Department of Environmental Sciences
College of the Environment
Western Washington University

ESCI Field Camp
Week 1 Schedule
Spring 2024

Instructor: John McLaughlin
Office: ES 434
Phone: 360-650-7617
E-mail:
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Office Hours: by appointment
Field Camp home page: https://faculty.jmcl.wwu.edu/Field_camp/field_home.htm

Day Location Topics Reading
Tue
4/2
Trees south of AW
9am
10:00





AW 408
12:00

Participant introductions
Orientation, forms, and norms
Itinerary review
BREAK
Research project interests
Wildlife research design
Research project proposal review
Ropes and knots
BREAK
Sampling design; Examples
Literature searches
Literature review writing
Citations and references
Giracca 2016
McGill et al. 2021
Ford 2018
Wallace 2021
Prescod-Weinstein 2021
Elwha project ideas




Turbek et al. 2016
Grogan 2021
Hotaling 2020
Wed
4/3
Trees south of AW
9am
TBD
11:00
16:00
CCF off campus


(end by 20:00)
Bird identification

Research interest meetings
BREAK
Meet @ Old Fairhaven Parkway x 24th St.
Conservation: Regional safe operating space
Wildlife research ethics
Amphibian survey methods
Frog survey
Frog survey data form
(**Elwha literature search ref. list due**)
Cornell Lab.Ornithology


McLaughlin 2018
Steffen et al. 2015
Raez 1998
May 2004
Minteer & Collins 2005
Moore & Campbell 2019
Mossman et al 1998
Thur
4/4
CF 225
9am
10:00


11:30

















CF 115
12:00 - 2:00

AH 005
2:00 - 4:00
River structure and functions
River tripod: water, sediment, LWD
BREAK
Elwha ecosystem restoration
Wildlife roles in restoration
BREAK
Elwha restoration presentations, at SSEC 2018
Crain et al. Lessons from Elwha Ecosystem Restoration: Integrating science, policy, and management https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/13
Peters et al. Planning, implementation, and monitoring Pacific salmonid recovery following the removal of two hydroelectric dams on Washington's Elwha River https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/22
Chenoweth & McHenry. Monitoring and adaptation management of revegetation in the former Elwha Reservoirs https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/31
McLaughlin et al. Recognizing and integrating wildlife as Elwha restoration agents https://cedar.wwu.edu/ssec/2018ssec/allsessions/48

Film: Return of the River

(Introduction to R computing environment)
Frog survey data analysis;
Plot of data and model
Age structured populations
Spatially structured population methods
Duda 2022
Chenoweth et al 2023
McCaffery et al 2024
McCaffery et al 2018
Gelarden&McLaughlin 2013
McLaughlin 2013

Elwha orthophoto 2018
Fri
4/5
Trees south of AW
9am
10:30


11:30

12:00
Bird identification, part 2
Avian survey methods
BREAK
Grande Ronde research interests
Research groups: group norms
Strategies for equitable teamwork
Advice for difficult feedback BREAK
Expedition cook group organization
Gear review
(**Elwha literature review due**)

Pt.count standards



Backpack packing strategy videos:
NOLS; Outside

References cited

Weekly Schedule

Field Camp home page

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