Student Poster Competition Winners
The Student Poster Competition took place at NWSA Annual Meetings before the Covid=19 pandemic. Past winners of this competition are listed below.
2019
1st Place
Michael Meyer
Washington State University
Vulnerability of rotifer and copepod nauplii prey to copepod predation in Flathead Lake, Montana. -- Award $50
2019
2st Place
Elise Bugge
Washington State University
Decreasing N2 fixation in Lobaria oregana is likely caused by anthropogenic emissions -- Award $30
2019
3rd Place
Kassandra C. Townsend
University of Idaho
Presence of northern Idaho ground squirrels Urocitellus brunneus influenced by other small mammals species and environmental factors -- Award $20
2018
1st Place
Leila Duchac, Damon Lesmeister, Katie Duggar, & Zack Ruff
Oregon State University
Can passive acoustic monitoring detect and identify vocalization patterns in two congeneric forest owls in the Pacific Northwest?
2018
2nd Place (tie)
Suphasiri Muttamura & Stewart James
Southern Oregon University
Geographic variation in vocalizations of American pikas (Ochotona princepts) in southwestern Oregon and northern California
2018
2nd Place (tie)
Erika Petzinger, Roger Rosentreter, & Marcelo Serpe
Boise State University
University Identification of a dark septate fungus that forms a symbiotic association with Artemesia tridentata
2017
1st Place
Christina Murphy & Alyssa Shie
Oregon State University
Evaluation of Trace Element Concentrations in Oregon's Edible Wild-Foraged Mushroom Species
2017
2nd Place
Kate Petersen, Lalita Calabria, & Amanda Bidwell
Evergreen State College & University of Washington
Quantifying seasonal variability in nitrogen-fixation by cyanobacteria associating with mosses Niphotrichum elongatum,Pleurozium Schreberi and Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus in a northwest prairie ecosystem
2017
3rd Place
Andrew Child, Barry Moore, Jeffrey Vervoort, Marc Beutel
Washington State University & University of California - Merced
Freshwater food poisoning: Tracking availability and bioaccumulation of heavy metals in freshwater zooplankton in northeastern Washington
2017
Honorable Mention
Chhaya Werner
University of California - Davis
Spatial and temporal contingency in rapid primary succession following removal of the Elwha River dams
2016
1st Place
Melissa Pingree
University of Washington
Wildfire and Wildfire-deposited Charcoal in Rain Shadow Forest Soils of the Olympic Peninsula
2016
2nd Place
Ryan Reihar
Eastern Washington University
White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) Larvae Feeding Ecology and Prey Availability in the Upper Columbia River, USA
2016
3rd Place
Jarrett Cellini
Eastern Washington University
Climate Effects on the Relationship Between Invasive Annual Grasses and Biological Soil Crust in Eastern Washington
2016
Honorable Mention
Abby Watt
The Evergreen State College
Small Differences in Elevation Make a Big Difference For Physiological Responses of Understory Plants to Drought Conditions
2015
1st Place
Justin Poinsatte
Washington State University
Snowpack as a Reservoir of Nitrogen Deposition in Subalpine Ecosystems of the Cascades
2015
2nd Place
Shawna Warehime
Eastern Washington University
The Short-term Effects of Different Anesthetics on Rainbow Trout(Oncorhynchus mykiss) Swimming Ability
2015
3rd Place
Zoe Rushton
Central Washington University
Holocene Fire Reconstruction of the Long Lake Area Near Rimrock Reservoir in the Eastern Cascades, Washington
2014
1st Place
Nathaniel Looker
Montana State University
Intra- and Inter-specific Variability of Transpiration on Montane Hillslopes
2014
2nd Place
Nicholas Silverma
University of Montana
Evaluating Streamflow Trends Using Runoff Sensitivity to Land Use and Climate Change
2014
3rd Place
Justin Crotteau
University of Montana
Managing for Resilience in Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine: Effects of Heterogeneous Stand Treatments on Woody Surface Fuels Dynamics and Postulated Fire Behavior
2014
Honorable Mention
Michael Skinner
Lewis-Clark State College
Seasonal Diet of a Population of Western Terrestrial Garter Snakes,Thamnophis elegans, Along the Grand Ronde River, Southeastern Washington
2014
Honorable Mention
John Sugden
Montana State University
Soil Controls on Vegetation in Hyalite Canyon