2012 ANNUAL REPORT US Geological Survey Biological Resources Division

Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Quinney College of Natural Resources

Utah State University, Logan UT 84322-5290                (Left)  Bryce Roholt and Konrad Hafen pull gill nets full of Utah chub out of Scofield Reservoir. The reservoir is experiencing a population explosion of Utah chub, with Bear Lake cutthroat trout and tiger trout being stocked as potential biological control agents.  (Right).  Lisa Winters and Michael Yarnell process Bear Lake cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, tiger trout, and Utah chub caught in gill nets at Scofield Reservoir.  

  Presented at the:

2013 Coordinating Meeting QCNR Utah State University Logan, UT 3 April 2013

COOPERATORS:

USGS Cooperative Research Units Program Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

QCNR Utah State University Wildlife Management Institute

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

 

 

MissionStatement

UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeResearchUnit2012

ThemajorlimitinginfluencesuponfishandwildliferesourcesintheIntermountainWestareterrestrialhabitatdegradationandlossandwatershedandwaterdevelopmentissues.Rapidpopulationgrowthinthestate,coupledwithsocietaldesirestoaccessthewiderangeofnaturalresourcesavailableinthestate,hasexacerbatedthepressuresonbothterrestrialandaquaticresources.Thesepressuresrequirenovelapproachestothestudyof,andtransferofresearchresultsto,thosetaskedwiththeresponsibilitytoblendresearchinformationonthestatusandhealthofthestate’sterrestrialandaquaticecosystemswithothersocietalvalues.TheUnit’sprincipalroleistoserveasnexusforthecollectionofthisimportantinformation.Weachievethisthoughexcellenceinresearch,instruction,andinteractionwithcooperators.

ResearchexpertiseoftheUnitstaffincludes:landscapeecology,conservationbiology,researchdesignandappliedstatistics,largerscaleanimaldynamics,geographicalinformationsystemandhabitatrestorationmethodology,terrestrialandaquatichabitatanalysis,populationmanagementandassessment,fishpopulationdynamics,andaquaticfoodwebdynamics.Currentresearchactivitiesfocusonlandscape‐levelhabitatstudies,ecologicalmodelingoflake,reservoir,andriverinesystems,avianandterrestrialecology,andtheeffectsofclimatechangeonhabitatandbiotathroughouttheIntermountainWest.FutureresearchdirectionsoftheUnitwillcontinuetoinvolveendangeredfishandwildlifespecies,sustainablegameandsportfishmanagement,andlandscape‐levelstudiesinvolvingmodelingforfutureclimatescenarios.

Primarygraduateandcross‐listedgraduate/undergraduatelevelcoursestaughtbyunitpersonnelincludeDesignandAnalysisofEcologicalResearch(WILD6500,emphasizestheresearchprocess),GraduateFishEcology(WATS6230),andFishDiversityandConservation.Unitpersonnelhavealsodevelopedandprovideinstructionincontinuingeducationandprofessionaladvancementshortcoursesforagencypersonnel,withacurrentemphasisonanalyticaltoolsusedbyDWRbiologists.TheUnitalsofacilitatesinstructioninadiversearrayofworkshopsdevelopedbycooperatingFacultyatQCNRtoawiderangeofagencycooperatorsaswell.

CooperatingfacultyintheQuinneyCollegeofNaturalResources(QCNR),theEcologyCenter,andacrosstheUniversity(USU)are,andwillcontinuetobe,integratedintoUnitresearchtoapplydiverseexpertisetoallfacetsofaresearchproblem.TheprimarygoaloftheUnitistoprovidehighqualityinformationnecessarytohelpresolvepressingnaturalresourceproblems.TheUnitstrivestodothisbybringingtobearexpertisefoundnotonlyintheUnitstaff,butalsointhediversityofcooperatingfacultyfoundatUSU.

PERSONNELCOOPERATORS–COORDINATINGCOMMITTEE

UNITEDSTATESGEOLOGICALSURVEYJoeMargraf

WesternSupervisorU.S.D.I.CooperativeResearchUnits

jmargraf@uaf.eduPhone:(907)474‐6044Fax:(907)474‐7872

UTAHDIVISIONOFWILDLIFERESOURCESGregorySheehan

DirectorUtahDivisionofWildlifeResources

1594WestNorthTempleSaltLakeCity,UT84114‐6301

gregsheehan@utah.gov801‐538‐4702

Fax801‐538‐4709

UTAHSTATEUNIVERSITYChrisLuecke,Dean

QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResourcesUtahStateUniversityLogan,UT84322‐5200chris.luecke@gmail.com

435‐797‐2452Fax:435‐797‐2443

WILDLIFEMANAGEMENTINSTITUTE

SteveWilliams,DirectorChrisSmith,WesternRep.swilliams@wildlifemgt.org

717‐677‐4480http://www.wildlifemanagementinstitute.org/

UTAHCOOPERATIVEFISHANDWILDLIFERESEARCHUNIT

LEADERS

STAFF

PhaedraE.BudyLeaderFisheries&Professor

WatershedSciencesDepartmentphaedra.budy@.usu.edu

ShaunaLeavittBusinessAssistant

UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeResearchUnit

shauna.leavitt@usu.edu

ThomasC.Edwards,Jr.AssistantLeaderWildlife&ProfessorWildlandResourcesDepartment

t.edwards@nr.usu.edu

CeceliaMelderUSUBusinessServiceCenterCollegeofNaturalResources

busctr@cc.usu.edu

EmeritusJohnA.Bissonette

Leader&EmeritusProfessorWildlandResourcesDepartment

john.bissonette@usu.edu

Phaedra Budy

Aquatic Research Ecologist Unit Leader

Thomas Edwards

Landscape Research Ecologist Assistant Unit Leader

Shauna Leavitt Business Assistant

John Bissonette

Landscape Research Ecologist Emeritus Unit Leader

Coop Scientists & Staff

Adam Brewerton Avian Ecology

Master’s Candidate

Frank Howe

UDWR Research Liaison USU Adjunct Associate

Professor of Wildland Resources

Tracy Bowerman

Fisheries Biology Ph.D. Candidate

UDWR University Liaison

Post Doc Fellows & Grad Students

Kimberly Dibble

Research Biologist Post Doctoral Fellow

Jacob Gibson

Landscape Ecology Master’s Candidate

Brian Laub

Aquatic Scientist Post Doctoral Fellow

Stephen Klobucar

Aquatic Ecology Master’s Candidate

Nick Heredia

Aquatic Ecology Master’s Candidate

Christy Meredith

Aquatic Ecology Ph.D. Candidate

Peter MacKinnon

Aquatic Ecology Post Graduate Researcher

Post Doc Fellows & Grad Students

Daniel Olson

Wildlife Biology Ph.D. Candidate

Lisa Winters

Watershed Science Master’s Candidate

Carl Saunders

Aquatic Ecology Post Doctoral Fellow

Courtney Newlon

Aquatic Ecology Master’s Candidate

Harrison Mohn

Fisheries Biology Master’s Candidate

Post Doc Fellows & Grad Students

BLM6% BOR

8%

NASA6%

NPS1%

NSF1%

UDWQ1%

UDWR58%

USFS2%

USFWS12%

USGS4%

Ute Tribe1%

2012 Research Contracts & GrantsFunding Summary by Source 

Financial Summaries for 2012

Agency Contributions

1. Cooperator Base Funds:

a. U. S. Geological Survey - Cooperative Research Units

Federal Salaries & Benefits 477,267

Operating 10,350

Subtotal 487,617

b. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Base

Base Account 46,000

10% Direct Administrative Costs paid on UDWR Projects 120,697

Subtotal 166,697

c. Utah State University Contribution

Staff Support Salary & Benefits 40,197

Space 32,031

Indirect Costs Waived on 2012 Projects 708,207

Subtotal 780,435

2. Indirect Costs Paid on Non-UDWR 2012 Projects 104,470

3. Total 2012 Research Funding Invoiced (Includes IDC Paid + 10% UDWR-DAC) 2,112,810

**IDC and 10% UDWR-DAC (shaded) are listed individually and also included in #3. This figure prevents double entries. (225,167)

4. TOTAL 2012 Funding Received 3,426,862

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UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNIT

FUNDING SUMMARY BY SOURCE

FISCAL YEAR 2012

60%

10%

27%

3%

UDWR 10% Administrative FeesJanuary 2013 Allocation

Salaries Wages Benefits Office Supplies/Misc.

Calendar Year 2009

Fiscal Year 2010

Calendar Year 2011

Calendar Year 2012

Personnel $11,646 $4,323 $5,571 $4,149Fringe $1,903 $1,332 $1,402 $1,450

Travel $5,576 $5,098 $6,860 $5,568Commuting $219 $71 $0 $180

Mail $679 $1,284 $830 $678

Telecommunications $3,930 $5,513 $6,013 $6,502

Supplies $9,404 $9,171 $4,595 $6,313

Rentals $0 $0 $0 $120

Insurance $0 $250 $1,750 $2,175

Equipment $36 $6,081 $4,900 $6,588

Vehicles $0 $0 $0 $0

Maintenance (all types) $3,420 $4,888 $3,246 $4,914

ProfessionalDevelopment $3,613 $936 $606 $46

Guests $1,501 $2,291 $2,568 $2,906

Tuition $1,250 $0 $0 $0

Miscellaneous $0 $0 $404 $895

YR09/10/11/12TOTAL $43,176 $41,238 $38,745 $42,485 $165,643

UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNITUDWR Operating Base

Expenditures

Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesAquatic Research 320,295

Terrestrial Research 1,007,372 1,327,667 63%

FederalRWO 343,739

Other 426,585 770,324 36%

Other Sources

Ute Tribe 14,819 14,819 1%

Grand Total 2,112,810 100%

UTAH COOPERATIVE FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNITSUMMARY OF INVOICED RESEARCH FUNDING

FISCAL YEAR 2012

Project Source Grant Principal Total FY 2012

Duration Number Project Title Investigator Project Funding

Mar10-Dec13 UDWR 100537 Assessing Vehicle-Related Mortality of Mule Deer in Utah Bissonette, J 269,610 70,957

Jul12-Jun13 UDWR 130001 Strawberry Reservoir Fish Distribution Study (Blue Ribbon) Budy, P 3,000 -

Jul07 - July12 USFWS 070722 RWO 56 Bull Trout Viability II Budy, P 633,421 127,027

May12-Sep13 USFWS 120973 RWO 63 Bull Trout Viability III Budy, P 71,758 -

Feb12-Dec12 USGS 120601 RWO 62 Occupancy-Based Assessment of Regional Populations Status and Vulnerability for Three Species of Fish in Utah

Budy, P 25,000 16,000

Aug12-Dec14 BLM 121026 RWO 64 Step-Down Demo Analysis of Plants and Animals under the BLM Rapid Ecoregioinal Analysis Process

Budy, P 122,642 -

July11-Jun13 UDWR 111202 Weber River Metapopulation and Source Sink Dynamics of Native Trout Budy, P 62,828 30,745

July11-Jun13 UDWR 111203 Scofield Reservoir Predator/Prey Interaction Budy, P 136,929 67,379

Jul12-Jun13 UDWR 121041 Flaming Gorge Burgot: Diet & Distribution, Early Life History (Sports Fisheries) Budy, P 118,017 -

Jun11-July12 UDWR 110791 Bonneville Cutthroat Trout Restoration in Righthand Fork, Logan River (#1820) Budy, P 109,154 109,154

Aug10-Sep12 UDWQ 110029 Utah Nonpoint Source Program Evaluation Budy, P 76,280 52,182

July01-Jun13 UDWR 121106 Logan River Trout Viability - Long Term Monitoring and Evaluation (YR 12 - Blue Ribbon) Budy, P 581,023 15,279

Apr12-Sep13 UDWR 120649 Three Species Population Monitoring in the White River (UT) Budy, P 12,446 -

Apr09 - Sept14 BOR 090619 CPCESU: Development of Pit Tag Detection System for Use in Shinumo Creek, Grand Budy, P 167,661 -

Jan11-Sep15 BOR 110370 CPCESU: Movement & Habitat Studies of Endangered Fishes in the Colorado River Basin Budy, P 393,755 -

Jul11-Sep13 BOR 110915 CPCESU: Tributary Habitat Use Endangered and Imperiled Fishes in the Price River, UT Budy, P 166,452 94,726

Sep12-Mar14 NPS-CESU130041 NPS CP CESU - Channel Narrowing & Sediment...Big Bend Reach of Rio Grande (Schmidt) Budy, P 102,140 30,000

Apr11-Sep14 USFWS 110834 Pyramid Lake Fishery Evaluation Budy, P 344,769 118,682

Jun12-Dec14 USFS 121104 Cutthroat Population Conditions within the Logan Watershed Budy, P 68,902 -

Sep12-Sep17 BLM 130141 BLM CESU - San Rafael Restoration Science Budy, P 152,000 -

FY12-13 NSF 100618 Artic LTR: Climate Change Budy, P 67,000 32,000

Jun10-Jun12 Ute Tribe 100253 Ute Indian Tribe - Evaluating Fish Growth Budy, P 100,951 14,819

May10-Jun13 USGS 100806 RWO 59 Sustainable Communities and Landscape Design Edwards, T 348,557 8,440

Sep11-Dec13 NASA 111321 RWO 61 Spatial Responses to Climate Across Trophic Levels: Monitoring and Modeling Plants, Prey, and Predators in the Intermountain Western United States

Edwards, T 533,300 192,272

May05-Jun13 UDWR 051817 Monitoring of Wildlife and Vegetation Responses to Manipulation Edwards, T 880,000 146,667

Oct09-Aug14 FS 100194 Effects of Projected Climate Change on Distribution Patterns of …Conifers Edwards, T 150,000 83,887

Jul11-Jun16 BLM 120007 Habitat Modeling of Rare Plant Species on the Colorado Plateau Edwards, T 228,293 67,290

5,925,888 1,277,506 ======= =======

ACTIVE RESEARCH: UNIT SCIENTISTSFiscal Year 2012

Project Source Grant Principal Total FY 2012

Duration Number Project Title Investigator Project Funding

Jul08-Jun13 UDWR 090110 YR4 - Winter Distribution and Feeding Ecology of Waterfowl on the Great Salt Lake Conover, M 270,535 79,732

Jul10-Sep13 UDWR 101114 Wildlife Crossing in Utah: Determining What Works and Helping to Create the Best and Most Cost-Effective Structure Designs

Cramer, P 198,100 66,482

Aug12-Jun13 UDWR 130079 UDWR Escalante Fall 2012 Damitz, S 62,000 -

Mar12-Jul12 UDWR 120727 Escalante River Watershed Restoration Project WRI #1632 Damitz, S 31,750 31,750

Mar11-Feb12 UDWR 110851 UDWR Stan Beckstrom Damitz, S 6,620 6,620

May08-May13 UDWR 080843 Population Dynamics of the Sagebrush Defoliator as Influence by Biotic Interactions, with Implications for Land Management

Evans, E 75,597 18,899

Mar10-Jun12 UDWR 100345 Hamlin Valley Sage-Grouse Population Monitoring Frey, N 48,428 20,755

Sep09-Jun14 UDWR 100027 Study the Impacts of Artificial Water and Coyotes on Kit Fox in Utah's West Desert Gese, E 460,017 95,176

Jul08-Jun14 UDWR 090282 Phase III of Cougar Research in Utah ($85K every May) YR1-4 Gese, E 340,000 85,000

Nov11-Apr12 UDWR 120419 WS-2145 Capturing Aerial Imagery on the San Rafael River, UT Using and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Jensen, A 12,230 12,230

Nov12-Jun14 UDWR 130304 Assessing Approaches to Manage Phragmites in Utah Wetlands Kettenring, K 10,000 -

Nov11-Jun12 UDWR 120414 The Economic Impacts and Benefits of Utah's Blue Ribbon Fisheries Kim, M 27,617 20,712

Jul10-Jun14 UDWR 101213 Improved Monitoring for Management of the Henry Mountains Bison Herd Koons, D 330,286 106,157

Mar11-Jun13 UDWR 110451 2011-12 Statewide Utah Angler Survey Krannich, R 58,965 30,361

Nov09-Dec11 UDWR 100126 Strawberry River Restoration: Spawn/Recruit Cutthroat Luecke, C 107,658 24,844

Jun11-Jun13 UDWR 120069 Sustaining Utah's Sage-Grouse Local Working Group Messmer, T 128,880 49,295

Jul11-Dec12 UDWR 120097 Demography Vital Rates, Habitat Use and Seasonal Movements of Greater Sage Messmer, T 130,400 65,200

Jun12-Jun13 UDWR 120967 Demography, ...and Seasonal Movements of Greater Sage-Grouse in Ruby Pipeline Messmer, T. 109,090 -

Sep10-Jun14 UDWR 110152 Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears Mock, K 118,878 32,115

Nov10-Jun13 UDWR 101029 Evaluate Habitat Quality of Mexican Spotted Owls' Territories in Utah Schupp, Gene 125,508 44,664

Oct11-Jun16 UDWR 120335 Evaluating Coyote Predation and Survival of Mule Deer Under Different Predator Management Regimes

Young, J 264,284 45,312

Jun12-Jun13 UDWR 121103 Rehabilitation of Bear Cubs Young, J 10,000 -

2,926,843 835,304

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ACTIVE RESEARCH: OTHER PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS Fiscal Year 2012

UNITPRODUCTIVITYCY2012

Publications

BooksandChaptersinBooksBissonette,J.A.2013Theissueofscaleinmanagement.Chapter6,Pagesxx‐xxxinP.R.

KrausmanandJ.R.Caine,(eds),WildlifeManagement:contemporaryprinciplesandpractices.TheJohnsHopkinsPress,Baltimore,MD,USA.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.,andD.R.Cutler.Inpress.TheanalysisofecologicaldatausingR.Chapman/CRCPress,BocaRaton,Florida,USA.

McIntosh,A.R.,P.A.McHugh,andP.Budy.2011.Browntrout(Salmotrutta).Invited.Pages285‐296inR.A.Francis,editor,AHandbookofGlobalFreshwaterInvasiveSpecies.Earthscan,London,UK.(http://www.earthscan.co.uk/).

Peer‐reviewedPublicationsBeard,K.H.,C.A.Faulhaber,S.L.Durham,F.P.Howe,andT.C.EdwardsJr.Indirect

interawctionsamongrodentsandseedsinashrubsteppeecosystem.Inrevision,WesternNorthAmericanNaturalist.

Bissonette,J.A.,andS.Rosa.2012.Amitigationstrategyfordeer‐vehiclecollisionsinsouthernUtah:Evaluationofeffectiveness.WildlifeBiology18:414‐423[DOI:10.2981/11‐122]

Bottcher,J.L.,T.E.Walsworth,G.P.Thiede,P.Budy,andD.Speas.Inpress.FrequenttributaryusagebytheendangeredfishesoftheupperColoradoriverbasin:observationsontheSanRafaelRiver,UT.NorthAmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement,ManagementBrief.Accepted20February,2013.ManuscriptID:UJFM‐‐2011‐‐0212.

Bowerman,T.andP.Budy.2012.IncorporatingmovementpatternstoimprovesurvivalestimatesforjuvenilebulltroutNorthAmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement32:1123‐‐1136.

Brewerton,A.,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.EffectsoffirerestorationtreatmentsonshrubsteppepasserinesintheGreatBasin.Inrevison,RangelandEcologyandManagement.

Brodie,J.,H.Johnson,M.Mitchell,P.Zager,K.Proffitt,M.Hebblewhite,M.Kauffman,B.Johnson,J.Bissonette,C.Bishop,J.Gude,J.Herbert,K.Hersey,M.Hurley,P.M.Lukacs,C.McCorquodale,E.McIntire,J.Nowak,H.Sawyer,D.Smith,andP.J.White.2013.Relativeinfluenceofhumanharvest,carnivores,andweatheronadultfemaleelksurvivalacrosswesternNorthAmerica.J.AppliedEcology50:295‐305.

Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,A.Dean.D.Olsen,andG.Rowley.2012.Acomparativeandexperimentalevaluationoftheperformanceofdiploidandtriploidbrookstrout.NorthAmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement21:1211‐‐1224.

Budy.P.,G.P.Thiede,J.Lobon‐Cervia,G.Gonzales,P.AMcHugh,A.McIntosh,L.A.Vollestad,E.BecaresandP.Jellyman.Inpress.Limitationandfacilitationofoneoftheworld'smostinvasivefish:anintercontinentalcomparison.Ecology.AcceptedSeptember5,2012.ManuscriptID:11‐1920.

Budy,P.,S.Wood[Seidel],andB.Roper.2012.AstudyofthespawningecologyandearlylifehistoryofBonnevillecutthroattrout.NorthAmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement32:436‐449.

Gibson,J.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Effectsof“fuzzingandswapping”forestinventoryplotcoordinatesonspeciesdistributionmodelsunderprojectedclimatechangescenarios:howusefulareprojectionmodelsbasedonpublicdata.Inrevision,Ecosystems.

Gross,D.H.,J.A.Logan,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Mountainpinebeetlefecundityandoffspringsizedifferamonglodgepolepineandwhitebarkpinehosts.Inrevision,CanadianJournalofForestResearch.

Jones,K.B.,G.Zurlini,F.Kienast,I.Petrosillo,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,T.G.Wade,Bai‐lianLi,andN.Zaccarelli.2012.Informinglandscapeplanninganddesignforsustainingecosystemservicesfromexistingspatialpatternsandknowledge.LandscapeEcologyDOI10.1007/s10980‐012‐9794‐4

Larsen,R.T.,J.A.Bissonette,J.T.FlindersandJ.C.Whiting.2012.FrameworkforUnderstandingtheinfluencesofwildlifewaterdevelopmentsinthewesternUnitedStates.CaliforniaFishandGame98(3):148‐163.

Lobón‐‐Cerviá,J.,P.Budy,andE.Mortensen.2012.Patternsofnaturalmortalityinstream‐livingBrownTrout(SalmotruttaL.).FreshwaterBiology57:575‐588.

McHugh,P.,A.McIntosh,S.Howard,andP.Budy.2012.Nicheflexibilityandtrout‐‐galaxiidco‐occurrenceinahydrologically‐diverseriverinelandscape.BiologicalInvasionsdoi:10.1007/s10530‐012‐0237‐6.

Norevll,R,E.,T.C.Edwards,Jr.,andF.P.Howe.Disturbanceasrestorationinshrubsteppe:mixedeffectsonnon‐targetbirdspecies.Inrevision,JournalofWildlifeManagement.

Ripplinger,J.,J.Franklin,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Legaciesofmanageddisturbanceleavesemi‐aridplantcommunitieswithreducedresilienceandalteredcomposition.Inreview,LandscapeEcology.

Sales‐Luis,T.,J.A.Bissonette,Santos‐Reis,M.2012.ConservationofMediterraneanotters:theinfluenceofmapscaleresolution.BiodiversityConservation.21:2061‐2073.DOI10.1007/s10531‐012‐0297‐z

Salant, N.L., J. C. Schmidt, P. Budy, P. R. Wilcock. 2012. Unintended consequences ofrestoration:Lossofrifflesandgravelsubstratesfollowingweirinstallation.JournalofEnvironmentalManagement109:154‐163.

Walsworth,T.E.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.Inpress.Longerfoodchainsandcrowdednichespace:effectsofmultipleinvadersonimperileddesertfishes.EcologyofFreshwaterFish.AcceptedJanuary19,2013.

Webber,P.A.,P.Thompson,andP.Budy.2012.StatusandstructureoftwopopulationsofblueheadintheWeberRiver,UT.SouthwestNaturalist57:267‐‐276.

Wilson,T.L.,A.P.Rayburn,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.2012.Spatialecologyofrefugeselectionbyanherbivoreunderriskofpredation.Ecosphere3:art6.http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES11‐00247.1

TechnicalReportsBudy,P.,D.Epstein,T.Bowerman,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Bulltroutpopulationassessment

innortheasternOregon:atemplateforrecoveryplanning.2011ProgressReporttoUSFishandWildlifeService.UTCFWRU2012(2):1‐80.

Budy,P.,S.McKay,andG.P.Thiede.2012.WeberRivermetapopulationandsource‐sinkdynamicsofnativeandendemicfishes.2011ProgressReporttoUtahDivisionofWildlifeResources.SportFisheriesResearch,GrantNumber:F‐135‐R,Section1.UTCFWRU2012(4):1‐20.

Budy,P.,L.Winters,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Aninvestigationofthepotentialrolesofinterspecificinteractionsandforageavailabilityontheperformanceofthreepredatoryfishes.Draft2011ProgressReporttotheUtahDivisionofWildlifeResources.UTCFWRU2012(3):1‐42.

Gresswell,R.E.,P.Budy,C.S.Guy,M.J.Hansen,M.L.Jones,P.J.Martinez,C.Suski,J.E.Williams.2012.ConfrontingalaketroutinvasionofYellowstoneLake:Aninterimscientificassessment,June14–16,2011.AReporttotheSuperintendentofYellowstoneNationalPark.U.S.GeologicalSurvey,NorthernRockyMountainScienceCenter,Bozeman,Montana.YCR‐2012‐04.

Education&MentoringGraduateStudentsandPost‐doctoralfellowsCOMPLETEDBrewerton,Adam.2012.Avianresponsetopostwildlandfirereseedingtreatmentsin

GreatBasinshrubsteppe.MajorProfessor:Edwards.MSThesis.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Meredith,Christy.2012.Effectsofachangingphysicaltemplateonthelongitudinaldistributionofbrowntroutinamountainstream:implicationsforbrowntroutinvasionsuccess.MajorProfessor:Budy.PhD.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.

Saunders,W.C.2010‐2012.Atestofthetheoryofbioticresistance:noveloptionsfornativefishrestoration.Mentor:Budy.

GraduateStudentsandPost‐doctoralfellowsACTIVEBowerman,Tracy.PhDdegreeinprogress‐Ecology.Understandingtheeffectsoflanduse

andnaturalvariationinhabitatonearlylife‐historyofthreatenedbulltrout.MajorProfessor:Budy.PhD.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbyApril2012.

Chaston,Reed.MNRdegreeinprogress.Managingfishpopulationswithlinkstowaterquality.MajorProfessor:Budy.MNR.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbySeptember2012.

Heredia,Nicholas.MSdegreeinprogress‐Ecology.Evaluatingcutthroattroutperformanceandidentifyinglimitingfactorsforthenativefishcommunity.MajorProfessor:Budy.MS.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbyNovember2013.

Klobucar,Stephen.MSdegreeinprogress‐Ecology..Anexperimentalandmodelingapproachtopredator‐preydynamics:identifyinglimitationsofpredatorperformanceinhighdesertimpoundments.MajorProfessor:Budy.MS.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbyApril2013.

Laub,B.Post‐doctoralResearchFellow.Identifyingrestorationpotentialforanimperiled,deserttributarystream.Mentor:Budy.

Newlon,Courtney.MSdegreeinprogress‐AquaticEcology.Identifyingcuesformovementandtemporally‐dynamiclimitingfactorsinthebulltroutmovementcorridor.MajorProfessor:Budy.MS.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbyJanuary2014.

Olson,Daniel.Ph.D.Modelingpopulationeffectsofdeervehiclecollisions,DanOlson,Ph.D.TobecompletedbyDecember2013.

Stoner,David.Post‐doctoralResearchAssociate.SpatialResponsestoClimateacrossTrophicLevels:MonitoringandModelingPlants,Prey,andPredatorsintheIntermountainWesternUnitedStates.Funding:NASA.Mentor:TomEdwards

Winters,Lisa.MSdegreeinprogress‐AquaticEcology.AninvestigationoftherelativerolesofinterspecificinteractionsandforageproductiononthegrowthandsurvivalofthreetroutpredatorsinScofieldReservoir,UT.MajorProfessor:Budy.MS.Ecology.UtahStateUniversity.TobecompletedbySeptember2013.

UndergraduateResearchProjectsACTIVEHafen,K.2012.Agonisticbehaviorbetweenthreespeciesofsalmonidscommonlystocked

inUtahreservoirs.WatershedSciences,USURoholt,B.Inprogress.Amorphometricdeterminationofgapelimitationoftopfish

predatorsinthewesternUS.Mentor:Budy.WatershedSciences,USU.Smith,C.T.Inprogress.Applicationofotolithagingtodeterminedifferencesinsize

structureandgrowthratesofsmallmouthbassinthegreenandYampaRiversinDinosaurNationalMonument.Mentor:Budy.WatershedSciences,USU.

Weber,D.Inprogress.DeterminingthecontemporarydietsofmottledsculpinintheLoganRiver,Utah.Mentor:Budy.WatershedSciences,USU.

Courses,Short‐courses,andWorkshopsTaughtBissonette,J.A.LandscapeEcologyWorkshop,23January–2February2012aspartof

Fubright,UniversityofLisbon.13Ph.D.students.Bissonette,J.A.DriversofLandscapeChange,6weekclass,9February–11March2012as

partofFulbright,UniversityofLisbon.9Ph.D.students. Bissonette,J.A.Landscapemetrics:undestandinglargerscalemeasurement.Lecture/lab

classgivenatU.Lisbon,27undergraduatestudents,7March2012.Bissonette,J.A.UnderstandingtheNaturalWorld:Whyyoucannotbelievewhatyou

see,hearorread.InvitedPublicLecturepresentedatInstitutoCamões,RuaRodriguesSampaio,113,LisbonattherequestofthePortugueseFulbrightCommissionaspartoftheFulbrightLectureSeries.13March2012

Bissonette,J.A.VisualizingLandscapePattern:ChangingViews,ScaleSensitivity,andLandscapeConnectivity.InvitedPublicLecture,givenattheOpenUniversityofCyprus.Audience:Government,NGOs,Universities,4April2012.20agencyandNGO

Bissonette,J.A.RoadedLandscapes:FoundationConceptsandPracticalApproaches.InvitedSeminar,givenattheOpenUniversityofCyprus.Audience:FacultyandStudents.7April,2012.25students

Bissonette,J.A.2012.NewDevelopmentsinFragmentationResearch:Partitioninghabitatlossfromhabitatconfiguration.InvitedseminargivenatU.Lisboa,11April2012,45students.

Budy.FishDiversityandConservation(WATS3100lecture,3110laboratory).UtahStateUniversity,CollegeofNaturalResources,WatershedSciencesDepartment,2012.

Edwards,T.C.baseRforDWRBiologists.WorkshopondataorganizationandmanipulationsinRoftenneededtopreparecollectedfielddataforanalysis.(February2012,34DWRandFWSbiologists).

Edwards,T.C.,andM.Hooten.WILD6900,BayesianStatisticsforEcologists.Team‐taughtwithM.Hooten,COCFWRU.(Mar2102,12MSandPhDgraduatestudents,UtahStateUniversity)

Edwards,T.C.WILD6500,Biometry(Fall2012,22studentsMSandPhDgraduatestudents,UtahStateUniversity).

Edwards,T.C.IntegralProjectionModelsWorkshop.IPMsrepresentthenextgenerationofstage‐classifieddemographicmodelsbyofferingalloftheadvantagesofdiscretematrixmodelsinamoregeneralframework.(August2012,9PhDstudents,ZurichETHandSwissFederalResearchLabWSL)

Edwards,T.C.graphRforBiologists.Workshoponcreatingpresentation‐qualitygraphsinR.(September2012,39USUgraduatestudentsandFaculty).

ProfessionalService

BudyReviewerfor(mostrecently):TransactionsoftheAmericanFisheriesSociety,North

AmericanJournalofFisheriesManagement,EcologyofFreshwaterFish,ConservationBiology,LimnologyandOceanography,CanadianJournalofFisheriesandAquaticSciences,DiversityandDistributions,Ecology,EcologicalApplications,Nature,JournalofFreshwaterEcology,JournalofFishBiology,EnvironmentalManagement,andBioScience.

EditorialBoard:2011‐present,EcologyofFreshwaterFishEdwardsEdwards,T.C.Reviewerfor:TheAuk,JournalofWildlifeManagement,FloridaField

Naturalist,TheMurrelet,WilsonBulletin,JournalofFieldOrnithology,Condor,CurrentOrnithology,ConservationBiology,WildlifeSocietyBulletin,Ecology,EcologicalMonographs,RemoteSensingandEnvironment,AmericanNaturalist,EcologicalApplications,LandscapeEcology,EcologicalModelling,EnvironmentalManagement,BiologicalConservation,JournalofVegetationScience,TrendsinEcologyandEvolution,DiversityandDistributions,Ecography

Edwards,T.C.EditorialBoard:2010‐present,Ecography

Outreach&Extension

InvitedPresentation,PyramidLakeFisheriesstaff.2013.Budy,P.,N.Heredia,andG.P.Thiede.PyramidLakefisheryevaluation:evaluatingcutthroattroutperformanceandidentifyinglimitingfactorsforthenativefishcommunity.Sutcliffe,Nevada.20April2013.

ArticleinUtahStateToday,UniversityNews.2013.CurbingtheChub:USUAquaticEcologistWorkstoRestoreBalance.LisaWinters,MSstudent.Logan,Utah.21March2013

InvitedExternalThesisandDissertationExaminer

BissonetteVetter,Daniela.2010(begin)Effectsoftropicalforestfragmentationonvertebrates,

UniversityofFreiburg,Freiburg,GermanyGlatthaar,LibbyBickford.2010(begin).Theeffectoflandscapefragmentationonthe

dispersalbehaviour,demographie,populationgeneticsandspeciesdiversityofthesmallmammalsoftheBlackForest.FacultyofForestandEnvironmentalSciences,WildlifeEcologyandManagementDepartment,UniversityofFreiburg.

PopularArticlesKrausman,P.R.,andJ.A.Bissonette.ConnectingTWStotheworld:Thegrowthof

internationaloutreach.WildlifeProfessional(fall2012).

MediaCoverageBudyBurbotexplosioncouldharmfisheries,TheHeraldJournal,21February2013.KSLOutdoors:2013BurbotBash,KSLTV,11February2013BurbotBash:huntisoninUtahforpredatoryeel‐likefish,SaltLakeTribune¸4February

2013.InvasiveburbotresearchconductedinUtah‐Wyomingwaters,UtahPublicRadio,23

November2012ResearchPressRelease,publishedregionallybetween27October–20November2012

onlineatUtahFishingInfo.com,outdoorhub.com,fish101.community.uaf.edu,exploreutah.net,wildlife.utah.gov,theradionetwork,;andintheStandardExaminer,TheGreenRiverStar,SalmonRiverMountainPress,SaltLakeTribune,BillingsGazette,CasperStar‐Tribune,SunAdvocate.

ResearchBudy2012‐‐2015 ArcticLTER:ClimateChangeandChangingDisturbanceRegimesinArctic

Landscapes(PI)‐UtahStateUniversity,NSF‐‐OPP,TotalAward=5,640,000.(Ongoing)

2012‐‐2014 Developmentofascience‐‐basedrestorationplanfortheSanRafaelRiver,UTandbeyond;canweimplementmulti‐‐facetedriverrestorationinanadaptiveframework?(PI)‐BLM,CESU,2012‐‐2013$110,000.(Ongoing)

2012‐‐2013 Understandingtheinvasionsuccessofanovelpredator:burbotlifehistoryandtrophicinteractionsinFlamingGorgeReservoir,WY‐‐UT(PI)‐UDWR,$118,017.(Ongoing)

2011‐‐2013 Occupancybasedassessmentofregionalpopulationstatusandvulnerabilityforthreespeciesoffish(blueheadsucker,flannelmouthsucker,androundtailchub)inUtah:Atemplateforassessingextinctionriskandprioritizingconservationactions.(PI)‐USGS/USFWS,Sciencesupportpartnership&quickresponseprogram,RWO,$25,000.

2011‐‐2014 EvaluatingcutthroattroutperformanceandidentifyinglimitingfactorsforthenativefishcommunityofPyramidLake(PI)‐USFWS,GreatBasinCooperativeEcosystemUnit(CESU),$344,769.(Ongoing)

2011‐‐2013 PredatorPreyInteractionsinScofieldReservoir,UT.PhaedraBudy(PI),‐UDWR,SportFisheriesResearch,$136,929.(Ongoing)

2011‐‐2013 WeberRiverMetapopulationStructureandSourceSinkDynamicsofNativeTrout(PI)‐UDWR,SportFisheriesResearch,TotalAwardtodate,$62,828,$45,000in‐‐kind.(Ongoing)

2011‐‐2013 TributaryhabitatuseofendangeredandimperiledfishesinthePriceRiver,Utah(PI)‐BureauofReclamation(BOR),ActivitiestoAvoidJeopardyProgram,$166,452.(Ongoing)

2011‐‐2016 MovementandHabitatStudiesofEndangeredFishesintheColoradoRiverBasin(PI)‐BureauofReclamation(BOR),ActivitiestoAvoidJeopardyProgram,$393,755.(Ongoing)

2002‐‐2013 Limitingfactorsaffectingtroutpopulationdynamics,abundance,anddistributionintheLoganRiver,Utah:populationdynamics,disease,andsynergisticeffects(PI)‐UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesandU.S.Forestservice,$674,202.(Ongoing)

2002—2013 Bulltroutpopulationassessmentandlife‐‐historycharacteristicsinassociationwithhabitatqualityandlanduse:templateforrecoveryplanning.(PI)‐USFishandWildlifeService(USFWS),2013=71,757.90,RWO,TotalAward$1,300,445.(Ongoing)

Edwards2009‐2012 AvianresponsetopostwildlandfirereseedingtreatmentsinGreatBasin

shrubsteppe(PI)‐UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,$107,100.(Completed)

2012‐2012 ColoradoPlateauRapidEcoregionalAssessment(Co‐PI)‐BureauofLandManagement,$127,300.(Completed)

2011‐2015 Step‐downdemonstrationanalysesofplantsandanimalsundertheBLMRapidEcoregionalAnalysisprocess(PI)‐BureauofLandManagement,$533,300.(New)

2011‐2015 Spatialresponsestoclimateacrosstrophiclevels:monitoringmodelingplants,prey,&predatorsintheIntermountainWesternUnitedStates(Co‐PI)‐NASA,$533,300.(Ongoing)

2009‐2011 Sustainablecommunitiesandlandscapedesigns(PI)‐U.S.GeologicalSurvey,$349,500.(Ongoing)

2009‐2014 EffectsofprojectedclimatechangeondistributionpatternsofWesternNorthAmericaconifers(PI)‐USDAForestService,RockyMountainResearchStation,$125,000.(Ongoing)

2010‐2014 Assessingtheimportanceofbioticinteractionsforpredictingtheimpactofclimatechangeonthefuturedistributionofplantassemblages(Co‐PI)‐SwissNationalScienceFoundation,$425,000CHF.(Ongoing)

Presentations

Brewerton,A.B.,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.2012.Responseofshrubsteppeobligatepasserinestopost‐wildlandfirerestorationtreatments.Offeredpaper,2012AnnualMeetingoftheWildlifeSocietyUtahChapter,March22,Springdale,Utah.

Budy,P.,M.Conner,N.Salant,andW.MacFarlane.2012.Updateontheoccupancybasedassessmentofregionalpopulationstatusandvulnerabilityforthreespeciesoffish(blueheadsucker,flannelmouthsucker,androundtailchub)inUtah:Atemplateforassessingextinctionriskandprioritizingconservationactions.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,Bullfrog,UT.

Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,D.Beauchamp,andC.Luecke.2012.Conflictsbetweennativefishconservationandnon‐nativelaketroutsportfisheries:historicalperspectivesoftwolarge,naturaloligotrophiclakes,LakeTahoeandBearLake.InvitedSymposiumPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Budy,P.,C.Luecke,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Resourcesallocationamongarcticcharinclosedarcticlakes:implicationsforpopulationstructureandregulation.PosterPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Budy,P.,C.Luecke,andGaryP.Thiede.2012.Resourcesallocationamongarcticcharinclosedarcticlakes:implicationsforpopulationstructureandregulation.Poster.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,D.A.Beauchamp,andChrisLuecke.2012.Conflictsbetweennativefishconservationandnon‐nativelaketroutsportfisheries:HistoricalPerspectivesofTwoLarge,NaturalOligotrophicLakes,LakeTahoeandBearLake.InvitedPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.,Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,andN.Zimmermann.2012.Linkingtree‐speciesdemographicparameterstospecies‐distributionmodels:canstaticmapsbemadedynamicforforecastingunderprojectedglobalchange?Invitedpaper,2012RiederalpWorkshoponDemographicrates:thekeytounderstandandmodelrangedynamics?August21,Riederalp,Switzerland.

Edwards,T.C.,Jr.2012.ModellingcontractionandexpansionzonesofpiñonpinesandjunipersinWesternNorthAmericaunderprojectedclimatechangescenarios.Invitedpaper,May27,UniversityofTromsø,Tromsø.

Gresswell,R.E.,P.Budy,C.S.Guy,M.J.Hansen,M.Jones,P.J.Martinez,C.Suski,andJ.E.Williams.2012.Roleofexternalpeerreviewinsupportinginvasivespecies

suppressionefforts.InvitedPresentation.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Hafen,K.,W.C.Saunders,andP.Budy.2012.Effectsofimpoundmentsonbrowntroutsource‐sinkdynamicsintheLoganRiver,Utah:ConservationimplicationsforendemicBonnevillecutthroattrout.PosterPresentation.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

Heredia,N.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.FoodwebinteractionsinPyramidLake,Nevada:identifyingfactorslimitingtheperformanceofLahontancutthroattrout.WesternDivision,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Jackson,WY.

Heredia,N.A.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.FoodwebinteractionsinPyramidLake,Nevada:factorsinfluencingLahontancutthroattroutgrowthandproduction.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,Minneapolis,MN.

Jackson‐Smith,D.,A.Armstrong,N.Mesner,LorienBelton,N.Salant,P.Budy,andD.Stevens.2012.AcomparisonofalternativeapproachestomeasuringBMPimplementation,maintenance,andeffectiveness.NationalWaterConference,May20‐24,2012,Portland,OR.

Klobucar,S.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Examiningthepotentialofforageenhancementintrophicallylimitedreservoirs:resultsfromalarge‐scaleexperiment.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeetings,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

Klobucar,S.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Canweimprovepredatorperformanceintrophicallylimitedreservoirs:Resultsfromalarge‐scaleexperiment.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

McKay,S.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.WeberRivermetapopulationandsource‐sinkdynamicsofnativeandendemicfishes.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

Meredith,C.,P.Budy,andM.Hooten.2012.Effectsofachangingphysicaltemplateonthedistributionofbrowntroutinamountainstream.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

Morán,L.S.,B.Poulter,P.Balvanera,F.Kienast,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.ModellingthevulnerabilityofecosystemservicehotspotsinMexicotoclimatechange.Offeredpaper,2012MeetingoftheU.S.ChapteroftheInternationalAssociationforLandscapeEcology,April9,Newport,RhodeIsland.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.ImpactofroadsonmuledeerinUtah.UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesAnnualHabitatMeeting,March2012,Midway,Utah.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012AssessingtheimpactsofroadsonmuledeerinUtah.UtahChapteroftheWildlifeSocietyAnnualMeeting,March2012,Springdale,Utah.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.Trackingwildlife‐vehiclecollisionsinUtahwithsmartphonetechnology.UtahChapteroftheWildlifeSocietyAnnualMeeting,April2012,Springdale,Utah.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.ImpactofroadsonmuledeerinUtah.WesternAssociationofFishandWildlifeAgenciesSummerMeeting,July2012,Waikoloa,Hawaii.

Olson,D.D.,C.Garrard,andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.MovementBarrierTool.ESRIUserConferenceAppFair,Jul2012,SanDiego,California.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.Usingsmartphonestotrackwildlife‐vehiclecollisionsintheinformationage.ESRIUserConference,July2012,SanDiego,California.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.TheUtahwildlife‐vehiclecollisionreporter.UtahDepartmentofTransportationAnnualConference,October2012,SaltLakeCity,Utah.

Olson,D.D.andJ.A.Bissonette.2012.Habitatfragmentation:Whendoroadsbecomebarrierstodeermovements?TheWildlifeSocietyAnnualConference,November2012,Portland,Oregon.

Saunders,W.C.,andP.Budy.2012.ExperimentalEvidenceforBioticResistancebyBonnevilleCutthroatTrouttoBrownTroutInvasion.March20,2012,Logan,UT.CacheAnglersChapterofTroutUnlimited.

Thiede,G.P.,P.Budy,C.Meredith,andW.C.Saunders.2012.Exoticbrowntroutimpacts:thecaseofanovelpredator.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26–29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

W.C.Saunders,andP.Budy.2012.BioticresistancebynativeBonnevillecutthroattrouttotheestablishmentofexoticbrowntroutisinfluencedbypopulationdensity.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,BullFrog,UT.

Winters,L.P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Investigatingfoodwebinteractionsandexploringthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofthreetoppredatoryfishesinahighelevation,westernreservoir.PosterPresentation.UtahChapter,AmericanFisheriesSociety,AnnualMeeting,March26‐29,2012,Bullfrog,UT.

Winters,L.,P.Budy,andG.P.Thiede.2012.Quantifyingthepotentialforbiologicalcontrolofanexplosivepreybasebypredatoryfishesinanovelfoodwebofahighelevation,westernreservoir.AmericanFisheriesSociety,NationalMeeting,August19‐23,2012,Minneapolis,MN.

AwardsandotherHonors

Bissonette,J.A.SeniorFulbrightScholar,UniversityofLisbon,15January‐15April2012

Bissonette,J.A.SeniorFulbrightScholar,FulbrightInter‐CountryProgramCyprus,1‐8April2012

Budy,P.E.Recipient,NationalCooperativeResearchUnitsRecognitionStarAward,USDepartmentofInterior,2012.

Edwards,T.C.Recipient,NationalCooperativeResearchUnitsRecognitionStarAward,USDepartmentofInterior,2012.

DEVELOPMENTOFASCIENCEBASEDRESTORATIONANDMANAGEMENTPLANFORTHESANRAFAELRIVER,UT:INTEGRATINGDATAONFISHDISTRIBUTIONSANDHABITATNEEDSWITHHISTORICALANLYSESOF

CHANNELCHANGE

Dates:2012‐2013

Abstract:Like many rivers in the southwestern US, the SanRafaelRiverinsoutheastUtahhasbeenimpactedbyhydrologic alterations, habitat fragmentation, andnon‐nativefishandvegetationestablishment.Inlow‐water years, the lower San Rafael River oftenbecomesdewatereddue to irrigationwithdrawls. Inaddition, springsnowmelt floodshavedeclined inmagnitude and duration due to water capture in the upper portion of the basin. However, summermonsoonfloodsstilloccurregularlyandtransportlargequantitiesofsedimentintothelowerriver.Thissediment isno longerexported fromthe riverchanneldue to the lossof springsnowmelt floods.Asaresult,thechannelhasnarrowedanddeepened,thefloodplainhasaggraded,andbackwatersandotheroff‐channelhabitatshavefilledwithsediment.Saltcedar(Tamarixsp.)hascolonizedtheriverbanks inhigh densities and exacerbated floodplain aggradation and channel narrowing by stabilizing bank andfloodplainsediments.Thecombinationofreducedspringsnowmeltflowsandsaltcedarcolonizationhasledtoanarrowingandsimplificationoftheriverchannel.Non‐nativefishspecieshavealsocolonizedtheSanRafaelRiverbelowHattRanchdam(picturedbelow),whichisacompletebarriertoupstreamfishmovement. Despite these threats, three native species of conservation concern are found in the SanRafaelRiver,theblueheadsucker(Catostomusdiscobolus), flannelmouthsucker(Catostomus latipinnis),and roundtail chub (Gila robusta). However, these species occur in low abundances in the San RafaelRiverandthusrestorationhasthepotentialtohelpensurethepersistenceofthesenativefish.

We are combining hydrological and geomorphic analyses of channel changewith data on current fishdistributions and habitat needs to guide restoration efforts on the lower San Rafael River. We areapplying an experimental approach to the restorationdesign,sothatwecanunderstandthecumulativeimpactsof different restoration projects over a large scale. Weenvision that the outcomes of the San Rafael Riverrestoration project will help inform restoration effortsthroughoutthesouthwesternUS.

Funding:Primary:BureauofLandManagementBureauofReclamation&U.S.GeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesBrianLaub,PostdoctoralFellow,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesJustinJimenez,Fisheries/RiparianProgramLead,BLMUtahStateOfficeDavidDean,Researcher,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

BULLTROUTMOVEMENTDYNAMICSINALARGE,HUMANINFLUENCEDRIVERANDTHEIMPLICATIONSTORESOURCEMANAGEMENT

Dates:2012‐2014

Abstract:

Movementisanessentialpartofaspecies’life‐historystrategyandhaswiderangingconsequencesforreproduction,survivalandpopulationstability.Bulltroutaresensitivetoriverscapealterationsgiventheircomplexanddiverselifehistories.ResourcemanagersneedtounderstandtheinteractionsbetweenaspeciesanditsenvironmenttoinformrecoveryactionsforThreatenedandEndangeredSpecies.Thegoalofthisprojectistounderstandhowhumandisturbancesaffectthefulllifeexpressionofbulltroutlife‐history.ThemainobjectivesaretocharacterizethemigratorymovementpatternsoftheWallaWallaRiverbulltroutmetapopulationusingalongtermmark‐recapturedatasetandotolithmicrochemistry.Theresultsfromthisobjectivewillbecombinedwithenvironmentalvariabledatatobetterunderstandhowtheenvironmentinfluencesbulltroutmovementpatterns.Combiningthebulltrouthabitatuse,survival,geneticsandmovementdatathathasbeencollectedforthelast10yearswithnewfindingswillallowustoinformbulltroutrecoveryeffortsintheWallaWallaRiverBasinandthroughouttheirrange.

 

Funding: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)  U.S. Geological Survey – UCFWRU (in-kind) 

Investigators: Phaedra Budy, Principle Investigator, U.S. Geological Survey – UCFWRU, USU- Department of Watershed Sciences Howard A. Schaller, Project Leader, USFWS - Columbia River Fisheries Program Office Courtney Newlon, Graduate Research Assistant, USFWS, USU – Department of Watershed Sciences {expected graduation, 2014).

Selected Publications: Homel, K. and P. Budy. 2008. Temporal and spatial variability in the migration patterns of juvenile and subadult bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in Northeast Oregon. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 869-880. Bowerman, T. and P. Budy. 2012. Incorporating movement patterns to improve survival estimates for juvenile bull trout. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 32(6):1123-1136.

HYDROACOUSTICANDTRAWLINGASSESSMENTSOFFISHDENSITYAND

ABUNDANCEINWESTERNLAKESANDRESERVOIRS

Dates:

2011‐2013Abstract:

During2011and2012,weconductedhydroacousticandtrawlingsurveysinseveralwesternlakesandreservoirstoestimatedensityandabundanceofforagefishes(e.g.,chub)andsportfishes(e.g.,trout).WeconductedacousticsurveysintwoUteTribereservoirsinUtah,ScofieldReservoirandStrawberryReservoirinUtah,andPyramidLake,Nevada.InStrawberryReservoir,Estimatesofforagefishabundance,thepreybase,willallowmanagerstodeterminethecapacityofinlandwaterbodiestosupportthecurrentoranenhancedsportfishery.Further,estimatesofthesport‐fishpopulationwillallowmanagerstodetermineifcurrentfishstocksareadequate,orifenhancementthroughincreasedstockingoranglerharvestcanbemanagementoptions.

Fundingandcollaborators:

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesUSFishandWildlifeServiceUteTribeFishandWildlifeDepartmentUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciencesCarlW.Saunders,Postdoctoralfellow,USU–WatershedSciences

Figure 1.  Density estimates (standard error) determined 

from hydroacoustic surveys (white bars) and from trawling 

surveys for fish (all species combined) in four basins of 

Strawberry Reservoir, Utah, July 2011. 

INVESTIGATINGPREDATORPREYINTERACTIONSINSCOFIELDRESERVOIR,UT.

Dates:

2011‐2014

Abstract:

Aquaticfoodwebsarecontrolledbycomplexspatialandtemporalinteractionswithinandamongtrophiclevels.Thestrengthofinteractionswithinthecommunitymaydetermineprocessesthatregulatepopulationsinthefoodweb.Thespreadofintroducedspeciesintothedynamicartificialspeciesassemblagesofreservoirscanadditionallycreatechallengesforfisheriesmanagerstoaccuratelypredicthowthesespeciesmayinteract.TheunintentionalintroductionofUtahchubatScofieldReservoirhaspromptedmanagerstostockthreetoppredators(rainbowtrout,Bonnevillecutthroattrout,andtigertrout)aspotentialbiologicalcontrolspecies,buttheirabilityisunknown.AcomprehensivesurveyofthefishcommunityandlimnologyofScofieldReservoirhasinvestigatedtheseinteractionsbetweenpredatorandprey.Resultssuggestasubstantialportionofchuboutgrowthegapelimitoftroutpredators(20%)andarenotsusceptibletopredation.Furthermore,stableisotopeanddietanalysesdemonstrateconsiderabletrophicnicheoverlap,suggestingthepotentialforcompetitionishigh.Thereisasignificantdeclineofrainbowtroutcatch(CPUE)inrecentyears,potentiallyduetocompetitionforsharedfoodresourcesorpreferredlittoralfeedingspace.However,weusedbioenergeticsmodelingtoquantifypredatorycontrolofforageandhavefoundconsiderableconsumptionofchubatallageclassesofcutthroatandtigertrout.Theresultsofthisstudywillassistmanagersinestablishingamorebiologicallyefficientstockingprogramtooptimizesportfishgrowthandsurvival,controlchub,andenhanceandmaintainanglersatisfaction.

Funding:

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesUSGeologicalSurvey–UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeUnit(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipalInvestigator,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU,USUDept.ofWatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheryBiologist,USUDept.ofWatershedSciencesLisaWinters,GraduateResearchAssistant(M.S.),USUDept.ofWatershedSciences(expectedgraduation,Autumn2013)

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EXAMININGTHESEASONALMOVEMENTSBYBURBOT(LotaLota)INFLAMINGGORGERESERVOIR,UTANDTHEONGOINGEFFECTSOFTHIS

EXOTICSPECIESONTHEFOODWEB

Dates:2012‐2013

Abstract:FlamingGorgeReservoirsupportstrophysport

fisheriesinUtahandWyomingandprovideshabitatforimperiled,nativefishes.However,therecentillegalintroductionofburbot(Lotalota)totheGreenRiverthreatenstoimpactfishassemblagesthroughoutthedrainage,andparticularlyinFlamingGorgeReservoirwherethepopulationhasrapidlyexpanded.

ThisresearchexaminestheextentofseasonalmovementsbyburbotinFlamingGorgeReservoirandtheongoingeffectsofthisexoticspeciesonthefoodweb.BurbotcatchvariedspatiallywiththegreatestcatchratesoccurringintheInflowregionandlowestcatchratesintheCanyonregion.However,extensiveup‐reservoirmovementsbymatureburbotsuggestthathabitatsintheOpenHillsregion(centralreservoir)arelikelyimportantforaginghabitatsandseasonallysupporthighdensitiesofburbot.

Ourdietaryanalysesindicatedthatcrayfishdominatedburbotdiets(80%meanoccurrence),butdietbreadthwaswideandweobservedconsiderableconsumptionoffish(45%meanoccurrence)byburbot.Whenexhibitingpiscivory,burbotmostcommonlyconsumedforagefishes(e.g.,suckerandchub),butwealsoobservedsportfishconsumption(e.g.,rainbowtrout,smallmouthbass)andcannibalismbyburbot.Wemostoftenobservedpiscivoryinlargerburbot,butburbotassmallas310mmconsumedfishprey.

WeusedacoustictelemetrytomeasureseasonalmovementsofburbotassociatedwithwinterspawningandidentifysourcesofrecruitmentwithinFlamingGorgeReservoir.Manyburbotmovedup‐reservoirduringfalltospawn,andsomethesemigrationswereofgreatdistances(upto65km)andrapidspeeds(upto6.5km/day).Investigatingthesuccessofidentifiedspawninglocationswilloccurinlatespring2013viasamplingoflarvalburbotandhighestlarvaldensitiesareanticipatedintheInflowregionofthereservoir.Preliminaryanalysisofmovementdatasuggeststhepresenceofbothresidentandadfluviallife‐historyexpressionsinburbotinFlamingGorgeReservoir.

FundingandCollaborators:UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind),WyomingGameandFishDepartment(in‐kind),AddictiveFishing(in‐kind)

Investigators:

W.CarlSaunders,USU–WatershedSciencesStephenKlobucar,USU–WatershedSciencesPhaedraBudy,USGS–UTCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciences

Figure 1:  Diet proportions (wet weight; g), by size class (mm), for burbot in Flaming Gorge Reservoir sampled October 2012‐February 2013.

Figure 2: Large burbot are highly piscivorous and may have strong impacts on prey resources in Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

INNOVATIVEUSESOFPIT‐TAGTECHNOLOGY:EXAMPLESFROMTHE

COLORADORIVERBASINANDBEYOND

Dates:

2010‐2013Abstract:

RadioFrequencyIdentificationorRFIDwasintroducedintotherealmoffisheriesscienceinthePacificNorthwestinthemid‐1980’swiththeintroductionofthePassiveIntegratedTransponder(PIT)tag.PITtagswerefirstusedtoevaluatesurvivalofanadromoussalmonidsthroughthehydroelectricprojectsintheColumbiaandSnakerivers.Innovationssuchasmultiplexingantennareaders,smallerhigh‐performancetags,andlargermorerobustantennashaveresultedinthewidespreadapplicationofPIT‐tagtechnologyasafisheriesdatacollectiontool.PIT‐tagdetectionantennashavetraditionallybeenusedintheformoffixedantennaarraysdetectingPIT‐taggedfishastheymovethroughspecificareasofarivercoveredbytheantennas.AstheuseofPIT‐tagtechnologybecomesmoregeographicallywidespread,theneedforalternativedetectiontechniquesandmethodshasbecomeapparent.TheColoradoRiverBasinpresentssomeuniquechallengesinfishdetectionwhetherusingmoretraditionalsamplingtechniques(e.g.,electrofishing,seining,trammelnetting,hoopnetting)orwhenusingPIT‐tagtechnology.Inthisbasinwearedealingwithlong‐livedfishesthatdonotpredictablymigrateannuallytotheexactsamespawninggroundsandhaveverydiversehabitatuseovertheirlifespan.Innovativenewstylesandtypesoffishdetectionantennashavebeendevelopedandtested,drivenbytheneedsandideasofbiologistsworkinginthefield.Thesenewmethodsallowbiologiststodetectfish“actively”insteadof“passively”waitingforthefishtomovepastafixedpoint.TheseinnovativemethodsopenupthepossibilitiestoexpandtheuseofPIT‐tagdatafromtraditionalmark‐recapturestudiestohabitatusestudies.Wepresentanumberoftheseprojectswheresmaller,temporary,mobile,andfloatingantennashavebeensuccessfullyusedtodetectPIT‐taggedfishwheretraditionalsamplingmethodshavebeenlesseffective.

Fundingandcollaborators:

USBureauofReclamationUtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesUSForestServiceUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesPeterMackinnon,ResearchAssociate,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciences

EVALUATINGCUTTHROATTROUTPERFORMANCEANDIDENTIFYINGLIMITINGFACTORSFORTHENATIVEFISHCOMMUNITYOFPYRAMID

LAKE,NV

Dates:

2011‐2014

Abstract:

Understandingaquaticfoodwebsisimportantforboth conservation and economic purposes. InPyramid Lake, NV, the threatened Lahontancutthroat trout (Onchorhynchus clarki henshawi,LCT) is the centerpiece of a world‐class fishery.Maintained through stocking, LCT are no longerabletoreachtheirnatalspawninggroundsduetodamning and water diversions on the TruckeeRiver. Whilepast researchonPyramidLakehasfocused primarily on water quality issues, themain focus of this study is to quantify theinteractive and ecological effects of the aquaticfoodwebandtoidentifypotentiallimitingfactorsof LCT growth and survival. In addition to LCT,thefishcommunityofPyramidLakeismadeupoftwo suckers, cui‐ui (Chasmistes cujus) andTahoe(Catostomustahoensis),tuichub(Gilabicolor),themain forage item of LCT, and the exoticSacramento perch (Archoplites interuptus). Thethree primary objectives of the study are to 1)identify factors limitingLCTgrowthandsurvival,2) determine if exotic Sacramento perch are negatively impacting LCT through either exploitative orinterferencecompetition,and3)quantifymajorpathwaysofenergythroughthefoodweb. Tothispoint,LCTappeartofacelittleoppositionintermsofbiotic‐restrictionstogrowth. Whiledietandisotopedatasuggest strong resource overlap between LCT and Sacramento perch, both spatial distribution and therelativelylowabundanceofSacramentoperchsuggestthatthisexoticspecieslikelyhaslittleimpactonthegrowthandsurvivalofLCT.Additionally,tuichubconsumptionbyLCTremainsrelativelyconsistentacrossseasons,andannualconsumptionoftuichubappearstobewellbelowannualtuichubproduction.Thesefindings suggest that an increase in stocking will producemore LCT, without being detrimental to LCTgrowthrates,andsubsequentlyincreasethenumberofcatchabletroutforthisalreadyworld‐classfishery.

Funding:

USFishandWildlifeService,Reno,NV.USGS–UtahCooperativeFishandWildlifeUnit(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesRobertAl‐Chokhachy,ResearchFisheriesBiologist,USGSGaryP.Thiede,FisheryBiologist,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesNickHeredia,GraduateResearchAssistant(M.S.)USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciences

{expectedgraduation,Fall2013}

WEBERRIVERMETAPOPULATIONSTRUCTUREANDSOURCE‐SINKDYNAMICSOFNATIVEFISHES

Dates:

2011‐2013

Abstract:

TheWeberRiver,Utah,ishometotwosensitivefishspecies,Bonnevillecutthroattrout(Oncorhynchusclarkiiutah)andblueheadsucker(Catostomusdiscobolus).Puzzlingstrongholdsofthesespeciesremain,despitepotentialimpactsfromhabitatfragmentation,watermanagement,andthepresenceofinvasivespecies.AlthoughpopulationsofBonnevillecutthroattroutandblueheadsuckerintheWeberRiverareespeciallyimportantformanagementandconservationpurposes,littleisknownabouttheirspecificlifehistoriesandpotentiallimitingfactors.Wewilldetermineifsource‐sinkmetapopulationdynamicexistsbetweentributaryandthemainstempopulationsofcutthroattroutusingacombinationofmark‐recapturemovementanalysis,strontiumsignaturesinhardtissuestructures,andgeneticrelatedness.Wewillidentifythelocationsandattributesofbarrierstoupstreammovementinthetributariesandmainstem,andevaluatepriorityareasforbarrierremoval.Finally,wewillevaluatethepopulationsizeandstructureofBonnevillecutthroattroutinthemainstemWeberRiverandtributaries,andtheblueheadsuckerpopulationsizeandstructureinthemainstem.Theprimarygoalofthisresearchistoidentifylimitingfactorstothesepopulationstoallowmanagerstoprioritizeconservationactions.

Fundingandcollaborators:

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesTroutUnlimitedUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciences

AMORPHOMETRICDETERMINATIONOFGAPELIMITFORSEVENFISHPREDATORSINTHREEWESTERNUSAWATERS

Dates:

2012‐2013Abstract:

Forpiscivorousfishes,componentsofbodymorphologysuchasgapesizeaffectthesizeofpreyspeciesthatcanbeeaten,andcandeterminetheabilityofpredatorstoeffectivelyutilizeandcontrolthepreybase.Weexaminedgapesizesofsevenpiscivorousfishesinthreewesternwaterbodies:sixsalmonidsandonecentrarchid.Wemeasuredpredatorandpreymorphometricsinthefieldandlateranalyzedfishdietstodeterminepreysizesconsumed.InPyramidLake,Nevada,endemicLahontancutthroattrout(LCT)becamepiscivorousassmallas250mm;however,mostLCTswitchedtopiscivoryat380mmandconsumedpreywellwithintheirverticalandhorizontalgapesize.Conversely,exoticSacramentoperchbecamepiscivorousat120mmandconsumednativeTuichubgreaterthantheirverticalgapesize,butwithintheirhorizontalgape(i.e.,mouthwidth)size.InScofieldReservoir,Utah,stockedBearlakecutthroattroutbecamepiscivorousat320mmTL,consumingUtahchubnearandwellabovetheirhorizontalandverticalgapesize.Similarly,stockedtigertroutswitchtopiscivoryat340mmTLandalsoconsumedfishveryclosetoorjustexceedingtheirhorizontalandverticalgapesizes,demonstratingthatthesetwostockedpredatorsmaybeeffectivechubcontrolagents.Incontrast,stockedrainbowtroutfedonpreylessthantheirgapesizeandexhibitedverylimitedpiscivory.IntheLoganRiver,Utah,naturalizedbrowntroutbecomepiscivorousat250mm,feedingonpreyfarbelowboththeirverticalandhorizontalgapesize.Thesegapelimitdataprovideanexcellentindicatorofthesizerangeofpreybeingconsumedbypredatoryfish,andthusprovideabetterunderstandingoftheeffectivenessofdifferentpiscivorestocontrolaquaticsystemsfromthetopandasbiologicalcontrolsagents.

Fundingandcollaborators:

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesUSFishandWildlifeServiceUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesBryceRoholt,UndergraduateResearcher,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciences

UNDERSTANDINGHOWLAKEPOPULATIONSOFARCTICCHARARE

STRUCTUREDANDFUNCTIONWITHSPECIALCONSIDERATIONOFTHEROLEOFCLIMATECHANGE

Dates:2011‐2013Abstract:

Sizedimorphisminlakefishpopulations,bothcausesandconsequences,hasbeenareaofconsiderablefocus.However,uncertaintyremainswhetherthispopulationstructureisdynamicorstabilizingandtotheroleofexogenousfactors(e.g.,ice‐freedays)thatmayaffectgrowthratesandsizestructure.Here,wequantifiedandexploredpatternsamongempiricalvitalrates,populationstructure,abundanceandtrend,builtapopulationmodeltounderstandhowcharpopulationsarestructuredandfunction,bioenergeticallymodeledtheeffectsofclimateandclimatechangeongrowth,andthencombinedthesecomponentstopredicttheeffectsofclimatechangeonpopulationstructureintwoArcticcharlakes.Despitedifferencesinunderlyinggeology,populationandlakesize,thedensityofadultcharwassimilarbetweenlakes(0.002‐0.003/m2).Bothpopulationscyclebetweensmall(<300mm)andlarge(>300mm)char.Annualsurvivalrateswererelativelyhigh(age‐3andolder;40‐96%);growthrateswerealsorelativelyhigh(~0.1g/day)andcomparableconspecificsatlowerlatitudes.Climatechangescenariosmimickedthepatternofwarmingandcoolingobservedinnatureandresultedintemperatureclosertooptimalforchargrowthandforalongerduration.Anincreaseinpredictedconsumptionrates(28‐34%)underclimatechangescenariosledtomuchgreatergrowthrates(23‐34%).Thepopulationmodelcapturedthecycleinpopulationstructurebutwithgreateramplitudeincycles.Collectively,theseresultsindicatethatcharextremelysensitivetosmallchangesintimeofice‐off.WehypothesizethatintheArctic,yearsofsignificantlylongergrowingseason,whicharepredictedtooccurmoreoftenunderclimatechange,produceelevatedgrowthratesofsmallcharandthusactinamannertoa“resourcepulse”.Asmodeledhere,thesewarmeryearsoflongergrowingseasonresultinashiftinvitalratesthatmaythenallowasub‐setofsmallcharto“breakthough”intothelargecharmorphorcohort,thussettingthecycleinpopulationstructure.

Fundingandcollaborators:NationalScienceFoundation–LTERUSGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind)

Investigators:

PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS–UCFWRU,USU–WatershedSciencesChrisLuecke,Professor,USU–QuinneyCollegeofNaturalResourcesStephenKlobucar,student,USU–WatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU–WatershedSciences

Figure1.Percentageofcatch(bothanglingandgillnet)ofsmall(<300mmTLsolidblackline,circle)andlarge( 300mmTLdashedline,opencircle)arcticcharinlakesE5andFog2,2000to2012.AsterisksindicatenocharwerecaughtinLakeFog2in2010and2011.

LOGANRIVERTROUTVIABILITYANDLONG‐TERMMONITORING:FACTORSAFFECTINGTROUTPOPULATIONDYNAMICS,ABUNDANCE,AND

DISTRIBUTIONINTHELOGANRIVER,UT

Dates:2001‐2012(on‐going)

Abstract:MostsubspeciesofcutthroattroutOncorhynchusclarkiiareimperiledorextinctduetothecombinedeffectsofhabitatdegradationandinteractionswithexoticspecies.Toquantifyabundanceandvitalratesandevaluatetrends,weselectedalargepopulationofBonnevillecutthroattroutO.c.utahfromtheLoganRiverofnorthernUtah,arivercharacterizedbyhigh‐qualityandconnectedhabitat.Overa12‐yearperiod,wecompletedacomprehensivepopulationassessment,includingdepletion‐basedabundanceestimatesandamarkrecapturestudy(severalthousandtaggedfish)ofsitefidelity,growth,andsurvival.AbundanceofBonnevillecutthroattrout(>100mmTL)variedgreatlybysamplesite,rangingfrom38fish/kmattheThirdDamsite(thelowermostendoftheirdistributionintheriver)upto822fish/kmatFranklinBasin.Populationtrend(λ)ofcutthroattroutestimatedfortheentireLoganRiverpopulationbasedonpooledsiteabundanceestimateswas0.89(0.77–1.02),indicatinganapparentoveralldecline;however,site‐specificpopulationtrendsarehighlyvariable.Clinicalsignsofwhirlingdiseasewereobservedinlessthan1%offishhandled(n>14,000fish),whileprevalenceofMyxoboluscerebralisincutthroattroutwas50–100%.Thedistributionofcutthroattroutandbrowntroutshowadistinctspecies‐zonationpattern(Figure1).Ourresultsprovideimportantconservationandrecoverybenchmarksforidentifyingrange‐widelimitingfactorsofBonnevillecutthroattrout.Wecontinuetorecommendaprecautionaryapproachtothemanagementofthisendemicandimportantpopulation.

Funding:UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU(in‐kind),Numerouspartners!

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipleInvestigator,USGS‐UTCFWRU,USU‐Dept.ofWatershedSciencesGaryP.Thiede,FisheriesBiologist,USU‐WATSHarrisonMohn,MSstudent,USU‐WATSW.CarlSaunders,Post‐doctoralFellow,USU‐WATS

SelectedPublications:Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,P.McHugh,E.S.Hansen,andJ.Wood.2008.Exploringtherelativeinfluenceofbiotic

interactionsandenvironmentalconditionsontheabundanceanddistributionofexoticbrowntrout(Salmotrutta)inahighmountainstream.EcologyofFreshwaterFish17:554‐566.

Budy,P.,G.P.Thiede,J.Lobón‐Cerviá,G.G.Fernandez,P.McHugh,A.McIntosh,L.A.Vøllestad,E.Becares,andP.Jellyman.2013.Limitationandfacilitationofoneoftheworld'smostinvasivefish:anintercontinentalcomparison.Ecology94(2)

Figure 1. The brown trout and cutthroat trout species-zonation pattern of the Logan

River, Utah. Estimates of average trout abundance ( range) based on three-pass electrofishing surveys at five long-term index sites.

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QUANTIFYINGBONNEVILLECUTTHROATTROUTMOVEMENTWITHINTHELOGANRIVERWATERSHED:INVESTIGATINGTHEPOTENTIALFOR

AMETAPOPULATIONAPPROACHTOCONSERVATION

Dates:2009‐2013(on‐going)

Abstract:Fewstudieshavebeenabletodrawacorrelationbetweenfishmovementandthespatially‐structuredpopulationmodelcommonlyknownasametapopulation.TheLoganRiverisaprimeareatotestmetapopulationconceptsbyevaluatingthepopulationstructureofBonnevillecutthroattrout(Oncorhynchusclarkiutah)withinthewatershed,inpartduetotheextensivehighqualityhabitat(64rkm)inwhichtheyoccupy.Thegoalsofthisresearchareto,(1)betterunderstandspawningandmovementofBonnevillecutthroattroutatthewatershedscale,(2)understandlarge‐scalemovementduring“non‐spawning”timesoftheyear,and(3)determinethelevelofsitefidelitytospawningareas.Toevaluatethis,initialtaggingwithPassiveIntegrativeTransponders(PIT)tagswascompletedduringthesummersof2009‐2012withinseven,100‐200meterreachesoftheLoganRiverusingstandardelectrofishing,three‐passdepletiontechniques.Resightdateandlocationdatafromcutthroattroutarecurrentlybeingdetectedviastationaryantennas,aswellasmobileantennasusedinstrategicsectionsregularly.UsingdateandlocationobservationsfromPITtagreadings,wewillinferwhethertheLoganRiveris(1)alargepanmicticpopulation,(2)manysmallindependentpopulations,or(3)apopulationthatfitsahybridmodelofthetwo.ThefindingsofthisresearchwillprovidefisheriesmanagerswithmoredetailedinformationonhowcutthroattroututilizetheLoganRiverasawholesothatmanagementdecisionsbetterprotectBonnevillecutthroattroutpopulationsduringcrucialtimesoftheyearandincriticalareas.

FundingandCollaboration:USDAForestService

UtahDivisionofWildlifeResourcesUSGeologicalSurvey(in‐kind)Numerouspartners!

Investigators:PhaedraBudy,PrincipalInvestigator,USGeologicalSurvey–UCFWRU,USUDept.ofWatershedSciences‐BrettRoper,PrincipalInvestigator,USDAForestService,USUDept.ofWatershedSciences‐GaryP.Thiede,FisheryBiologist,USUDept.ofWatershedSciences‐HarrisonMohn,GraduateResearchAssistant(M.S.),USUDept.ofWatershedSciences(expectedgraduation,spring2014)

SPATIALRESPONSESTOCLIMATEACROSSTROPHICLEVELS:MONITORINGANDMODELINGPLANTS,PREY,ANDPREDATORSINTHE

INTERMOUNTAINWESTERNUNITEDSTATES

Dates:

EightUtahsitesfromwhichungulateandcougardatawerecollected,2002‐current.Starsindicate

siteswhereelk(red)andbighornsheep(white)arecurrentlycollared(datawillbeavailablespring,

2014).

2011‐2015(Ongoing)

Abstract:Wewillinvestigatetheimpactofclimateon trophiclinkagesbetweenprimaryproductivity,herbivores,andtoppredatorsacrosslandscapesintheIntermountainwesternUnitedStates.WewilldeployGPScollarson30muledeerandusethedatacollectedtomodelspatialpatternsofungulatedensityona16‐dayintervalbasedonremotelysensedvegetationphenology.Theresultingdynamicungulatehabitatmodelswillbeusedtoextrapolatepredictionsofpreydensityacrossthestudyarea,whichwewillthenuseasthemainpredictorformodelingcougarmovementusingadecadeofrecordscollectedfrom70intenselymonitoredindividualsacrosstheregion.Resultingoccupancysurfaceswillbemodifiedbyspatially‐explicitestimatesofsurvivalfromknownfatesof>200cougarstoderiveanalogsofdensity.Withthecostandoccupancysurfacesfromthisanalysis,wewillthenanalyzethehabitatandmovementofcougarsasanetworktoassessthesustainabilityoftheregionalcougarmetapopulation.

Funding:NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration

Investigators:JoeSexton,UniversityofMaryland(PI)DavidMattson,U.S.GeologicalSurveyandNorthernArizonaUniversity(Co‐PI)ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(Co‐PI)DavidStoner,Post‐doctoralResearchAssociate,UtahStateUniversity

Reports:

None:newresearchstart

Publications:

None;newresearchstart

AVIANRESPONSETOPOSTWILDLANDFIRERESEEDINGTREATMENTSINTHEGREATBASINSHRUBSTEPPE

Dates:

Spatiallocationsofseedingtreatmentsappliedpost‐fire,MilfordFlats,Utah

2009‐2012(Completed)

Abstract:TheMilfordFlatFirewasthelargestwildfirerecordedinUtah;consideredcatastrophic,concernexiststhatitwouldleadtoastatechange.Tomitigatethisstatechange,vegetationreseedingtreatmentswereappliedimmediatelypost‐fire.Thesetreatmentsweretwoseedmixtypes,withorwithoutashrubcomponent,andthreemechanicalapplications,drillseeding,aerialseedingfollowedbychaining,andaerialseedingonly.Wearesurveyingtheaviancommunityinthedifferenttreatmenttypesandinuntreatedareaswithinthefire.Asthereisnopre‐firedata,wearesamplingnearbyareasofsimilarpre‐firehabitatasreference.Wearealsocollectingvegetationcoverandstructuredataascovariates.Thesecovariateswillbeusedtoidentifyanytreatmenteffects.

Funding:UtahDivisionofWildlifeResources

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)AdamBrewerton,GraduateResearchAssistant(MSEcology)

Reports:

Brewerton,A.2011.AvianresponsetopostwildlandfirereseedingtreatmentsinGreatBasinshrubsteppe.UnpublishedM.S.Thesis,UtahStateUniversity,Logan,Utah.

Publications:

Brewerton,A.,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.EffectsofFireRestorationTreatmentsonShrubsteppePasserinesintheGreatBasin.Inreview,RangelandEcologyandManagement

MODELLINGCLIMATECHANGEEFFECTSONNORTHAMERICANDRYMID‐LATITUTECONIFERS

Dates:

Modeledexpansion,persistence,andcontractionofpiñonjuniperwoodlandsasaresultofprojected

climatechangeoverthenext80years.

2009‐2014(Ongoing)

Abstract:Weareevaluatingprojectedclimatechangeeffectson~30coniferspeciesoccupyingthemid‐drylatitudesofWesternNorthAmerica.Theprojectinvolvesthreeinterrelatedcomponents.First,widelyusedclimateprojections(e.g.,NCARPM1)willdownscaledto1kmresolutionforWesternNorthAmerica.Ensembleclassifierswillnextbeusedtomodelspeciesdistributionsasfunctionsofthedownscaledclimatevariablestoestablishtherelationshipstocurrentclimateconditions.Thesemodelswillthenbelinkedwithprojectedclimateshiftsandthepotentialshiftsinspeciesdistributionsevaluated.Thethirdcomponentfocusesondefiningtheleadingandtrailingedgesofthespeciesdistributionsgivenprojectedclimatechanges.

Funding:USDAForestService,RockyMountainResearchStation,FIAProgram

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)GretchenG.Moisen,USDAForestServiceRockyMountainResearchStationNiklausZimmermann,SwissFederalResearchLabWSLJacobGibson,GraduateResearchAssistant(MSEcology2011)

Reports:

None

Publications:

Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,N.K.Zimmermann,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Effectsoflocation“fuzz‐swap”onspeciesdistributionmodelsunderprojectedclimatechangescenarios:howusefulareprojectionmodelsbasedonpublicdata?Inreview,Ecosystems.

Gibson,J.R.,G.G.Moisen,T.S.Frescino,N.K.Zimmermann,andT.C.Edwards,Jr.Individualisticresponsesofpiñonandjuniperdistributionstoprojectedclimatechange.Inreview,DiversityandDistributions.

HABITATMODELLINGOFRAREPLANTSPECIESONTHECOLORADOPLATEAU:SUPPORTOFBLM’SECOREGIONALASSESSMENT

Dates:

Penstemongrahamii.PicturefromTNC.

2012‐2016(New)

Abstract:Utahishometoapproximately340endemicplanttaxa.ManyoftheseareconsideredspeciesofconcernatbothStateandFederallevels,withtheU.S.FishandWildlifeServicehavingresponsibilityforreviewingthespeciesofconcernforpossiblelistingundertheEndangeredSpeciesAct.Ofspecialinterestareidentifying,mapping,andmodellingknownandpossiblelocationsofthespeciesonBLMlands.Wewillconstructspeciesdistributionmodelsfor6rareplantspeciesunderconsiderationforlistingbytheFWS,andevaluatemodelcapabilitiestopredictlikelylocationsofthespecies.Researchgoalistoprovideinformationtocooperatorsforuseinthelistingprocess.

Funding:BureauofLandManagement

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)RobertFitts,ResearchII,UtahStateUniversity(Co‐PI)

Reports:

None:newresearchstart

Publications:

None;newresearchstart

COLORADOPLATEAUBLMRAPIDECOREGIONALASSESSMENT

Dates:

2010‐2012Completed

Abstract:RapidEcologicalAssessments(REAs)areaproductoftheBureauofLandManagement’sevolutiontowardalandscapeapproachtolandandresourcemanagement.Usingthelandscapeapproach,theBLMhopestointegrateavailablescientificdataandinformationfromBLMfieldoffices,otherfederalandstateagencies,andpublicstakeholderstodevelopsharedresponsesandcollaborativemanagementeffortsacrossadministrativeboundaries.AnotherobjectiveoftheREAsistoassessthecurrentstatusofselectedecologicalresources(conservationelements)attheecoregionalscaleandtoinvestigatehowthisstatusmaychangeinthefutureacrossseveraltimehorizons.REAresultsareexpectedtoidentifyareaswithhighecologicalintegrityandhighbiologicalandecologicalvalue—conservationareas,biologicalhotspots,andwildlifecorridors—toprovideabetterunderstandingofkeyecosystemprocessesandthepotentialimpactsoffuturechanges.REAsaretimelyinsupportingplanning,management,andmitigationstrategiesforimpactsanticipatedfromvariousclimatechangescenariosaswellasrapidlydevelopingissuesrelatedtorenewableenergydevelopment,thespreadofinvasivespecies,andchangingfireregimes.

Funding:BureauofLandManagement

Investigators:KateKitchell,U.S.GeologicalSurvey,SouthwestBiologicalScienceCenter(Co‐PI)ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(Co‐PI)OtherUSGSInterdisciplinaryTeamMembers

Reports:

FinalREAReportsubmitted

Publications:

Noneexpected

SUSTAINABLECOMMUNITIESANDLANDSCAPEDESIGNS

Dates:

Large‐scaledepictionofthecapacityofMexico

landstodeliverspecificecosystemservices.Threthreefunctionsevalutedhereincludegrossbiodiversity,naturetourism,andcarbon

sequestration.

2010‐2015(Ongoing)

Abstract:Environmentalsustainabilityisimportanttothewell‐beingofpeopleandcommunities.Landcoverandlanduseareknowntoaffectthequalityofawiderangeofecosystemprocessesandservices.Thedistributionandpatternofland‐useactivitieswithinalandscapeorwatershedcandramaticallyaffectthequalityofecosystemservicesandwell‐beingofsocieties.However,fewstudieshavedocumentedhowcommunityandcitydesignsmightaffectthesustainabilityofecosystemservices.Mostapplicationsofecosystemservicesincommunityandcityplanninghaveeitherbeenentirelyconceptual,orareveryearlyonintheprocess.However,rapidenvironmentalchange(e.g.,climatechange)requiresamoreimmediateunderstandingoftheabilityoflandscapedesignstosupportandsustainarangeofecosystem.Thisprojectwilldevelopasetoflandscapemetricsandmodelstocapturedifferencesinlandscapedesignsandwillcomparethoseindicatorandmodelresultstoconditionsofecologicalattributesandecosystemservices.Anoutcomeoftheprojectwillbenewmethodologiestoevaluatesustainabilityofecosystemservices.

Funding:U.S.GeologicalSurvey

Investigators:ThomasC.Edwards,U.S.GeologicalSurveyUTCFWRUandUtahStateUniversity(PI)BruceJones,U.S.GeologicalSurvey(Co‐PI)FelixKienast,SwissFederalResearchLabWSL(Co‐PI)LorenaSeguraMorán,UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico,Mexico

Reports:

None;researchongoing

Publications:

None;researchongoing