Poster Presentations 2022

Visitor access, use, and desired improvements in urban parks

  • Michelle Talal | Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholar, Tel Aviv University, Oregon State University

  • Mary Santelmann | Oregon State University


History of Tualatin Hills Nature Park

  • Rod Coles | Chairperson, Friends of Tualatin Hills Nature Park

  • Margaret Armstrong | Friends of Tualatin Hills Nature Park

  • Eric Butler | Friends of Tualatin Hills Nature Park


The Secret Garden: Results and Reflections from the Leach Back 5 Project

  • Gwyn Case | Johnson Creek Watershed Council


The future of Portland’s forests: conifer regeneration and barriers to recruitment in urban and rural forests

  • Mila Pruiett | Lewis & Clark College


Rats and Bird Feeders; Myths, Truths and IPM Strategies for Norway Rats

  • Keith Chaloux | Owner / IPM Specialist, Pest & Pollinator LLC


Analysis of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Willamette River, Portland, Oregon

  • Mariah "Maya" Vertulfo | M.S. Student, Environmental Science and Management Program, Portland State University


Natives and Nativars: Understanding Pollinator Preference for Native Plants and Their Cultivated Counterparts in the Pacific Northwest

  • Jen Hayes | Graduate Research Assistant, Garden Ecology Lab, Horticulture Department, Oregon State University


Spreading Information not Invasive Species: Oregon Invasive Species Council’s online information hub to inform, share, and collaborate

  • Nicole Brooks | Agriculture Specialist, Customs and Border Protection

  • Alexander Staunch | Mosaic Ecology LLC

  • Jalene Littlejohn | Samara Group


Field Crews as Data Collectors for Effective Restoration

  • Llewyn Whipps | Habitat Restoration Specialist, Ash Creek Forest Management


Heavy metal deposition in epiphytes in downtown Portland, OR in areas of tear gas munitions detonation

  • Evelyn Haase | Reed College


Centering farmers’ perspectives in assessing the resilience of food farming in rapidly urbanizing regions

  • Jude Wait | Action-Research Scholar in Agroecology & Urban Ecosystems, Washington State University


Spatial analysis of landscape characteristics, anthropogenic factors, and seasonality effects on water quality in Portland, Oregon

  • Katherine Gelsey | Undergraduate, Pomona College


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Community engagement can accelerate research about urban forest health issues

  • Joseph Hulbert, Washington State University