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Alison Agness received the first annual award, newly established by the College's wildlife science faculty, for "outstanding senior in wildlife science." Alison received a certificate and a cash award of $100 on May 15, 2000.

Patrick Baker, Ph.D. student in silviculture and forest protection, is co-author of an article appearing in the May 26, 2000 issue of Science. The article, entitled "Spatial Patterns in the Distribution of Tropical Tree Species," describes a census of six large plots of tropical tree species and shows that most species are aggregated, or clumped, with aggregation most intense for rarer types of plants. The findings have implications for environmental decision-makers and forest managers. The article is available on the Web at: http://www.sciencemag. org/cgi/content/full/288/5470/1414? maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10& RESULTFORMAT=&author1=Baker%2C+ P.&searchid=QID_NOT_SET& FIRSTINDEX=.

Caren Crandell, M.S. student in urban horticulture, has developed a forum for graduate students in the program to present proposals and develop thesis presentations. The forum complements already established opportunities for presenting proposals, but is informal and flexible for student needs, whether for preparing a thesis defense presentation, for meetings with faculty advisors, or just brainstorming project ideas in the "safe" environment of their peers.

Kyle Cunningham, M.S. student, and Joseph Roos, Ph.D. student, both in forest products marketing, have been awarded research fellowships through the Fulbright Foundation. Joe will be spending a year studying and conducting research as a Fulbright Fellow in Japan towards his Ph.D., while Kyle will be working and studying as a Fulbright Fellow in Ghana, West Africa.

Sara Jensen, M.S. student in social sciences, has been selected as a Presidential Management Intern (PMI), The PMI program was established by Executive Order in 1977 to attract to the Federal service outstanding individuals from a wide variety of academic disciplines who have an interest in, and commitment to, the analysis and management of public policies and programs.

Justin Knobel and Jesse Saunders were shared recipients of the Pack Forester of the Year Award, each receiving a check for $125.

Brian Oakley, Ph.D. student in forest ecosystem analysis, recently was co-recipient of a grant from the USFS-PSW Research Station for a project entitled, "Nitrogen Fixation and Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests." He also received a grant in the Northwest Scientific Association 2000 Student Research Grant -Competition.

Morgan Reichman, conservation of wildland resources undergraduate, has been invited to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Santino Pascua, forest engineering undergraduate, is working on a project with the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences to bring eight students from the Quinault Reservation to the UW campus this summer. The students will spend a week at Big Beef Creek research station, a week at Pack Forest, and a week on the Seattle campus.

John Withey, M.S. student in wildlife sciences, was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Kevin Zobrist was the recipient of the $500 Pack Essay Prize for academic year 1999-2000.

Student Reports

Hans Schmidt, forest management undergraduate and vice president of the Forest Club, reports on "Garb Day 2000" held on the UW campus on May 19th. "The Annual Garb Day Celebration returned to main campus after 30 years! The 70-year-old celebration once held on campus, with log rolling in Frosh Pond, was moved to Pack Forest about 30 years ago. This year, the Forest Club decided to bring it back to campus." Hans, forest management undergraduate, coordinated the event, including fundraising, catering, and arranging for a bluegrass band. There were demonstrations of cross-cut sawing, axe chopping and chain saw carving, as well as displays and information tables from each of the College's majors. There were contests to guess the height and age of nearby trees and to locate wildlife radio transmitters. Displays on urban forestry plant health were also featured. "Mattia and Melissa Boscolo, Ben Carlsen, Sam Carvey, Mark Frey, Matt Gordon and Nicole Whitney were just a few of the students who helped make Garb Day a success," says Hans.

After a hard day in the field the design team meets with DNR clients.

Robbie Stewart, forest engineering undergraduate, reports on the forest engineering program's, "Spring 2000 Capstone Adventure." "Beginning March 27, 2000," says Robbie, "forest engineering seniors (Barry Collins, Justin Gardner, Bill Heymann, Aaron McDonald, TA Luke Rogers, Aaron Roark, Robbie Stewart, and Tamra Zylstra), set in motion the preliminary analysis for a large thinning sale project for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

The project consisted of designing a harvest and transportation plan for the Burnt Mountain planning area, located 17 miles north of Forks on the Olympic peninsula, just outside the town of Sappho, WA. The project had three parts. The first four weeks were spent at Pack Forest conducting the initial stages of the analysis and preparing for the field verification phase. During three weeks of field verification, we stayed at the Olympic Natural Resource Center in Forks, WA. We really liked the facilities and especially the cook who prepared the meals! During that time, of the seven miles of proposed road, six miles were gradelined, three miles were traversed, and inventories of existing roads were taken.

The students also cruised numerous plots and ran profiles to prove the accuracy of both the silvicultural data and the digital elevation model. This was done to ensure that the office designs were accurate and correct. Once the office data was verified in the field, we concluded that both sources of data proved to be surprisingly precise and the preliminary office designs were sound. The final four weeks of the quarter were spent back at Pack Forest completing the analysis and preparing a presentation and report for the DNR."

The project can be viewed on http://courses.washington.edu/fe450/, then click on "Current project: Burnt Mtn-2000."

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