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Forest fire invertebrate impact study

Laramie County Community College student Jordan Ness catalogues small mammals as part of a study on the impacts of fire on small vertebrates in August 2018 in Yellowstone National Park. A longitudinal study with researchers coming in and out over decades isn’t an easy feat to organize. Scott Seville, a University of Wyoming zoology professor, said “it’s a lot of logistical work” but that “a nice army of students” from Laramie County Community College, University of Wyoming’s Casper and Laramie campuses, Casper College and even the University of Oklahoma help make it possible. “You can’t get a better natural setting,” he said. You mention the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and eyes get wide.” “We see it’s really important getting students into research,” said Zac Roehrs, a Laramie County Community College biology professor. While not all the students go on to become ecologists, he said, they’re still developing valuable skills. “You want people to make science-based decisions and use evidence correctly, and I think that’s a lot of the science literacy that our students learn,” he said. “In this time and culture right now it seems like science and funding for science isn’t super valued and I feel like sometimes while we have to make cuts, the long term impact of not having these types of experiences, that’s the part that’s going to be the long term negative effect.”

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Laramie County Community College student Jordan Ness catalogues small mammals as part of a study on the impacts of fire on small vertebrates in August 2018 in Yellowstone National Park. A longitudinal study with researchers coming in and out over decades isn’t an easy feat to organize. Scott Seville, a University of Wyoming zoology professor, said “it’s a lot of logistical work” but that “a nice army of students” from Laramie County Community College, University of Wyoming’s Casper and Laramie campuses, Casper College and even the University of Oklahoma help make it possible. “You can’t get a better natural setting,” he said. You mention the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and eyes get wide.” “We see it’s really important getting students into research,” said Zac Roehrs, a Laramie County Community College biology professor. While not all the students go on to become ecologists, he said, they’re still developing valuable skills. “You want people to make science-based decisions and use evidence correctly, and I think that’s a lot of the science literacy that our students learn,” he said. “In this time and culture right now it seems like science and funding for science isn’t super valued and I feel like sometimes while we have to make cuts, the long term impact of not having these types of experiences, that’s the part that’s going to be the long term negative effect.”