SageSTEP Graduate Students

Chris Bernau, University of Idaho

M.S.

bern8714@vandals.uidaho.edu

Nathan Cline, Brigham Young University

Ph.D.
Wildlife and Wildlands Ecology, M.S., 2008

Cline, N. 2008. First-year hydrologic response to mechanical mastication in juniper woodlands. M.S. Thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Click here for more info.

ncline@byu.net

Corinne Duncan, Oregon State University

Rangeland Ecology and Management, M.S., 2008

Duncan, C.M. 2008. Seed Bank Response to Juniper Expansion in  the Semi-arid Lands of Oregon, USA. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Full text available here.

duncanc@onid.orst.edu

Scott Hoffmann, Utah State Universtiy

Ecology, Ph.D.

SageSTEP Guide to Stakeholder Groups. Click here for more information.

scotthoffmann@aggiemail.usu.edu

Anna Maher, Oregon State University

Ph.D. Candidate: The ranch-level economics of herbaceious invasive species in the Great Basin Region of the U.S.

Agriculture and Resource Economics, M.S., 2007

Maher, A. 2007. The Economic Impacts of Sagebrush Steppe Wildfires on an Eastern Oregon Ranch. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Full text available here.

mahera@onid.orst.edu

Kristen Pekas, Utah State University

Ecology, M.S.

The relationship between the seed bank and abovegound vegetation in the context of sagebrush restoration

kmpekas@cc.usu.edu

Michael Reisner, Oregon State University

Forest Resources, Ph.D.

Impacts of defoliation on the competitive abilities of resident bunchgrasses with cheatgrass

michael.reisner@oregonstate.edu

Lucrecia Rodriguez, University of Nevada, Reno

Resource Economics, Ph.D.

lucrecia@cabnr.unr.edu

Dara Scherpenisse, Utah State University

Ecology, M.S., 2009

Mycorrhizae in Sagebrush Restoration

Scherpenisse, D.S. 2009. Mycorrhizae in sagebrush-steppe community restoration: mycorrhizal dependency of invasive and native grasses with intraspecific and interspecific competition. M.S. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Available here.

Dara_Scherpenisse@nps.gov

Andi Stebbleton Bourne, University of Idaho

Rangeland Ecology and Management, M.S., 2008

Co-Author, Guide for Quantifying Fuels in the Sagebrush Steppe and Juniper Woodlands of the Great Basin. Click here for more information.

bournetofish@gmail.com

Kert Young, Brigham Young University

Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation, Ph.D.

Mechanisms for species success following juniper mastication.

youngke1@msn.com