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Environmental Proffesional Program CV

Selected publications of EPP course facilitators, 2020-2026

2026

Krivtsov, V., Allen, K., Goss, T., Mork, L., & Thorne, C. R. (2026). Initial responses of riparian vegetation and wetland functions to Stage 0 restoration of Whychus Creek, Oregon. Land, 15(3), 500.

Lee, A., Vito, O., McHenry, M., Abbe, T., Pess, G., Liermann, M., & Taylor, M. K. (2026). Wood restoration results in rapid conversion of a degraded plane‐bed channel, Little River, Washington. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 51(5), e70307.

Obedzinski, M., Grantham, T.E., Horton, G.E., Pess, G.R. and Carlson, S.M., 2026. Geomorphic, hydroclimatic, and biotic factors influence juvenile emigration timing from tributaries in a southern Coho Salmon population. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 83, pp.1-18.

Ouellet, V., Murchie, K. J., Kocik, J., Pess, G. R., Beechie, T., Saunders, R., ... & Ogburn, M. B. (2026). How most influential ecological and geomorphologic river concepts shaped modern aquatic ecology and restoration.

Peters, R. J., Pess, G. R., Denton, K. P., Claiborne, A. M., McMillan, J. R., Fraik, A. K., ... & Bennett, T. R. (2026). Life history diversity of Oncorhynchus mykiss in the Elwha River during and following dam removal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 1772015.

2025

Bottom, D. L., Jones, K. K., Borde, A. B., Krueger, K. L., Johnson, G. E., Castro, J. M., & Thom, R. M. (2025). A salmon ecosystem conceptual foundation for estuary restoration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-22.

Mason, R. J., Johnson, M. F., Wohl, E., Russell, C. E., Olden, J. D., Polvi, L. E., ... & Thorne, C. R. (2025). Rebalancing river lateral connectivity: an interdisciplinary focus for research and management. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 12(1), e1766.

Noone, W. N., Edwards, P. M., Pan, Y., & Thorne, C. (2025). Floodplain restoration and its effects on summer water temperature and macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon (USA). River Research and Applications, 41(1), 37-55.

2024

Dugdale, S., Colley, M., Edwards, P., Flitcroft, R. L., Holz, A., Johnson, M. F., ... & Thorne C. R.  (2024, December). Sentinel-2 imagery highlights potential role of floodplain restoration in enhancing wildfire resilience and post-fire recovery in South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, No. 1341, pp. EP43C-1341).

Edwards, P. M., Bedell, D., Hubler, S. L., Larson, C. A., Macneale, K. H., Mickelson, E., ...& Wilhelm, J. (2024). An index of biotic integrity for macroinvertebrate stream bioassessment conducted by community scientists. Freshwater Science, 43(2), 183-197.

Edwards, P. M., Popp, N.C., Pan, Y., Weilhoefer, C. L., Peterman, A. B., Mork, L. A., Thorne, C. R. ... & Popp, B. N. (2024). Reconnecting a stream channel to its floodplain: implications for benthic diatoms and macroinvertebrate trophic structure. RestorationEcology, 32(4), e14123.

Kiffney, P. M., Anderson, J. H., Liermann, M. C., Jones, E. L., Pess, G. R., & Kretschmer, F. (2024). Population recovery of a migratory anadromous fish in a small forest stream following restoration of longitudinal connectivity. Restoration Ecology, 32(7), e14209.

Noone, W. N., Edwards, P. M., Pan, Y., & Thorne, C. (2024). Floodplain Restoration and Its Effects on Summer Water Temperature and Macroinvertebrates in Whychus Creek, Oregon (USA). River Research and Applications.

Pess, G. R., McHenry, M. L., Denton, K., Anderson, J. H., Liermann, M. C., Peters, R. J., ... & Hanson, K. M. (2024). Initial responses of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) to removal of two dams on the Elwha River, Washington State, USA. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12, 1241028.

Peters, R. J., Anderson, J. H., Duda, J. J., McHenry, M., Pess, G. R., Brenkman, S. J., ... & Connor, H. A. (2024). Challenges of implementing a multi-agency monitoring and adaptive management strategy for federally threatened Chinook salmon and steelhead trout during and after dam removal in the Elwha River. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, 1291265.

2023

Downs, P. W., Soar, P. J., Biedenharn, D.S., Cox, A., Dahl, T. A., Haring, C. P., ...& Thorne, C. R. (2023, May). From forecast to foresight: a decision-support framework for visioning channel evolution in river management. In Proceedings from the Sedimentation and Hydrologic Modeling (SEDHYD) 2023 conference, May (pp. 8-12).

Ledger, K. J., Su, Y., Jeon, J. Y., Fullerton, A. H., Kuligowski, D., Bennett, T., ... & Pess G. R. (2023). Using riverscape genetics to investigate the genetic response of two species and their life-history forms to dam removal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1225229.

Liedtke, T. L., Harris, J. E., Wang, C. J., & Sutton, T. M. (2023). Bringing partners together: A symposium on native lampreys and the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative. N Am J Fish Manag, 43, 1449-1457.

Mason, R. J., Johnson, M. F., Wohl, E., Russell, C. E., Olden, J. D., Polvi, L. E., ...& Thorne, C. R. (2025). Rebalancing River Lateral Connectivity: An Interdisciplinary Focus for Research and Management. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 12(1), e1766.

Munsch, S. H., McHenry, M., Liermann, M. C., Bennett, T. R., McMillan, J., Moses, R., & Pess, G. R. (2023). Dam removal enables diverse juvenile life histories to emerge in threatened salmonids repopulating a heterogeneous landscape. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 1188921.

Kiffney, P. M., Lisi, P. J., Liermann, M., Naman, S. M., Anderson, J. H., Bond, M. H., ... & Pess, G. R. (2023). Colonization of a temperate river by mobile fish following habitat reconnection. Ecosphere, 14(2), e4336.

Pess, G. R., McHenry, M. L., Liermann, M. C., Hanson, K. M., & Beechie, T. J. (2023). How does over two decades of active wood reintroduction result in changes to stream channel features and aquatic habitats of a forested river system?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(4), 817-829.

2022

Johnson, M.F., Edwards, P.M., Todd, R., Castro, J. M., & Thorne, C. R. (2022). Performance of an environmentally‐aligned, low maintenance flood alleviation scheme on the Burn of Mosset, Forres, Scotland. River Research and Applications, 38(9), 1544-1554.

Hood, W. G., Blauvelt, K., Bottom, D. L., Castro, J. M., Johnson, G.E., Jones, K. K., ...& Wilson, A. (2022). Using landscape ecology principles to prioritize habitat restoration projects across the Columbia River Estuary. Restoration Ecology, 30(3), e13519.

Powers, P., Staab, B., Cluer, B., & Thorne, C. (2022). Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring Entiatqua: Identifying pre‐Anthropocene valleys in North Cascadia, USA. River Research and Applications, 38(9), 1527-1543.

Pugh, B. E., Colley, M., Dugdale, S. J., Edwards, P.M., Flitcroft, R., Holz, A., Thorne, C., ... &Field, R. (2022). A possible role for river restoration enhancing biodiversity through interactionwith wildfire. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(10), 1990-2004.

Tabor, R. A., Johnson, J. R., Peters, R. J., Mahan, R., McHenry, M. L., Brenkman, S. J., ... & Pess, G. R.. (2022). Distribution, relative abundance, and length of sculpins in the Elwha River watershed following the removal of two hydroelectric dams. Northwest Science, 95(3-4), 292-306.

2021

Clemens, B. J., & Wang, C. J. (2021). Dispelling misperceptions of native lampreys (Entosphenus and Lampetra spp.) in the Pacific Northwest (USA). Conservation Science and Practice, 3(6), e402.

Duda, J. J., Torgersen, C. E., Brenkman, S. J., Peters, R. J., Sutton, K. T., Connor, H. A., ... & Pess, G. R. (2021). Reconnecting the Elwha river: spatial patterns of fish response to dam removal. Front. Ecol. Evol., 9.

Duda, J. J., Hoy, M. S., Chase, D. M., Pess, G. R., Brenkman, S. J., McHenry, M. M., & Ostberg, C. O. (2021). Environmental DNA is an effective tool to track recolonizing migratory fish following large‐scale dam removal. Environmental DNA, 3(1), 121-141.

Fraik, A. K., McMillan, J. R., Liermann, M., Bennett, T., McHenry, M. L., McKinney, G. J., ... & Pess, G. R. (2021). The impacts of dam construction and removal on the genetics of recovering steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations across the Elwha River watershed. Genes, 12(1), 89.

Green, D., O'Donnell, E., Johnson, M., Slater, L., Thorne, C., Zheng, S., ... & Boothroyd, R. J. (2021). Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 8(6), e1560.

Lucas, M. C., Hume, J. B., Almeida, P. R., Aronsuu, K., Habit, E., Silva, S., ... & Wang C. J.. (2021). Emerging conservation initiatives for lampreys: Research challenges and opportunities. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 47, S690-S703.

Wohl, E., Castro, J., Cluer, B., Merritts, D., Powers, P., Staab, B., & Thorne, C. (2021). Rediscovering, reevaluating, and restoring lost river-wetland corridors. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 653623.

2020

Clark, C., Roni, P., Keeton, J., & Pess, G. (2020). Evaluation of the removal of impassable barriers on anadromous salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 27(1), 102-110.

Edwards P.M., Shaloum G (2020) Citizen Science and Ecological Restoration. Society for Ecological Restoration News. Vol 34 (2).

Edwards, P. M., Pan, Y., Mork, L., & Thorne, C. (2020). Using diatoms to assess river restoration: A pilot study in Whychus Creek,Oregon, USA. River ResearchandApplications, 36(10), 20892095.

Johnson, M.F., Thorne, C.R., Castro, J. M., Kondolf, G. M., Mazzacano, C. S., Rood, S. B., & Westbrook, C. (2020). Biomic river restoration: A new focus for river management. River Research and Applications, 36(1), 3-12.

Morley, S. A., Foley, M. M., Duda, J. J., Beirne, M. M., Paradis, R. L., Johnson, R. C., ... & Pess, G. R. (2020). Shifting food web structure during dam removal—Disturbance and recovery during a major restoration action. PLoS One, 15(9), e0239198.

Morley, S. A., Duda, J. J., Johnson, R. C., McHenry, M. L., Elofson, M., Sampson, E. M., & Pess, G. R. (2020). Fish Diet and Invertebrate Drift Data in the Elwha River Watershed Before and During Dam Removal.

O'Donnell, E., Thorne, C., Ahilan, S., Arthur, S., Birkinshaw, S., Butler, D., ...& Wright, N. (2020). The blue-green path to urban flood resilience. Blue-Green Systems, 2(1), 28-45.

O’Donnell, E. C., Thorne, C. R., Yeakley, J. A., & Chan, F. K. S. (2020). Sustainable flood risk and stormwater management in blue‐green cities; an interdisciplinary case study in Portland, Oregon. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 56(5), 757-775.

Waite, I. R., Pan, Y., & Edwards, P. M. (2020). Assessment of multi-stressors on compositional turnover of diatom, invertebrate and fish assemblages along an urban gradient in Pacific Northwest streams (USA). Ecological Indicators, 112, 106047.