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Summer 2006 Message from the Department Head: Change is in the wind

Much has happened ally recognized fish ecologist with a broad array of around the department interests. Under our agreement with ODFW, David’s since my last message to appointment is jointly funded by OSU and ODFW. you in the spring of 2005. David will direct the activities at the OHRC and will The Department’s 70th teach classes and mentor students in the Department. Anniversary and the In January, Jessica Miller began her appointment at Cooperative Fish and the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station Wildlife Research Unit’s (COMES), filling the Marine Fish Ecologist position 60th Anniversary Celebra- vacated by Ian Fleming two years ago. Jessica’s tion was a smashing past research has focused on marine fish dispersal success. Over 120 alumni and friends attended; folks using otolith microchemistry. She will continue to had lots of opportunity to catch up, reminisce, and employ these techniques among others in determining learn about activities around the Department. We population ecology of anadromous and marine fishes. unveiled two new scholarships at the 70th—the Carl Jessica will also teach for our fall term program at and Lenora Bond Scholarship and the Fritzell Diver- Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC). sity Award. We had the opportunity to recognize and Two new marine mammal scientists with COMES thank the alumni, families, friends, and non-profit Continued on page 2 organizations who support our many scholarships. Inside Page The Oregon Hatchery Research Center (OHRC), Meet the New Faculty 3 a cooperative research and education venture Distinguished Graduates 8 between the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and your Department, opened on October Hatchery Research Center 10 15 to much fanfare and excitement. This exciting Kudos 11 program will make Oregon a leader in research and Donors 12 education related to understanding and managing Remembering Charles Warren 13 differences between hatchery and wild fishes. See the From the Mailbag 14 article on page 10 for more information on the OHRC. Hiram and Judy Li Retire 17 There are many new faces in the Department Forestry Flap 17 (see new faculty profiles beginning on page 3). Survey of Graduates 18 David Noakes, Senior Scientist of the OHRC, began Scholarships 19 his appointment in October. David is an internation- also call Fisheries and Wildlife home. Marcus been important aspects of both our teaching and Horning, a pinniped ecologist from Texas A&M, research programs. Bruce has been a favorite began his appointment in June. Marcus has pioneered teacher in our program for many years. He has also innovative telemetry technologies for marine mam- been an active participant in Department governance, mals focusing on environmental physiology. He will and his counsel will be sorely missed. Judy Li also conduct research on Pinnipeds in the Pacific North- retired in June after 16 years—see the announce- west as well as elsewhere, and will mentor graduate ment regarding a celebration on page 17. Judy is students. Scott Baker, a cetacean ecologist from recognized across campus for her success in collabo- Australia began his appointment in July. Scott is a rative research—the aquatic insects that she studies world-renowned cetacean geneticist and will serve as have formed the base for numerous community and the Associate Director of the Marine Mammal ecosystem studies. Judy has also been recognized Program. He will also teach a class for our HMSC for her outstanding teaching accomplishments and program. These two positions are jointly funded by her innovative course, Multicultural Perspectives in OSU and the Marine Mammal Program Endowment, Natural Resources. I will also miss her thoughtful emphasizing the importance of endowment support of discussions during faculty meetings. Finally, Dick OSU programs as well as the need to creatively fund Schmitz, our Landscape Ecologist resigned his faculty positions. appointment in March. We hope to be able to begin Back on campus two new faculty appointments searches for one or both of these positions in the fall. have helped balance the loss of two faculty mem- Also departing was Kelly Wildman, who served as bers. Tiffany Garcia became our Agricultural an office specialist in the department working on Wildlife Ecologist beginning in July. Tiffany is an special projects for over 20 years. Kelly left to focus amphibian ecologist whose work has focused on full-time on her webpage development company. We ephemeral wetlands in the Willamette Valley. This is will miss her smiling face around the department, but a new position for the Department, which includes are fortunate to have been able to contract with her agriculture-related research as well as teaching three to handle our Department website. classes. Scott Heppell begins a tenure track ap- On the unsettling side, Nash Hall has received a pointment in January 2007. Scott is a fish ecologist, $1.6 million dollar grant for earthquake readiness who for the past five years has played an important upgrades. The building was designed in 1968, before role in our teaching program, both at HMSC and on stricter building codes were put in place to protect campus. Scott has also developed a wide-ranging against earthquake damage. We all hope the work research program in freshwater and marine systems. gets completed before the “big one” hits. Scott replaces Bill Liss, who retired two years ago. We are preparing for a 10-year program review in Doug Robinson, our Arid Lands Ecologist, and which our teaching, research, and extension pro- Frank Burris, our Watershed Agent in Coos and grams will be examined for quality and relevance. Curry counties, were both promoted to Associate These reviews always help identify areas where we Professor and granted indefinite tenure in July. can improve what we do and they also reaffirm areas It has not all be positive on the faculty scene. of excellence. If you have comments or suggestions Bruce Coblentz retired in June after 31 years of about potential changes in our programs we would be service! Bruce will be missed for a number of most interested in hearing them. reasons. His expertise in mammal ecology, invasive Dan Edge species ecology, and big game management have

The Registry of Distinguished Graduates (see page 8) is intended to recognize a select few of our alumni who News and Views is an alumni newsletter published have made major contributions to the field of fisheries annually by the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and wildlife, and who have achieved distinction in a at Oregon State University. career in natural resource education, research, or Editor—Jim Hall management. Please consider nominating someone from among our graduates with at least 20 years of Comments, letters, and suggestions are welcome and experience in the field. Nominations should describe the should be addressed to: Editor, News and Views, highlights of the nominee’s professional career and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State could include a resume. A committee composed of University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803 or faculty and alumni will review the nominations and select [email protected] the next year’s additions to the Registry. Please send your nominations to Dan Edge by December 15, 2006.

2 • Summer 2006 Meet the New Faculty David L.G. Noakes I was born and raised in gists and Herpetologists, Sigma Xi, and the Canadian southern Ontario, Society of Zoologists. I have served on Advisory and Canada. My B.Sc. and Review panels for a number of agencies and com- M.Sc. degrees were missions, including the Great Lakes Fishery Commis- from the Department of sion, the Endangered Species Recovery Fund of the Zoology, University of World Wildlife Fund of Canada, the Department of Western Ontario. My Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Natural M.Sc. degree was on Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. sunfish ecology and My research interests include the development behavior in the labora- and evolution of behavior, especially social behavior, tory of Miles Keenleyside. My Ph.D. degree was foraging behavior and reproductive behavior. My with George Barlow at the University of California, research is mostly concerned with salmonid fishes, Berkeley on the development of behavior in cichlid but I have also conducted research on sturgeons, fishes. My first academic position was in the Depart- whitefish, killifish, eels, cyprinids, lampreys and ment of Zoology at Edinburgh University in Scotland. centrarchids. My recent publications include studies I was then a faculty member of the Zoology Depart- related to conservation and restoration, environmental ment (now Integrative Biology) at the University of impact, fisheries management and systematics, as Guelph (Assistant, Associate, Professor) until I well as behavior, ecology and evolution. I also have moved to Oregon State University. During my time at an active interest in aquaculture. I was a Member of Guelph I served as Acting Chair of the Department the Executive Committee of the M.Sc. Aquaculture of Zoology, and I was founding Director of the program at the University of Guelph. I taught under- Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology. I have been a graduate and graduate courses and supervised Visiting Professor at Oxford University, Kyoto graduate students in the program. University, the University of California at Davis, the In addition to my international editorial and University of Iceland, the University of California at publishing activities, my teaching and research Berkeley, Holar University College in Iceland, programs also involve international contacts and Nagasaki University, and Huazhong Agricultural collaborations. I was responsible for establishing a University in Wuhan, China. My current position is formal Academic Exchange Agreement between the Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife University of Guelph and four counterpart institutions and Senior Scientist and Director of the Oregon in Iceland. I was also responsible for establishing a Hatchery Research Center. formal Academic Exchange Agreement between the While at the University of Guelph I served a University of Guelph and Nagasaki University in number of terms on Academic Senate and chaired Japan. I was recently instrumental in establishing several University Committees, including the Univer- formal Memoranda of Agreement between Oregon sity Library Committee, the International Committee State University and three counterpart universities in and the Chancellor’s and President’s Scholars Iceland. Committee. We are well into the operations of the Oregon I am Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Hatchery Research Center, since the official opening Environmental Biology of Fishes, and Editor of the in October 2005. Education and outreach are impor- Fish and Fisheries monograph series, both published tant functions for us, and we have already provided by Springer Verlag. I was a founding member of the internship opportunities to a number of students from Ontario Ecology and Ethology Colloquium, and the OSU and the Oregon Coastal Community College. biennial conference on Ecology, Ethology, and We provide tours for organizations, special interest Evolution of Fishes. I have given invited lectures and groups and agencies, as well as the general public. seminars at a number of institutions and scientific Our research will focus on comparisons of wild and meetings, including most recently the Keynote hatchery fish, the genetic and environmental influ- Address at the Fifth International Charr Symposium ences on behavior, ecology and life history, and how in Reykjavik, Iceland. I a member of the American best to operate and manage hatchery and wild Fisheries Society, the American Society of Ichthyolo- fisheries in Oregon. We have the facilities for Continued on page 5

News and Views • 3 Jessica Miller I was born and lived project examining the structure and chemistry of fish outside of Boston, Massa- otoliths, or ear bones, to provide information on chusetts until I was 10. mixing and migration in Pacific rockfish. I am also My initial interests in collaborating with researchers at the University of marine biology began with Washington to quantify patterns of estuarine rearing trips to the New England and feeding habitats in Chinook salmon from the Aquarium, Cape Cod, and Columbia River, using elemental analyses of otoliths. high school marine When not working, I love walking the beach and science course in the U.S. hiking with my husband, Ed Backus, Vice-President Virgin Islands. A family move took me to Evanston, for Fisheries at Ecotrust, and my German Shepherd, Illinois, where I attended high school. Kiger. We have recently acquired a drift boat and are Once given the choice, however, I migrated hoping to learn the waters of the Alsea River. I am westward to Missoula, Montana to attend the Univer- an avid swimmer and have had the pleasure of diving sity of Montana, where I received a B.A. in zoology and snorkeling on tropical reefs in Australia and in 1989. I chose to migrate further west to Seattle Hawaii. My other recent fish-related travels have and the University of Washington’s School of Fisher- taken me to Chile and Alaska. ies and Aquatic Sciences, where I received a M.S. in I am excited to be part of OSU, the Department Fisheries in 1993. My thesis research focused on of Fisheries and Wildlife, and COMES and believe juvenile Chinook and coho salmon use of natural and that my research interests are well-suited to the created estuarine sloughs. I then moved on to work mission of the experiment station. My research with the Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project, a interests involve the ecology and evolution of life cooperative local, state, and federal effort, and The history diversity in marine and anadromous fishes and Willapa Alliance, a private, non-profit organization the development and maintenance of that diversity. located on the coast of Washington. In both of these Variation in early life history traits, such as larval positions, I worked on estuarine and freshwater duration in marine fishes and migratory timing in restoration design, implementation, and assessment, juvenile salmonids, are important factors in the with an emphasis on Pacific salmon. evolution and maintenance of local populations and I then moved to Charleston, Oregon and the thus relevant to management and conservation of University of Oregon’s Institute of Marine Biology, Oregon’s fisheries resources. The research program where I worked on my doctoral studies focused on I am developing at OSU aims to provide empirical transport, dispersal, and exchange in coastal fishes. information on individual variation within an ecologi- After completion of my Ph.D., I received an Oregon cal context using a multi-faceted approach, including Sea Grant with Dr. Alan Shanks (UO) to conduct field ecology, laboratory experiments, and analytical post-doctoral studies that expanded components of chemistry. Currently, my focus is on two main areas, my dissertation work examining local and regional including quantifying life history variation in Chinook patterns of dispersal and exchange in Pacific rock- and coho salmon and the early life history and fish. population connectivity in Pacific rockfish. One My general research interests involve the ecology project, which is part of an interdisciplinary effort and evolution of life history diversity in fishes and the with NOAA-NMFS, involves a three-year effort to development and maintenance of that diversity. My examine the role of the Columbia River Estuary, the research has focused on larval dispersal and trans- river plume, and ocean conditions in the early ocean port, population connectivity and structure, and the growth and survival of juvenile Chinook and coho use of estuaries by larval and juvenile marine and salmon. anadromous fishes. I have combined techniques, I would be happy to talk about my current and including otolith microchemistry, genetic, and time- future research plans, fisheries ecology, or fishing series analyses, to address these topics. I am inter- with anyone who is interested. My office is in the ested in continuing to use diverse methods to address Public Education Wing #13; 541-867-0381; basic questions in fish ecology while also providing [email protected]. Please stop by… information critical for management and conservation efforts. Currently, I am finishing up a research

4 • Summer 2006 Tiffany Garcia The Jade Plant species of interest are larval amphibians, and I often (Crassula argentea) is work in ephemeral ponds and streams. I study how a succulent originating amphibians react to multiple stressors, such as from South Africa. It predation risk, competition, and ultraviolet radiation. can be an easy plant to I’m also interested in population differences in cultivate indoors, and defense strategies, and work with amphibian popula- with proper care, can tions from the Oregon coast, the Willamette Valley, prosper in such meager and the high Cascade Mountains. This large spatial environs as laboratories, scale allows me explore large areas of Oregon, and I dormitories, and aca- think this state will keep me busy for many years to demic offices. The come. problem with Jade Because this is a new position, I can’t say too Plants is that they come with baggage. To kill a Jade much about the work at this point. I do know that I means seven years bad luck; but to successfully raise will be focused on agricultural ecosystems and will be a Jade means a lifetime of financially prosperity. If involved in extension work. I will be teaching several one attaches significant weight to this prophecy, courses, including Wildlife in Agricultural Ecosystems caring for a Jade can have reasonably important and Principles of Fish and Wildlife Conservation. lifestyle implications. It is perhaps not a good thing Though living in Corvallis will force me to learn that I should have a Jade. This is a moot point, how to cook (there is a dreadful lack of delivery however, because Phil Rossignol gave me a cutting options here), PAC-10 basketball and Le Patisserie from his Jade just yesterday. The reasons why I should keep me happy. should not have a Jade should become apparent as I plan on taking very good care of my Jade plant. you continue reading this departmentally sanctioned I am a superstitious person and this psychological biography. pitfall prevents me from disregarding Jade lore. If my I’ve officially lived in only three of the United plant prospers, then so will I. While that may sound States, but that is a deceptive number. California is a ridiculous coming from a scientist, one must consider really big state. I grew up in Northern California, the similarities between my Jade and me. For ex- (Humboldt County) went to school in Central Califor- ample, we both sometimes retain water. We like nia (UC Davis) and worked in Southern California direct sun. We are both cut from strong stock and before heading off to graduate school. If the states guided by principled mentors. We appreciate the along the west coast were of a similar size to the opportunity to grow with the Department of Fisheries states on the east coast, I would be considered a and Wildlife, and have enjoyed meeting everyone rolling stone rather than a California elitist. I left the here. We are lucky and proud to be part of this group, west coast to attend graduate school and traveled on and with a little water and unfettered internet access, the academic freeway to the great state of Ken- we should do quite well. tucky; home of the Wildcats, bluegrass, and the Derby. I studied with Andrew Sih at the University of Kentucky for five years and upon completion of my doctorate returned to the west. Certain inevitable tragedies of such a transient lifestyle include high houseplant mortality. On my move to Oregon State Noakes (cont. from page 3) University to begin my postdoc with Andrew research on every scale, from molecular to land- Blaustein, I promptly killed two plants (death by scape, with a number of native fishes. We have desiccation), which is one of the many reasons why I already attracted interest and visits from across should not be the owner of a Jade. Oregon, the rest of North America, Iceland, the Acknowledging my lack of a green thumb, I’ve Netherlands, and China. We have active research mainly used vertebrate systems to explore the collaborations with colleagues here at OSU and ecological questions that interest me. My research elsewhere in the state, on topics as diverse as benthic examines the direct and indirect effects of environ- invertebrates, stable isotopes, stress physiology, and mental stress on aquatic communities. My focal stream hydrology.

News and Views • 5 Scott Baker I grew up in ics. Along with a re-emergence of medieval technol- Birmingham, ogy (a crossbow) to collect small skin-biopsy Alabama, where, samples, these powerful new molecular methods by way of con- allowed me to begin answering questions developed trast, I developed from my demographic studies of humpback whales. a great apprecia- Following my interest in the worldwide population tion for the structure of humpbacks and other great whales, I sparkling beaches accepted a position in the School of Biological and clear waters Sciences at the University of Auckland in 1993. of the Gulf of Along the way, Anjanette and I were joined by a son, Mexico a few Kai, and a daughter, Neve´. My position at the hundred miles to University of Auckland offered a unique opportunity the south. Some to study New Zealand’s endemic marine mammals as of my earliest memories are of the sunburns and well as the many species with distributions or migra- sandspurs that punctuated our otherwise idyllic family tions throughout the South Pacific. Over the years I holidays along this coast. It was during these visits directed or supervised studies of genetic diversity and that I became fascinated with the life in the sea, population structure of Hector’s dolphins, Maui’s particulary the bottlenose dolphins we could some- dolphin (a subspecies of Hector’s), bottlenose times see swimming just offshore of the sandbars. In dolphins, dusky dolphins, spinner dolphins, pilot pursuit of this fascination, I attended a small under- whales, killer whales, beaked whales, southern right graduate college in Sarasota, Florida (now New whales, sea lions, and fur seals. In 1994, I became College, the honors college of the University of embroiled with the International Whaling Commission Florida system), where I worked as a research as a result of early effort to use molecular methods assistant on a study of wild bottlenose dolphins in (now referred to as DNA taxonomy) to identify the Sarasota Bay. This study (still ongoing) is one of the species origin of ‘whalemeat’ sold in commercial first to use photographs of natural marking for long- markets of Japan and Korea. For more than a term identification of individual dolphins and radio decade, I have traveled regularly to both countries, tags to track their short-term, local movement. documenting the unregulated sale of products from After completing a Bachelor of Arts and an humpback, western gray, fin, sei, Bryde’s, and sperm honors thesis in Environmental Studies at New whales. My interest in the problem of trade in College in 1977 and a year of more conventional endangered species led to development of a web- science coursework at the Evergreen State College based program for molecular taxonomy: www.dna- (Olympia, Washington), I enrolled in a Ph.D. program surveillance.auckland.ac.nz, and the discovery of a in Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. I new species of beaked whales, Mesoplodon spent the next six years observing and photographing perrini, the first new species of cetaceans described humpback whales, first on the breeding grounds in 15 years. around Hawaii and then on their feeding grounds in My new position with the OSU Marine Mammal Glacier Bay and the inside passage of southeastern Program and the Department of Fisheries and Alaska. During this time, I also met my wife, Wildlife offers exciting possibilities to combine my Anjanette, who was completing her M.Sc. in biologi- interest in genetic and demographic approaches to cal oceanography at University of Hawaii, working the study of whales and dolphins in both the North on magnetic orientation in the green sea turtle. My and South Pacific Oceans. The Program’s reputation Ph.D. thesis, completed in 1985, described the social for technical innovation and commitment to conserva- organization and migratory population structure of tion has established a solid foundation to support new humpback whales based on photo-identification faculty and the integration of the new disciplines they records of individual whales identified throughout the represent. I expect the Program to play an increas- central and eastern North Pacific. ingly important role in contributing to our basic As a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian understanding of marine mammal science and to Institution and the National Cancer Institute, I had a providing multi-disciplinary solutions to the problems unique opportunity to train in the rapidly emerging facing these species. fields of molecular ecology and conservation genet-

6 • Summer 2006 Markus Horning

I grew up as a Galveston. After a brief period of contract work for ‘UN-brat’. My the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMFS) in dad worked for Seattle in 1998, I returned to Galveston in 1999. It the Food and was there that I met my wonderful wife Lisa. Lisa is Agriculture a Houston native, and graduated with a Bachelor in Organization of Marine Biology from Texas A&M in 1994. Even the United Na- though we share a background in marine sciences, of tions as a devel- all places, we met in a bowling alley, and neither of us oper of irrigation is into bowling! Lisa completed her Master’s degree systems for agricultural development. Although I was in Marine Resource Management at Texas A&M in born in Germany, I grew up in Nepal, Afghanistan, December of 2005. and Italy. After finishing high school in Rome in 1978, Over the course of my prior research I realized I started my academic career in a distinctly non- that, paradoxically, the use of technology has ad- biological field, pursuing undergraduate studies with a vanced at a far greater pace for the use and extrac- major in Physics at the University of California San tion, than for the assessment and protection, of Diego. During my freshman year, I chanced into a marine resources. To address that issue, I founded part-time job as a pool cleaner and general factotum the Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry & Biotech- in the laboratory of Dr. Gerald Kooyman at the nology at Texas A&M University in 2000. Since Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. The 1996, my research has centered on Weddell seals in experience in Jerry’s lab was transforming, in Antarctica and Steller sea lions in Alaska. I initiated particular when I had the opportunity to participate in two large projects on Stellers that are continuing to a one-year overwintering study of Weddell seals in date, with the participation of the NMFS, Alaska Antarctica, as part of a small team of four research- Department of Fish & Game, and the Alaska Sea ers. That year, 1981, convinced me to switch to Life Center in Seward, Alaska. Both of these long- Biology, and to focus on the study of diving animals, term projects will provide vital life-history data on the pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses) in particu- Steller sea lion, a declining and endangered species in lar. the North Pacific and Bering Sea region. These As a result of the one-year absence from the U.S. projects combine very divergent research ap- for the Antarctic project, I lost the scholarship that proaches, the use of specifically developed implant- allowed me to attend UCSD, and moved to Ger- able telemetry devices, with non-invasive estimation many—my country of origin—for the first time as an of body mass and body condition by remote photo- adult. I completed my studies in Biology at the grammetry, in a new experimental approach. University of Freiburg in 1988. Through my Scripps Through my new position as Pinniped Ecologist contacts I then met my dissertation advisor, Fritz with the OSU Marine Mammal Program and the Trillmich, at the Max-Planck Institute for Behavioral Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, I will continue Physiology at Seewiesen, Germany. After a second to apply technological innovation to new experimental brief Antarctic stint studying emperor penguins in designs and analytical methods. In an example of this 1989, I was able to return to my passion—the study approach, a new NSF-funded project will take me to of pinnipeds—by conducting my dissertation research Antarctica this fall (it will be my 9th trip down South) under Fritz’ guidance, on the ontogeny of diving in to lead a team of researchers from Oregon State, Galapagos fur seals. After completing my Ph.D. in Texas A&M, and the University of Alaska to investi- 1992, I returned to Jerry’s laboratory at Scripps as a gate the suitability of diving mammals as models to postdoctoral researcher. The ensuing studies of study phenomena and adaptations related to aging. I cormorant and penguin diving behavior and physiol- am looking forward to developing multi-disciplinary, ogy broadened my background, and introduced me to integrative approaches to basic science, conservation the importance of comparative research approaches. and management of marine mammals, in collabora- In 1996 I took on a soft-money position as Assistant tion with my new colleagues within this truly out- Research Scientist at Texas A&M University at standing program.

News and Views • 7 Registry of Distinguished Graduates A committe chaired by Grant Thompson met and voted to add the following graduates to the Registry:

Gordon H. Reeves, B.S. 1973, State University of projects dealing with old-forest management, specifi- New York – Oswego; M.S. 1978, Humboldt State cally on modeling of rare and little-known species, University; Ph.D. 1985 assessment of biodiversity, and ecologically sustain- able forest management. He has served on numerous Gordie has been conducting research on the freshwa- regional assessment teams including the Interior ter ecology of anadromous salmon and trout for over Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project and 25 years. He is a Research Fish Biologist with the the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Team. Bruce regularly serves as science advisor to Station, in Corvallis, Oregon. He began his career as multiple resource management agencies on species a fish behavioral ecologist and has progressed viability, modeling, and biodiversity conservation through a series of studies to become recognized for programs. He has extensive experience with wildlife- his broad approach to stream and landscape ecology habitat relationships research and modeling. Recently, and conservation biology. Gordie was the leader or he has coauthored three textbooks on the topic; co-leader of federal efforts to develop conservation developed an on-line advisory system for managing plans for listed fish including the “Gang of Four”, snags, down wood, and other wood decay elements PacFish, the Forest Ecosystem Management Assess- for wildlife in forests of Washington and Oregon; ment Team (FEMAT), and the Tongass Land Man- developed an assessment framework and analysis of agement Plan in Alaska. He currently is a co-leader integrated fish and wildlife in the Columbia River of the Coastal Landscape Analysis and Modeling Basin for the Northwest Power and Conservation Study (CLAMS), which is a multidisciplinary effort to Council; and conducted field research on terrestrial develop a model to evaluate the aggregate ecological invertebrates, lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants and economic impact of forest management policies in old forest remnant patches and disturbed sites in on private, state, and federal lands in the Oregon the Washington Cascades and eastern Oregon. He Coast Range. These efforts have resulted in major has extensive international experience, including changes in the management of aquatic ecosystems currently aiding community forest planning in Congo, on federal and other lands in the western U.S. and Africa, and has served as Chief Ecologist on a Alaska. He has received much recognition for his sustainable land use planning project spanning Far work, including twice being named as Conservationist East Russia and China; on a biodiversity planning of the Year by the Pacific Rivers Council. He has team in India; and as modeling advisor on a caribou- also been given the USDA Forest Service Chief’s wolf-moose project in British Columbia, Canada. He Natural Resources Award and Rise to the Future has also worked on an international team of re- Award and the Secretary of Agriculture’s Award for searchers and managers on wetland and grassland Outstanding Performance. He has courtesy faculty restoration in Inner Mongolia, China, and has en- appointments in the Department of Fisheries and gaged in personal wildlife research and ecological Wildlife and in the Department of Forest Resources travels in southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, at OSU and in the Department of Fisheries at sub-Antarctica, Amazonian Bolivia, Ecuador, Costa Humboldt State University. He has served as major Rica, Caribbean, Mexico, and elsewhere. He has professor for more than 15 students at OSU and has received considerable recognition and a number of been on several graduate student committees at OSU awards for his work. and Humboldt State University. David A. Armstrong, B.S. 1970, University of Bruce G. Marcot, B.S. 1977, Humboldt State California, Irvine; M.S. 1974; Ph.D. 1978, University University; M.S. 1978, Humboldt State University; of California, Davis Ph.D. 1985 David’s research and graduate student program has Bruce is a research wildlife biologist with the Ecosys- been focused on crab and other shellfish life history tems Processes Research Program of USDA Forest and ecology from the Bering Sea through central Service in Portland, Oregon. He participates in California. As a new faculty member in the School of applied science research and technology application Fisheries in 1979 he developed a number of programs

8 • Summer 2006 that are still active to characterize the juvenile emphasized many aspects of limnology, ranging from nursery role of estuaries in production of adults the behavior and bioenergetics of fish in lakes to targeted in coastal fisheries. Along the way, many problems of limiting nutrients and nutrient cycling. applied questions regarding anthropogenic impacts on Recently, he has developed an interest in landscape estuarine resources and habitats have been ad- limnology and is collaborating with stream ecologists dressed in research, especially ongoing perturbations to study how lakes and rivers interact to control caused by dredging, application of pesticides to ecosystem processes in mountain watersheds. His enhance oyster culture, and effects of exotic species research has taken him to many important lakes of on native communities. His work has led to several the world, among them Lake Titicaca, Peru; Lake major mitigation programs based in systems ecology Tahoe; and most recently the Great Salt Lake, Utah. and interplay between crab and bivalve habitat, and His research has included both applied studies related elucidation of the importance of expansive intertidal to fisheries management and eutrophication, and areas in support of high crab biomass. In the Bering basic research on fish ecology and ecosystem Sea he and colleagues have studied larval ecology of processes. He has been Principal or Co-Principal snow and king crabs relative to spatial distribution of Investigator on 11 grants from the National Science spawning stocks, physical forcing, shifts in predator Foundation. He has published over 100 papers, populations and long-term trends reflected in major including 60 in peer-reviewed journals. Wayne has regime shifts. This work continues among a team been a Fulbright Scholar in Spain, an Associate Editor composed of biologists and physical oceanographers of the Transactions of the American Fisheries to determine causal relationships between abiotic and Society, Chair of the Education Committee of the biotic interactions that affect year-class strength and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, future fisheries. Since 1998 David has been Director and is currently a National Representative of the of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the U.S. Section of the International Society of Limnol- University of Washington. The change in name ogy. His undergraduate and graduate teaching at reflects major transformation of the School to include USU has included courses in Freshwater Ecology, a much wider array of disciplines beyond traditional Water Pollution, and Fish Ecology. strengths in fishery biology and management. He helped guide the faculty through implementation of a William J. Liss, B.S. 1969, Pennsylvania State strategic plan to include new fields such as molecular University; M.S. 1974; Ph.D. 1977 ecology and functional genomics, expansion of Bill is an emeritus professor of fisheries in the OSU freshwater ecology, reinforcement of strengths in Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, where he has quantitative sciences, and a more prominent role of been a member of the faculty since 1977. His conservation biology as a major ethic in education research interests have centered on salmonid ecology and research of the School. Undergraduate enroll- and restoration, land-use impacts on stream habitat ment in the major has doubled in recent years and and stream fishes, effects of non-native fish on native over half the tenure-track faculty have been hired biota in high-elevation lakes, and watershed and since 2001. David is proud of his many former stream classification. Bill has authored or co- graduate students (20 M.S. and 16 Ph.D.) who work authored over 60 scientific publications. He has as fishery scientists and faculty in agencies and served on numerous scientific advisory panels, in universities across the country and in South America. which capacity he has co-authored over 70 scientific Their creativity, enthusiasm, and professional reviews and reports related to salmon restoration in achievements while students have been the underpin- the Columbia River. Bill’s career has consistently ning of his research over the years. been distinguished by his talent as a teacher. He has supervised nearly 30 M.S. and Ph.D. students, and Wayne Wurtsbaugh, B.S. 1970, University of taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. California, Davis; M.S. 1973; Ph.D. 1983, University Three times he was named to the College of Agricul- of California, Davis tural Sciences Registry of Distinguished Teachers, Wayne is Professor in the Department of Aquatic, and in 1992 he received the College of Agricultural Watershed and Earth Resources at Utah State Sciences highest teaching honor, the R.M. Wade University. His career was inspired by mentors Gerry Award. Davis, Charles Warren, and Hiram Li. His work has

News and Views • 9 Oregon Hatchery Research Center

The Oregon Hatchery Research Center is a remark- able collaboration between the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. The Center was officially opened at a public ceremony in Octo- ber 2006. The Center was funded by ODFW, OSU, and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. It is located on Fall Creek, at the site of the former ODFW Hatchery, near the Coastal Range and the small town of Alsea. The Center is staffed by three permanent ODFW employees: Ryan Couture, the Facility Manager; Joseph O’Neil, the Assistant Manager; and Joyce Mahr, the Technician. David Noakes is the Senior Scientist and Director, and also a Professor in Fisheries and Wildlife at OSU. The Sampling fish in one of the simulated stream channels Advisory Committee for the Center is composed of 15 members, representing a range of stakeholders: managing hatchery fish that conserve and protect hydrologists, stream ecologists, forest engineers, native fishes. This will be accomplished by determin- educators, federal and state governments, as well as ing hatchery breeding, rearing, and release practices local residents. The Committee reviews research and that allow hatchery-propagated fish to both contribute educational outreach proposals and advises the to fisheries and facilitate the conservation and Director and staff on operations. recovery of naturally produced native fish. Possible The mission of the Hatchery Research Center is effects to natural ecosystems associated with to understand mechanisms that may be creating differing types and levels of hatchery production will differences between hatchery and wild fish. It will be identified, as will approaches to managing these determine (1) the process and rate by which wild fish effects. Hatchery practices that may need to be may change in the hatchery environment within and altered in response to changes in the natural environ- across generations; (2) the process, rate, and pattern ment and other external factors will also be identified. by which hatchery-produced fish adapt to the natural Research conducted at the Center will apply to all environment at each life history stage; and (3) the areas of Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho possible genetic and ecological consequences of where wild salmon are endangered or threatened. hatchery fish and their releases on native fish at each A key feature of the new state-of-the-art facility life history stage. is its four natural-style simulated steam channels that Wild salmon runs are currently threatened or make it possible to observe wild and hatchery fish endangered in much of their ranges in Oregon, together under controlled experimental conditions. In Washington, and Idaho. Four reasons for their decline addition, the Center has the capability to study are commonly offered: habitat loss, harvest, dams, projects at scales from the molecular to watersheds and competition from hatchery fish. Today, more than and landscapes in a range of controlled laboratory 70% of Oregon’s salmon start life in a hatchery. and rearing facilities. The Center has already at- Thus, hatcheries have stopped and even reversed the tracted visitors and collaborators from throughout population decline and helped maintain viable fisher- Oregon, across the USA, Canada, the Netherlands, ies, but many questions remain. Do hatchery fish New Zealand, Iceland, Central America, and China. spread disease to their wild counterparts? Do they An important part of the Center’s mission is to out-compete wild fish for food and habitat? Do they educate the public on the relationship between contaminate genetic fitness for surviving conditions in hatchery and wild fish; the connection between fish a particular watershed? These and many other and watershed, estuarine, and ocean systems; and questions are being addressed at the Hatchery the implications for fish management and steward- Research Center. ship. The Center will do this by: (1) providing educa- The research at the Center is interdisciplinary and tional facilities and programs for K-12 students; (2) collaborative. The Center will develop approaches to designing and managing the facility to provide an

10 • Summer 2006 environment of passive and active learning for will create a unique educational environment for visitors; (3) conducting undergraduate and graduate students K-12, undergraduate and graduate, and the programs and classes at the facility; and (4) providing general public. It will serve as a focal point and opportunities for educators and others to use the meeting place for watershed councils, conservation Center for meetings, workshops, and programs that groups, commercial fishers, and angler groups to further public understanding of the relationship participate in workshops and other information between fish and watershed ecosystems. The Center sharing. David Noakes

Kudos A number of faculty, alumni, and students were recognized during the last year, among them:

Selina Heppell is one of 18 academic environ- University of Alaska in recognition of his contribu- mental scientists from the U.S. and Canada who tions to the state. The award was presented at the have been awarded a 2006 Aldo Leopold Leadership May 15, 2005 commencement ceremony. Fellowship. As a Leopold Leadership Fellow, Selina Dr. Jack Helle, Ph.D. ’80, received the Distin- will participate this year in intensive training that guished Service Award for 2004 from the American includes sessions on how to communicate science Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. His service effectively to non-scientific audiences, including the included Alaska District Director, and President of media and policy makers. the organization. Judy Li received a regional award for Excellence At the September 2005 Annual meeting of The in College and University Teaching from the U.S. Wildlife Society, Chuck Meslow, retired Leader of Departament of Agriculture and is one of only three the Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, was made OSU faculty to have ever received this award. the 56th recipient of the Leopold Medal. This is the Aaron Holmes is one of only two Fish and highest award given by the Society. It has previously Wildlife students in the whole country to get a gone to former Department Head Tom Scott and National Science Foundation fellowship this cycle. courtesy faculty member Jack Ward Thomas. Also Dr. John Briggs, ’43, one of our Distinguished honored at the meeting for best edited volume for the Graduates, received the Inaugural Alfred Russel year was Pronghorn: ecology and management. It Wallace Award from the International Biogeography was edited by Bart O’Gara and Jim Yoakum, M.S. ’57. Society in 2005. The award will be presented every 2 Doug Markle had two wines that received years to a distinguished scholar for a lifetime of awards at the 2006 Amateur Wine Makers Competi- achievement in biogeography. Jack’s award citation tion at the Newport Wine and Seafood Festival. His notes that “the premier modern synthesis of marine 2002 Pinot Noir won a gold medal, the only Pinot species distributions arrived with Briggs’ 1974 classic Noir to get a gold; his 2004 Pinot Noir won a silver Marine Zoogeography . . . Most of the issues medal. He claims it was the OSU grapes and is now currently being addressed by molecular biogeography reconsidering his retirement plans. and phylogeography are explicitly formulated in Kudos to faculty in the Department for their Marine Zoogeography, and the number of success in receiving research grants and contracts. phylogeographic studies that cite Briggs (1974) is The total for fiscal year 2005-06 was $6,430,000. beyond counting”. The editorial announcing the This put us in a virtual tie for second among all award notes “in other words, it took about three departments in the University. Good going, folks! decades for the science of biogeography to mature to And more kudos to the more than 200 alums, the point that it could rigorously address the issues friends, faculty, and organizations that contributed that Jack presented in 1974!” (The second award will about $80,000 to the Department for fiscal year be made in January 2007 to Dr. Jared Diamond, 2005-2006. See the list on page 12 [and your editor’s author of Guns, Germs, and Steel; and Collapse.) apologies if we have left anyone off the list—it turns Another Distinguished Graduate, Jim Rearden, out to be rather difficult to get a complete and ’48, received an Honorary Doctorate from the accurate list of all our donors]

News and Views • 11 Thank you, Donors The following individuals and organizations generously supported the Department with donations received between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006 Richard Aho and Doris Joe & Elizabeth Ebersole William & Betty Huff Todd & Heidi Newsome Herlick Dan & Sally Edge Dick & Jeralyn Humphreys Mary & John Nickum Dean Almgren Sterling Eide John & Rebecca Hurd John & Lori North Scott & Lisa Armentrout Robert & Davinne Ellis Megan Hutchinson Jack & Diana Norton Winston & Constance Craig & Barbara Ely Jim Hutchison David & Tracy Nuzum Banko Tony & Debra Faast Virginia Ito Bart & Katherine Oja Doug Bateman Gordon & Jayne Ferlitsch Michael Jaenicke William & Donna Olson Michael & Paula Bauer Brian & Vickey Ferry Phil & Patricia Janik Eric Onizuka Daniel Beason Mark & Marilyn Fink Patrick & Laura Jodice Greg & Kathie Oriet Don Bennett Pat Fisher Brian & Sheryl Jonasson Edward & Pearl Ortner William & Judith Benson Eric Forsman Timothy Joyce Stacy Page Elizabeth Bishop John & Susan Fortune Robert & Helen Jubber Paul Painter Clarkson Blunt Erik Fritzell & Ell-Piret Jim & Elizabeth Kahrs John Palensky Burnie & Patricia Bohn Multer George & Linda Keister Loys & Mary Parrish Carl & Lenora Bond Sarah Gall Scott & Carolyn Kelley David and Noralyn Parsons Dennis & Patricia Borton Ron and Karen Garst Steven and Vicki King George Pennel Barry & Kathleen Bracken John Gendron Tracie Kirkham Peter & Leticia Perrin John Briggs George & Donna Gerity John & Sharon Krauss Deborah Peterson Donald & Mary Brockway Art & Patricia Gerlach Gordon & Michaela Kruse Kenneth Popper Michael & Kay Brown Rebecca Goggans & Robin Marlon & Carolyn Lang Ronald & Linda Powell Patrick & Debra Buckley Brown Catherine Lannan Don Ratliff Edward & Yvonne Burns Jim & Laurie Good William Lapham William Ratliff Vern & Ruth Ann Byars Stan Gregory David & Mary Leslie Kim & Priscilla Reaney Thomas & Carol Cain Robert Gresswell Judith & Hiram Li Michelle Richards Gwendolyn Campbell Jim & Martha Griggs Burt & Rebecca Lidgerding Monte Richards Rick & Sylvia Cardwell Michael & Tracy Guadano Ron Lindland David and Nancy Richter Shirley Carlson Cecil & Jean Gubser Rodney Litton Edward & Sheila Robertson Stacy & Christopher Fred & Linda Guthery Dale & Rosa Lee Shaun & Colleen Carpenter Jim & Margaret Haas Litzenberger Robertson Glenn & Lolita Carter Richard & Patricia Gregg & Yvonne Lomnicky George & Shirley Romano Carol Chambers Hafenfeld Harold Lorz Diane Ronfeld Gary Chapman Bill & Linda Haight Faydeena Luke Michael & Nadine Scanlan Corby & Terri Chappell Richard & May Haley Terry and Cathy Luther Dana & Donna Schmidt Michael Comer Jim Hall Robert Mace Carl & Jacquelyn Schreck Cindi Confer Richard & Jean Hallock Rachel Maggi Irvin Schultz Charles Connelley Austin & Ina Hamer Pamela Marhan Robert & Elizabeth Pat Connolly Cliff & Katie Hamilton David Marshall Schuster Bob Corthell David & Linda Hanes Bill & Terryl Mast John Schwartz & Victoria Steve & Nancy Coyle Robyn Hansen Susan Mauger Ursitti Dale & Mariann Crane George Harry Jr. Tim & Jyl McCormick Charles & Loretta Selden Richard & Elaine Crone Charles & Doris Hazel Dale A. McCullough Warren & Anita Shaul David & Jill Crowley Patricia Heilman Donald McKay Greg Short Ed & Sally Cummings Paul & Marilyn Hemerick Cress & Paulette Merrill Brad & Sarah Sinko Jennifer Cyrus Lori & Ray Hennings Charles Meslow Jon & Donna Skovlin Dennis & Nancy Dauble Robert & Ann Herrmann Sam & Mary Jane Millazzo Court & Linda Smith Daniel Delany Dan & Patricia Hitchcock Gary & Ruth Miller Emil & Mary Smith Janine & Alex de Paz Kristin & Jeffrey Hock John & Charlene Morris Jeff Snyder Cathy Dey Ernest & Onelda Hodson William and Jean Morse Stacia Sower Mary Dimick estate Charlene Holzwarth Barry & Jane Mower Philip Spulnik Benjamin & Jennifer Merlyn & Martha Hough John & Remie Murray Hans Steidl Dotson Marcy & John Houle Katherine & John Myers Roy Stein Richelle Duckwall Nancy Ann Hoven Don & Jeanne Neff Wendell Stout Richard Duncan Richard Hoyer Natasha Nelson Jerold & June Theissen

12 • Summer 2006 Barry & Jennifer Thom Orthello & Nancy Wallis Richard & Barbara Wilmot Hunters Club Jon Thorsby Glen & Joyce Ward John & Dorothy Wilson Oregon Hunter’s Assn., Troy Thynes John Wells John & Roberta Winchell Tillamook Chapter James & Georgia Torland Dale & Pat Wenning James Woods Pfizer Foundation Richard & Becky Turner Terry Westfall Charles & Gail Woosley (matching) Lois Van Hyning Joe & Darlene Wetherbee Leland & Glenna Wyse Rogue Flyfishers Steven Walgrave Michael & Paula Jeffrey & Anne Ziller Southern Oregon Fly John & Carolyn Walker Wickersham Organizations: Fishers Thomas & Susan Walker Jack & Cynthia Williams Munson Family Foundation Trout Unlimited-Middle Catherine Wallauer Robin Mooring Willis Multnomah Anglers & Rogue Steelheaders

Remembering Charles Warren Dale R. McCullough, M.S.’60, a Professor in the College of Natural Resources at U.C.Berkeley, sent us a thoughtful reminiscence of Charles Warren

When I arrived at the Oregon Cooperative Wildlife those long nights alone at Lucky Boy cabin but read Research Unit for a M.S. in January 1958, the leader, by a kerosene lamp—and figured out how to ask Art Einarsen, immediately sent me to the H. J. reasonable scientific questions. Most of the deer Andrews Experimental Forest on the Blue River. I literature of the time was natural history stories was a greenhorn fresh from a B.S. from South unsupported by quantitative data, much less statistical Dakota State. Art needed someone to be at Blue tests, and I knew there had to be something better. River, and I was handy. A couple days later Art Over the following year I took every course I headed to Mexico to study black brant (I saw him could from Chuck, and he continually stretched my again for one day the next year before he retired and mind, and connected things in insightful ways. Some disappeared), so Homer Campbell, the fisheries of the other graduate students considered Chuck assistant Coop leader, drove with me up to the esoteric, but I found him challenging and inspiring isolated Camp Lucky Boy (Boy Scout) cabin on the (not withstanding his hang-up with fish). He showed Blue River (now at the bottom of a reservoir), and me the fine art of thinking and questioning, including left me with really helpful advice: “Good luck.” one’s own beliefs. He was a fresh new window into A year later, when I showed up on campus as scientific thought and objectivity, not buying hypoth- told, I was informed that Chuck Warren would be my eses but testing them, and questioning conventional academic advisor. I went in to see Chuck and he wisdom that, often as not, was far more convention asked who I was, and then—just making conversa- than wisdom. Later I went to work for Chuck at Oak tion—when I had arrived (expecting to hear a day or Creek Laboratory, doing intellectual things like two earlier). When I said a year ago, he reared back carpentry, redirecting stream channels, and solving in his chair in amazement, and asked me where I had practical problems of keeping fish alive in aquaria. been? I told him, doing my master’s thesis research He introduced me to quantitative population on deer in the H. J. Andrews Forest. As my sad tale dynamics, especially William Ricker, but also of academic orphaning unfolded, he became apoplec- Beverton and Holt and other fisheries modelers of tic. I said profound things like, “…uh, well… and yes, the time. This was an area total absent from the but…” Finally he calmed down and assured me that wildlife literature. It woke me to statistic inference in it was not my fault I had been stuck me off alone in courses with Jerry C. R. Li (I still have his text from the mountains (I didn’t mention the woodrats that the course), and experimental design in courses with kept me company) with no direction. He finished with Lyle Calvin. It is safe to say that Chuck was a the upbeat thought that maybe some of my work significant influence on my life (P <0.01), perhaps the could be salvaged—which he obviously didn’t really single most influential guiding light in my career, believe. including a large number of heavyweights later as a Despite that inauspicious beginning, over the next Ph.D. student at Berkeley, and a professor at Michi- year a close intellectual bond evolved between us. I gan and Berkeley. showed him my systematically collected data, and When I completed my master’s thesis I applied even pulled out a clever insight or two. I knew the for jobs, and got a wonderful offer from Arizona Fish deer literature—there being nothing else to do all Continued on page 14

News and Views • 13 and Game. I proudly took the letter to show Chuck, years. And, he also got me started on nutrition and thinking something like, “Hey, the kid from Lucky growth through the work of Fred Fry . When I took Boy Gulag didn’t do too badly, huh?” He read the my first academic job at University of Michigan, my letter, scowled (oh-oh, not a good sign), and flung it start-up requests were the biggest calculator made by down on the desk. He informed me that I couldn’t Monroe and a gas chromatograph. take this job; I needed to go for a Ph.D. This was not Years later, when I was returning to Corvallis for what I expected or wanted. I thought about asking if another purpose, I called Chuck to set up an appoint- he wanted to tell that to the wife and two kids I had ment. I had not seen him for several decades. When accumulated by this time. I had a rusty old Ford and I walked into the room he did a double take, and after about 600 bucks to my name, and a job sounded fumbling for words, said he had expected the other rather attractive. Dale McCullough. I thought, “Oh come on Chuck, its Chuck asked me, “Who is the best professor in OK to admit you don’t remember me.” I always your field?” I said Starker Leopold at Berkeley. “Ok, wondered why some quirk of nature had prompted I’ll make you a deal,” he said. “You turn down this me to call myself Dale R. in print over the years job offer and I’ll personally go to Berkeley and talk instead of simply Dale McCullough, about as uncom- Starker into accepting you as a Ph.D. student.” Talk mon a name as one can find. Later I discovered the about moments in life that are decision points. The reason. To be able to sort out Google search results gauntlet was thrown down. “Ok”, I told him, thinking into Dale R. (the large mammal guy) and Dale A. I had lost my mind—and that my wife was soon to (the fish guy)—both of whom passed through the lab follow. I figured if he was willing to back me like of Chuck Warren. That’s the scary thing about that, I need to believe in myself as much. The rest, as probabilities. No matter how infinitesimal the likeli- they say, is history. I only learned later that he hood, thing do happen. already had a trip to Berkeley planned to meet with We often mark the passing of influential people by his own Ph.D. advisor Paul Needham. Oh, well. erecting monuments and plaques, and going through When I showed up in Berkeley for a Ph.D. my sacred rituals. Somehow, that all seemed misplaced professors were blown away that I—a hayseed from for Chuck. In sorting through my own thoughts I Corn Valley—knew so much more about stats and came to the conclusion that I had already repaid my math than they did. Fortunately, they taught me debts to him by passing it on to my own students. evolution and animal behavior, a few topics that Almost like DNA of the organic world, intellectual Chuck Warren didn’t expose me to. Chuck’s influ- roots and lineages can be traced through the products ence set me off on a career dominated by population of descent. Chuck’s contributions live on in his dynamics and quantitative ecology for the next 20 academic lineage. I think he likes that. From the Mailbag Austin Hamer, ’42, writes: Thank you, Dan, for the thank you for your work in the continued publication nice note. I’m glad to know that you had such a good of the Briefs. This was a particularly interesting turn-out for the 70th Anniversary celebration. It one—had no idea of the brouhaha going on in the hardly seems possible that I enrolled that long ago. I Forestry Dept! Lot of interesting reading. I attended didn’t remember that Andy Landforce was a member OSU during 1981-83, receiving my B.S. in Fisheries of our class, too. I do remember he was student body in ’83. Dr. Hall was my advisor, Dr. Bond was still president one year, but which one I don’t remember. teaching ichthyology, and Dr. Coblentz had all his He and I worked together on a conservation educa- conservation students ready to go out and remove all tion project for 4-H kids when he was the Agent in non-native species ASAP! I’ve since worked in Wallowa County and I was the district biologist several fisheries-related jobs for ODFW, USFWS, stationed at La Grande. He is a fine chap. Sure and now in fish genetics at the University of Idaho, enjoyed the latest issue of News and Views and all where I received an M.S. in Fisheries in 2002. I’m the glowing tributes to Carl and Lenora Bond. They currently doing microsatellite & microarray genetics are very fine people and deserve all the praise for work on various fish populations at the UI Hagerman their dedication to the Department. Hope they are Fish Culture Experiment Station, in Hagerman, Idaho, very happy in their retirement. for Dr. Matt Powell. I had a great learning experi- Joyce Faler, ’83, wrote to Dan: Just wanted to ence at OSU, and have many fond memories of my

14 • Summer 2006 time there. I have a great deal of respect for the married to an Urgent Care physician, worked in Fisheries and other departments on campus, and environmental consulting before starting her family, highly recommend OSU to my nieces and nephews but now applies her Wildlife Science in teaching her now looking forward to attending college themselves. boys about the world around them. She mentioned still hearing from Kelly Goocher in Southern Califor- Merle Wischnofske, ’58, writes from Wenatchee: nia, but had lost touch with another classmate. I enjoyed reading the Summer 2005 edition of News [editor’s note: I was able to provide that address for & Views. I was especially interested in the letter her. If others of you would like to get in touch with from Harold Hansen. Harold and I served in the classmates whose addresses you no longer have, I same military unit at Ft. Lewis in the fall of 1958. should be able to help. Send me an email – see page 2] Then we were in graduate school together in 1961– 62. I helped Harold a few days with his farm pond Yong-Woo Lee, Ph.D.,’03, wrote to say how research project, attended X Corps rifle matches with appreciative he was for Charlotte’s help in getting him at Ft. Lewis, then left for my first job with the him started in the graduate program. He took a 2- U.S. Forest Service at Oakridge, Oregon in April year post-doc position at NOAA Fisheries in Seattle 1962. I took early retirement with the Forest Service and is now an Assistant Professor at the University in July 1986 at Wenatchee, Washington. I worked of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, teaching quantitative summers after that with the Colville Confederated fisheries science. He is married and has a 1-year-old Tribes on the wildlife mitigation project between daughter. Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee dams along the Jim Hutchison, ’56, sent regrets for missing the Columbia River. reunion, which he heard was a “dandy”. Also sent his Dick Crone, ’65, M.S. ’68, writes from Sitka: I’ve regards to the Bonds. enclosed a contribution to the Carl and Lenora Bond Jim Kahrs, ’51, said “please give my best to Carl Scholarship Fund. A scholarship certainly seems like and Lenora. They were quite important in my life’s an excellent way to honor both Carl and Lenora. I direction.” Jim also sent along a nice contribution to am very grateful for the many things that the Bonds the Carl and Lenora Bond Scholarship fund, and an did for me during my student days at Oregon State, article from the Kansas City Star outlining his Osage and in the years thereafter. Without them I probably Catfisheries foray into production of paddlefish would not have been introduced to Southeast Alaska caviar. His firm is the only one in the U.S. that is and had a career working with coho while living in licensed by the USFWS to produce and ship this fish such beautiful country. Wish I could have joined all of domestically and internationally. A recent decision by you in July for the 70th Anniversary celebration of the the U.S. to ban the import of beluga caviar taken Department. It would have been great to see you and from the Caspian Sea and Black Sea has set Jim up others I knew during the 1960s in Corvallis. with an opportunity to fill the gap. His company does Chris Nelson, M.S. ’55, wrote to send us fisheries extensive international business and supplies caviar to types a picture of a “real” big one–a 646-pound some of the finest chefs in the country. Good going, catfish from Thailand. Also noted that he recognized Jim [and I’ll bet he is especially pleased, because himself in the hot pool, but none of the others. Sent a someone in the Missouri Conservation Department nice fish card in honor of the Bonds. “Although I was once told him that it wouldn’t be possible to raise in “game”, you had to appreciate the Bonds, espe- paddlefish in an enclosed body of water—that was all cially at the “seafood pig-out”. the challenge he needed] Dale Kruse,’50, sent a copy of an article from the Credit for the longest distance correspondent, and Oregon Journal dated 1954, showing him holding the also the longest out of school goes to Clara Budlong first northern pike to be found in the Columbia River. Hadjimarkos, ’39, who wrote to Dan from France: He wondered if anyone remembered seeing it. [ed. note: unfortunately I had to shorten this a bit] In November of this year, 2006, I’ll be ninety years Charlotte Vickers sent on a couple of letters that old. As a graduate of Fish and Game Management in she had received: the class of 1939, I decided it might be a good time to Sara (Tollefson) King, ’87, wrote from Boulder let the school know how my long-ago education Colorado thanking Charlotte for her help at OSU and affected the ensuing years. At the time of my sent a picture of her three boys ages 9, 7 and 3. Sara, enrollment in the School of Agriculture in 1937 the

News and Views • 15 Oregon State College enrollment was a little over that I always had to ride in the cab of the truck. 4,000; tuition was $35 a term with an added $150 I appreciated getting to listen to Mr. Hyslop explain annual out-of-state fee. I believe there were about 15 things as we drove around but thought that all of us in girls in the entire School of Agriculture, most being in the class should have that opportunity. That would Horticulture or Bacteriology and two being in Animal mean I’d take turns riding in the back of the truck Husbandry. I was the only one in the newly created just like the fellows. Of course when we stopped Department of Fish and Game. Mr. Dimick had everyone piled out of the truck and all were included begun the school two years before my arrival. Some in Mr. Hyslop’s teachings. To correct this, I requested of my classmates were Jay Long, Stanley Jewett, Jr.; permission from the Dean of Women to wear slacks to Bob Beardsley, Boyd Claggett, Keith Kershaw, Chris this early morning class. Permission was granted with Jensen, Len Mathisen, Ivan Donaldson, and Bill the stipulation that I’d return to my dorm to change Brown. Many of my classmates became responsible into a skirt before attending my eight o’clock class. for the development of Fish and Wildlife philosophy Wearing slacks, I still rode in the cab of the truck! My and policies of the Oregon Game Commission. Mr. dorm was on 9th and Monroe, what now is Varsity Dimick, R.G. Johnson, big game, and Dr. Francis House, and my eight o’clock was in the poultry building, Griffith, the fisheries professor, were the principal which then was the outermost building on campus. instructors. The Department of Fish and Game was There were ten minutes between classes; I became housed in the basement of the Home Ec. Building, known, I learned later, as “the girl who runs.” consisting of Mr. Dimick’s office and several class- Our senior year included the five day spring rooms. On my initial meeting with Mr. Dimick, he wildlife field trip to Eastern Oregon to study the didn’t ask me why I wanted to study Fish and break-up of the deer concentrations and the arrival of Game; he simply very clearly stated that if I had the bird population at Malheur Bird Refuge. We were come to find a husband, I was in the wrong depart- a little bit late for the deer and a little bit early for the ment. In those days that seemed to be the strange birds but it was a fabulous trip nevertheless. Again, glasses through which women were viewed. Corvallis at permission for me to go had to be requested from the that time had a population of about 17,000. Dean of Women. Evidently R.G. Johnson and Mr. A transfer student, I arrived as a junior equipped Dimick had decided I would be allowed to go on the with a Bausch and Lomb science award from field trip. We went in several private cars and our Fullerton District Junior College in Fullerton, Califor- first major stop was John Day. After being in the field nia, so I was in pretty good shape for that part of my most of the day, the class was invited to attend a education but was woefully lacking in the field hunter’s banquet in the evening. RG told me I was experience of hunting and fishing, which all of my welcome to go but if I did it would create a difficult classmates excelled in. All of that was completely atmosphere for the men; I opted to sit on a bench new to me. The main thrust of my classes, as it came outside a store building until it was time to go to my through to me, was to grasp the status and impor- room. After the banquet the fellows spent the night in tance of big game animals, game birds, and fish their sleeping bags in some big building; RG had for their recreational value in both hunting and fishing relinquished his hotel room to me while he stayed and learning to deal with farmers and landowners on with some friends. Some kind soul alerted me the whose properties the hunting and fishing took place. next morning so I didn’t get left behind when every- There was some field work to learn skills in assessing one was ready to roll. Again at the Malheur Bird populations, understanding wildlife food crops, hands- Refuge, I was housed in a lovely room in the home of on fur farming, and for the fellows, basic surveying. I Dr. and Mrs. Scharff, while the fellows were off in was not introduced to that. I also was not invited to some big outbuilding. I therefore missed the evening join the Fin and Antler Club, in fact did not know it and early morning bird movement and sounds that the existed for most of my two years. It obviously was fellows were privileged to hear and see. Despite not sanctioned for a girl to be included. these shortcomings, that field trip was a highlight of Going into the field for almost every 7:00 am class my Fish and Game schooling. I truly learned a lot and in Wildlife Food Crops with Mr. Hyslop involved all of found out there was a completely different Oregon us jumping into his truck and being driven around when one crossed the Cascades and one very much identifying and understanding what was available for involved with game, fishing, and hunting. Bonneville game, where it grew, the types of soil it grew on, and Dam had not been built so we saw the open Columbia where it was located. It seemed to me to be a shame with the Indians fishing from their precarious platforms

16 • Summer 2006 built out over the raging waters of The Dalles. tion at Reed College. How I loved Reed; the My senior year included two classes that became school’s philosophy of education, my fun job, the very important for me: Poultry Anatomy and Dis- students, and the faculty. eases. When the last class was over that spring of After the death of my husband and our daughter’s 1939, Dr. Rosenwald, the teacher, offered me a job in graduation from high school I moved from Portland to the Poultry Pathology lab. I may well have been the a ten acre partially wooded piece of property in the first of our 1939 graduating class to secure employ- foothills south of Philomath. It was to be my private ment! and it was right on campus in the familiar wildlife preserve and in the twenty some years I lived Poultry Building. I started working the day after there I watched the land evolve with the growth of graduation and my job was the result of having taken trees and the changes in the creek from beaver those two Fish and Game classes. The pay, 35 cents activity. an hour. After two months it jumped up to 50 cents Life in Oregon was a constant treat from the time an hour. I was on my way! I arrived as a student until I left a year and a half ago After WWII broke out in 1941 and fellows were to come to live with my daughter here in Burgundy. siphoned off into the military or war jobs, I had the France. This part of France is very much like the wonderful good fortune to work a number of sum- central part of the Willamette Valley so I feel very mers in the U.S. Forest Service, again being the only much at home. It seems a good time as I approach woman to do so, as guard at the Guard Station at my 90th birthday to actually sit down and express my Marion Lake in the Willamette National Forest, later, thanks to OSU and Oregon for a lifetime of happi- on a couple of different lookouts. At last I was ness, not wealth; happiness. I do hope there are a working outdoors, my goal when I signed up to be a few of us early graduates still around and that their student in Fish and Game! During the school year I memories of our schooling are as rich and as reward- worked in Nutrition Research at OSC, took graduate ing as mine. classes and ended up with an M.S. ready to teach Clara Budlong Hadjimarkos La Bombie 71520 Biology in 1950. I ended up teaching physical educa- Montagny sur Grosne France [email protected]

Hiram and Judy Li Retirement Celebration

Mark your calendars—November 7 and 8. Hiram Li graduate students. Look for a special mailing next will officially retire this fall and Judy retired in June. month with more details or contact Jan Cyrus (541- We will celebrate their two wonderful careers on 737-1936). Send contributions to a memory book to November 7 with a dinner and roast and again on Jan Cyrus at the department address. In lieu of gifts, November 8 with a special session at LaSells Hiram and Judy request that you send donations to Stewart Center in conjunction with the 4th Annual the OSU Foundation, either the Coombs-Simpson Symposium on Research Advances in Fisheries, Scholarship or the Fritzell Diversity Award. Wildlife, and Ecology sponsored by the department’s

Forestry Flap Many of you probably read about the big flap in the Boone Kauffman (who left our department in 2003 to College of Forestry this past winter occasioned by take a position as Director of the Institute for Pacific the attempt of several faculty members to delay Islands Forestry in Hawaii [Maybe he saw this publication of an article in the prestigious journal coming]). Assuming the position as Principal Science. The lead author was Dan Donato, a Investigator was Doug Robinson, who was already forestry master’s student. The article reported on on the project and has grad student Joe Fontaine effects of salvage logging on seedling regeneration, working on this grant. All three were authors on the stirred up quite a hornet’s nest, and got the Dean of high-profile article. There was even a congressional Forestry on the hotseat. Less publicized was the fact hearing. If you missed the brouhaha and want to that two of our faculty and a grad student were co- check it out, try Googling Donato OSU science authors on the article. The Principal Investigator on [28,800 hits at last count] the original grant that supported Donato’s work was

News and Views • 17 Survey of Recent Graduates The OSU Survey Research Center recently con- employment in fisheries and wildlife or other natural ducted a survey of Departmental alumni who gradu- resources fields leads to competitive salaries. . Entry- ated from 2003 to 2005. Dan Edge summarized the level salaries for an M.S. degree were $10,000 more results of the survey: than those for B.S. degrees, and graduates with a Our survey of Fisheries and Wildlife majors from Ph.D. earned approximately $20,000 more than the last 3 graduating classes provides us with valu- graduates with an M.S. degree. able information on the success of our academic Our employment and salary survey represents a programs. Based on 114 responses out of 230 snapshot in a dynamic job market. The graduating questionnaires mailed, graduates from the Depart- classes represented by these data were seeking ment of Fisheries and Wildlife at OSU are generally employment during a period of relatively poor eco- successful in obtaining jobs. Almost 90% of all nomic growth compared to our previous survey. graduates were employed within 3 years of graduat- Respondents were more successful at finding ing from OSU. Success in finding permanent employ- employment than we anticipated given the economy. ment and employment in natural resources profes- Our undergraduate degree program appears to be sions increased with advanced degree levels and with well designed for producing successful graduates. time post graduation. Although most graduates were The current degree program has three innovative employed in natural resources professions, students features: internships, a group problem solving se- with M.S. or Ph.D. degrees were more successful at quence, and a self-designed specialty option. Over finding employment in their chosen professions. 60% of the graduates from this program had some- Although an M.S. degree has always increased the what or very positive perceptions regarding the value likelihood of permanent employment in the natural of each of these curriculum components. Our resources professions, data on the last 3 graduating internship and specialty option components were classes suggest that the likelihood of employment for especially well received. The knowledge, skills, and the B.S. graduate increases with time since gradua- abilities that students learn while obtaining a degree tion. Thus, students who persist in searching for jobs from our program also appear to be largely on target. and who have a series of temporary jobs are likely to A previous survey conducted in 1995 suggested that find permanent employment over time. With persis- the department should pay special attention to the tence, more than half may obtain permanent employ- communications and human dimensions aspects of ment while others may need to obtain higher degrees. our educational program when developing the current Developing employment histories in the natural curriculum. Responses from this latest survey resources field and developing contacts among suggest that our curriculum has been successful in natural resource professionals will continue to be a providing our graduates with appropriate knowledge, very important role of our internship program. skills and abilities. Salary levels of our graduates indicate that

Views from the Past

1970 Oregon Wildlife Federation Meeting Informal faculty meeting, early 1950s (Andy didn’t quite make it in) (not great quality in the image, but too good to miss)

18 • Summer 2006 Departmental Scholarship Recipients 2005–2006

Undergraduate preference to Oregon high school graduates; awarded since 1993. Nick Chambers—Roland E. Dimick Memorial Nick Chambers, Emily Hamblen, and Noah Scholarship, $2,000; for Sophomores who have been Strycker—Mike and Kay Brown Scholarships, in the Department for at least 3 terms; based on $1,000 each; for undergraduate students with a major Freshman performance; awarded since 1980. in the College of Forestry, Department of Fisheries Adrien Strubb—Lee Wallace Kuhn Memorial and Wildlife, or in Natural Resources; awarded since Scholarship, $500; for Juniors or Seniors emphasizing 1998. wildlife; awarded since 2005. Noah Stryker—Cliff & Katie Hamilton Mentors Briana Baker, Nolan Davis, David Hewlett, Jake Scholarship, $1,500; awarded since 1993. Tilden-Browning, and Daniel Udell—Henry Darek Smith $300, Brian Sogge $1,000—Depart- Mastin Memorial Scholarships, $1,200 each; for mental Internship Awards; established from Depart- Freshmen entering the Department; based on mental funds for undergraduates in unfunded or low- scholastic achievement; awarded since 1989. funded internships. Donna Fouts and Joshua Gentry—Bob and Phyllis Mace Watchable Wildlife Scholarships, Graduate $1,500 each; to benefit qualified and needy students Karen Fischer—Coombs-Simpson Memorial working toward an undergraduate degree in the Fellowship, $600; awarded to a female graduate Department; preference to Oregon high school student with personal and professional qualities that graduates; awarded since 1994. exemplify the role-model characteristics of Candia Sasha Fertig—Rogue Flyfishers Club Coombs and Gay Simpson, alumnae of the Depart- Scholarship, $1,500; for a Junior or Senior majoring in ment. The recipient is nominated by her peers; Fishery Science; awarded since 2004. awarded since 1995. Matt Morris—Michael Mapes Memorial Aaron Berger and Seth White—Oregon Council Scholarship, $500; given by the Multnomah Anglers Federation of Fly Fishers Scholarship, $1,500 and Hunters Club;for a Junior or Senior with fisheries each; to graduate students researching native fishes; emphasis; awarded since 2005. awarded since 1992. Nick Chambers—Bill Schaffer Memorial Aaron Berger and Michael Heck—Middle Rogue Scholarship, $800; given by the Multnomah Anglers Steelheaders Scholarships, $1,000 each; a new award and Hunters Club for a Sophomore in the this year. Department; based on Freshman performance; Joseph Feldhaus—Hugo Krueger Graduate awarded since 1942. Research Award in Fish Physiology, $1,500; awarded Elaina Snyder—Chan Schenck Conservation since 1986. Scholarship, $800; given by the Multnomah Anglers Karen Fischer—Ken Munson Wildlife Scholarship, and Hunters Club; for a Junior or Senior in the $500; awarded since 2005. Department; awarded since 1942. Lisa Sheffield—Thomas G. Scott Achievement Emily Hamblen and Noah Strycker—Vivian Award, $750; for the Outstanding M.S. student in the Schriver Thompson Scholarship, $2,500 each; E.R. Department; awarded since 1993. Jackman Foundation, to benefit needy wildlife Andrea Lueders— Thomas G. Scott Achievement students; restricted to Oregon residents; awarded Award, $750; for the Outstanding Ph.D. student in since 1995. the Department; awarded since 1993. Aaron Chappell and Matt Morris—Southern Nichole Sather—H. Richard Carlson Scholarship, Oregon Flyfishers Club Scholarship, $1,500 each; $1,500; awarded to a graduate student working in the restricted to Juniors and Seniors in the Department; area of marine fisheries; awarded since 2000. preference to those with field experience; selection Judith Jobse $600, David England $600, Jennifer based on scholarship and need; awarded since 1995. Ramsay $750, Ephraim Temple $550—Henry Aaron Chappell and Emily Hamblen—William Q. Mastin Graduate Fund to assist with expenses for Wick Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 each; to benefit research and travel to professional meetings. undergraduate students in the Department; Mike Pope and Andrea Lueders—Thomas G. Scott Publication Fund, $500 each.

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