Department of Environmental Sciences
College of the Environment
Western Washington University

ESCI Field Camp
Week 2 Schedule
Spring 2025

Instructor: John McLaughlin
Office: ES 434
Phone: 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

Mon
4/7
room TBA

09:30
10:30
Check-in
Research project status update
Animal track identification
Research project development workshop (in project groups)
(**Research project proposal due**)


Zielinski 2016
Film: DamNation
Tue
4/8
Field sites TBD Research project data sampling trials
Animal track location and indentification
(**Frog distribution project due**)
Film:
Run Wild Run Free
Wed
4/9
room TBA
8am
09:30
10:30
10:40
11:30
end by 12:00
Abstracts: structure, writing, editing
Scientific article structure and writing strategy
Butterfly identification
BREAK
Dam removal for restoration
Wild & Scenic Rivers: status, distribution, prospects
River safety videos

Turbek et al 2016
Bellmore et al 2019
O'Connor et al 2015
Patagonia 2015
Martin 2015(trailer)
Anderson 2021
RES 2023
Thur
4/10
Field sites TBD Research project reality check
Research project data sampling trials
Indigenous relationships with rivers

LEKT 2020, pp.82-100
Fri
4/11
10am
Trees south of AW
10:30
11:30
11:40
12:10
Elwha trip preparation

Elwha trip environmental briefing
BREAK
Field expeditions: mental, social, leadership skills
Elwha research project review, discussion, development
      (in project groups)
Revised research proposal due
(**Revised Elwha lit. review, due**)
(**Grande Ronde literature review due**)
LNT 2012
Bartlebaugh 2015

Elwha orthophoto 2018

References cited

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