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What gets anglers hooked on fishing in the Snake River headwaters? August 30, 2024
In his thesis, Patrick Hofstedt analyzed “The preferences of anglers under alternative climate scenarios in northwestern Wyoming.”
Sarah Collins Named UW Research Institute Director at AMK Ranch July 30, 2024
Sarah Collins, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been appointed as the new Research Institute director of the UW Research Center at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.
Rivers of Resilience: UW Grad Student Takes Deep Dive Into Relationship With Rivers and Lakes Page Title July 22, 2024
Understanding how Wyomingites think about and relate to water is the topic of Pallavi Pokharel’s master’s thesis. For this, she interviewed 43 farmers/ranchers and recreationists in the Snake River and Green River basins. Her research is one component of UW’s WyACT: Wyoming Anticipating Climate Transitions project, a five-year program funded by the National Science Foundation.
July 17, 2024
Jeff Hamerlinck, University of Wyoming School of Computing associate director and senior research scientist, has become president of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS).
July 12, 2024
Shawna McBride, who has served as interim director of the University of Wyoming’s EPSCoR/IDeA and Research Development Office, has officially been appointed senior director of that important resource to the state.
“When the Elder prayed, the buffalo appeared to listen in” – Janna Black organizes Indigenous youth camp as thesis project May 3, 2024
As part of her Master of Science in Environment, Natural Resources & Society degree, Janna Black planned and organized three-day camps at the Shoshone buffalo herd pasture.
