University Graduate Student Projects
Sponsored by WDFW Wildlife Research Division

Research Title: "Nest Site Selection and Nesting Success of the Ash-throated Flycatcher in South-central Washington." 1997 M.S. Thesis. Jennifer Seavey, College of Forest Resources, Wildlife Science Group, University of Washington, Seattle. 53 pp.

Research Title: "Susceptibility of Forest Avifauna to Nest Predation in Varying Northwestern Washington Landscapes." 1996. M.S. Thesis. Virginia Naeff. Huxley College, Western Washington University, Bellingham. 118 pp.

Research Title: "Natural History, Burrow Habitat and Use, and Home Range of the Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) of Sagebrush Flat, Washington. 1993. M.S. Thesis. Megan Lynn Gahr, College of Forest Resources, Wildlife Science Group, University of Washington, Seattle. 126 pp.

Research Topic: "Black bear damage of trees in commercially managed forests of Western Washington." Bill Stewart, M.S. student in the College of Natural Resources, Washington State University, Pullman (fieldwork completed, thesis writing in progress).

Research Topic: "Habitat Use by Snowshoe Hares in Managed Landscapes of Northeastern Washington". Jason A. Thomas, M.S. student in the College of Natural Resources, Washington State University, Pullman (fieldwork completed, thesis writing in progress).

Research Topic: "Sharp-tailed Grouse Habitat Use in Eastern Washington." Mathew McDonald, M.S. student in the College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow. (fieldwork completed, thesis writing in progress).

Research Topic: "Waterfowl population response to habitat enhancement projects in eastern Washington." John Guidice, Ph.D. student in the College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow. (fieldwork initiated in 1997).

Research Topic: "Sage sparrow population response to habitats dominated by western cheatgrass." Lisa Fitzner, M.S. student in the College of Natural Resources, Washington State University, Pullman (fieldwork initiated in 1996).

Research Topic: "Sea urchin population response to commercial harvest and sea otter predation." Sara Carter, Ph.D. student USGS-BRDS Fish and Wildlife Coop Research Unit, College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle (fieldwork initiated in 1996).

Research Topic: "Food Habits of Seabirds taken incidentally during Commercial Fisheries in Northern Puget Sound." Monique Wilson, M.S. student Environmental Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia (fieldwork initiated in 1995).