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Recent Graduate Research
Neil Olson - "Establishing Reliable Basin Hydrology for Big Creek Watershed". Idaho State University. Masters Thesis. 2008-2009. Professor: Dr. Ben Crosby, ISU, College of Arts and Science.
Ellen Hamann - "Life history variability in the Middle Fork of the Salmon River system: Migratory decisions in a distrubed wilderness environment". UI Masters Thesis 2007-2008. Professor: Dr. Brian Kennedy, UI, College of Natural Resources. Integrative Fish Ecology and Ecosystem Studies
Javan Bauder - "Movement and habitat selection of prairie rattlesnakes in the Big Creek drainage of the Frank Church Wilderness". Idaho State University. Masters Thesis. 2007-2009
Kara Cromwell - "Spatial variation in juvenile Chinook habitat quality: is food limiting in a wilderness watershed?". University of Idaho. Masters Thesis. 2006-2008
Dr. Lauren Fins, Professor of Forestry, and Ben Hoppus, Masters Student, 2007-2008 - "Monitoring whitebark pine, blister rust and fuels in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Area". University of Idaho. 2005-to present
Breezy Jackson - "Riparia: Influence of fire on streamside vegetation and riparian-stream food webs in a wilderness setting". University of Idaho. Masters Thesis. 2005-2007.
Rachel Malison- "Aquatic-terrestrial connectivity in a wilderness watershed: Do emerging stream insects fuel riparian food webs following wildfire?". Idaho State University. Masters Thesis. 2005-2007.
Zachery Lifton "Bedrock strength controls on the valley morphometry of Big Creek, Valley and Idaho Counties, central Idaho". Idaho State University. Masters Thesis. 2005
Dr. Nancy Glenn - "Hyperspectral imagery: remote sensing of channel morphology in Big Creek, Idaho". 2004
Katherine Strickler - "Streams and the aquatic songbird: Nesting ecology, habitat selection, and dispersal of American dippers in relation to environmental conditions". University of Idaho. PhD. Thesis. 2001- 2006
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Research
IDFG Big Creek Fish Screw Trap - "Idaho Steelhead Monitoring and Evaluation Study". Tim Copeland, Kim Apperson, Idaho Fish and Game Dept. Funded by Bonneville Power Administration. 2007-2009
Dr. Colden Baxter - "The Big Onion Project: a multi-layered, interdisciplinary mapping of a wilderness watershed focused on Big Creek." Idaho State University. 2005-Present
Jim Akenson and Holly Akenson -"Four decades of cougar - ungulate dynamics in the central Idaho wilderness". University of Idaho. 2005. Abstract
Holly Akenson and Jim Akenson -"Winter predation and interactions of wolves and cougars in the central Idaho wilderness". University of Idaho, Hornocker Institute/Wildlife Conservation Society. 1999-2003.
Dr. David Pilliod - conducted research on the effect of fire on amphibians, with emphasis on tailed frogs. USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station - University of Montana. 1995, 2001-2004.
Dr. Reed Lewis and Dave Stewart (Idaho Geological Survey) - mapped geological formations and contact zones of the entire Big Creek watershed, 2001-2004.
Becky Frey (UI) - examined bighorn sheep disease titers and diet for Masters thesis, 1998-2000.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - anadromous fish research and Chinook salmon redd counts, 2000-2004.
Craighead Wildlife - Wildlands Institute - GIS remote sensing grizzly bear habitat mapping with field verification, to establish population recovery goals for grizzlies in the three large wilderness complexes of the Northern Rockies, 1999.
Calvin Farris and Leon Neuenschwander - "Wilderness vegetation database: Frank Church River of No Return, Selway-Bitterroot, Gospel Hump, Sawtooth". University of Idaho. 1999.
Undergraduate Research
Tatiana Gettelman - "Nest Site Selection of Lewis's woodpeckers in burned cottonwood riparian areas of the Frank Church Wilderness". University of Idaho. 2008. Faculty advisor: Kerri Vierling, UI.
Amber Lankford - "An examination of Lewis's woodpecker reproduction in the Frank Church Wilderness". University of Idaho. 2008. Faculty advisor: Kerri Vierling, UI.
Eric Clippinger - "Exploring climate effects on coniferous seedling regeneration in burned areas in central Idaho". University of Idaho. 2008. Faculty advisor: Kathleen Kavanagh, UI.
Eric Carlson - "Establishing a suspended sediment flux model for the lower Big Creek drainage: What role do fires play?". Idaho State University. 2008. Faculty advisor: Dr. Benjamin Crosby, ISU.
Javan Bauder - "Movement and habitat selection of prairie rattlesnakes in the Big Creek drainage of the Frank Church Wilderness". University of Idaho. 2006. Faculty advisors: Dr. Chuck Peterson, ISU and Dr. Janet Rachlow, UI.
Dean Holecek - "Microhabitat Use and Selection by Age-0 Chinook Salmon in Big Creek, Idaho" 2006. Faculty advisor: Dr. Brian Kennedy, UI.
Michael Lance - "The Ecological Significance of Mountain Whitefish in a Central Idaho Wilderness Stream" 2006. Faculty Advisor: Dr. Colden Baxter, ISU.
Complete Listing of Undergraduate Research
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Long-term Monitoring
Dr. Benjamin Crosby (ISU) - "Maintenance and calibration of digital stream flow measurements at Taylor Field Station bridge; data used to evaluate how stream flow affects the many biological and physical processes studied at Taylor". 2008-present
Dr. Chuck Peterson (ISU) - continued amphibian population monitoring initiated in 1994
Dr. Wayne Minshall (ISU) - monitoring of aquatic invertebrates on 7 streams (Rush Cr., Pioneer Cr., Cliff Cr., Cougar Cr., Goat Cr., Cow Cr., and Cave Cr.) around Taylor Ranch Field Station from 1988 to Present. "Biomonitoring results from wilderness streams in Idaho"
Dr. Jim Peek (UI) - monitoring of nonforested plant communities from 1988 to Present.
Steve Achord (National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA) - conducts annual PIT tagging of Chinook salmon parr on Big Creek and Rush Creek at Taylor Ranch Field Station to assess juvenile salmon survival rates at dams. 1988 to Present.
Dr. Beth Sanderson - (National Marine Fisheries, NOAA) - monitoring habitat, growth and survival of juvenile Chinook and steelhead in Big Creek and Rush Creek.
Taylor Ranch Field Station - daily climatological temperature and precipitation data as a cooperative National Weather Service station, 1974-2005.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - elk counts and elk sightability population estimates. Fixed wing aircraft annual flights 1961-1989; helicopter sightability every third year flights 1989-2005.
Idaho Chapter of Foundation for North American Wild Sheep and Taylor Ranch Field Station (Akensons) - annual bighorn sheep winter composition survey, 2001-2005.
Jim Akenson and Holly Akenson (UI/Idaho Department of Fish and Game) - winter ungulate population monitoring, from 1998 to present.
Jim Akenson and Holly Akenson (UI/Idaho Department of Fish and Game) - sensitive species surveys and reporting of wildlife species such as the Harlequin duck and wolverine and fisher.
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Past Research
Guy Wagner (UI) - diet and energy requirements of bighorn sheep for his PhD dissertation, 1994-1997.
Edgar van der Grift (Wageningen Agricultural University and UI) - carrying capacity of the lower Big Creek bighorn sheep population, 1992. "Carrying capacity on a bighorn winter range: evaluation of methods"
Dr. Wayne Minshall (ISU) - with PhD student Christopher Robinson and a field class from ISU studied 32 streams in the FCRNRW, 1988-1992. "Effect of fire on wilderness stream ecosystems in the Frank Church – River of No Return Wilderness."
Jim Akenson - history of Taylor Ranch for the last century, 1990. "A Century of Taylor Ranch history"
Holly Akenson and Jim Akenson - summer movements and disease transmission of bighorn sheep in 1988-1990.
Gregory Hayward (UI) - ecology of boreal owls at Chamberlain Basin and Cold Meadows for his PhD research, 1984-1988. "Habitat use and population biology of boreal owls in the northern Rocky Mountains"
Howard Quigley and Gary Koehler (UI) - winter mountain lion research to compare changes in population size and home ranges with earlier mountain lion research on Big Creek, 1983-1986. "Mountain lion population dynamics over a 20-year period on Big Creek in central Idaho"
Holly Akenson (UI) - interspecific relationships of wintering bighorn sheep with elk and mule deer for her Master's degree, 1985-1986. "Spatial relationships and behavior of bighorn sheep sharing a winter range with mule deer and elk in central Idaho"
Gary Koehler (UI) - ecology of a low productivity bobcat population to earn his PhD, 1980-1985. "Demography of a low productivity bobcat population"
Dr. Frank Leonhardy (UI) - w/ Master's students Robbin Johnston and Frederick Thomas and a field archaeology class, inventoried archaeological sites during the summers of 1983-1984. "Archeological excavations in the River of No Return Wilderness area"
Frederick Thomas (UI) - literature review of bighorn sheep and sheep-hunting Indians in the Northern Rocky Mountains, 1982-1984. "Mountain sheep and mountain sheep hunters"
Gregory Hayward (UI) - resource partitioning among several owl species for his Master's degree, 1980-1981. "Resource partitioning among six forest owls in the River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho"
Susan Tank (UI) - habitat relationships among wintering passerines for her Master's degree, 1980-1981. "Habitat relationships of wintering passerines in the River of No Return Wilderness area of central Idaho"
John Hartung (UI) - historical resources in the Big Creek drainage for his Master's thesis, 1978. "Documentation of historical resources in the Idaho Primitive Area, Big Creek drainage"
James Claar (UI) - nutritional composition of ungulate browse plants during the winter for his Master's degree, 1971-1972. "Correlations of ungulate food habits and winter range conditions in the Idaho Primitive Area"
John Seidensticker (UI) - mountain lion social structure for his PhD, 1970-1972. "Mountain lion social organization in the Idaho Primitive Area"
Maurice Hornocker (UI) - dynamics of a mountain lion population and impact of mountain lions on big game animals for his PhD, 1965-1969. "An analysis of mountain lion predation upon mule deer and elk in the Idaho Primitive Area"
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Published literature from the Taylor Wilderness Research Station area:
(Partial Listing)
Akenson, J. J., H. A. Akenson, and H. Quigley. 2005. Effects of wolf reintroduction on a cougar population in the central Idaho wilderness. Proceedings of the Eighth Mountain Lion Workshop 8:177-187.
Akenson, H. A. 1998. Predicting summer lamb mortality in free ranging bighorn sheep. Bienn. Symp. Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council. 11:70-76.
Akenson, J. J. and H. A. Akenson. 1992. Bighorn sheep movements and summer lamb mortality in central Idaho. Bienn. Symp. Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 8:14-27.
Hayward, G. D. and E. O. Garton. 1988. Resource partitioning among forest owls in the River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho. Oecologia 75: 253-265.
Hornocker, M. G. 1970. An analysis of mountain lion predation upon mule deer and elk in the Idaho Primitive Area. Wildl. Monogr. 21. 39pp.
Hornocker, M. G. 1971. Suggestions for the management of mountain lions as trophy species in the Intermountain Region. Proc. Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners 51: 399-402.
Koehler, G. M. 1989. Demography of a low productivity bobcat population. J. Wildl. Manage. 53: 197-202.
Minshall, W.W. and C. T. Robinson. 1998. Macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to measures of lotic habitat heterogeneity. Arch. Hydrobiol. 141: 129-151.
Quigley, H. B, G. M. Koehler and M.G. Hornocker. 1989. Dynamics of a mountain lion populations in central Idaho over a 20-year period (abstract). Page 54 in R. H. Smith ed. Proc. 3rd mountain lion workshop, Prescott, Arizona.
Seidensticker, J. C. et al. 1973. Mountain lion social organization in the Idaho Primitive Area. Wildl. Monogr. 35. 60 pp.
Tank, S. L. and W. B. Sidle. 1986. Habitat relationships of wintering passerines in the River of No Return Wilderness area of central Idaho. Northwest Sci. 60: 238-242.
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