The lab this month welcomed its newest member, Kristie Stein. Kristie worked for us this past Summer on our Black-crowned Night-heron project on Lake Erie. After a journey banding birds in Peru, we were lucky enough to recruit her to join the lab and take charge of the project, which will examine important factors limiting the population of this charismatic and regionally threatened bird in Western Lake Erie. Kristie is a Louisiana native, skilled field biologist, and avid hunter. We are so happy to have her join the family! Welcome Kristie!

Check out the blog post penned by Chris Tonra on our work on effects of dams on American Dipper life history on Ecography's webpage. Thanks Ecography!!

Thanks to the outlets that carried the story on the two papers we published on the impacts of salmon barriers on American Dipper life history, and their response to the Elwha Dam removal! Find one example here.