Joe Brehm and Anna Knight theses available

The Great Basin Landscape Ecology Lab now has two new masters students - Joe Brehm and Anna Knight. Joe's thesis is titled "Cheatgrass die-off in the Great Basin: A comparison of remote sensing detection methods and identification of environments favorable to die-off" and can be downloaded by clicking HERE. Anna's thesis is titled "Watershed-scale controls on riparian vegetation distribution and dynamics: Impacts of geomorphology, climate, and disturbance" and can be downloaded by clicking HERE. Great work Anna and Joe! I'd encourage you to take a look at their theses and any papers that result from them. Anna and Joe now both reside in Moab, Utah.  Congratulations on work well done and best wishes for you in your new positions.

Congratulations to Joe Brehm and Anna Knight for successfully defending their theses

Congratulations to Joe Brehm and Anna Knight for successfully defending their master's theses. Joe's defense presentation took place 10am, Friday July 26th, 2019 and the title of his thesis was "Cheatgrass Die-Off in the Great Basin: A Comparison of Remote Sensing Detection Methods and Identification of Environments Amenable to Die-Off". Anna's thesis presentation was Thursday, July 25, at 1 pm and the title was "Watershed-scale controls on riparian vegetation distribution and dynamics: Impacts of geomorphology, climate, and disturbance". Both presentation were very well attended and well received. You can find out more about Joe and Anna by clicking HERE and make sure to keep an eye out for their theses and scientific papers.  Great work Anna and Joe!

Anna Knight is defending her thesis - July 25th, 1 pm

Anna Knight wins AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award

Congratulations Anna Knight on winning Outstanding Student Presentation at the 2018 American Geophysical Union Meeting for her poster “Geomorphic and disturbance controls on vegetation dynamics in Great Basin riparian ecosystems “. Click HERE to view Anna’s poster. You can read more about AGU’s Outstanding Student Presentation by clicking HERE.

AGU is a huge conference with thousands of students attending.  Anna's award is a testament to her hard work and innovative cutting-edge techniques.  Anna is completing her master's thesis under the advisement of Dr. Peter Weisberg.  You can view her webpage by clicking HERE.

New masters students in the Weisberg Lab

These past two weeks have seen the addition of two new lab members joining the Great Basin Landscape Ecology Lab.  Joe Brehm and Anna Knight are both starting master's programs in natural resources. Joe comes to us from the Great Basin Institute where he worked as a data administrator.  Anna comes to us by the way of USGS in Moab, UT. Joe's thesis will take our cheatgrass die-off mapping to the next level. In addition to extending the analysis to Skull Valley, Utah, there will be methodological improvements to the remote sensing and a more thorough assessment of the spatial pattern of die-offs.

Anna's project is aimed at understanding which watersheds in the Great Basin are susceptible to long-term degradation, like erosion and incision.  Dave Board and myself have already calculated watershed morphometrics for thousands of watersheds in the Great Basin, which will help feed into Anna's analysis.

Congratulations Anna and Joe.  I look forward to getting to work with both of you.