, J. Heller, M. Horsak, L. Mumladze, M. Mylonas, F. Naggs, C. Parent, T. von Proschwitz, D. Raheem, G. Rosenberg, R. Rundell, M. Schilthuizen, M. Seddon, P. Tattersfield, K. Vardinoyannis. (1/1/2020-1/1/2022). German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv). Synthesis Centre of Biodiversity Sciences (sDiv). Macroecological pattern and process in terrestrial Gastropoda.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

Schulz A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) • Working to run lab simulations and complete lake bathymetry methods manuscript. 1% of time; unsupported; will be completed summer 2019 • Supplied QAPP and field gear and supplies for some of the DEC winter Finger Lakes sampling (phytoplankton and zooplankton components). Am currently counting samples of phytoplankton and zooplankton from the Finger Lakes that were collected over the winter by the DEC; to be completed in summer 2019 • Undergraduate research with Jack Zeng on quagga mussel behavior

B. 1. Grant-supported Research • Source: Great Lakes Research Consortium Title: Analysis of a Large Multi-Lake Dataset to Advance Understanding and Management of Harmful Algal Blooms in New York State Lakes coPIs: Matthews, D.A., Schulz, K.L., S.A. Kishbaugh, and N.J. Mueller Amount: $14,838 ($5,000 to KLS) Dates: 3/31/2016-3/31/2017; extended to 6/30/2019 No graduate students supported on this grant • Source: Owasco Lake Enhanced Watershed Restoration Action Plan (DEC, Cayuga Community College) Title: Development of Monitoring Buoys to Provide Real-Time Surveillance of Harmful Algal Blooms in Owasco Lake (Schulz subcomponent: Food web monitoring program) coPIs: Schulz, K.L. and Upstate Freshwater Institute Amount: $22,000 to KLS, $47,320 to UFI

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Dates: summer 2016-winter 2018 (final dates awaiting various DEC, permitting and QAPP approvals at several levels); money arrives on campus summer 2017 due to delays in contracting from OWLA to UFI Student summer salary and an undergraduate intern were supported on this grant. • Source: New York State Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention Program coPIs: C-OFOKLA (Cortland-Onondaga Federation of Kettle Lake Associations), Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District (CCSWCD) and SUNY-ESF (subcontractor) Amount: $99,039.40 to CCSWC, with subcontracts to COFOKLA and SUNY ESF Dates: May 2016-April 2019 ESF undergraduate interns were supported on this grant through Cortland Soil and Water • Source: New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Invasive Species Rapid Response and Control Grant Title: Otisco Lake Invasive Species Rapid Response and Control Dates: 1 July 2017-30 June 2019 PI: Otisco Lake Preservation Association ESF (Schulz) subcontract: $17,579 Partial summer graduate student stipend and undergraduate interns summer 2018 • Source: New York Department of Environmental Conservation Title: Owasco Lake Water Quality Model Dates: 1 January 2018-31 December 2020 PIs: David Matthews (UFI) and Kimberly L. Schulz (ESF) Total budget: $202,893; $63,688 to ESF/Schulz Partial summer support and undergraduate interns • Source: New York State Parks Title: NYS OPRHP Boat Steward Program at SUNY ESF Dates: 1 April 2018-31 March 2021 PI: Kimberly L. Schulz Total budget: ESF: $1,272,008.02; OPRHP $164,952.00 June-Sept 2018 – funded 19 Watershed Stewards in the field Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 – support for graduate students Leah Nagel and Carrick Palmer Spring 2019 – March-May: funded salaries including 3 new full time employees – Project Coordinator and two Lead Stewards, 18 Watershed Stewards and one SUNY ESF Honors Student who began work in May

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). •Title: Skaneateles Lake Dreissenid Mussel Survey and Mussel Bed Nutrient Project PIs: Murphy C., K.L. Schulz (ESF), C. Driscoll (Syracuse University), D. Matthews (UFI). Funding Agency: Environmental Protection Fund, NY DEC. $200,000

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) - None

Schummer A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Ducks Unlimited/Land Trusts grant ($42,000 – 2019) – Co-PI MPS TBD - Wetland protection planning (Fall 2019) 128

Seneca Meadows ($5,000 – 2019) – Co-PI Molly Jacobson CNY Wildfowlers ($1,000 – 2019) – PI Travel for students to symposia Friends of Montezuma grant ($6,000 – 2019) – Co-PI Molly Jacobson Delta Waterfowl research grant ($15,000 – 2019) – PI PhD student TBD Bird Studies Canada research agreement ($21,600 – 2019 - 2020) – PI Ed Farley, Jake Chronister (starts MPS – Fall 2019) SUNY Discovery Grant ($300,000 – 2019 - 2023) – Co-PI Moore Charitable Foundation ($14,400 – 2018) – PI Aidan Flores New York Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration ($372,403 – 2018 – 2023) – Co-PI Gary Macy, and TBD Long Island Wildfowl Heritage Group ($66,142 – 2018) – PI Aidan Flores, Jake Chronister (starts MPS – Fall 2019), MPS TBD (Fall 2020) Bird Studies Canada research agreement ($20,000 – 2018 - 2019) – PI Ed Farley Waterfowl Research Foundation ($147,000 – 2018 - 2022) – PI Director position – 3 years Community Foundation of Central New York ($60,000 – 2019) - PI Director position – 3 years 2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). NSF - Landscape Consequences of Hybridization between Wild and Domesticated Forms: Investigating the Influence of Mallard Genetics, Vital Rates, and Sample Biases on Eastern North American Mallard Population Dynamics, ($ 766,668 – 2019 - 2022) Co-Principal Investigators: Philip Lavretsky – University of Texas El Paso (Population Genetics) Michael Schummer – SUNY ESF (Waterfowl Ecology) Collaborators: John Coluccy – Ducks Unlimited (Waterfowl Ecology and Conservation) Aaron Yetter – Illinois NHS - Stephen Forbes Bio Station (Waterfowl Ecology – captive facility) Helen James - Smithsonian Institute (3D Imaging) Robert Fleischer - Smithsonian Institute (ancient DNA).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) 1/ Black Duck Joint Venture - American black duck and mallard breeding pair abundance, productivity, and occupancy in the Adirondack Park ($45,219)

Stewart A. Departmental Research (Partially unsupported; title - % time spent)

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1) Morphological variation of extant Bowfins (Amia spp., Amiidae) in the Mississippi River basin: Conservation and taxonomic implications. MS Thesis project of Daniel Sinopoli [GA support, Fall 2018]. This is a collaboration with Dr. Jeremy Wright, New York State Museum, Ichthyology Laboratory in Troy, NY, and other colleagues at Cornell University and Nichols State University, LA. [20% time]

B. 1. Grant-supported Research Rufford Foundation: Effects of protected areas on freshwater fish conservation: A case study of National Parks in the Zambezi River basin, Zimbabwe. US$6,302; Period: 1 May 2019 to 30 April 2020; PI - Stewart, D.; Graduate student support for travel and fieldwork expenses: Makaure, J. Hudson River Foundation, Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship: Assessment of distribution and ccological impacts of invasive freshwater jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbii, in the Hudson River Basin, NY. US$6,500; Period 1 June 2019 to 31 December 2019; Graduate Student Fellowship to Moore, J; Co- PI – Stewart, D.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Pre-Proposal submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above). 1) USAID Concept Letter: Leveraging traditional leadership influence and infrastructure to enhance community-management of fisheries and reduce illegal fishing in the Barotse floodplain of the Upper Zambezi, Zambia. US$675,000 [$75,000 to ESF]; Period Sept. 2019 to Aug. 2022; Graduate Student support to Makaure, J.

Teale A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) • Fungal Attractants and pheromones for Sirex noctilio and its Parasitoids 5% • Detection of resistance to beech bark disease and its phytochemical basis (2%)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research • USDA APHIS “Targeted Identification of Pheromones and Related Attractants for Invasive Cerambycid Beetles from Asia” PIs: Millar, J.G., L. Hanks & S. Teale $190,218 01-SEP- 2018 To 31-AUG-2019 ($30,060 to SUNY-ESF). • USDA APHIS “Targeted Identification of Pheromones and Related Attractants for Invasive Cerambycid Beetles from Asia” PIs: Millar, J.G., L. Hanks & S. Teale $190,218 01-SEP- 2017 To 31-AUG-2018 ($33,210 to SUNY-ESF). • Alphawood Foundation, PI: Teale, S. “Asian Longhorn Beetle Research at SUNY-ESF” $ 96,122; FEB-2017 To AUG-2019 • Helmsley Trust/International Community Foundation, PI: C. Causton. “Protect Galapagos Landbirds from Invasive Species” ~$800,000/3 yr. $263,721 to ESF (NOV-2015 To NOV- 2019).

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). • NSF, DEB – CNH PI: M. Voss, coPIs: R. Welsh, C. Causton, B. Fessl, H. Jäger, S. Teale. “Collaborative Research:CNH2-S Proposal: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture to Protect Endangered Birds” $631,851 for four years starting 1 NOV 2019, $196,468 to ESF

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• Whitehall Foundation preproposal, PI: S. Teale, “Maturation and receptor sensitivity in a hematophagous parasite” $150,000 for two years. • USDA APHIS “Targeted Identification of Pheromones and Related Attractants for Invasive Cerambycid Beetles from Asia” PIs: Millar, J.G., L. Hanks & S. Teale $202,800 01-SEP- 2019 To 31-AUG-2020 ($35,568 to SUNY-ESF).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) • NSF DEB Dyn Coupled Natural-human: “Conserving Biodiversity through Sustainable Agriculture in the Galapagos Archipelago” PI: Voss, M., co-PIs: JR Welsh, C Causton, B Fessl, H Jäger, S Teale, $830,610 ($195,320 to SUNY-ESF) OCT 2018 – SEP 2022 • Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Host versus parasite: the early stages of a recently established interaction between the invasive parasitic fly Philornis downsi and Darwin's finches; an arms race for survival?” PI: S Tebbich, co-PIs: C Causton, S Teale, G Heimpl, H Richner, Q Zhou 320,000€/3 yr. 23,107 to ESF

Wier A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent) Initiation of research into the cause of a disease of lambs in Donegal, Ireland.

B. 1. Grant-supported Research National Science Foundation, Microfungi Collections Consortium, Grants to Advance Digitization of Biological Collections Total amount – unknown ESF Portion - $49,748

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above).

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above)

Whipps A. Departmental Research (unsupported, boot-legged; title - % time spent)

Myxozoan parasites of amphibians (boot-legged - 1%) Parasite fauna of Brazillian and Mexican fishes (boot-legged 2%) Survey of wild fish parasites in the Great Lakes and Adirondacks (boot-legged 2%) Histological analysis of Northern Pike gonad development (boot-legged 2%) Diagnosis and identification of haemosporidian parasites in songbirds (boot-legged 2%)

B. 1. Grant-supported Research NIH Resource Related Research Projects for Development of Animal Models and Related Materials (R24) (07/1/2017 -06/30/2021) $887,946 (SUNY Subaward $346,336). Control and Impact of Diseases in Zebrafish. Kent ML, Whipps CM, Sanders J, Sharpton TJ, Watral, VG, Gaulk CA Role: Mycobacteriosis control, molecular diagnostics Supports: Andrew Janik, PhD student.

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New York Department of Environmental Conservation (04/01/18-03/31/23) $963,678. New York State Mammal Distribution Assessment. Farrell SL, Gibbs JP, Whipps CM, Frair JL, Schlesinger M. Role: Genetic identification of mammals New York Department of Environmental Conservation (04/01/18-03/31/21) $201,599. Monitor and Model Moose Populations in New York. Frair JL, Whipps CM. Role: Genetic testing of predator scats for common moose parasites

New York Department of Environmental Conservation (04/01/18-03/31/22) $594,370. Scientific management of New England cottontails. Cohen JB, Whipps CM. Role: Co-PI on project. Parasites and genetics of cottontail rabbits. New York Department of Environmental Conservation (04/01/18-03/31/23) $192,100. Assessment of Webless Migratory Game-bird Abundance and Optimization of Multi-Species Wetland Management. Schummer M, Cohen JB, Whipps CM. Role: Genetic determination of sex in birds.

2. Research Proposals pending (include information as in B.1., above). National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (11/01/19-10/30/22) $175,454. Adaptive Management of Shrublands for Recovery of the New England Cottontail When Eastern Cottontails are Present. Cohen JD, Cheeseman AE, Kovach A, Rittenhouse T, Rittenhouse C, Whipps CM, Parker A, Piche M.

3. Research Proposals submitted, but rejected (include information as in B.1, above) Morris Animal Foundation (05/01/19-04/30/22) $123,454. Health Assessment for the Imperiled New England Cottontail Rabbit. Whipps CM, Leydet BF, Cohen JB, Cheeseman AE.

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Appendix G: Faculty Service to Department, College, and University

Belant - none

Cohen A. Department-level Faculty advisor for student chapter of The Wildlife Society GPAC, chair IACUC Department Advisory Committee (promotion and continuing appointment)

B. College-level Reviewer for Sussman Internship Applications Associate Director for Roosevelt Wild Life Station

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Diemont A. Department-level • Environmental Biology Major Coordinator

B. College-level • Honors Program, Co-Director (w/Shields) • Center for Native People and the Environment, Advisory Board • ESF in the High Schools, Faculty Advisor • Society for Ecological Restoration, ESF Student Chapter, Advisor

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation – none

Dovciak A. Department-level • Graduate Program Advisory Committee, member • Conservation Biology Major representative, Spring Open House for accepted and prospective students • Scientist-in-Residence and Roosevelt Forest Ecologist, Roosevelt Wild Life Station

B. College-level • Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Forest Ecosystem Management (Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management), member • Global Change on the Hill, Syracuse University and SUNY ESF faculty initiative seeking synergies in global change ecology research on the two campuses, member • Graduate Program in Environmental Science–Ecosystem Restoration Program, member • Graduate Program in Environmental Science–Environmental Monitoring and Modeling Program, member • Regular meetings with visiting prospective graduate students and visiting scientists or educators (Drs. Likens, Lilleskov, Lucas, Kumarathunge, and Zamudio). 133

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation — none.

Farrell, J. A. Department-level • Organized and hosted reception and gave presentation for incoming students in the Aquatic and Fisheries Science major. • Mentored an Assistant Professor in EFB • Hosted Aquatic and Fisheries Science major potluck meeting with graduating seniors • Gave guest lecture for EFB freshman orientation • Hosted potluck seminar series of invited speakers at TIBS • Reviewed teaching for two courses of an Associate Professor for promotion consideration • Hosted visit by Interim President David Amberg at TIBS • Served as Director, TIBS; maintained facility, boats, gear, equipment, hired and supervised staff, students and volunteers, managed long-term data collection and research program, conducted community outreach.

B. College-level • Discovery challenge Restoration Science Center group; • Discovery Project: Ways and Means committee group member; o Way and Means Revenue Generation Sub-committee group member.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Farrell, S.

A. Department-level • Served as acting Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator Spring 2019 • CCAC • Dept awards: o Baldassarre Award, coordinator 2014-present o Chamberlain Award, coordinator 2014-present o Dence award, coordinator Fall 2015- present • GPAC committee • Open House/ Accepted Student Receptions: Fall 2018, Spring 2019 , June 2019 • January 2019 Orientation • Undergrad independent projects (EFB 498) advising: Katherine Dami, Alex Soldo • Honor’s thesis 2nd reader • Prelim advising on Adirondack ecological Scorecard Project • Offered open-door resume workshop (one in Fall and one in spring) for students interested in applying to wildlife –related jobs/internships

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• Academic Governance Executive Committee • Acting Chair of IQAS committee late Fall 2018-present; IQAS committee member Fall 2013- present • Offered introductory workshop on IASystems Course Evaluation Platform • Academic Appeals Committee • Grievance Committee hearing fall 2018 • Administered ESF Foundation Teaching Awars 2018/2019 • Fink Fellowship Committee Fall 2013-present. • Birding Club faculty advisor 2014-present • CSTEP Mentor 2014-present • Coordinated birding for 4th annual Field Days event • Planned activities for Kids Day event on campus co-sponsored by Women’s Caucus

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Fernando A. Department-level Director, EFB Graduate Program Member, Graduate Program Advisory Committee EFB New Graduate Student Orientation, August 2018 EFB New Graduate Student Orientation, March 2019

B. College-level - none

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Fierke A. Department-level

Associate Chair Member, Graduate Program Advisory Committee

B. College-level – Academic Governance Executive Chair 3 rounds of “Importance of Insects” Field Days CSTEP pre-orientation – Importance of Insects Blackboard presentation at GSA Colloquium ESF in the High School - Coordinated and provided instructional support to local high school sections of General Biology I & II Laboratory.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

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A. Department-level • Roosevelt Wild Life Station, Associate Director. • Roosevelt Wildlife Collection - Supervise Ron Giegerich, Collections Manager. - Coordinate activities of the collection with the station, especially financial concerns. • Curriculum Coordinator – Wildlife Science major - Prepared and summarized the 5th annual exit exam for wildlife majors. - Drafted second full Middle States assessment of the wildlife major. • EFB Curriculum Committee member • Manage internship program for undergraduate and graduate students in Fish and Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology oriented programs (but students across the university may participate). B. College-level • Co-chaired the People Group of the President’s Discovery Challenge.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Gibbs A. Department-level • Associate Chair • Coordinator, Conservation Biology Major • Director, Roosevelt Wild Life Station • Member – Animal physiologist search committee • Member – Conservation biologist / population biologist search committee • Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee

B. College-level - none

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Green A. Department-level • Graduate Program Advisory Committee (GPAC) • Maintain Autoclaves

B. College-level • Discovery Challenge: Co-director Environmental Data Science Initiative

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

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A. Department-level • Promotion and Tenure committee, now chair • EFB Awards Committee for the Lowe-Wilcox, Silverborg, Zabel, Morrell awards • Hosted Adaptive Peaks speaker Erik Lilleskov at our home • Illick Program Study steering committee

B. College-level • Forest Properties Advisory Committee • Forest Properties Director Search Committee • Presentation on being a successful TA for ESF Lab courses at the Graduate Student Colloquium

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

Kimmerer

Leopold

A. Department-level

Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology – September 1, 2018 to February 28, 2019

General Summary of Regular Duties Supervisor for about 30 faculty, two Secretary 1 positions (incl. my administrative assistant), two Instructional Support Specialists and other staff Related: promoting faculty and staff within and outside of the department and facilitating the many good ideas that regularly emanate from faculty and staff Manage allocation of state, Research Foundation (research incentives), and College Foundation accounts Manage allocation of 40 state graduate teaching assistantships Convene regular department meetings Represent department at biweekly Academic Council meetings Work with Development Office for fundraising Responsible for making sure that all regular and new undergraduate and graduate courses are offered as listed in the College Catalog or webpage; main contact with Registrar for any course changes. Work with Physical Plant on all planned renovations and emergency repairs Represent department at all college open houses and other department events Prepare annual department report

Chair, Ketchledge and Alexander Student Awards Committees Presentation (Effective nature photography), EFB Graduate Core Class, October 2018 Hosted Adaptive Peaks speaker, Dr. Melissa Lucash, October 2018 Supervisor, Terry Ettinger, Instructional Support Specialist (for ESF greenhouses) Peer review of teaching for EFB candidate for Promotion to Professor

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B. College-level

Board Member, Friends of Moon Library, Spring 2019 to present Advisor/regular contributor (talks, walks) to ESF Botany Club Presentation on Restoration Science Center/Wildflowers of the Adirondacks to ESF emeritii faculty (May 2019) Review of Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture, Spring 2019 Live Arbor Day Questions and Answers, one hour, ESF TV Studio, April 2019 (nearly 300 views as of this AR) Host of Conversations (with Dr. W. Powell), ESF TV Studio, October 2018 (nearly 400 views as of this AR) Co-chair, Discovery Advisory Group Speaker (sole), GSA Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Panel (February 2019) Co-leader, RWLS Bioblitz at Avalon Park and Preserve, Long Island, August 2018, for Andropogon Associates. Co-leader, RWLS Bioblitz near Charlottesville, VA, for Nelson, Byrd, Woltz Landscape Architects Roosevelt Field Ecologist, Roosevelt Wild Life Station, SUNY-ESF Participant in the Environmental Health undergraduate level curriculum group. Presenter, Graduate Colloquium August 2018, “A Vision of Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship” Presenter, Senior Reunion Dendro Walk, October 2018 Presenter (twice, on campus trees and shrubs) for annual Alumni, Family, and Friends BBQ, October 2018 ESF Fall Field Days Event, Tree identification on campus and in Oakwood Cemetery, August 2018 Regular consultation with Physical Plant regarding maintenance of ESF campus

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation

Leydet

A. Department-level

1. Represented ENB, BTC, FH & NH&I at Accepted Student Reception (April 6th 2019)

B. College-level

1. Participant in the Discovery Challenge Peoples: Fresh Eyes Focus Group. February 15th 2019. 2. ESF Career Fellowship Selection Committee (Spring 2019) 3. SUNY ESF Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Member 4. ESF Empire Innovation Scholar Program Faculty Search Committee Member. Chair: Chris Nomura (Fall 2018) 5. ESF in High School lecture on Tick borne disease research at ESF, October 2nd 2018 6. C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

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Limburg A. Department-level o Member of GPAC o Search committee for Camp Fire Professorship

B. College-level o Member of CAC o Discovery Challenge committee o Academic Governance Awards committee

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation o Center of Excellence on Water (with Clarkson University)

Lomolino

A. Department-level Interview Committee – Departmental Assistant Curriculum Committee Chair, Vertebrate Conservation Biologist Search Committee (Fall, 2018) Chair, Animal Physiologist Search Committee (Spring 2019)

B. College-level - none C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none

McGee A. Department-level EFB Undergraduate Curriculum Director Env. Biology Curriculum Coordinator Env. Education & Interpretation Interim Curriculum Coordinator EFB Curriculum Coordination and Assessment Committee CLBS Advisory Committee

B. College-level Ad-hoc Committee on Environmental Education, Communication & Interpretation program ESF Academic Standards Sub-Committee ESF Academic Governance Committee on Student Affairs CSTEP Advisory Board - Led ‘CONNECTIONS’ pre-orientation walk w/ Mark Teece s at Green Lakes State Park (8/20) - Workshop on Laboratory Report Writing (9/27) ESF Writing Resource Center – Technical Writing Workshop for Tutors (w/ N. Abrams (9/11) ESF in the High School - Coordinated and provided instructional support to local high school sections of General Biology I & II Laboratory.

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- Led discussion on careers in Biology/Environmental Science for participating ESFHS school groups (10/12, 10/29, 11/16) 2017 ESF Graduate Assistant Teaching Colloquium (8/23) - Facilitated two sessions on grading papers and written work. Faculty Search Committee – FNRM Forest Ecosystem Management Discovery Challenge Ways and Means Committee ESF Alumni Association Board

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation – none.

McNulty A. Department-level – none. B. College-level Associate Director of Research, Adirondack Ecological Center Chair, Search Committee, Forest Property Director Member, Council for Geospatial Modeling and Analysis (CGMA) Member, Search Committee, AEC Business Manager Roosevelt Adirondack Wildlife Conservationist, ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Station C. University-wide, including Research Foundation

Newman

A. Department-level • Course and Curriculum Assessment Committee member. • Point person for deionized water treatment system • Spoke at EFB and BTC orientation seminars • Pre-Med Advisor, Environmental Biology students • Tenure and Promotion Committee • Biotech major coordinator • Biotech minor coordinator

B. College-level • Chair, Committee on Research • Member, Academic Governance Executive Committee • Coordinator, Environmental Health major • Curriculum group participant of Environmental Science • Mentor for Undergraduate Honors and CSTEP programs • Spoke at Environmental Science Orientation seminar • Lead in developing MD/PhD program with Upstate Medical University • Lead in reinstating early admissions program for MD with Upstate Medical University • Advisor, 3 + 3 Doctor of Physical Therapy Program • Lead in developing NIEHS grant program • Coordinator, Environmental Science’s Health and the Environment focus area • Member of Hill Collaboration Nervous System Group 140

• Member of Hill Collaboration Cancer Group • Member of Hill Collaboration Wounded Warrior Group • Chair, Biotechnology Research Symposium organizing committee • Advisor: Food Studies Minor • Advisor: Environmental Health Minor • Lead, in developing 2+2 joint diploma programs with Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, in the majors of Environmental Biology, Biotechnology, Aquatic Science, Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental Science and Environmental Health • Developing a collaborative program between Environmental Health group and the NYS Department of Health at the Wadsworth Center in Albany • Development of ESF/Brookhaven National Lab Research and Education Collaborations • Development of Research Collaboration program between ESF and Tyumen State University, Russia • Development of joint MS and PhD degree programs between ESF and Tyumen State University, Russia • Development of collaborative research programs with the Korean Institute of Oriental Medicine • Development of collaborative research and education programs with Pavlodar University, Kazakhstan

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation • Development of SUNY/Brookhaven National Lab Research and education collaborations • Developing a collaborative program between the Environmental Health group, and the University of Albany Department of Environmental Health • Development of collaboration between SUNY and the Korean University of Science and Technology

Parry A. Department-level • GPAC & Burgess Doctoral Scholar • Stegeman Award

B. College-level – none.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation – none.

Powell A. Department-level • Coordinator for the undergraduate Biotechnology major (with significant help this year from Dr. Lee Newman) • Participated in Spring Open House

B. College-level • Director of the American Chestnut Research and Restoration project 141

• Director of the Council on Biotechnology in Forestry • Roosevelt Wild Life Station Scientist in Residence • IBC (Institutional Biosafety Committee) member • Chestnut table to distribute wild-type American chestnuts during ESF’s Earth Week

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation – none.

Razavi

A. Department-level • Environmental Health Major – working with Dr. Lee Newman on undergraduate program and developing graduate program • Phyllis Roskin Award selection – solicited 15 student transcripts and CVs, reviewed faculty feedback, and selected awardee for the Phyllis Roskin Memorial Award

B. College-level – none.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation – none.

Ringler A. Department-level • Interim Dept Chair

B. College-level • Vice Provost and Executive Director, Onondaga Lake Science Center-

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation • Executive Committee, SUNY Distinguished Academy- • Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions Roadmap Natural Waters Working Group ii (May 30, 2019-)

Rundell A. Department-level • With Stacy McNulty (AEC), worked to establish new Adirondack Internship Program for our EFB Majors (particularly Conservation Biology, our largest major at ESF) • Roosevelt Wild Life Station o Head Curator, Roosevelt Wild Life Collections. Development, strategic planning, specimen acquisition, and oversight of Collections (2014-Present) o Roosevelt Wild Life Station Leadership Committee. Vision, development, and strategic planning of RWLS; provide Collections expertise (2013-Present). Chairs: J. Gibbs, J. Frair. o Roosevelt Wild Life Station Collections Committee. Provide ESF leadership in cooperation with Honorary Advisory Council

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o Supervise two Collections Assistants in RWLC (2018-2019, funded through my NSF and IMLS grants) who are overhauling the curation and organization of EFB teaching and research collections. o Scientist-in-Residence and Roosevelt Invertebrate Zoologist, Roosevelt Wild Life Station • Biotechnology Major Committee (2014-Present)

B. College-level • Completed the successful design, build, and finishing of Roosevelt Wild Life Collections and Classroom (RWLCC) in Gateway Building. Worked directly with architectural firm QPK, Henderson Johnson, and Physical Plant and Facilities (Boothroyd, Cangello) to ensure the success of the overall project from broad design to miniscule details/finishings and functionality. Added >5000 sq. ft. of teaching and research space. Selected major equipment, including cabinetry. • Represented EFB in providing input on the design and educational functionality for Illick 5 Auditorium project (complete) • Represented Roosevelt Wild Life Station (w/ Director James Gibbs) on Illick 11 renovation project, first home of RWLS • Delivered presentation to ESF Board of Trustees about RWLCC in Gateway (13 Dec. 2018) • Worked with leadership to plan and implement the RWLS Centennial Celebration on April 3, 2019. As Head Curator I represent and direct the RWLC. • Worked with RWLS Director James Gibbs to design and implement visitor- and prospective student/parent-friendly exhibit space for RWLCC in Gateway • Worked with Communications Dept. to create text and design for new interpretive signage related to new RWLCC in Gateway • Establishing new snail conservation exhibit at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo (w/R. Niver (USFWS), C. Gilbertson), featuring live Chittenango ovate amber snails and a “climb-on” snail

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation • Working with NY State Museum on MOU to bring Ph.D. fellowships to ESF

Schulz

A. Department-level

• EFB Course and Curriculum Assessment Committee Chair o Helped facilitate Wildlife Group Assessment meeting (11 April 2019) o Participated in multi-departmental group working on the future of the Environmental Interpretation major • Participant in AFS student mixer organization – John Farrell lead the effort – 6 Sept 2018 • Facilitated appointment of SCUBA instructor to teach two SCUBA classes (currently EFB 296 and EFB 496) to our students, resulting in valuable training and numerous certifications for them • Occasional participant on GPAC • Co-facilitator (with Lee Newman) of the pre-EFB Chair search process (Sept-Oct 2018) • Facilitator for the EFB Faculty Chair search process (elected)

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• Co-interviewer for Rebecca Rundell’s search process for COAS technician • Participated in Illick Program of Study planning (3 meetings)

B. College-level • EFB representative to the ESF Committee on Curriculum • Capital Planning Committee Member • Marine Science Minor coordinator • Faculty advisor to the Nautilus Club (student marine science and scuba club) • EFB representative to the Water Resources Minor • Environmental Science advisor and Curriculum Group Participant in Division of Environmental Science area of Watershed Science • Member of AEC advisory board • Participated in initial water group meetings at college level (10 Oct, 31 Oct, Dec 18) • Roosevelt Wild Life Station Scientist-in-Residence: Roosevelt Aquatic Ecologist • Coordinating effort to develop and run CIRTAS – Center for Integrated Research and Teaching in Aquatic Science, to find funding to develop a collaborative aquatic science experimental facility for teaching and research at ESF, and participating in efforts to further organize aquatics group in EFB • Participated in Onondaga Lake Center Planning Meetings (June 6, Sept 6, Oct 12, 2018, 22 Feb 2019; site visits)

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - None

Schummer A. Department-level

B. College-level • Library Committee, EFB representatiev

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation

Stewart A. Department-level Coordinator, Aquatic and Fisheries Science Major.

B. College-level – none.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none.

Teale A. Department-level Promotion and Tenure Committee (member, Chair)

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B. College-level Biosafety Committee (member)

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none.

Wier

A. Department-level • Temporary coordinator of the Environmental Education and Interpretation Major (Jan-May 2019) • Cranberry Lake Advisory Committee • Curator of EFB Herbaria • Active participant in EFB Majors in Environmental Education and Interpretation, Forest Health, • Conservation Biology, and Environmental Biology

B. College-level - none.

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation - none.

Whipps A. Department-level • EFB Animal Physiologist Search (January 2019-present). Chair: Mark Lomolino

B. College-level • ESF Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (Aug 2011-present). Chair: Christopher Whipps • ESF Honors Program Faculty Council (Aug 2011-present). Director: William Shields. • ESC Health and the Environment Curriculum Group Participant (Mar 2011-present)

C. University-wide, including Research Foundation • SUNY Center for Applied Microbiology (Feb 2013 – present) Director: Christopher Whipps

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Appendix H. Unfunded Service to Government Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc.

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Appendix L. Miscellaneous Publications and Outreach Activities and Materials

Belant EFB 493 Wildlife Habitat and Populations 1 lecture EFB 797 Adaptive Peaks Graduate Seminar 1.5 discussions

Cohen Saltmarsh Conservation. Newburyport, MA. April 2018

Diemont FOR 480 Urban Forestry 1 lecture

Dovciak EFB 210 Diversity of Life I 3 lectures EFB 326 Plant Evolution, Diversification and Conservation 1 lecture LSA 496/696 Pine Barrens Planning and Management 1 lecture

Farrell, J. EFB 132 EFB Freshman Orientation Seminar 1 lecture EFB 281 Diversity of Life 1 lecture LSA 326 Landscape Architectural Design Studio I 1 lecture

Farrell, S. Spring EFB 211 Div of Life 2 2 lectures

Fernando BTC 132 Biotechnology Orientation Seminar 1 lecture

EFB 210 Diversity of Life 2 lectures

EFB 535 Flowering Plants: Div, Evol & Syst 1 lecture

Fierke

Frair

Gibbs

Green

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Horton

Kimmerer

Leopold

Leydet

Limburg

Lomolino

Frair

McGee

McNulty

Newman

Parry

Powell

Razavi

Ringler

Rundell

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Schummer

Stewart

Teale

Wier

Whipps

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Appendix M. Foreign Travel

Belant – not reported, though multiple

Cohen Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, January 2019. Presented workshop on shorebird research and conservation to the Gujarat Ecological Education and Research Foundation.

Diemont Braga, Portugal and Dunfermline, Scotland, June 1 – July 2, 2018 (began February 1, from past year's report) I was on sabbatical in Europe during last spring and into the summer. Most of this time I was in Portugal, where I worked with farmers and scientists to determine how traditional viticulture can be part of climate change adaption. I conducted soil sampling in these systems. Throughout these regions I met with both scientists and non-scientists and visited numerous food systems to better understand how traditional food production and foraging in urban to rural areas can be part of food systems design. In Scotland I visited traditional agroecosystems.

Vitoria-Gasteiz and Madrid, Spain, May 13-29, 2019 I taught the field component of ENS 596 Interdisciplinary International Urban Ecosystem Design with Emanuel Carter. We also participated in the International Landscape Workshop put on by the Center for Environmental Studies. As part of this workshop we designed novel, food-oriented, additions to the green belt that surrounds Vitoria-Gasteiz.

Braga, Portugal, May 29-31, 2019 (returned June 3, in next year's report) I continued the interview work with farmers and soil sampling of traditional tree-vine vineyards in northern Portugal to assess how hydraulic redistribution in these systems might assist them in adapting to climate change.

Dovciak • Andes and upper Amazon, Ecuador (March 6-19, 2018). Field trip component of EFB 523 Tropical Ecology. Don Stewart and I lead a group of 20 students to Quito and through the Andean páramos and cloud forests to the lowland tropical rainforests of the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve and Tiputini Biodiversity Station—some of the most biodiverse spots on the planet—in order to study tropical ecology & biodiversity. • Western Carpathians, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia (July 13- August 3, 2018). Collaborative Research: Long-term forest dynamics and effects of land-use on biodiversity in the Western Carpathians.

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Fierke Sabbatical travel Europe: met colleague Juli Gould at the BFW Austrian Research Centre for Forests in Vienna Austria for an international week long (Oct 1–4) meeting “Preparing Europe for invasion by the beetles emerald ash borer and bronze birch borer, two major tree-killing pests”. We presented our research on emerald ash borer parasitoids: “Introduced parasitoids for biological control of emerald ash borer in North America” Juli Gould, Melissa Fierke, Jian Duan, & Leah Bauer New Zealand: visited multiple universities and agencies to learn about and understand issues facing the country with regards to forests, forest pests, invasive plants & insects. Most notably economically important North American pines and Sirex noctilio, a wood-boring wasp that my lab does research on and I met with Steve Pawson, Entomology Research Leader for Scion (based out of Christchurch), over multiple days. I also stayed at and visited with many folks at Lincoln University in November/December as a Visiting Scholar. I learned about challenges faced at other Universities (administrative and otherwise), how research/funding happens, and about NZ history and diversity.

Frair

Banff, Alberta, Canada – May 2019, research workshop Budapest, Hungary – Feb 2019, meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Council on Game and Wildlife Conservation Illomantsi, Finland – Aug 2018, invited keynote speaker at Women and Sustainable Hunting conference

Gibbs

Green

Horton

Kimmerer

Leopold

Leydet

Limburg

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Lomolino

Frair

McGee

McNulty

Newman

Parry

Powell

Razavi

Ringler

Rundell

Schulz

Schummer

Stewart

Teale

Wier

Whipps

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APPENDIX N. New York Natural Heritage Program 2018–19 (submitted by DJ Evans, Director)

The New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) databases are the primary source of information on biodiversity used in environmental review and land management planning by state agencies in New York. Our data is also used by conservation organizations statewide in setting priorities for their important work. We currently manage around 14,000 records of rare species and natural communities in our central Biotics database. These records are an accumulation of 30 years of field work and data collected by our scientists, biologists of the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), other state and federal agency biologists, NGO scientists, researchers and their students, and naturalists across the state. Our base funding comes from a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with DEC and includes work for the Division of Fish and Wildlife, Division of Lands and Forests, Division of Marine Resources, and the Division of Water. This is a five-year agreement that funds program administration, database development, animal data processing, responses to information requests, conservation status ranking for animal species, sharing of data with other agencies and partners, botanical services, inventories for rare species and ecosystems on New York State Forests and Forest Preserves, invasive species database management and data services, and marine rare species expertise and data processing. We also have a long-term MOU with the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) to monitor rare species and habitats in state parks and work with stewardship staff in protecting some of the state’s most sensitive species and natural features. Our invasive species work consists mostly of database management and working with natural resources managers across the state in getting information into the state’s online invasive species database, iMapInvasives (iMap). We handle bulk data uploads, data quality control, app development and maintenance, outreach in the form of training users in iMap data entry and invasive species reporting, and we attend various meetings and public events to promote the use of iMapInvasives. ESF graduate student Brittney Rogers, who just successfully defended her thesis in July during Invasive Species Awareness Week, was back with us this year and has been instrumental to our efforts in public outreach and training over the past two years. She worked with us to develop an iMap Certified Trainers Network and spearheaded an iMap newsletter to keep users informed on training sessions, mobile tools, database development updates, and high-profile invasive species to look out for. This summer, Brittney is moving on to a full-time position with The Nature Conservancy, working on invasives issues with SLELO PRISM (St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management). For the next two years, we are collaborating with Martin Dovciak and funding graduate student Dylan Findley. Dylan will work with conservation partners in the PRISMs to create priority invasive species lists for each region and then work with us to integrate this information into our statewide spatial prioritization tool. We also have three DEC interns working with our iMap team through the summer. Gabriela Wemple is providing a variety of support to our team, including iMap system data clean-up, confirming records for common species, assisting with iMap trainings and more. Forest Swaciak is back again this year and will be with us through May 2020. Forest is a University of Albany graduate student who is working on the popular Watercraft Inspection Steward Program Application (WISPA) and will be assisting with iMap dashboards, data analyses and reporting throughout the year. In addition to these summer interns, we have hired Sundas Rehman (an ESF alumus) to assist with bulk data uploads and cross-walks to iMap3.0 through September, as we wrap up development work on the new iMap system. Since our move to SUNY ESF, we have been thinking of creative ways to engage the next generation of ecologists, zoologists and botanists – the students at SUNY ESF – in the work of our 154

program. As we’ve worked with our agency partners, we have sought to include tasks appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, allowing them to apply their coursework to real life experiences in the field. Heritage staff attend a week-long training, learning the methodology required to collect and maintain data in accordance with the natural heritage network’s high standards, but there are sometimes opportunities for developing survey methods that can be done by students in conjunction with heritage staff, or that can be taught to students who can then complete the surveys on their own. The Empire State Native Pollinator Survey is one such project. This project will help us determine the conservation status of a wide array of native insect pollinators in nonagricultural habitats. Focal taxa include several groups of bees (Hymenoptera), flies (Diptera), beetles (Coleoptera), and moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera). Abigail (Abbey) Jago, a graduate student under Melissa Fierke, is back this summer helping with pollinator sampling, along with summer field tech Kaylee Fierke. Kaylee stepped into the position after the sudden passing of ESF student Beth Newkirk, who had been hired to work with Abbey for the summer. We were deeply saddened by the loss of Beth and grateful to Kaylee for taking a full-time summer position on short notice, and under such unfortunate circumstances. Using Syracuse and ESF campus as a home base, Abbey and Kaylee have been traveling and sampling extensively as a team, and spending time sorting and processing specimens on indoor days. We’ve been talking with natural resources staff at Fort Drum about doing pollinator work on the base for some time now, and this year we established an agreement to conduct a year-long study of pollinators across a variety of Fort Drum habitats. Focal taxa and survey methods used on Fort Drum will follow those of the overlapping Empire State Native Pollinator Study, which provides a statewide context for the commonness and rarity of detected species. Our more intense sampling effort at Fort Drum will help land managers there begin to understand which pollinators are present on the base and which species and habitats require special attention. We’ve hired two additional students from Melissa Fierke’s lab to conduct the surveys at Fort Drum this summer, Jason Hamidi, a current graduate student, and McKenzie Wybron, who worked for us as an undergrad with SUNY Brockport and then came to ESF as a graduate student to work on our Tiger Beetle project for her thesis. In addition to the two pollinator field crews, we have two undergraduate students funded to help sort and identify pollinators collected by the field crews. Eva Hanan is working in Melissa’s lab on the ESF Campus and Jayson Maxwell is working specifically on Syrphid flies from Carmen Greenwood’s lab at SUNY Cobleskill. We have added line in our Statewide Botany Services budget for a summer intern and each year we reach out to the campus, advertising it to the ESF student population in January or February, and bringing them on to work with our staff from May through August. We have enjoyed working with these students each summer and this year we are pleased to have EFB undergraduate Dani Yashinovitz as our botany assistant. Since May, Dani has been working out of our office in 303 Illick Hall, processing a backlog of botany records into our Biotics database. The other half of her time is spent assisting our botanists Steve Young and Rich Ring with rare plant surveys statewide. Finally, we have a SUNY Cobleskill graduate, Lydia Sweeney, on staff this summer to assist with some of our survey work on state land in the Adirondacks and with our wetland projects, funded through multiple EPA Wetland Program Development Grants. One of these grants “Determining the importance of vernal pools across geophysical and urbanization gradients to inform regulation, conservation, and management” was a collaborative project involving our chief zoologist, Matt Schlesinger and ESF faculty, James Gibbs and Stacy McNulty. Our final field season for this project involved an intensive period of spring vernal pool sampling. We were fortunate to find two December 2018 ESF graduates, Maggie Pasanen and Aaron Goodell, willing to work with us on a short-term basis sampling vernal pools. Maggie and Aaron did a great job and have since moved on to other opportunities. We wish them the best of luck in their new careers!

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We have several projects that don’t involve ESF students or on-campus faculty, but I’ll highlight just two. Over the past 2 years, we have been participating on a steering committee of agency and academic members to make decisions around the next NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. This past year we received funding from DEC to recruit a coordinator and start work on the Atlas, which officially kicks off in 2020. Julie Hart was hired in January 2019 to be the next NYS Breeding Bird Atlas Coordinator! Julie has been busy establishing a web presence for the project, recruiting volunteer regional coordinators, and working with Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird staff in preparation for the statewide Atlas, which will utilize Ebird for data entry and storage. Last but certainly not least (!), over the last twelve months we have been working with NatureServe, ESRI, Microsoft and the network of state natural heritage programs to produce a nationwide Map of Biodiversity Importance (MoBI). This project was inspired by Jack Dangermond of ESRI, funded by The Nature Conservancy of California, and involved a significant amount of donated time and computing resources from both ESRI and Microsoft. Tapping into the data and expertise of natural heritage programs across the country and the computing resources of both ESRI and Microsoft, the project produced species distribution models (SDMs) for 2,600 federally listed species and a national set of environmental predictor layers that can be used in future modeling efforts at broad scales. Stacks of SDMs are combined into a single layer and used to create a national map of places where critical features of biodiversity are unprotected and therefore considered at risk of being lost. Our lead scientist Tim Howard and spatial analyst Amy Conley have been integral to this effort. Tim has been using natural heritage program data to produce species distribution models for the last 15 years and over time has refined our methods to produce better and better models. Along with a few other key University-based natural heritage programs, Tim has led the Network in developing a consistent, well-documented methodology for creating high quality species distribution models using data from natural heritage programs and a variety of other sources. For more information on the project follow this link: http://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/projects/map-biodiversity-importance

For more information on the work of NYNHP please contact DJ Evans at 518-402-8948 or [email protected].

We are currently working on moving our staff pages and web presence to ESF’s website. In the meantime, for our staff directory see www.esf.edu/efb/directory/nynhp.htm. For reports and other resources please visit our scientist web pages at www.nynhp/staff, or DEC’s website www.dec.ny.gov/animals/29338.html. We have also included a list of publications and resources see the Appendix of this report (New York Natural Heritage Program 2018-19 Publications, Presentations and Service). New York Natural Heritage Program 2018-19 Publications, Presentations & Service

Publications Gibbs J.P., Buff M.F., Cosentino B.J. (2019) The Biological System—Urban Wildlife, Adaptation, and Evolution: Urbanization as a Driver of Contemporary Evolution in Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis). In: Hall M., Balogh S. (eds) Understanding Urban Ecology. Springer, Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11259-2_12 Schlesinger, M.D., Feinberg, J.A., Nazdrowicz, N.H. et al. 2018. Follow-up ecological studies for cryptic species discoveries: Decrypting the leopard frogs of the eastern US. PloS one, 13(11), p.e0205805.

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Sofaer, H. R., C. S. Jarnevich, I. S. Pearse, R. L. Smyth, S. Auer, G. L. Cook, T. C. Edwards, G. F. Guala, T. G. Howard, J. T. Morisette, and H. Hamilton. 2019. Development and Delivery of Species Distribution Models to Inform Decision-Making. BioScience 69:544–557. Young, B.E., Dodge, N., Hunt, P.D., Ormes, M., Schlesinger, M.D. and Shaw, H.Y., 2019. Using citizen science data to support conservation in environmental regulatory contexts. Biological Conservation, 237, pp. 57-62.

Papers Submitted, In Review, Pending Decision Apodaca, J., A. Patton, J. Corser, C. Wilson, L. Williams, A. Cameron, D. Wake. A new green salamander in the southern Appalachians: evolutionary history of Aneides aeneus and implications for management and conservation with the description of a cryptic microendemic species. Re-submitted, pending final decision, Copeia

Papers/Posters Presented at Science Meetings Buff, M. 2018. Reporting Biotics Data using Microsoft Access. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 24, 2018. Dean, J. 2018. Emerging Invasive Animals. Presentation at Northeast Region Natural Heritage Meeting. Fort Hill, PA. October 2018. Dean, J. 2018. Invasive species and biodiversity: combining information to prioritize management projects. Presentation at North American Invasive Species Management Association Annual Meeting. Rochester, MN. October 2018. Dean, J. 2019. Mapping and prioritizing invasive species efforts for New York. Presentation at Bard College Biology Lecture Series. Annandale-On-Hudson, NY. February 2019. Edinger, G.J., E.S. Runnells, and T.G. Howard. 2019. Montauk Point, Marine Rocky Intertidal Monitoring, Year One 2018 Baseline Results. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY. Edinger, G.J., Montauk Point, Marine Rocky Intertidal Monitoring, Methods and Preliminary Findings. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 2018. Greenwood, C., Jacobson, Z., Somers, L, Corser, J., White, E. and Schlesinger, M. 2018. Empire state native pollinator survey: Saproxylic hover flies within rare old growth forest habitats of New York State. National Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Cleveland, Ohio, October, 2018. Howard, T.G. and A.K. Conley. 2018. A new land cover classification for the Albany Pine Bush. Presentation at the Dec. 20, 2018 meeting of the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, Albany, NY. Howard, T.G., A.K. Conley, and G.J. Edinger. 2018. A new land cover classification for the Albany Pine Bush. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY. Jacobson, Z., Somers, L, Greenwood, C., Corser, J., White, E. and Schlesinger, M. 2019. Empire state native pollinator survey: Saproxylic hover flies within rare old growth forest habitats of New York State. Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, MA. April, 2019. Marino, J. and C. McGlynn. 2019. Using GIS Field Data Collection Tools to Help Protect NY Lakes. Presentation at 2018 Northeast Arc Users Group Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY. October 2018. Marino, J., K. Goz, and F. Swaciak. Joining GIS Datasets to Protect New York State from Aquatic Invasive Species. Poster Presentation at 2019 American Association of Geographers Conference. Washington, DC. April 2019. McGlynn, C. and J. Marino. 2019. The Use of Field GIS Data Collection Tools to Empower Watercraft AIS Inspection Programs – WISPA in New York State. Presentation at the 20th 157

Annual Conference of the Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society. Albany, NY. January 2019. McGlynn, C. and J. Marino. 2019. The Use of Field GIS Data Collection Tools to Empower Watercraft AIS Inspection Programs – WISPA in New York State. Presentation at the 2019 Northeast Aquatic Biologists Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY. February 2019. Rogers, B. & Dean, J. 2018. iMapInvasives: Lessons learned from training citizen scientists. Presentation at CCE Invasive Species Inservice Conference. Ithaca, NY. November 2018. Rogers, B. 2018. iMapInvasives in the Classroom. Presentation at NYS Outdoor Education Association Conference. Huguenot, NY. October 2018. Rogers, B. 2019. Following A Train-The-Trainer Model Approach For Branching Out. Presentation to Citizen Science Association Annual Meeting. Raleigh, NC. April 2019. Rogers, B. Engaging Broader Audiences through the iMapInvasives Certified Trainers Network. Presentation at the Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, MA. April 2019. Schlesinger, M.D. 2018. Importance of animal assemblages. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 2018. Schlesinger, M.D. and M. Ormes. 2018. Guidance for using eBird records in NatureServe network program databases. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 2018. Shappell, L.J and T.G. Howard. 2019. Wetland condition and buffer width: How wide is wide enough? Society of Wetland Scientists Conference. Baltimore, MD. Shappell, L.J. 2018. Assessing wetland condition and floristic quality along and urban to rural gradient. NYS Wetlands Forum. Watkins Glen, NY. Shappell, L.J. 2018. Developing functional assessment protocols for New York State Wetlands. New England/Mid-Atlantic Joint Working Group Conference. Cooperstown, NY. Shappell, L.J. 2018. Using wetland vegetation plot data and three-tiered assessment for Element Occurrence Records in Biotics. Northeast Natural Heritage Conference. Fort Hill, Pennsylvania. Shappell, L.J. and T.G. Howard. 2018. Supporting actionable decision making for wetland permitting in New York State. New England/Mid-Atlantic Joint Working Group Conference. Cooperstown, NY. Shappell, L.J. and T.G. Howard. 2018. Supporting actionable decision making for wetland permitting in New York State. Northeast Natural Heritage Conference. Fort Hill, Pennsylvania Shappell, L.J. and T.G. Howard. 2019. Supporting actionable decision making for wetland permitting in New York State. NYS DEC Bureau of Ecosystem Health Annual Meeting. Lake George, NY. Shappell, L.J. and T.G. Howard. 2019. Wetland condition and buffer width: How wide is wide enough? NYS Wetlands Forum. Saratoga Springs, NY. Smyth, R., Tracey, C. and Howard, T.G. 2019. Making Species Distribution Models More Transparent: A Workshop on Tools for Model Assessment. Northeast Fish & Wildlife (NEAFWA) Conference workshop. White, E.L 2019. Odonate biodiversity and rarities on Long Island. Long Island Natural History Conference, Brookhaven, NY, March 22, 2019. White, E.L., M.D. Schlesinger, and J.D. Corser. 2018. Empire State Native Pollinator Survey. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 2018. Young, S. 2019. Monitoring Seabeach Amaranth on Long Island. Presentation at the Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, MA. April 2019. Young, S. 2019. Monitoring Seabeach Amaranth on Long Island. Presentation at the 2018 Northeast Natural Heritage Conference, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania, October 2018. 158

Young, S. 2019. The Invasive Species Tier System and a Look at Tier 2 Species. Presentation at the LIISMA PRISM conference, April 2019. Young, S. 2019. The Natural Communities and Rare Species of Plum Island. Presentation at the Long Island Natural History Conference. March 2019.

Unfunded Service to Professional Societies and Organizations Conrad, N. 2000-present. Vice-President, Board of Directors, Friends of the Dyken Pond Center Conrad, N. 2002-present. Member, Board of Directors, Rensselaer Land Trust Dean, J. 2018-present. Natural Resources Inventory Workgroup for Town of East Greenbush. Dean, J. 2018-present. Steering Committee. National Capital Region Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management. Howard, T.G. 2019. Adirondack Summit Steward Training. June 2019. Runnells, E.S. 2018 – present, Member, LIISMA Aquatic Invasive Species Committee Runnells, E.S. 2019. Long Island Invasive Species Conference Planning Committee, LIISMA Schlesinger, M.D. 2016-present. Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, Rensselaerville, NY. Schlesinger, M.D. 2019. Adirondack Summit Steward pollinator sampling training, 6/11/2019. Shappell, L.J. 2018-present. Student presentation judge at the Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meetings (2018, 2019). Shappell, L.J. 2019. Reviewer for Wetlands (2019), Bartonia (2018), and O’Brien and Gere US EPA Quality Assurance Protocol Plan for St. Lawrence River wetland project (2019). White, E. 2007-present. Curator of Odonata collection at NYS Museum. White, E. 2007-present. Member, Dragonfly Society of the Americas. Winter, J., J. Tolisano, R. Lederer-Barnes, M. Batcher, and N. Conrad. 2018. Rensselaer Land Trust Land Conservation Plan. Young, S. 2018-19. Board member. Friends of the Woodlawn Preserve, Schenectady, NY. Young, S. 2018-19. Secretary, New York Flora Association.

Funded Service to Governmental Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc. Conrad, N. 2018. NY Natural Heritage, EAF Mapper, and Animal Screening Layers: What are the Connections? Presentation to NYSDEC DEP meeting. Albany, NY. September 28, 2018. Conrad, N. 2018. Use and Interpretation of NY Natural Heritage Data: Project Review and Screening. Training for NY State Parks staff. Albany, NY. October 10, 2018. Conrad, N. 2019. Natural Heritage Important Areas and Element Occurrences: What they mean and how to use them. Presentation to Hudson Valley land trusts and NYSDEC at Natural Heritage Important Areas Workshop organized by Hudson River Estuary Program. New Paltz, NY. April 26, 2019. Dean, J. 2018. Mapping Invasive Species in New York. Lecture for SUNY Cobleskill course: Terrestrial Ecology. Cobleskill, NY. September 2018. Dean, J. 2018. Mapping Invasive Species in the Classroom. Presentation at BOCES Capital Region Educators Workshop. Albany, NY. September 2018. Dean, J. 2018. Mapping Invasive Species with iMapInvasives. Lecture for SUNY Cortland course: Conservation Biology (Dr. Andrea Davalos). Cortland, NY. September 2018. Dean, J. 2018. Mapping Invasive Species with iMapInvasives. Lecture for Cornell University course: Field Ecology (Dr. Marc Goebel). Webinar. October 2018. Dean, J. 2018-Present. NYS DOT Swallowwort biocontrol project technical advisory group. Dean, J. 2019. iMap3 webinar training series – Advanced Data. Webinar. May 2019. Dean, J. 2019. iMap3 webinar training series – Power Users. Webinar. May 2019.

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Dean, J. 2019. iMapInvasives Project Updates. Presentation at NY Invasive Species Council. Albany, NY. June 2019. Dean, J. 2019. Prioritizing Invasive Species Efforts with iMapInvasives. Lecture for Siena College course: Invasive Species Management (Dr. Mary Beth Kolozsvary). Albany, NY. February 2019. Evans, D.J. 2007 – present. Member, New York State Invasive Species Advisory Committee. Evans, D.J. 2013 – June 30, 2019. Member, NatureServe Board of Directors. Howard, T.G. 2019. Hudson Valley Forest Patch Assessment. Presentation to the Hudson River Estuary Program Conservation Partners meeting. Lutz, C., Dean, J., & Rogers, B. 2018. iMap Certified Trainers Network Webinar. December 2018. Marino, J., Dean, J., & Rogers, B. 2019. iMap Certified Trainers Network Webinar. April 2019. Rogers, B. 2018. Using Citizen Science to Improve Invasive Species Regional Efforts. Presentation to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Region 7. Cortland, NY. September 2018. Schlesinger, M.D. 2019. Empire State Native Pollinator Survey. Presentation to the New York City Pollinator Working Group, March 2019. Schlesinger, M.D. 2019. Tiger beetles of the Hudson Valley: Fast, tiny, and vicious. Presentation to the Palisades Interstate Park League of Naturalists, March 2019. Schlesinger, M.D. and M. Wybron. 2019. Developing stewardship guidance for the rare northern barrens tiger beetle (Cicindela patruela). Presentation to the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership, June 2019. Shappell, L.J. 2019. Wetland ecology vernal pool training workshop. Attended by two staff members from New York City Dept. Environmental Protection and five NYNHP staff. Reist Wildlife Sanctuary, Niskayuna, NY. White, E. 2018-2019. Steering Committee Member. Conservation Planning for Endemic Damselflies of the Northeast. New Hampshire Audubon lead. White, E. Empire State Native Pollinator Survey workshop for Allegany State Park staff, Salamanca, NY on June 21. Wilkinson, 2019. iMapInvasives 3.0 – iMap for NYS Canals. Presentation at Canals office, Albany, NY. May 2019. Wilkinson, M. & Dean, J. 2019. iMapInvasives 3.0 - Using the database for APA work. Presentation at Adirondack Park Agency. Ray Brook, NY. May 2019. Wilkinson, M. & Dean, J. 2019. iMapInvasives Project Updates. Presentation at NY Invasive Species Council. Albany, NY. March 2019. Wilkinson, M. 2015-present. Steering Committee. Capital Mohawk Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management. Young, S. 2018. Capital Mohawk PRISM Conservation Committee Member. Young, S. 2018. Coastal Plain Ponds. Presentation to the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt. July 2018. Young, S. 2018. Evaluation of the herbarium at SUNY ESF. October 2018. Young, S. 2018. Learn 10 wetland plants. Walk for the Friends of the Woodlawn Preserve and the NY Flora Association, Schenectady, NY. September 2018. Young, S. 2018. Rare plants of the Hempstead Plains. Walk for the Friends of the Hempstead Plains and the New York Flora Association, Hempstead, NY. September 2018. Young, S. 2018. Rare plants of the Hempstead Plains. Walk for the Long Island Grassland Managers Meeting. October 2018. Young, S. 2018. Rare plants of Whiteface Mountain. Walk for the New York Flora Association. August 2018. Young, S. 2018-19. Slender False Brome Task Force member. Young, S. Careers in botany discussion. SUNY ESF graduate student mixer, Syracuse. March 2019.

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Young, S. Coordination and presentation about bamboo identification. LIISMA PRISM and NYS DEC class in Locust Valley Long Island. May 2019. Young, S. How to Find a Rare Plant. Presentation SUNY ESF Plant Conservation class. Apr 2019. Young, S. Whorled mountain mint technical advisory group meeting. New York City Parks Department, Staten Island. Jan 2019.

Presentations to the Public Dean, J. & Kolozsvary, M. 2018. Prioritizing Invasive Species Management in the Region. Presentation at Huyck Preserve. Rensselaerville, NY. July 2018. Hart. J. NY Breeding Bird Atlas III presentations and workshops reached over 200 potential volunteers: Rochester on 9/15/18, Ithaca 2/11/19, Saratoga Springs 3/23/19, Jamestown 4/24/19, Kinderhook 4/27/19, Ithaca 5/2/19, Delmar 5/6/19, Olean 5/17/19, and Millbrook 6/22/19. Marino, J. & Dean, J. 2019. iMap3 webinar training series – The Basics. Webinar. May 2019. Runnells, E.S. 2019. Marine Invasive Animal Identification on Long Island. LIISMA Workshop. Setauket, NY. May 30th, 2019 Schlesinger, M.D. 2019. Empire State Native Pollinator Survey workshops for participants. Bellport on 5/11, NYC on 5/17 and 5/18. White, E. Empire State Native Pollinator Survey workshops for participants. Delmar on 6/15, Jamestown on 6/22, Tupper Lake on 6/29, Savannah on 7/13. Wilkinson, M. & McGlynn, C. 2019. NY Watercraft Inspection Steward Program App (WISPA). NYS Federation of Lakes Association Conference. May 2019. Wilkinson, M., Dobson, A., Dean, J., & Antolos, E. 2019. Invasive Species Mapping Challenge. Webinar. June 2019.

Miscellaneous Publications and Outreach Activities and Materials Buff, M. 2018. Building an MS Access Report. Invited webinar presentation to the NatureServe network. November 15, 2018, https://tranxfer.natureserve.org/download/Longterm/Biotics/Biotics5/Training/BuildingAnAccess Report.zip. Howard, T.G. 2019. Building a Modeling Infrastructure with AI for Earth. Presentation to the national Heritage Network as part of the NatureServe Distribution Modeling in the Network Webinar Series. Howard, T.G. 2019. Landscape modeling at the Heritage Program. Presentation to The Nature Conservancy – New York, 6/21/2019. Lutz, C. & Wilkinson, M. Empire Plaza Farmer’s Market Tabling – Invasive Species Awareness Week. Albany, NY. July 2018. NY iMapInvasives Newsletter. Issue 2. February 2019. NY iMapInvasives Newsletter. Issue 3. June 2019. Runnells, E.S. 2019. Marine Invasive Species of Long Island: What can we do? LIISMA Partners Meeting. Stony Brook, NY. January 17th, 2019 Shappell, L.J. 2018. Developing a new website to increase the online presence of our NYNHP wetland projects: www.nynhp.org/wetlands Shappell, L.J. 2018. Finding a rare wetland community in New York State’s Capital Region. New York State Wetlands Forum Spring Newsletter. Shappell, L.J. 2019. Developing assessment protocols for New York State wetlands. Invited guest lecture for Dr. Kevin Bliss’ wetland course. SUNY-ESF. Wear, S. and M. Wilkinson. 2018. On the Water: Protecting New York Waterbodies from Invasive Species. Article on eSpatially New York website (espatiallynewyork.com). July 2018.

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Young, S. Fun with Plant Common Names. New York Flora Association Newsletter. Vol 29 (4). Fall 2018. Young, S. New County Records for NY. New York Flora Association Newsletter. Vol 29 (3). Summer 2018. Young, S. New Rare Plant Finds Submitted to the NY Natural Heritage Program 2018. New York Flora Association Newsletter. Vol 30 (1). Winter 2019.

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SUNY ESF Thousand Islands Biological Station Annual Report 2018-19

Our mission is to conserve aquatic resources using ecosystem-based science to inform decision makers and The SUNY-ESF Thousand Islands Biologicalsociety Station (TIBS), located on Governor’s Island, hosts a research programwhile focusing providing on the aquaticexceptional ecology of theeducational St. Lawrence Riverexperiences with an emphasis on fisheries, wetlands, limnology, invasive species, and ecological perturbations. The TIBS research program continues to advance scientific inquiry to guide management activities and understand impacts affecting the ecosystem. Many faculty, staff and students from a variety of institutions are attracted to the unique nature of this immense river that is the natural outlet to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Graduate and undergraduate student projects, with the support of a variety of faculty, provide a diverse research portfolio with many related studies supported by extramural grants. Many local outreach activities maintain a strong ESF connection to the St. Lawrence River community and provide students and staff opportunities for information exchange. We are excited about our progress and achievements and look forward to a sustained commitment to aquatic research and conservation in the face of significant and evolving environmental challenges. Highlights for 2018-2019 include significant research accomplishments in conservation of fisheries and aquatic habitats. Research support continues at TIBS with the five-year contract with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation through the Environmental Protection Fund and we continue a 3-year contract with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Fish Enhancement Mitigation and Research Fund. Our work with DEC focuses on ecological monitoring, and understanding the effect of water levels on habitat, wetlands and fish reproduction. With the US Fish and Wildlife Service we continue the Fish Habitat Conservation Strategy, an effort to enhance fish populations through addressing reproduction bottlenecks with habitat restoration measures. Administration Dr. John M. Farrell, Director, TIBS Dr. Melissa Fierke, Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology Dr. David Newman, Interim Provost, SUNY ESF Dr. David Amberg, Interim President, SUNY ESF

Professional staff (supported on extramural funding sources) 2018-2019 Nathan Satre, Senior Research Support Specialist and Laboratory Manager (thru March 31) Katelyn Barhite, Senior Research Support Specialist and Laboratory Manager (April 1 – present) 163

Dr. John Paul Leblanc, Post-doctoral Associate

Graduate students (all at ESF unless otherwise noted), degree sought and advisor(s). Asterisk indicates graduation before May 31 2019. Ceili Bachman* (M.S., M. Mitchell & K. Schulz) Jessica Goretzke (M.S., J. Farrell) Sarah Walton* (Carleton University; M.Sc., S. Cooke and J. Farrell) Benjamin Gallo* (M.S., B. Leydet and J. Farrell) Alex Kua (M.S., J. Stella and J. Farrell) Anna Conklyn (Ph.D., J. Farrell) Iman Pakzad (M.S., R. Razavi and J. Farrell) Max Wilder (PhD., H. Green)

Staff and undergraduate students

2018 Julie Beck, Senior Field Technician Katelyn Barhite, Senior Field Technician Tyler Field, SUNY-ESF, Federal Work Study Assistant Holly Ness, St. Olaf University, Field Technician Andrew Bachteler, SUNY-ESF, Field Technician Jonathan White, SUNY Plattsburgh, Field Technician Luke Nye-Smith, SUNY-ESF, Federal Work Study Assistant Lindsey Shulock, SUNY-ESF, Federal Work Study Assistant Cole Hartman, SUNY-ESF, Federal Work Study Assistant 2019 Jacob Ball, Senior Field Technician Emily Verbeck, Senior Field Technician Jonathan White, SUNY Plattsburgh, Field Technician Christopher Danforth, SUNY-ESF, Federal Work Study Assistant Samuel Greulich, Field Technician Guthrie Schumacher, Field Technician Emily Klimczak, Field Technician Madelyn Webb, Field Technician Jason Snodgrass, Field Technician

Faculty involvement Dr. Louis Bernatchez, Laval University, Muskellunge genomics project Dr. Quentin Rougemont, Laval University, Muskellunge genomics project Dr. Steven Cooke, Carleton University– Juvenile esocid movements study Dr. Derek Crane, Coastal Carolina University– larval walleye study Dr. Emily Cromwell, Cornell University Veterinary College – NY SeaGrant VHSV study Dr. Rodman Getchell, Cornell University Veterinary College – NY SeaGrant VHSV study Dr. Hyatt Green, ESF, Muskellunge eDNA study Dr. Fred Lecomte, INRS Quebec – larval fish ecology project Dr. Brian Leydet, ESF, Microbiome project Dr. Kimberly Schulz, ESF, wetland lower trophic levels and nutrient study Dr. John Stella, ESF, Muskrat population study Dr. Chris Whipps, ESF, FA project Northern Pike gender determination study 164

Agency and grant administration representatives

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation: Steven R. LaPan, Great Lakes Program Leader Christopher Legard, Lake Ontario Unit Leader Janet Lantry, Region 6 Fisheries Manager Rodger Klindt, St. Lawrence River Unit Leader

US Fish and Wildlife Service: Scott Schlueter, Fish Enhancement Mitigation and Research Program Leader

Research (active grants listed) Farrell, J. M., 4/1/16-3/31/21. Water Level Regulation Adaptive Management Research: Coastal Wetland Health Indicators and Sportfish Production in the Upper St. Lawrence River. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Protection Fund, $1,417,046. Farrell, J. M., 10/1/2017-9/30/2020. The St. Lawrence River Fish Habitat Conservation Strategy: Evaluation of Habitat Enhancements and Development of Novel Restoration Approaches. US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Special Project, $616,801

Leydet B. L., and J. M. Farrell. 3/1/17 – 12/31/2019. Influence of Spawning and Nursery Habitat in Shaping the Northern Pike (Esox lucius) Gut Microbiome. Great Lakes Research Consortium, Small Grants Program $22,500.

Razavi R., and J.M Farrell., 5/10/2019-12/31/2020. Food Web Impacts and Contaminant Transfer of the Tubenose Goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris) in the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River basin. Great Lakes Research Consortium, Small Grants Program $24,966.

Teachers on the EPA Lake Guardian visited the Thousand Islands Biological Station and were trained in Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecology and management by students, faculty and staff from ESF, Carleton University and Clarkson University. Invasive species, lower trophic

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levels, wetland and fisheries stations were visited by participants. TIBS staff toured the EPA vessel and learned about Great Lakes pelagic research methods. Publications (2018-19 published or in press) Farrell, J.M. 2019. Wetland responses to habitat enhancements and regulated hydrology in the upper St. Lawrence River. Clear Waters 49:42-47. Foubert, A., C. Le Pichon, M. Mingelbier, J. M. Farrell, J. Morin, F. Lecomte. 2019. Modeling the effective spawning and nursery habitats of northern pike within a large spatiotemporally variable river landscape (St. Lawrence River, Canada). Limnol. Oceanogr. 64, 803-819. Getchell, R. G., First, E. J., Bogdanowicz,, S. M., Andrés, J. A., Schulman, A. T., Kramer, J., Eckerlin, G. E., Farrell, J. M., and H. Marquis. (In press) Investigation of round goby viral hemorrhagic septicemia outbreak in New York. Journal of Fish Diseases. Goretzke, M. Windle, J.M. Farrell. (In press). Range expansion of the Western tubenose goby (Proterorhinus semilunaris Heckel, 1837) in eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River. BioInvasion Records. Massa, E. A. and J. M. Farrell. (In press) Improving habitat connectivity in a Typha-dominated wetland shows increased larval northern pike survival. Wetlands. Massa, E. A. and J. M. Farrell. 2019. Prey selection by larval northern pike (Esox lucius) exposed to different zooplankton assemblages representing seasonally flooded wetland and nearshore bay habitats. Limnol. Oceanogr. 64: 1200-1213. Miano, A. J., Leblanc, J. P., J. M. Farrell. 2019. Laboratory evaluation of spawning substrate type on potential egg predation by round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). Journal of Great Lakes Research 45:390-393. Neveldine, B., Leblanc, J. P., J. M. Farrell (online first) Vegetation response and juvenile northern pike (Esox lucius) outmigration following connectivity enhancement of a Typha dominated coastal wetland. Wetlands. Walton-Rabideau, Lédée, E. J. I., J. P. Leblanc, P. Szekeres, J. D. Midwood, A. J. Gallagher, J. M. Farrell, and Steven J. Cooke. (In press) Spatiotemporal ecology of juvenile Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in upper St. Lawrence River nursery bays. Ecol. Freshw. Fish. Walton-Rabideau, S.E., Newell, M., Jeanson, A.L., Lédée, E. J. I., Farrell, J. M., S. J. Cooke (In press) Evaluation of tag retention, healing, growth and behavior in age-0 muskellunge Esox masquinongy following acoustic transmitter implantation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Rougemont, Q., Carrier, A., Leluyer, J., Ferchaud, A-L., Farrell, J.M., Hatin, D., Brodeur, P., Bernatchez, L., 2019. Combining population genomics and forward simulations to investigate stocking impacts: A case study of Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) from the St. Lawrence River basin. Evolutionary Applications 1–21.doi: 10.1111/eva.12765 (COVER ARTICLE) Published reports Farrell, J. M., N. A. Satre. 2019. Muskellunge research, monitoring, and management in the Thousand Islands section of the St. Lawrence River. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 2016 Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lake Ontario Committee Annual Report. Farrell, J. M., and N. A. Satre. 2019. Northern pike research, monitoring, and management in the Thousand Islands Section of the St. Lawrence River. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation 2016 Great Lakes Fishery Commission Lake Ontario Committee Annual Report.

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TIBS related muskellunge research in collaboration with Laval University in the lab of Dr. Louis Bernatchez resulted in a publication in Evolutionary Applications was selected as the cover issue. The research combines NGS sequencing of St. Lawrence River muskellunge with genome based simulation to examine the effect of past stocking in Quebec waters. Findings show significant genetic differentiation between the river main stem and several tributaries and nearby lakes. The genetic integrity of the population appears largely intact despite extensive stocking for decades of Ohio and other strains. The study reviewed important implications for management of muskellunge populations. Presentations (scientific) Conklyn, A. L., J. M. Farrell and R. G. Getchell. Seasonal condition and VHSV prevalence in the invasive round goby in the Upper St. Lawrence River. Annual Meeting New York Chapter American Fisheries Society, Poughkeepsie, New York, February 6-8, 2019. Gallo, B. D., Farrell, J. M., B. F. Leydet. 2018. The fish gut microbiome: use of next generation sequencing (NGS) to examine gut microbial community patterns among fishes and sampling habitat. 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ. August 19-23, 2018. (Finalist for best student paper award). Gallo, B. D., Farrell, J. M., B. F., Leydet. 2018. The fish gut microbiome: implications of using of next generation sequencing (NGS) to examine microbial community patterns and bacterial infections. American Society of Microbiologist 53rd Eastern NY Branch Annual Regional Meeting, Albany, NY. October 16, 2018 Goretzke, J.A. 2018. Habitat restoration to enhance Northern Pike populations in the Upper St. Lawrence River: Invited talk at Minna Anthony Common Nature Center, Wellesley Island State Park, Fineview, NY. June 9, 2018.

Goretzke, J.A., Farrell, J.M., and M.J.S Windle. 2019. Range expansion of the Western Tubenose Goby in the upper St. Lawrence River. Poster presented at: New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. 8 Feb 2019.

Goretzke, J.A. and Farrell, J.M. Development of native fish and aquatic macrophyte assemblages in excavated coastal wetlands of the upper St. Lawrence River: New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Poughkeepsie, NY. 9 Feb 2019. Pakzad I, Farrell JM, and R. Razavi. Mercury bioaccumulation and diet overlap of two invasive goby species in the St. Lawrence River. Annual Meeting New York Chapter American Fisheries Society (Poughkeepsie, New York, February 6-8, 2019. 167

Walton-Rabideau, S.E., E.J.I. Lédée, J.P. Leblanc, P. Szekeres, J.D. Midwood, A.J. Gallagher, J.M. Farrell, and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Spatiotemporal ecology juvenile muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in upper St. Lawrence River nursery bays their inaugural fall and winter. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, London, Ontario.

Habitat enhancement project completed at Chippewa Bay, Hammond NY by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services Office in partnership with SUNY ESF. The project is designed to improve connectivity in a hybrid cattail dominated wetland to benefit fish habitat, especially northern pike spawning. Researchers from the Thousand Islands Biological Station assisted with the project site selection and design and will evaluate if program goals are met. TIBS Research Highlights (examples) • FISH ECOLOGY AND RESTORATION: Abundance of spawning adult and young-of-the- year northern pike in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River continues to be suppressed likely due to habitat degradation resulting from long-term management of Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River water levels. Overall, natural reproduction of pike at natural and managed spawning marshes remains poor, due to low abundance of spawning adults and sex ratio dominance of females. Habitat restoration efforts including enhanced connectivity with an aquatic excavator and creation of spawning pools have shown success for natural reproduction of young-of-year (YOY) at many sites. Monitoring of outmigration of young at enhancement sites further indicates a strong linkage of YOY abundance to spring water levels.

• FISH HABITAT ENHANCEMENT ASSESSMENT: a fish monitoring program that targets northern pike spring spawning runs (for 2 weeks at ice-out) conducted in 2018 to monitor populations at wetland tributary sites in the Thousand Islands of the upper St. Lawrence River. Later in spring to early summer (June to July) out-migrating juvenile fish are monitored in coastal wetland tributaries with fine-mesh mini-hoop nets. Out-migrating northern pike are enumerated, measured and given a fin-clip. All fish species and aquatic invertebrates are identified and enumerated. Water temperature and dissolved oxygen are 168

monitored at the water surface, mid-column and near the sediment. This survey tracks the relative abundance of fish runs in relation to environmental variables and changes in fish populations. Response to rehabilitation efforts is also assessed with this survey.

• FISH POPULATION ECOLOGY: a nearshore fish sampling program conducted in 2018, determines fish communities occupying coastal bays of the upper St. Lawrence River and in Lake St. Lawrence. Hoopnets and Oneida-type trapnets were fished at ~18 sites for about a month from 10 May to 10 June. Eight sites were sampled in Lake St. Lawrence in May for about two weeks. Lake St. Lawrence data were collected in partnership with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Cortland Ecological Services Office, Cortland NY. Traps were emptied daily and all fish were enumerated and data collected on ~30 fish species. Length and weight data are collected on smallmouth bass and esocids are measured for total length. Bowfin are sexed and enumerated. American eel are swiped with a transponder to determined PIT tag presence. The sampling also targets spawning muskellunge, as part of a long-term program that began in 1983. All muskellunge are tagged with a PIT tag and fish are swiped for tag detection and a small fin tissue sample is archived as a genetic sample. Information on fish health is taken for muskellunge as is data on spawning condition. This survey is used to monitor relative abundance for nearshore fishes and targets numerous sportfish and non-game species. The survey tracks abundance of muskellunge and is an index of populations before and after perturbations, including round goby invasion and the introduction of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS).

• LONG-TERM MONITORING AND LONGITUDINAL STUDIES: two nearshore juvenile fish and habitat surveys were conducted in 2018. These long-term data series employ two types of seines (a fine-mesh July 15-31 series and a larger mesh August 15-31 series). Haul dimension, number, sites and methods are standardized, including haul length at 30.5 meters. Twelve sites are sampled twice annually (90 hauls per survey for a total of 180) and an additional set of sites (~20) are sampled to compare to this index sampling. All fish species captured are identified, counted, and released in the field. All esocids are measured for total length and a fin-clip tissue sample is stored for muskellunge >60 mm. Water depth and temperature data are collected at each haul. Six 1-meter square aquatic vegetation plots are sampled along each seine haul and data on dominant three species, maximum height and taxa present and coverage and total coverage are estimated. Data on sediment type is taken at each plot. Data is used in long-term monitoring of fish abundance and reproduction success and fish-habitat relationships and monitoring for effects of environmental change on these variables as a longitudinal study on nearshore health and ecological change.

• WETLANDS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: an aquatic vegetation monitoring program was conducted in 2018 at a set of drowned river mouth coastal wetlands. A point-quadrat along elevation-specific transects was used to survey wetland vegetation in meter-squared plots (~150 quadrats). Both wetland enhancement and unaltered reference sites were monitored for plant diversity, cover and specific metrics related to Typha including dead and live ramet counts, height and species information at numerous locations in the upper St. Lawrence River. Data is used to examine wetland vegetation change in relation to invasive species, hydrologic and climatic variability and as aquatic habitat and faunal linkages.

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wetlands as an indicator of population size. Data on house dimensions, construction materials, water depth, activity and distribution in wetlands are measured. Independently managed sites that reduce fall drawdown are compared to reference sites. Muskrat populations are known are ecosystem engineers; their populations are dependent on hydrology and their activities (e.g. herbivory, house construction, channels) provide a disturbance within monotypic invasive Typha-dominated wetlands that increases heterogeneity. Plant communities were assessed in a sampling design in relation to proximity to active muskrat houses to test if muskrat presence had an influence on wetland plant diversity. Meter-squared plot data on vegetation diversity indices in addition to Typha taxa were compared. Areas in association with muskrat houses and activity had greater overall plant diversity, supporting the hypothesis of a positive effect of muskrat activity in wetlands.

• LIMNOLOGICAL STUDIES: Water, thermal and oxygen profiles, and zooplankton sampling conducted in 2018 in coastal wetland tributaries along the upper St. Lawrence River to monito environmental conditions and these invertebrate assemblages. Three lateral transects are sampled and begin in coastal wetland tributary sites and extend downslope to coastal bays and end at deeper profundal sites in the main river channel. Zooplankton are sampled with 10L grabs in wetlands and in vertical hauls in deeper sites along transects. All are sampled with 153um mesh netting and counted and identified in the laboratory. Water temperature and oxygen and secchi depth are monitored and water quality parameters are measured including chlorophyll a and TP (ug P/L). This monitoring assesses lateral and longitudinal limnological patterns over time. Productivity gradients are strong in the lateral dimension and the influence of environmental variability on these gradients is an important measure of coupling.

• COASTAL WETLAND ENHANCEMENT: Wetland enhancements implemented by Ducks Unlimited and US Fish and Wildlife Service were sampled to evaluate their efficacy. Wetland vegetation, fish data and environmental variables were collected in treatment sites where two types of excavation were applied to enhance wetland connectivity and compared to unaltered reference locations. Data are used to evaluate effectiveness of this management approach compared to no action and are used to make recommendations to improve approaches in an adaptive strategy. Monitoring is intended to inform project effectiveness over long time periods, and allow examination of effects of environmental variation of project outcomes to guide wetland restoration programs by federal, state, and non-profit organizations.

• INVASIVE SPECIES RESEARCH: Round goby population and VHS disease were studied to determine risk to vulnerable freshwater fish species. Round goby is a documented carrier of VHS. Samples were taken in fisheries surveys above and in specialized sampling including minnow trapping, trapnets and beam-trawls in nearshore and offshore sites. Data on goby catches, sex, diet, size and viral titers (in partnership with the Cornell Veterinary College) were collected. Data are being used to examine questions related to the effect of round goby populations on the ecology of the river and in persistence and changes in levels of VHSV in relation to habitat gradients, types and distribution. Dietary data indicate ecological roles and potential effects on the river’s food web.

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• FISH MICROBIOME STUDIES: Field studies and lab experiments were conducted to learn about the nature and role of gut microbes in the ecology of freshwater fishes. One study examined both species and habitat level differences for two benthic fishes. Specific microbial signatures were found to be associated with certain fish species and within species occupying different habitats. A standard-operating-procedure for sampling the microbial community was successful. A replicated experiment confirmed that diet of early juvenile northern pike can be influenced and changed with respect to gut microbial community through dietary shifts.

Highlighted graduate student research

Ben Gallo (MS graduate 2019) focused on the gut microbiota (assemblage of bacteria living in the alimentary canal) and the mechanisms that influence its composition in fish. Emerging research supports the importance of the gut microbiota in modulating host growth/development, immune function, and behavior, yet most gut-microbial research focuses on mammalian model organisms. Ben demonstrated how the environment (e.g. water) and diet influence the gut microbiota of Northern Pike (Esox lucius) and the food web.

Jessica Goretzke (MS candidate) is conducting research centered on vegetative habitat quality and availability to early life stages of esocids in excavated wetlands. She is developing a novel technique for the restoration of submersed aquatic vegetation in coastal bays and wetlands to encourage the establishment of desirable macrophyte species. She is also evaluating the long-term dynamics of macrophyte communities in bays used as nursery habitat by young northern pike and other esocids.

Alex Kua (MS candidate) is studying the effects of water regulation changes on aquatic plant community of the St. Lawrence River following the implementation of IJC Plan 2014. The main objectives focus on the hydrologic fluctuation effects on muskrat occupancy and interactive effects of muskrat disturbances on the aquatic community. Alex’s findings confirm earlier studies regarding the importance of over- wintering water levels in muskrat population success and he’s demonstrated a significant effect of muskrat activity on wetland plant community near house sites.

Anna Conklyn (PhD candidate) is continuing her research on invasive round goby with a goal of understanding its role as a reservoir for VHS and other aspects of their biology including sex ratio, size and age structure. Anna presented her research at the NYS American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting early in 2019. She has shown that round gobies continue to serve as an important source of VHSV and has demonstrated some interesting patterns of goby population ecology that may inform their role as a VHS host organism.

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Sarah Walton (MS graduate 2018) investigated movements and behavior of young-of-year muskellunge and northern pike. Fish captured from known nursery bays were surgically implanted with a small acoustic transmitter. Detection data was collected using arrays of acoustic receivers within and beyond nursery bay entrances. Presence/absence and habitat use along with environmental and biological covariates (e.g. temperature, water level, total length), were modeled to examine on movement, habitat use, and survival in fall and winter. Findings are to be published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management and Ecology of Freshwater Fish. Outreach Numerous outreach activities occurred during this reporting period that engaged groups of a variety of ages and demographics. Graduate students and staff integrate their daily work into informal and formal outreach to the community and beyond. TIBS activities of information dissemination about the aquatic system and active research programs are an important part of our mission (examples below). Welcome to TIBS! EPA Lake Guardian, Teacher Training Program. NY SeaGrant. July 12, 2018, Clayton NY (20 participants). Presentation “Ichthyologist for a Day!” Thousand Islands Land Trust Kids Trek. Thousand Islands Biological Station, July 28, 2018 (40 attendees). Long-term research on the St. Lawrence River. Thousand Islands Land Trust. Board of Directors Meeting, September 11, 2018. (30 participants). Presentation “Welcome to the Thousand Islands Biological Station!” Lafargeville Central School 6th grade class. Thousand Islands Biological Station, May 28, 2019 (50 attendees).

Students from the Lafargeville Central School District visited the Thousand Islands Biological Station as part of the In the Schools Program of Save The River, Inc. Clayton NY. These 6th graders were able to learn ‘hands on’ about invasive species, food webs and fisheries with interpretive stations led by TIBS staff and students.

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At the Annual ‘Ichthyologist for a day’ Thousand Islands Land Trust KidsTrek aspiring young scientists visit TIBS and learn about what it is to be a fish ecologist and freshwater biologist. TIBS Summer Potluck Dinner Lecture Series Dr. Roxanne Razavi gave a talk on the sources of elemental and methyl mercury contamination and its toxicity to humans. Her research on round goby and mercury bioaccumulation predicts higher concentration in top predatory fish often consumed by anglers. Findings however point to growth dilution when predators switch to the abundant invasive prey found in Oneida Lake.

Sarah Rabideau-Walton – Completed her MSc. at Carleton University while doing her field research at TIBS and at Fleming College in Ontario. She presented this research on “Movements of Sub-adult Esocids and Hydroacoustic Telemetry”. Sarah is now a Research Associate with McMaster University with Dr. Pat Chow-Fraser.

National Geographic photographer David Doubilet described stories related to capturing stunning images at a TIBS potluck dinner. He and his partner Jennifer Hayes shared the commitment, drudgery, challenge, and even mediocrity of their relentless pursuit of ‘getting the shot’ to faculty, staff and students at TIBS. The photos are hoped to elicit human responses directed toward conservation of the earth’s biodiversity. Doubilet participated in a worldwide tour of cities with a group of renowned artists and photographers in an effort to bring images of fauna and habitats in peril to large urban audiences. Images were projected onto massive buildings and architectural structures to promote the value of biodiversity. Viewers were videotaped to interpret their reactions.

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Dr. John Collucy – Ducks Unlimited – Black duck Joint Venture – and Brandy Neveldine spoke on the conservation mission of DU and recent efforts to increase Black ducks in their native range in the Atlantic Flyway. John described their population ecology and the long-term development of a large- scale modeling tool that is being used to target critical habitat for restoration and conservation activities.

Facility upgrades The Farm Road Annex had a number of improvements that will facilitate organization including a tool workbench and canoe and wader racks. At the Cean Student-Researcher building, ESF Physical Plant created a new pantry underneath the stairway and added electrical outlets. Repairs were also made to plumbing facilities and the visiting faculty bath. A new bedroom will be added in 2019. A 106K grant was awarded by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to improve wet lab facilities for the culture of muskellunge. Four new tanks were purchased and ultraviolet sterilization, filtration and upgrades to feeding systems will be realized when construction is completed. Plans are underway to renovate the graduate cabin housing and repair a pumping station in fall.

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John M. Farrell, Ph.D.

Professor of Aquatic and Fisheries Science Director, Thousand Islands Biological Station Roosevelt Wild Life Station Scientist in Residence

Syracuse Campus: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Department of Environmental and Forest Biology 1 Forestry Drive, 250 Illick Hall, Syracuse NY 13210 Phone: (315) 470-6990; Fax: (315) 470-6934

St. Lawrence Campus: Thousand Islands Biological Station Governors Island 39205 Farm Road, Clayton NY 13624 (315) 243-5978 Thousand Islands Biological Station (TIBS)

Appendix P. Annual Report for Cranberry Lake Biological Station

Annual Report for Cranberry Lake Biological Station – Summer 2018 Melissa Fierke, Director and Academic Program Coordinator Running the station is a team effort and includes many folks, some who’ve been at the station for years and others who are relatively new, but we are all dedicated to making the station a safe welcoming environment and an excellent academic learning experience for the more than 200 students who rotate through during the summer. Craig Perrault was our Physical Plant supervisor, overseeing two boat pilots and 3–4 permanent and summer workers as well as two work study students. Sadly, it was our last summer with Captain Bill as our main boat pilot and we wish him well as he moves into full retirement mode. Sarge stepped up to take on many hours of piloting boats, as did Jay and Marty - all of whom are critical to keeping the station, and our boats, up and running. Nathan, a work study from last year, came back for a second summer to help and him along with our two summer work studies, Haley and Quinn, did a wonderful job despite the extraordinarily cool rainy summer with larger than normal populations of black flies. Roxanne Baker served as lead cook and Director of Food Services and she along with a substantial cohort of food service workers, including our permanent cook Crystal, several temporary cooks, and three kitchen work studies, made sure we had lots of good food and kept our dining hall a welcoming place for our students. A side note is that Roxy Baker, received the 2017 ESF CSEA outstanding employee of the year award for her service and always going above and beyond for our students and the station. We were extremely lucky to have Margaret Roberts, a PhD student in Environmental and Forest Biology, step up and serve as Business Manager. We also had a cadre of rotating work study students helping in the office, including Aaron and Emily for a second summer. A highlight was having Aaron on station for his 5th straight summer at CLBS. He first came to CLBS as a High School senior with the BOCES program (see below), then came back the next two as a Aaron in the quaking bog. 175

kitchen work study, and this summer, he was in the office as well as teaching the aquatics portion of the BOCES program (full circle). My duties as Director included supervising the overall day to day running of the station as well as being the Academic Program Coordinator for courses taught at the station and overall responsibility for the 185 students on a 24/7 basis. I also taught portions of EFB 202 (Sampling, Entomology, Statistics), welcomed guests and visitors to the station, held informational meetings for EFB students, handled on-campus registration, and was the contact point for all CLBS-related inquiries. Both on and off-season I worked closely with Physical Plant, Boat Pilots and Food Service operations at the Station to ensure as smooth an operation as possible. We facilitated two sessions of EFB202: Session A – 71 EFB202 students Session B – 69 EFB202 students Session C - Ethnobotany 17; Adirondack Flora & Wetlands 9; 9 Adirondack Fishes - 14 Winning projects for the Shields award can be found on the Moon Library Digital Commons website (http://digitalcommons.esf.edu/clbs/) and ranged from tardigrades to bird parasites. Dr. Keith Bowman deserves special recognition for his efforts in facilitating projects in 2018. In addition to the ESF courses, we also ran a one week program for High School students through OCM BOCES (15 students, 4 chaperones, a nurse, a life/security guard, and an on site supervisor). This program has been going for 29 years and is similar to the three week EFB202 class, with hands on learning and a research project, except it is condensed into one week. The Station hosted three graduate students from Indiana State University for a long-term study (32 years and counting) of white-throated sparrow genetics and behavior. Mariano Arias was the recipient of the 2018 Grober graduate student award and he carried out a portion of his dissertation research on the station and also traveled to field sites elsewhere in the Adirondacks. This fellowship is based on a $300,000 gift received from the Samuel Grober estate in 2009–2010, the bulk of which has been invested to support this annual graduate student fellowship at the Station. Mariano is researching myrmechophory, seed dispersal of by ants. In 2018, we gave out more than $10,000 in scholarships to 13 undergraduates taking EFB202 at CLBS (scholarships ranged from $1500 to $250). We are looking to continue efforts to raise more money for a sustained source of scholarship funds. Below is the 2016, 2017, and 2018 CLBS t-shirt designs:

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I’d also like to highlight a story done in 2017 ((http://inside.esf.edu/a-day-at-the-lake/) and share a video (https://vimeo.com/213671186/6f3783cbca) by Zoya Baker, a graduate student pursuing an MFA at Hunter College. Zoya took Ethnobotany with Dr. Kimmerer in the electives session summer of 2016 and then came back at the end of the summer to talk with Alumni at the 101st anniversary of the Biostation. This short film has won a multitude of awards and is a lovely example of a summer at CLBS. ------EFB202 INSTRUCTORS Ben Amos, MS Graduate Student ESF: Aquatics Alan Belford, Visiting Instructor & Field Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society: Ornithology Dr. Keith Bowman, Visiting Instructor: Plant Ecology, Stats & Research Projects Dr. Russ Briggs, Professor ESF: Soils Dr. Katherine Cleary, Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUNY Potsdam: Mammology Dr. Melissa Fierke, Associate Professor ESF: Sampling, Entomology, & Statistics,

Jess Goretzke: Aquatics Amy Hudon: Mycology Patty Kashian: Mycology Dr. Glenn Johnson, Professor, SUNY Potsdam: Herpetology Dr. Stephanie Johnson, Visiting Instructor: Aquatics Dr. Mariann Johnston, Associate Professor, ESF Ranger School: Soils Jade Johnson, Masters Graduate Student ESF: Scientific Journaling

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Dr. Mary Beth Kolozsvary, Professor, Sienna College: Herpetology Tom Mackey: Nature Journaling Dr. Gregory McGee, Assistant Professor ESF: Research Projects & Plant Ecology Chris Nack, PhD Graduate Student ESF: Aquatics Marissa Nolan, Masters Graduate Student ESF: Orienteering Dr. Dylan Parry, Associate Professor ESF: Entomology Margaret Roberts, PhD Graduate Student ESF: Plant Ecology Dr. Kim Schultz, Associate Professor ESF: Research Projects Michael Whalen, PhD Graduate Student ESF: Plant Ecology

ELECTIVE INSTRUCTORS Ethnobotany: Dr. Robin Kimmerer, ESF Distinguished Teaching Professor Wetlands: Dr. Don Leopold, ESF Distinguished Teaching Professor Alex Petsky, ESF PhD Graduate Student Adirondack Fishes: Dr. Stephanie Johnson & Dr. Dan Gurdak

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Appendix Q. Annual Report for Onondaga Lake Science Center

Onondaga Lake Science Center: First Annual Report Neil H. Ringler, Executive Director May 21, 2019

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Executive Summary/Abstract

The Onondaga Lake Science Center (OLSC) will bring a new focus to the study and teaching of aquatic sciences in the northeastern United States. Situated on a lake sacred to the Haudenosaunee people, the Center will be a nucleus for aquatic science and restoration technologies, and a focal point for research, instruction and outreach. Its flow-through laboratories and demonstration aquaria provide state-of-the-art facilities for researchers studying all aspects of freshwater biota, and for demonstration and outreach across a broad region of upstate New York and beyond. Remediation and monitoring of Onondaga Lake represents a global example of pursuit of a quality environment amidst a long history of perturbation by industry and urban growth. Proximity of the Center to the New York State Fairgrounds provides access by nearly one million people annually. Funded by a $20 M Grant from the Economic Development Corporation, the Onondaga Lake Science Center will provide great economic benefit in the form of tourist attraction and educational opportunity. Although much has been accomplished with regard to recovery of Onondaga Lake, monitoring of the biological community and water quality remain a high priority, coupled with an understanding of how the biota will respond to anticipated ecological and climatic conditions. Studies of emerging contaminants, a recent focus by NY DEC, will be facilitated by the new Center, particularly with the establishment of an associated ELAP facility on main campus. Research teams have worked on the Lake and its watershed for decades, with funding exceeding $1.5 M for fisheries studies alone in recent years, and they have produced a set of significant scientific results and publications. Yet there has never been a dedicated, on-site support facility for this work. The facilities of the Center, and the purpose-designed boat house and launch, will provide an exceptional platform for these investigations. Although nine sites have been examined, the most suitable to date has been identified in the Inner Harbor, directly on the water. The purchase of this land is currently in the preliminary stages. An existing Visitor Center on the southwestern shore of the lake, currently operated by Honeywell International, LLC, may become available for use by ESF in January 2020. This would provide an ESF footprint on the Lake while the OLSC and boathouse are being built. Activities there would include demonstrations (models) of the emerging lake-side science center, public presentations on the state of the Lake, internship programs, and operation of remotely operated underwater vehicles. The facility would remain accessible to groups such as NY DEC, NY Audubon and others.

Introduction and Anticipated Contributions to ESF Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York is recovering from centuries of municipal waste and industrial pollution. Toxic chemicals such as mercury, coupled with low dissolved oxygen levels, resulted in the degradation of water quality and aquatic habitat throughout the lake, particularly along the southwestern shoreline. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry has been conducting environmental monitoring of Onondaga Lake since 1986, providing eight peer-reviewed publications that will assist in lake recovery. The team, encompassing about 60 graduate students and undergraduate interns over the past three decades, has partnered with Honeywell International and Parsons Corporation to guide student scientists as they evaluate the efficacy of remediation of Onondaga Lake. Studies have included macroinvertebrate and aquatic plant distributions and changes, and the distribution, migration and abundance of fishes. A major restoration effort by Honeywell International, LLC entailed removal (dredging) of contaminated sediments from about 450 acres of lake sediments, followed by capping with layers of sand, activated charcoal and gravel. This work was completed in 2016, followed by installation of nearly 2000 habitat structures

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throughout the lake by November of 2018. A team of six graduate students and interns are currently (2019) evaluating the biotic responses to the new substrate and habitat structures, in comparison to pre-remediation conditions. The Onondaga Lake Science Center represents a long-awaited awaited presence and expanded set of programs on a historic watershed. Homeland and sacred site for the Haudenosaunee, it is also a vital resource for all Central New York residents and beyond. A major, collaborative, proposal was submitted as part of the NY SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant (Round 3). The current set of planning activities is closely parallel to the original, funded proposal. Building on the SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant of $20 M, the Onondaga Lake Science Center will include state-of-the art laboratories for water quality research and biological monitoring, a boat house and launch site, floating class rooms in the form of specialized research boats, outreach programs and public access. The Center facility capitalizes on abundant scientific work on Onondaga Lake and its watershed, coupled with a track record of success in scholarship as well as undergraduate and graduate education.

The Vision of the Center, at this stage of development is “Onondaga Lake as a nucleus for aquatic science and restoration technologies.”

The Mission is “To create a natural focal point for research, instruction and outreach in aquatic sciences.”

The remarkable response of the Onondaga Lake ecosystem, and programs to speed its renewal, have global significance and applications that highlight SUNY-ESF. Integrated projects at the Onondaga Lake Science Center will include both the environment (plankton ecology to landscape processes) and human processes (social to behavioral responses). Public participation will include scientific demonstrations in the field and laboratory, informational displays, opportunities to meet new graduate students and scientists, K-12 education programs, and use of technology, such as the operation of a remotely operated underwater vehicle, as demonstrated recently at the NY State Fair. The Onondaga Lake Science Center will feature three major research themes: Resource Conservation and Management; Environmental Toxicology; and Humans and Nature. These themes will be supported through faculty participation across the ESF campus, excellent facilities, and collaborative endeavors nationally and globally. A site on the water in the Syracuse Inner Harbor is currently under active consideration for the building, boat house and launch. A unique feature of the site is the availability of a historic Freight House, which would complement future programs. Plans are underway to utilize the current Honeywell Visitor Center on the western shore of the Lake as early as January 2020, in advance of completion of the Center facilities. A Symposium is under consideration Spring or Fall of 2020 that would create working groups to prepare for studies of the biological, chemical and social environment. The planning teams hosted at the Symposium would represent not only experts in these scientific areas, but also Directors of Biological Stations at national and global levels, as well as Directors of ESF stations. Development of long-range and integrated plans for the future as the facilities are being created would greatly enhance successful contributions of the Center. New educational programs stimulated by the Center will include internships jointly sponsored by ESF and Onondaga Community College, along with Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI) and Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI). These provide ideal opportunities for recruitment and retention of top students from New York and beyond. The programs will be attractive across the ESF campus to include representation from each Department. We will reach out to other SUNY campuses, both for student participation and faculty collaboration, and 181

ultimately to top private schools including Syracuse University and Columbia University. New degree programs, especially those that bring together and simplify several existing programs, would be encouraged and facilitated through the activities of the Center. The Center would provide an ideal tool to market an international 1-year certificate program to train graduate-level students in remedial actions and research in freshwater systems. We anticipate that this would be of great interest in countries such as China, which is currently investing in the remediation of many of their freshwater lakes. Many agencies, partners, and funding entities are anticipated to be interested in research, education, and outreach projects at the Center. These include: The Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center, Onondaga Community College, Onondaga Environmental Institute, Upstate Freshwater Institute, NYDEC, USGS, USFWS, New York Water Environment Association, New York Audubon, Syracuse Center of Excellence for Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse University, local school districts and private citizens interested in the full recovery of the Onondaga Lake watershed. Formal partnership with OCC, UFI and OEI as well as creative collaboration through the Peace Center and Syracuse University provide new opportunities for program growth and recognition. Scientific collaborations with Syracuse University, USGS, USFWS, NYDEC and other agencies will continue to help meet globally significant environmental challenges. The Center could additionally provide more hands-on opportunities to students at all level from the Syracuse region throughout the year. Clearly, a new facility and expanded program, off campus yet conveniently nearby, will greatly benefit the College and its programs. It will be a physical presence that highlights the ESF contribution to restoring this historic watershed. Development of the Center may provide an example of how some of our more distantly positioned campuses could be further enhanced or more intensely utilized, particularly through collaboration. It may also prove an attractive site for annual symposia by ESF field stations that enhance the contributions of our unique properties. The Center will provide facilities for institutional and at least regional meetings that enhance recognition of ESF. The recovery of Onondaga Lake and its watershed is a global success story. Wherever the results of current studies are shared, audiences concur that our solutions provide guidance for similar problems in their ecosystems. A thriving program based lake-side, with conspicuous signage and active, visible programs will enhance ESF’s reputation at home and abroad.

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Interaction with planning team (Item J. below) The team has carefully considered the original design of the facilities (Science building and Boathouse) as of 2015, and is ready to further develop and modify the design relative to the final site selection. The desire for an ELAP (Environmental Laboratory Approval Program) facility remains, but it now appears that this will be built with existing (separate) funds on the Syracuse campus. Such a facility would still contribute importantly to the themes of the Center. The delay in building the facility following initial awarding of the grant occurred primarily because the original site was thought to be given over to the College, but this was not done; a New York State facility must be built on state-owned land.

Exploration of nine sites around the Lake for the Science Building and Boathouse These sites included one near the originally proposed site in the Inner Harbor (currently under consideration), a 40-acre site ¼ mile south of the Honeywell Visitor Center on the southwestern shoreline, a site adjacent to the Butterfly Garden on the east side of the Lake (nearly across the street from Skon.onh Peace Center), Murphy’s Island on the SE corner of the Lake, the Roth steel property on the SSW corner, Parking Lots near the Fairgrounds, and land adjacent to the 182

new Amphitheater on the western shore. Onondaga County and Honeywell International, LLC personnel assisted in our tours of these parcels, and the planning team deliberated over the advantages and constraints of each site. Deliberations included road access, parking potential, brownfield status, and direct access to the lake shore.

Layouts of Center and Boathouse, subject to the actual footprint available. A great deal of planning was completed for the original proposal, and most of the features of the building and boathouse are still envisioned. Appendix 1 briefly outlines plans for the two-story building and boathouse. It is possible that the boathouse may be incorporated into the science building; additional opportunities exist for the large, historic Freight House that could be relocated on the building site in the Inner Harbor.

Honeywell Visitor Center as initial footprint Prior to the opening of the Onondaga Lake Science Center building, ESF would like to utilize the existing Honeywell Visitors Center, in cooperation with NY DEC. Among its current uses by ESF programs are storage of fisheries sampling equipment, periodic research boat docking, and safety/briefing meetings. The following activities are envisioned through June 30, 2022:

1. Temporary provision of Signage indicating ESF contributions and activities. 2. Availability for meetings by other entities, such as NY Audubon, NYDEC, Trustees of the NDAP, NYWEA, and potentially UFI and OEI. 3. Temporary provision of displays to portray the evolving OLSC buildings underway in the Inner Harbor, and current research, educational and outreach displays. 4. Introduction to the Onondaga Lake watershed for public and citizen science groups, interns from ESF, OCC, Syracuse University and area high schools studying the this ecosystem. 5. Field trip staging for graduate student symposia dedicated to the issues and opportunities on the Lake. 6. Focal point for creel census/graduate fisheries project on urban anglers. 7. Availability to the public of a convenient viewing area of the bird communities on the lake, including more than 85 bald eagles recently observed (3/21/19). 8. Focal point for operation of Remote Underwater Vehicles and cameras

Planning and Coordination for the Visitor Center as of 05/21/19

Faculty from across ESF, including at least those from EFB, ES, FNRM and Chemistry will be provided an opportunity to suggest programmatic utilization of the Visitor Center. The current Environmental Interpretation program is ideally positioned to thrive from utilization of the facility. Onondaga Community College also would provide valuable input and creative utilization. In addition to the general activities listed above, specifics to be established include:

1. Faculty member(s), graduate assistant(s) and interns to develop and coordinate displays appropriate to watershed projects and the emerging Onondaga Lake Science Center 2. Coordination with Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center 3. Actual schedule of usage, staffing, and availability: For example, Wed-Friday afternoons 1- 5 pm 4. Budget sources for graduate assistant(s): For example, these could be a part of an MPS internship program?

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5. Additional schedule for availability for other groups, including NYDEC, Audubon, Ducks Unlimited, OEI, NYWEA, UFI. 6. Outreach opportunities for the Syracuse community and public schools

DRAFT TIMELINE for utilizing the Visitor Center as of 05/21/19

May 21, 2019 Formal field trip to view NRDA properties, including Visitor Center June 15, 2019 Draft schedule/planning of ESF use of former Honeywell visitor Center to share with NRDA team November 2019 Complete MOU for ESF utilization of former Honeywell Visitor Center January 15, 2020 Spring Semester: First utilization of Visitor Center by ESF and related programs March 31, 2022 OLSC dedication Approximately June 30, 2022. Completion of ESF activities at the Honeywell Visitor Center

Presentation to NE Aquatic Biologists 2/28/2019 “Recovery of a Nearly Lost Aquatic Treasure.” Saratoga Springs, NY An audience of about 135 biologists from several northeastern states responded enthusiastically to our plans for the new facility and its future contributions to aquatic sciences.

ESF Challenge Seed Grant Proposal: Outline of planned initiatives (Appendix 2) “A New Vision for Onondaga Lake” Although not formally funded as part of the ESF Challenge activity, the planning and creativity of this proposal has been significant in developing the future of the Onondaga Lake Science Center.

Most Recent Theses Completed Kronish, Gregory. 2019. Fish assemblage succession with a recovering urban lake. Thesis SUNY ESF 52 p.

Hummel, Deborah. 2018 Habitat use and structure utilization by centrarchid fishes in a newly remediated lake, Syracuse NY. Thesis SUNY ESF 74 p.

Nugent, Harold. 2018. Near-Shore Fish Assemblage Structure in Onondaga Lake: Assemblage Analysis in a Formerly Polluted Urban Lake. Thesis SUNY ESF 41 p.

Recent Publications (Since the Center was funded) DiRado, Justin A., Neil H. Ringler and Margaret H. Murphy. 2017 Strain-specific survival and growth of juvenile Atlantic salmon in Central New York tributaries. J. Great Lakes Research 43(6): 1153-1159. Murphy, Margaret H, Neil H. Ringler and Donald J. Stewart. 2017 Comparison of growth and survival of sea-run and landlocked strains of Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar in the Lake Ontario watershed. J. Greta Lakes Research 43(5): 953-962. Kirby, Lucas, S.L. Johnson and N.H. Ringler 2016. Diel movement and home range estimation of Walleye (Sander vitreus) within a no-take urban fishery. J. Freshwater Ecology 32(1): 1-16. Johnson, James H. and Neil H. Ringler. 2016 Comparative diets of sub-yearling Atlantic salmon and sub-yearling coho salmon in Lake Ontario tributaries. J. Great Lakes Research 42(4).

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Kirby, Lucas J. and Neil H. Ringler. 2015. Associations of epiphytic macroinvertebrates within four assemblages of submerged aquatic vegetation in a recovering urban lake. Northeastern Naturalist 22(4): 672-689. Murphy, Margaret H., Christpher Gandino, Neil H. Ringler, Lucas Kirby, Stephanie Johnson, Matthew Smith and Suzannah Schroeder. 2015. Assessment of the Onondaga Lake New York fish community following reductions of nutrient inputs from a wastewater treatment plant. Lake and Reservoir Management 31: 347-358. Brown, Brandeis L., Neil H. Ringler and Kimberly L. Schulz. 2015. Sediment and water quality limit mayfly survivorship in an urban lake undergoing remediation. Lake and Reseervoir Management 2015 : 145-156. Johnson, S. L., and H. H. Ringler 2014. The response of fish and macroinvertebrate assemblages to multiple stressors: A comparative analysis of aquatic communities in a perturbed watershed (Onondaga Lake, NY). Ecological Indicators 41:198-208.

Existing Research Programs Honeywell-funded graduate program in Fisheries: approximately $1.5 M since 2012 Basic monitoring Structure assessment Benthic invertebrate assessment Game fish dynamics Atlantic salmon restoration Northern pike spawning sites Wetlands and waste bed remediation programs of Tim Volk and Donald Leopold Future Research initiatives NRDA Proposal July 2019 Sturgeon restoration and habitat enhancement NRDA Proposal July 2019 Atlantic Salmon restoration and habitat enhancement Angler monitoring via new Boat launch and Visitor Center Ecosystem modelling Emerging contaminants Preview of activities planned for 2019-20 Finalization of building sites(s) Redesign of science building, boathouse and launch relative to available foot print(s) Development of programs in existing Visitor Center Initial planning for Symposium No. 1 New opportunities for the Center and ESF Connectivity via the new relationship with Clarkson University: ‘Center of Excellence in Health Water Solutions’ Enhanced ESF Environmental Interpretation programs in EFB, FNRM, ES Internships OCC, SU w/OEI, UFI, NYWEA Collaborative research in Harmful Algal Blooms NYS lake stewards program (Dr. Kim Schulz)

Constraints and challenges Site: Location and quality Redesign/configuration relative to site selection Construction funding flow, including timely electro-shocker boat purchase Operational funds and cost projections

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Timeline elements as of 5/21/19 May 21, 2019 Tour of Honeywell Visitor Center Verbal agreement on building site(s) Review and preliminary redesign of facilities, including exterior/landscape January 2020 Begin utilization of Visitor Center Bid process for design Start Construction of Boathouse and launch and/or docking Start Construction of Science Building Complete construction of Boathouse and launch/dock Complete construction of Science Building March 2022 Approximately Dedication of OLSC facilities June 2022 End utilization of Honeywell/DEC Visitor Center

Advisory (Planning) Board to Date Dr. Kim Schulz Mr. Neil Patterson Dr. Greg Boyer Mr. Brian Boothroyd Dr. Maureen Fellows Dr. Neil Ringler

Additional Future ESF and SU Participants in the Program Dr. Roxanne Razavi Dr. John Hassett

Additional Partners Cooperators/Potential tenants ESF Center for Integrated Research and Teaching in Aquatic Sciences (CIRTAS: NSF- funded Laboratory in Illick Hall) Onondaga Environmental Institute Upstate Freshwater Institute NY Water Environment Association OCC Internship Program Montezuma Audubon

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Appendix 1: Layouts of the Science Building and Boathouse (largely from original proposal)

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Appendix 2: ESF Challenge Proposal “A New Vision for Onondaga Lake”

Proposal Title: A New Vision for Onondaga Lake

Team Dr. Neil Ringler (Lead PI) Environmental and Forest Biology: Dr. Roxanne Razavi, Dr. Kim Schulz Chemistry: Dr. Greg Boyer, Dr. John Hassett Upstate Freshwater Institute (UFI): Dr. David Matthews Onondaga Environmental Institute (OEI): Dr. Stephanie Johnson Onondaga Community College (OCC): Anastasia L. Urtz, J.D.

Description of the Discovery Challenge opportunity: Building on a SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant of $20 M, the Onondaga Lake Science Center will include new state-of-the art laboratories for water quality research and biological monitoring, a boat house and launch site, outreach programs and public access. The Center facility capitalizes on three decades of scientific work on Onondaga Lake and its watershed, coupled with a track record of success in scholarship and undergraduate and graduate education. This work has begun to address the more than century-long changes in a water resource that is sacred to our Native American Community and vital to the citizens of Upstate New York.

The Center provides a focal point for environmental monitoring of a uniquely remediated ecosystem, which still requires careful monitoring and assessment and presents a case study for ongoing research at the intersection of water-human interaction issues. The remarkable response of this ecosystem, and approaches to speeding its renewal have global significance and applications that highlight SUNY-ESF. Integrated studies will include both the environment (plankton ecology to landscape processes) and human processes (social to behavioral responses). Public participation will include scientific demonstrations in the field and lab, informational displays, opportunities to meet new graduate students and scientists, K-12 education programs, and use of technology, such as the operation of a remotely operated underwater vehicle, as demonstrated recently at the NY State Fair.

The Onondaga Lake Science Center will feature three major research themes, provisionally titled: Resource Conservation and Management; Environmental Toxicology, and Humans and Nature. These themes will be supported through broadly-based faculty participation across the ESF campus, excellent facilities, and collaborative endeavors nationally and globally. Vital to the three-year program will be the announcement of RFP’s from teams that will create and submit proposals to win substantial funding in support of the three major themes.

For instance, the current team sees the National Science Foundation’s Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (CNH2) funding opportunity as a fit for the crosscutting research that we envision the Center will support. We envision submitting a proposal to document the unique case study that Onondaga Lake presents to aid in our understanding of how, for example, decisions about water diversions affect water quality and the social consequences for local peoples and economies. The artificial cycle of moving water from Skaneateles Lake to Syracuse and then out to Onondaga Lake (and then to the Great Lakes) resulted in many changes. We will document 1) past and current city water and waste/industrial uses and resulting physical, chemical, and biological effects, 2) the differences for over a century in how Skaneateles and Onondaga Lakes

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and their watersheds and residents were treated and valued, and how that affected their water quality and use by various people, 3) the social and legal actions by indigenous people and local influential citizens that led to new engineering and science remediation solutions, resulting in a recovery of the lake in a dramatically short period of time, and 4) identify other cities where similar actions could be taken, using Onondaga Lake as a model.

For decades, UFI has sponsored an annual Onondaga Lake Conference that served to connect our scientific understanding of the lake with the needs of community leaders and managers. We anticipate working with UFI, the Finger Lakes Water Hub and others in the first years to reformulate these past Onondaga Lake Conferences into an "Urban Water Cycle Renewal" Conference that could include work ranging from the Skaneateles Watershed through the City of Syracuse and out to Seneca River/Lake Ontario and would bring municipal, regional, state and federal/international stakeholders from the Great Lakes together. The idea is that Onondaga Lake, as a small scale system, with its amazing history of chemical, physical and social assaults on the ecosystem and its people, is a good test bed for how to resolve complex global issues of restoration and reclamation, including the historical physical, chemical, biological and social components.

The Discovery Challenge opportunity permits the timely and creative development of a program that jump-starts initiatives within the new facility. We envision a Symposium that creates working groups to prepare for 2020 studies of the biological, chemical and social environment. The planning teams hosted at the Symposium would represent not only experts in these scientific areas, but also Directors of Biological Stations at national and global levels, as well as Directors of ESF stations. Particularly fortunate is the availability of an existing Honeywell visitor Center, which can be utilized as early as 2019 for a variety of programmatic needs during the construction period of the Center facility, and the launch of the Discovery Challenge.

Description of undergraduate and graduate programs that will be impacted, including new degree programs, and how these new programs will better position ESF students for career advancement and leadership in environmental science, practice and policy: The new programs, particularly with internships that are jointly sponsored by ESF and Onondaga Community College, along with UFI and OEI are excellent bases for future contributions by students. These provide ideal opportunities for recruitment and retention of top students from New York and beyond. The programs will be deliberately attractive across the ESF campus to include student representation from each Department. We will reach out to other SUNY campuses as well, both for student participation and faculty collaboration, and ultimately to top private schools including for example, Syracuse University and Columbia University. New degree programs, especially those that bring together and simplify several existing programs, would be encouraged and facilitated through the activities of the Center. The Center would also provide an ideal tool to market an international 1-year certificate program to train graduate-level students in remedial actions and research in freshwater systems. We anticipate that this would be of great interest to countries such as China, which is currently investing in the remediation of many of their freshwater lakes.

List of agencies, partners, and funding entities either currently or anticipated to be interested in funding research, education, and outreach projects in the initiative area: The Ska.nonh Great Law of Peace Center, Onondaga Community College, Onondaga Environmental Institute, Upstate Freshwater Institute, NYDEC, USGS, USFWS, New York Water Environment Association, Syracuse Center of Excellence for Environmental and Energy Systems,

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Syracuse University, local school districts and private citizens interested in the full recovery of the Onondaga Lake watershed.

Description of how the initiative will expand current or create new partnerships with other academic, government, and private organizations: The formal partnership with OCC, UFI and OEI as well as creative collaboration through the Ska.nonh Peace Center and Syracuse University provides abundant new opportunities for program growth and recognition. Our long-term recognized collaborations with Syracuse University, USGS, USFWS, NYDEC and other agencies will continue to provide support and new opportunities to meet globally significant environmental challenges. The Center could additionally provide more hands-on opportunities to students from the Syracuse region throughout the year.

Description of how the initiative will increase the use of ESF assets, especially properties beyond the Syracuse main campus: Clearly, a new facility and program, off campus yet conveniently nearby, will greatly benefit the College and its programs. It will be a physical presence that highlights the ESF contribution to restoring this historic watershed. Development of the Center may provide an example of how some of our more distantly positioned campuses could be further enhanced or more intensely utilized, particularly through collaboration. It may also prove an attractive site for annual symposia by ESF field stations that enhance the contributions of our unique properties. The Center will provide facilities for institutional and at least regional meetings that enhance recognition of ESF.

How the initiative will inform policy decisions, enhance ESF’s reputation, and have a global impact: The recovery of Onondaga Lake and its watershed is a global success story. Wherever the results of current studies are shared audiences concur that our solutions provide guidance for similar problems in their ecosystems. A thriving program based lake side, with conspicuous signage and active, visible programs will enhance ESF’s reputation at home and abroad.

Description of new investments (including new faculty hires and support) required to move the initiative forward over a three-year period leading to financial sustainability by year four: Two new faculty hires in a) Aquatic Chemical Ecology and b) Human/Social Geography would be vital to the future growth and success of the evolving program, and to ESF’s goals in scholarship, recruitment and retention. These faculty members would stimulate contributions from scientists from around the globe to develop solutions to their environmental challenges, while contributing to our student’s training at the graduate and undergraduate levels. A new PhD-level graduate program that launches young scholars into global solutions of problems studied on our relatively small ecosystem would be a major contribution of the Discovery Challenge. Equipment essential to the program includes two Whaler-style 17-19’boats, a larger 21-24’ boat suitable for deployment of instrumentation and student use (or a single, multi-purpose floating classroom), and a Remote Underwater Vehicle (ROV). The basic timeline would entail the Symposium and initiation of the Seed Grant Program in Year1; purchase of the bulk of the equipment and hiring one faculty member in Year 2; and hiring the second faculty member and remaining equipment purchase in Year 3.

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