NEWS
UTAH CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE MERIT AWARDS
-Park City (UT). In April 2008 seven BIO-WEST employees received Utah Chapter American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) Merit Awards in the categories of Communication, and Planning and Analysis, for their work on the Salt Lake County Natural Areas Land Management Plan project.
Congratulations, Christopher Sands (principal and project manager), Andrea Moser (landscape architect), Jill Grams (planner), Bridget Atkin (botanist), Sandy Blackner (planner), Aaron Crookston (CAD specialist), and Sandra Turner (editor)!
For more information about this project, click here.
BIO-WEST OFFERS WEED IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP
-Logan (UT). If you need to identify and treat Utah state-listed noxious and invasive species, we can help. Spend a day in the classroom and field with our botanists and gain first-hand experience to cope with this "growing" problem. See flyer below for details and registration.
PUBLIC RADIO EARTH DAY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM UNDERWRITING
KUT 90.5
-Austin (TX). BIO-WEST is underwriting KUT 90.5, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate in Austin, Texas, to encourage environmentally sound recreation and ecological awareness. The station will be spotlighting BIO-WEST on Earth Day. For more info, visit http://kut.org/items/show/12309.
In Austin, BIO-WEST recently completed a life history study of the state-listed threatened blue sucker (Cycleptus elongatus) and is currently engaged in endangered species studies in the San Marcos and Comal Springs as well as many other projects. For more details, click here.
KUHF 88.7
-Houston (TX). BIO-WEST is sponsoring Earth Day on the NPR-affiliated KUHF in honor of the opening of its Houston office. For location information, click here.
UPR 89.5
-Logan (UT). Underwriting for the program "Living on Earth," is provided by BIO-WEST the last week of each month on Utah Public Radio. To hear archived programs, click here.
BIO-WEST PRINCIPAL AND FOUNDER HONORED WITH AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY LIFE-TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
-Salt Lake City (UT). Dr. Paul H. Holden received the Utah Chapter of the American Fisheries Society's Life-time Achievement Award in recognition of nearly 4 decades of dedication to aquatic resource management and improvement in Utah and throughout the western United States.
According to Chapter President Paul Cowley, Dr. Holden's efforts and establishment of BIO-WEST have had huge impacts on aquatic resources in the West and beyond, particularly in respect to the endangered fishes of the Colorado, San Juan, Virgin, White, Price, and Green River systems. His "expertise in flow-related issues on several rivers and streams has assisted in determining habitat availability and sediment loads associated with various streamflows throughout the state."
In addition, Dr. Holden has been a professional mentor to many biologists throughout the course of his career, in the classroom, the field, and enjoying the resource by "fishing from here to Alaska."
Congratulations Paul!
ASH MEADOWS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYMPOSIUM
-Pahrump (NV). A relatively unknown refuge, except to scientists interested in endemic species, the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge has at least 25 native species found nowhere else in the world and the second-highest concentration of endemic life in North America. It is a “Grand Canyon” to desert fish, small mammal, reptile, and amphibian biologists and botanists.
Before being purchased by the Federal government, the refuge was impacted by agricultural practices. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently received funding to study this unique desert oasis in order to restore its natural condition. BIO-WEST is under contract to oversee eight studies leading to the better understanding of existing conditions and the affects of restoration on large, spring-fed wetland complexes on the refuge.
We recently participated in and moderated the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Symposium in Las Vegas, which included presentations on all of the research and work to contain non-native species and restore refuge habitat. BIO-WEST presented 11 of the 27 presentations and participated in the open discussion between researchers and those conducting restoration and property activities.
Click here for more information about the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
