Conservation Biology Topic for Feb. 3 Water@USU Seminar
Water@USU, a Utah State University Water Initiative project, welcomes wildlife biologist Marianne Crawford to campus Tuesday, Feb. 3. Crawford presents “Roles and Perspectives of the Fish and Wildlife Service in Conservation Biology” at 4 p.m. in the Biology-Natural Resources Building, Room 102. Her talk is free and open to all.
Crawford, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Utah State, is employed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Utah field office. She is currently working on conservation plans for the imperiled least chub, a small minnow native to the Bonneville Basin, along with other vertebrate species.
Upcoming Water@USU Seminar speakers include economist Nick Flores of the University of Colorado Feb. 10, and geomorphologist Michal Tal of the University of Minnesota Feb. 24. The seminars, free and open to all, are held at 4 p.m. in BNR 102.
Water@USU’s annual Spring Runoff Conference is slated for April 2-3 in the Eccles Conference Center.
Water@USU is an interdisciplinary collaboration of the university’s Utah Water Research Laboratory, the colleges of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Natural Resources, Science, Engineering, Agriculture and the Huntsman School of Business. Established in 2003, the initiative fosters collegial sharing of water-related research and ideas throughout campus and the community.
Related links:
Water@USU (Water Initiative)
Contact: Kim Schreuders (435) 797-2941, kim.schreuders@usu.edu
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto (435) 797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu
Writer: Mary-Ann Muffoletto (435) 797-3517, maryann.muffoletto@usu.edu
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The tiny least chub, a minnow that once flourished in the Bonneville Basin, now lives in only a few areas of western Utah. Photo by Paul Thompson, courtesy of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
A USU Water Initiative project, Water@USU fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative water-related research throughout the university.
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