Samantha Peña
Samantha is originally from El Paso, Texas, and earned her BS in Environmental Science from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2019. She is currently pursuing her master’s…
Chuck Williams
Chuck joined the lab in the winter of 2024 as a Research Technician and began his Masters in the winter of 2025. His research focuses on the spatial and temporal…
Sarah Sorensen
Sarah is a Post Doctoral Research Associate studying the persistence and abundance of Colorado River Cutthroat Trout. Using statistical modeling techniques, Sarah aims to describe habitat variables influencing Colorado River…
Habitat-associations for native aquatic species in an intermittent prairie system
Extensive anthropogenic activities have contributed to the decline of many native fishes and mussels across the Great Plains. Habitat alterations, such as overgrazing, water diversions, and groundwater depletion, can significantly…
Maria Sakowski
Maria is an M.S. student in the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Her current research aims to investigate the interactions between climate and land use on prairie fish…
Lindsy Ciepiela
Lindsy completed her M.S. in the Zoology and Physiology Department at the University of Wyoming in 2017. She is currently a fisheries biologist for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.…
Jeff Baldock
Jeff is primarily interested in the opportunities (and costs) that heterogeneous landscapes confer to animal populations, particularly with respect to aquatic ecosystems across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Jeff aims…
Richard Walker
Richard completed his PhD in the Program in Ecology at the University of Wyoming in 2019. He is currently an assistant professor at Upper Iowa University. His research interests cover…
Samantha Alford
Samantha Alford completed her M.S. student in the department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming in 2020. She grew up in the Shenandoah Valley where her passion…
