Today's Voices of Conservation Science

Chloe Wasteneys, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her winding path to graduate school, her love for trees, and her research on whitebark pine.

Jessica Eggers, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses growing up on the Crow Reservation in Montana and how that shaped her passion for conservation a…

Dr. Andrea Litt, Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her career path and amazing research program on many wildlife species.

Mary Levandowski, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her research on wetland biodiversity in Grand Teton National Park. She also discusses here pas…

Shane Petch, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses his love for the outdoors growing up in western Colorado and how he has overcome some periods of se…

Matea Djokic, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her career path from cognitive psychology to studying pallid sturgeon. She also discusses her nove…

Kristen Cook, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her career path from horses to fish to mussels.  She also discusses her career with the U.S. Fish …

Tanner Cox, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses how he became interested in the natural resource profession and what the profession can do to better…

Jonathan Merkle, a graduate student at Montana State University in the Department of Ecology, discusses his early love for museums and zoology.  He also discusses his graduate research on African wil…

James Waxe, a graduate student at Montana State University, discusses sage grouse research in Montana and Idaho.  He also discusses his passion for the natural world and how that moved him to get a d…

Michael MacDonald, a graduate student at Montana State University in the Department of Ecology, discusses his wonderful path to graduate school.  He also discusses his research on how caddisflies alt…

Taylor Preul, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses her path and hurdles to graduate school at Montana State University. She also discusses her resear…

Holden Reinert, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses his complex path to a graduate position at Montana State University and his research on the infl…

Maddie Lewis, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses how she started her career in conservation and the path to her current position.  She also discuss…

Nate Bowersock, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses how he started his career working with charismatic megafauna and his current M.S. research on bl…

Dr. Christopher Guy with the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit discusses the individuals that inspired him to have a career in fisheries science.  He also discusses his research program and w…

Ben Triano, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses his research on Arctic Grayling in southwest Montana.

Nick Voss, a graduate student in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University, discusses how he got started in conservation and his research project on non-native smallmouth bass in the Yell…

Michael Coryell, a graduate student in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, discusses his research on how the gut microbiome protects us from arsenic exposure.  We also discuss how he becam…