Winter 2000-2001
In this holiday season, the
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and our extended family of alums and friends have much to give thanks for. We who follow Beaver sports, and who doesn’t these days, have been amazed and delighted at the change in our sports programs.
Beaver football has gone from chronic losing seasons to Top-10 standing over a 2-year period, including a trip to the Fiesta Bowl on January 1. Our women’s basketball team is off to an excellent start as well. Your Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife has not had a losing season for years, but change is good even for teams that are perennial winners.
Many changes are occurring in and around
Nash Hall, and, except for this first item, they are overwhelmingly positive. After six years as Department Head, Erik Fritzell accepted a job as Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Erik’s visionary leadership resulted in significant changes in most everything we do, from our curriculum to collaboration across campus. Erik also brought about many of the other changes detailed in this message. We all owe Erik a big “Thanks!”
Though we will miss him, we are fortunate to have such a strong advocate for the Department in the dean’s office.
The most significant change in the Department is a bunch of new faces—several people have joined or are about to join the family. Mary
Holbert in Newport and Frank Burris in Gold
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New Faculty 3
Awards 5
Jarvis Retires 6
New Distance Course 6
Campells are Diamond Pioneers 6
Alumni Reception 6
From the Mailbag 7
Student News
Donor List
Call for Nominations – Registry of
Distinquished Graduates
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Obituary – Jack Donaldson
Views from the Past
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Beach are new Extension Watershed Agents who joined our faculty this year (see biographical sketches in this issue). Mary and Frank significantly enhance the Department’s extension programming capabilities and bring some badly needed vertebrate ecology to watershed planning efforts in the state.
Several new faculty will be joining us in the next few months. Selina and Scott Heppell , new marine ecologists, begin their appointments in
January. Selina comes to us from a post-doc at
EPA, and Scott was already a post-doc in Carl
Schreck’s lab. Look for bios on this dynamic duo in the summer issue of News and Views . Ian
Fleming will be a salmonid ecologist in our Department with an appointment at the Coastal Oregon
Marine Experiment Station in Newport, and will also arrive in January. Ian’s research will focus on salmon in marine environments. The addition of
Selina, Scott, and Ian to our faculty significantly enhances our expertise in marine fisheries.
News and Views is an alumni newsletter published twice a year by the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife at Oregon State University.
Editor —Jim Hall (Interim)
Mission —The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife discovers, integrates, and disseminates knowledge about wildlife and fisheries resources, as well as ecosystems and human communities with which they interrelate. We accomplish this through interconnected programs of: 1) undergraduate and graduate education; 2) scholarly research; and 3) extended education. We educate diverse people in
Oregon and around the world so they may make wise decisions and take prudent actions to improve the quality, productivity, and sustainability of fish and wildlife resources.
Comments, letters, and suggestions are welcome and should be addressed to: Editor, News and Views ,
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3803.
Guillermo Giannico , our new Extension Fisheries
Specialist, will also join us in January. Guillermo is a salmonid ecologist and watershed educator from the
University of British Columbia. His primary mission will be to focus on educational outreach supporting the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds.
Michael Banks , a fish geneticist with an appointment at the Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment
Station in Newport, will arrive in March. Michael will direct a service laboratory for the state and will focus on stock identification.
There will be some, as yet, unidentified faces coming to the Department in the near future as well.
We are now searching for an individual to replace
Bob Jarvis, who retires this month (replacing Bob is probably not the right way to think about this position—see the notice on p. 6 about plans for a retirement bash for Bob). The new person will be a wetland avian ecologist. Look for interviews for this position in February or March. The Department
Head position will be announced soon, with interviews probably occurring in late winter or early spring. Finally, the Oregon Agricultural Experiment
Station is about to hire a vertebrate habitat ecologist to be stationed in Union. It is not clear whether this will be an aquatic or terrestrial person, but it is likely the person will choose our Department as his or her academic home. Interviews for this position will be in January or February.
These exciting changes in our faculty offer the
Department an unparalleled opportunity to reevaluate our position in the state, region, and nation for providing teaching, research, and extended education related to the conservation of fish and wildlife resources. Be assured, we will continue to maintain our core programs that our reputation is based on, but these changes may open new strategic opportunities as well.
There have been or will be changes in the office support staff as well. Jane Toliver is the new
Fish and Wildlife Research Units secretary. JoAnne
Hensley , an accounting technician, joined the staff in October and provides badly needed support in the administration of the Department’s grants and contracts. We also will be hiring a Departmental
Computer Administrator in December to manage our burgeoning computer networks and technical support needs.
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Even the appearance of Nash Hall has changed. In September, we unveiled the mural series
Linneaus that we commissioned by artist Amelia
Tatala-Beck. The series received critical acclaim from local art enthusiasts, and has done a remarkable job of changing the appearance of Nash Hall.
Next time you are in the neighborhood, stop in and check it out. And don’t forget to drop by my office—I am always interested in your thoughts about the changes in your department.
Dan Edge
Mary Holbert was born in 1958 in the Hudson
River Valley of Upstate
New York. Many of her formative years were spent in the swamp down the hill and/or on the back of a horse. This is relevant to all that follows.
Having an aversion to study halls, Mary graduated from high school at the tender age of 16 and enrolled at Boston University’s College of Liberal
Arts as a pre-veterinary student. Six months of allexpense-paid life at a private school was not so different from the ho-hum of Ichabod Crane High
School and it was off to sunny California.
After a long, rewarding career as a fish filleter, interspersed with numerous educational interludes and a couple of years of pig farming, Mary finally buckled down and got educated at the esteemed U of O. A Master’s in biology yielded a seasonal position at ODFW, measuring halibut on the docks in Newport. Ironically, after carving up countless fish carcasses, then making a decision to move on to bigger and better things, Mary found that higher education led straight back to dead fish…..
Five years later, after trying out numerous seasonal positions including but not limited to: spawning surveys, presence/absence surveys, aquatic habitat inventories, waterfowl surveys, deer and elk surveys, juvenile salmonid population estimate surveys, running fish traps, and two glorious years doing culvert surveys of all the state and county culverts in coastal drainage systems from
California to Washington, Mary was deemed fit to interview for “biologist”. After several unsuccessful bids, she landed a job as the ODFW Watershed
Council Liaison (aka woman- wearing- bull’s -eyewho -attends- lots -of -public meetings). What appeared to be a welcome relief from implanting and extricating salmonberry thorns turned out to be thorny in other ways. However, the new challenges built nicely on all that grubbing around in the woods type experience, and prepared Mary for application to and subsequent employment by OSU Extension.
Having arrived at Extension in April of 2000,
Mary sees her goal as finding common ground with folks who just don’t buy into the Oregon Plan, ecosystem health, or any other agenda not perceived as improving their bottom line. Believing it’s a matter of changing perceptions, Holbert will pursue less traveled avenues, seeking desired ends through nontraditional means. Her experience leads her to believe that providing people with objective, scientifically based knowledge that is in direct opposition to their experience and world view generates a pretty non-productive reaction. She sees her mission as finding a way to describe how what is good for the watershed is good for you. Mary is currently exploring how some types of rural economic development may yield appreciation of the value of watershed integrity in our coast range basins.
Other venues are workshops aimed at answering questions raised by flooded folks (seems like an
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New Faculty—continued from page 3 educational opportunity), where watershed function and process can be discussed in a non-salmon context. Mary believes that opportunities abound for innovative watershed education that works within the world views of folks who don’t find salmon to be the most interesting or important creature on this green earth. It’s all in figuring where to focus the laser beam and how to capture the public imagination.
In her spare time, Mary is enrolled in the small business management program at Oregon Coast
Community College. This effort supports her small but growing business, Mouse Works, a hobby gone awry.
Mouse Works is the mature person’s answer to pig farming. The scale is smaller, the smells though offensive, are more easily contained, and the environmental impacts are negligible.
Mary can be reached at the OSU Extension
Office in Newport, (541) 574-6534 or mary.holbert@orst.edu.
I was born in Northern
California, but grew up in
Fairbanks, Alaska. I learned to love the outdoors and wild things while very young. I studied wildlife biology at the
University of Alaska
Fairbanks (UAF), because of my aversion toward cold slimy creatures and my inability to remember all the
Latin names of so many plants. After using up 4 years of NCAA eligibility in rifle shooting, learning how to sky dive, and falling somewhat short of a degree, I opted to take a short hiatus from school and make the big bucks in the logging industry.
During that brief (8-year) respite from the rigors of school I met and married a lovely woman named Jan, who has stuck with me for almost 20 years (more a testimony to female persistence than any inherently SuperHusband-like qualities in me).
The reality of trying to support a wife on logging wages drove me back to UAF to finish a B.S. in
Wildlife Biology, followed by an M.S. in Wildlife
Management, for which I researched the foraging ecology of northern pintail ducks. I supported my
Grad school habit working as a teaching and research assistant, and teaching The Natural History of Alaska at UAF. Several summers during school I worked as a Fisheries Technician for the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, and as a waterfowl biologist with the US Forest Service.
With the ink not yet dry on my Master’s degree,
I began employment with the University of Alaska
Cooperative Extension Service working with . . . you guessed it, fish! Actually, I had the best job in the world! I taught science teachers in Alaska Native villages how to incorporate fisheries and water quality modules into their existing science curriculums. We grew fish eggs in the classroom and built and stocked streamside salmon egg incubators. I flew, boated, and snow machined over large portions of the state of
Alaska, and got paid for it. Unfortunately, the position was term funded, ending the best deal I ever had.
Jan and I became co-owners of a 2,900 acre ranch in the interior of Alaska, and raised and released game birds as a pay-to-hunt operation. We also planted several hundred acres in barley, wheat, oats, canola, and hay, yearly. Our season was limited to the summer months so we taught high school during the winters. Our business motto was “we cheat ourselves and pass the savings on to you”, so, after losing as much money as we could afford to lose, I began looking for another job in Extension.
I was incredibly lucky to land a Watershed
Management position with OSU Extension. I get to work with ranchers, farmers, and private woodland owners on projects to improve water quality, restore fish populations, and create habitat for fish and wildlife endemic to the south coast of Oregon. We and our black lab named Rozzy (who just had puppies, does anyone need a puppy?) have been here since
May 15 th , and we all love it. It hardly ever rains here.
I’m beginning to think that all of the stories I’ve heard about rain are like the stories about the cold that we propagated in Alaska just to keep the tourists from falling in love and staying.
You can reach Frank at the OSU Extension
Office in Gold Beach, (541) 247-6672 or frank.burris@orst.edu.
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On September 15, Dr. John A. Crawford , Professor of Wildlife Ecology, was honored with two awards for his long-term research in wildlife conservation. A reception was held at the Memorial Union on the OSU campus. The Order of the Antelope, an
Oregon-based conservation organization of some
2,500 members, presented Dr. Crawford their
“ Award of Excellence ” for his research on Sage
Grouse and other species of wildlife in the Great
Basin. The presentation was made by Dr. Richard
A. Tubb of the Order of the Antelope and former
Head of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife.
The second award also related to Dr. Crawford’s research work, particularly at Hart Mountain
National Antelope Refuge in Oregon and at the
Charles Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. The “ Certificate of Appreciation ” was provided by Mr. Michael L. Nunn, the chief administrator of these refuges. The award was presented by Dr. Daniel Roby of the Oregon Cooperative
Wildlife Research Unit.
Dr. Crawford joined the OSU faculty in 1974 as an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology after completing degrees at Creighton University (B.S.) in
Biology, the University of Nebraska at Omaha
(M.S.) also in Biology, and Texas Tech University in
Range and Wildlife Management (Ph.D.). He established the Game Bird Research Program at
OSU and focused his work on the habitat relationships of game birds in North America and in several other locations in the world. He has held numerous offices and editorial positions with professional organizations and was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the North American Grouse Partnership, an international conservation organization.
At the 123 rd Annual Meeting of the American
Fisheries Society, held in St. Louis in August, Dr.
Carl B. Schreck received the Award for Excellence in Fisheries Education , the Society’s highest education award. The purpose of the award is “to publicly recognize excellence in organized teaching and advising in fisheries science or management”.
Quoting from the citation: “Students and peers who wrote letters of support commonly referred to your uncanny ability to mentor students, your use of the
‘team effort’ method for education, and the fact that you always demanded excellence, but showed great respect for skills and talents of individual students”.
Carl, who received his Ph.D. from Colorado
State University, arrived at OSU in 1975 as Assistant Leader of the Cooperative Fishery Research
Unit. Now Professor of Fisheries, he has served as
Unit Leader since 1977. Carl has received several other awards for his research, which has centered on environmental physiology of fishes. Special areas of emphasis have included the effects of stress associated with dam passage and migration in the
Columbia River; fish development, particularly related to ocean entry by juvenile salmon and trout; and effects of pollutants on fish health and reproduction in rivers and estuaries. He has supervised approximately 50 M.S. and Ph.D. theses to date.
Notably, of the 13 Awards of Excellence that have been given since the award was established in
1988, four have recognized our department. Carl joins the ranks with two former students, Terry
Roelofs , Ph.D. ‘71, now teaching at Humboldt
State University, and Roy Stein , M.S. ‘71, now at
Ohio State University, and one other faculty member, Jim Hall .
Wilfrido Contreras-Sanchez, a doctoral student working with Carl Schreck, received the 2000
Savery Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the College of Agricultural Sciences. Wilfrido was cited for his academic and professional achievements and for his service to both the
University community and the profession. Again our
Department has achieved outstanding recognition.
Our students have taken the Outstanding Doctoral
Student award in 4 of the last 12 years.
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After 30 years in the Department of Fisheries and
Wildlife, Bob Jarvis is hanging up his lecture notes effective December 31, 2000. (Actually, he is going to continue to use them for a couple of years on a part-time teaching appointment, but he will be officially retired). The Department is planning a fete in honor of his long and effective service to students and to the natural resources of the Pacific Northwest. We have reserved Tyee Winery in Corvallis for July 21st for a dinner and celebration. Circle the date on your calendar and plan to be at this special event. An added incentive to draw you to Corvallis that weekend is the annual DaVinci Days celebration.Further details on the Jarvis party will be mailed in May. In the meantime, be gathering up those photos and stories to share.
February 14, 2001—5:30-6:30 PM
Grand Ballroom West
Jantzen Beach Double Tree Hotel, Portland
Annual meeting of the Oregon Chapters of the
American Fisheries Society & The Wildlife Society
Immediately followed by a student mentoring session.
Stop by and have a beer on us and provide some sage advice to our students.
Homer Campbell ‘48, M.S. ‘63, and his wife
Meg were recently inducted into the College of
Agricultural Sciences Diamond Pioneer Agricultural
Achievement Registry. Homer was recognized for his contributions to fishery research and management and for exceptional efforts in promoting conservation of natural resources since his retirement. He was the first Fisheries Agent in the Northeast Region for the
Oregon State Game Commission and served for many years as Assistant Director (Fisheries) for the
Research Division of the Game Commission. Homer has been active with the Audubon Society and
Oregon Natural Desert Association, among other conservation groups, since his retirement.
Meg was recognized for contributions to gardening, 4-H leadership, and especially for her work with the Greenbelt Land Trust, of which she was a founder. The Trust has been active in land-use planning and in presevation of open space in the
Corvallis area.
The Departments of Fisheries and Wildlife and
History have been awarded a grant for a joint project to develop a new course for distance delivery: “Ecology and History: Landscapes of the
Columbia Basin”. Funding is through the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Higher Education
Challenge Grants Program, and extends for three years. Key personnel include Paula Minear (F&W
Distance Education Coordinator), William Robbins
(Department of History), and Erik Fritzell (College of Agricultural Sciences). The course will be offered on an experimental basis this spring term and will be finalized for distance delivery via videotapes and web the following spring (2002).
The purpose of this course is to offer a broad inquiry into the lengthy and complex ecology and history of the extensive Columbia River Basin.
Through guest lectures from regional experts, accompanied by visual illustrations and readings, students will be asked to examine the natural/ physical world of the Columbia Basin as it has evolved since the Late Pleistocene. Special attention will be given to the interface between humans and their surrounding landscapes. Students will explore in some detail the wide-ranging and progressively expanding cultural disturbances that have taken place and the effects of these disturbances on natural processes and landscapes. Cost share assistance for this project will be provided by the Oregon
Historical Society, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and the Center for the Study of Columbia River History.
For further information, please contact Paula Minear at 1-800-261-7049.
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by W. Daniel Edge
Editors Note: Lee Kuhn has not been feeling well of late and was unable to write this issue’s Mailbag. You might drop him a note to wish him well. Lee’s address is 5855 SW West Hills Road, Corvallis, OR 97333.
Morrie Naggiar , ‘48, has been working at the St.
Louis Mission historical and archaeological site since retirement from a career that included Biologist with
Florida Fish and Game on the St. Johns River, Information and Education Chief for Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, and back to Florida to be supervisor of hatcheries and editor of Florida Wildlife magazine.
Morrie writes, “last year was the first year I haven’t trapped since about year one.”
Eldon “Korp” Korpela , ‘50, checked in to say he was one of the “unidentified” in the 1950 Fish and Game graduation class photo in the summer 2000 issue of
News &Views. Following graduation, Korp worked for the Oregon Fish Commission for seven years before getting an Oregon teaching certificate. He taught junior high and high school for 27 years and served on the STEP Advisory Committee for 15 years.
“I have gill netted the Columbia River for over fifty years and Bristol Bay and Cook Inlet, Alaska waters for
47 summers.” Don’t stop now Korp, and thanks for bucks in support of News and Views.
Another great letter and generous check from Jim
Kahrs , ‘51, of Osage Beach Missouri. Jim has always blamed Lee and Carl Bond for getting him into the catfish rearing business. Of course they have always been all too willing to accept the blame (credit?), since his operation has grown from a small minnow farm to the international fish farm known as Osage
Catfisheries, Inc. with offices in the U.S., China, and
Germany. Many honors and awards have come to Jim and the Kahrs family, including Catfish Farmer of the
Year from Catfish Farmers of America. In 1999 Jim was inducted into the American Fisheries Society Fish
Culture Hall of Fame, and in 2000 the National Aquaculture Association presented Jim with the Joe
McCraren Award for distinguished lifetime contributions to Aquaculture. Not bad for a poor old Missouri boy who just wanted to raise a few catfish!
Karl Niggol , ‘55, wrote a wonderful letter expressing his gratitude to Lee Kuhn and the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife for some great memories of
Corvallis. Karl immigrated to the U.S. just two years prior to starting college at Oregon State. A career with marine mammals following graduation led to adventures all over the North Pacific Rim region. At 83, Karl is in good health, has his garden and a good view of the
Sound and Coast Range mountains from his Edmonds,
Washington home. He still remembers Lee’s road-kill barbequed deer. Speaking of which, the Department is planning a road-kill potluck for sometime in the spring.
Darrell Gretz , ‘57, sent a check and some photos of a
90-pound, 71-inch paddle fish he caught in 1969 near the Slippery Ann Station on the Missouri River in
Montana. That fish is longer and looks to be about as heavy as you Darrell–must have been quite the experience getting that one in!
Lane Widmark , ‘58, is keeping active. “After retiring in 1987 from teaching school, I took on a non-paying position in wildlife management. I’m in charge of trying to keep deer and rabbits out of our garden.” . . .
“In 1981 I started bicycling and have solo-toured to
Arkansas, Iowa twice, Washington to Maine twice, eight time across Oregon. We toured Nova Scotia and
PEI on our tandem plus lots of other bike-camping trips.” Thanks for the check, Lane; it will cover postage and then some.
Russ Hanson , ‘69, writes he is Director of Environmental Health for Crook County and does all the
Oregon Health Division programs plus the DEQ on-site septic program. Along the way, Russ got a M.S. in
Environmental Health and retired as a Major from the
U.S. Army as an Environmental Science Officer.
Thanks for the check, Russ.
Dave Armstrong , M.S. ‘74, who has been on the faculty of the School of Fisheries at the University of
Washington, was appointed Director of the School in
1998.
Any other place, he’d be called the Dean.
Congratulations, Dave .
Pat O’Donogue , ‘77, writes “I am still in the Marine
Corps after 23 years and have about three years left in my stint. Was privileged to have been recently promoted to Colonel and have assumed duties as the
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-7 at I Marine Expeditionary
Force at Camp Pendleton, California.” Pat notes that he is hoping to try his hand at Wildlife Science after retiring from the Marine Corps, and thanks Lee for his work on News and Views . And thanks to you, Pat, for your contribution for printing expenses.
Monty Gregg , ‘95, reports that he just got a permanent position as a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest
Service in the Bend Ranger District. He and his wife
Carissa have a new baby daughter, as well. Congratulations, Monty.
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Mailbag—continued from page 7
A get-well card to Lee Kuhn orchestrated by Jim Haas ,
‘53, had notes from Bob Gunsolus , ‘50, Art Oakley ,
‘53, and Don Swartz , ‘65. Bob observed, “We’re kind of like old cars–keep replacing and repairing until the parts are too old.” Yeah Bob, and those “old cars” are classics. Jim sends news of Carroll Rieck , ‘52, who has developed a novel way of making caretaking affordable and practical. Carroll and his wife, Ellen, who is ill, live in Pueblo, Mexico with a live-in Mexican couple as caregivers.
Congratulations and Best Wishes to
Charles Warren , ‘49, M.S. ‘51, and Angie
Rands, who were married December 27 at a
large gathering of both families at Black Butte
Ranch. You can drop a note to Charles and
Angie at P.O. Box 8054, Black Butte Ranch,
OR 97759
or what do they learn?
“This experience has taught me how important it is to work together. When you put six people together, from all areas of the U.S., you have to expect a little controversy. I have learned how to be a better team player and found out that not all people are great to work with.” Christine Harty, Intern
– BLM Pryor Mtn.
“One unique experience this summer was being the youngest person in our crew. I was able to step back and compare my professional goals with theirs. I have concluded that I would rather not have to do such strenuous fieldwork by the time I become the age of many of the other workers.”
Johnathon Bishop, Intern – USGS/Forest & Rangeland
Ecosystem Study Center
“It has been a real eye-opener. I have had a unique opportunity to become involved with and understand the private logging industry in a way I could never accomplish in the classroom. I hope to someday be able to work with cooperative private industries to find ways to work with rather than against wildlife.” Joe Feldhaus, Intern –
Weyerhaeuser Corp.
“I learned how important human dimensions are in natural resource management. The public can often be difficult to deal with.” Tara Norris, Intern – ODFW
“I have learned about self work ethic and how management of wildlife is tied into the culture of the area.” Garrett
Dorsey, Intern – ODFW
“Group dynamics have a great effect on the quality of work that is produced. We had some difficulties, but once I put myself in my teammates shoes I was able to accept their special quirks and use them to our advantage. This experience helped to narrow my career path. After this summer I am leaning towards careers where I can do management as well as public outreach.” Mika Snowbarger,
Intern – USFS
“I saw firsthand the politics and limitations of working with a species in habitat that has been significantly altered. I was able to be involved in a project that required cooperation from other government agencies, which can be difficult at times.” Jamie Wisnowski, Intern – USFWS Wolf Recovery Program
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The Fish and Wildlife Club started the quarter by helping the Department put on a chicken barbeque and by taking new students on a hike to the top of
Marys Peak. Club members have already organized several field trips for experiential learning, including trips to learn wildlife tracking, experience deep sea fishing, assist ODFW with chinook salmon seining, evaluate the condition of Oak Creek, and attend a meeting on rare carnivores. In addition, the Club was active in community education events. They co- sponsored Museum Days at OSU,where over
600 elementary school students interacted with members to learn about wildlife; helped teach 6th graders about aquatic science through the Corvallis
Outdoor School; and assisted the Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation put on Winter Camp, a statewide public education event. The Club is also showing sound fiscal responsibility. Members have sponsored two fundraisers and developed a funding proposal to the College of Agricultural Sciences.
Further, the Club was awarded almost $4,500 in grants from the E.R. Jackman Foundation. The funds will be used to facilitate the annual Spring
Break Trip and other events. This year the Club will be traveling to Death Valley and Yosemite National
Parks. It should prove to be a valuable learning experience . . . not to mention a lot of fun! The Club ended the quarter on a fun note by holding the
Faculty Finals Fish Fry, with members cooking fish for faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students.
Although it took a VERY LONG TIME for the deep fryers to heat up, it was worth the wait—the fish proved to be very tasty and a good time was had by all who attended. If you have any ideas for the Club, contact Kevin Taft, Club president, at taft
@mailbox.orst.edu

DONOR LIST The following people and organizations generously supported the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife during the year 2000, through November 30. A special thanks to all!
John Adair
Les & Majorie Amick
Barry & Linda Armentrout
Norman & Donna Baldwin
Curtis & Judi Bale
Norman & Donna Barrett
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Calvin Taylor
James & Georgia Torland
Fumiye Totani
John & Carolyn Walker
Walter & Shirley Whitworth
Lane & Mary Widmark
Richard & Barbara Wilmot
Charles & Gail Woosley
Patrick & Michaelon Wright
Yoshio & Kunghee Yoshida
Robert & Patricia Zigas
Organizations
Alaska Boat Co.
Clearwater BioStudies, Inc.
Fancy Plants, Inc.
Nike, Inc.
Occidental Petroleum
Oregon Fish & Game Council
Oregon Foundation for
Blacktail Deer
Upjohn Company Foundation
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The Registry of Distinguished Graduates is intended to recognize a select few of our alumni who have made major contributions to the field of fisheries and wildlife, and who have achieved real distinction in a career in natural resource education, research, or management.
Nominations Sought for 2001 Inductees
The committee for the Registry of Distinguished
Graduates, composed of two faculty, Carl Schreck and Hal Weeks , and two alumni, Mike Passmore ,
‘74, M.S. ‘77, and Rebecca Goggans , M.S. ‘86, is seeking nominations for the 2001 inductees.
Candidates should be nominated from among those
OSU graduates with at least 20 years of experience in the field. Nominations can take many forms, but should describe the highlights of the nominee’s professional career. A resume may be the most useful format, but a letter describing the nominee’s career and achievements also would suffice. Please send nominations by April 1, 2001 to:
Department Head
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
104 Nash Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-3803 or e-mail: daniel.edge@orst.edu
Dr. Jack Donaldson, a former professor in the Department of
Fisheries and Wildlife, suffered a heart attack in Portland and passed away on October 31, 2000. A salmon feast tribute to Jack was held at the World Forestry Center on December 18 th . Friends and family shared memories and reflections, each adding a small amount of water to a basin in the center of the circle.
Jack’s son Gordon opened the tribute with a heartfelt invitation to share and his son Peter closed the tribute with his own reflections and a poem to his father. The tribute continued with a salmon feast and the sharing of stories and renewal of friendships. Water from the tribute basin was added to the Willamette River by family members.
Born on January 14, 1929, Jack got all three degrees from the University of Washington, was a
Fulbright Scholar in Norway, and worked for the
Oregon Fish Commission and the Washington Department of Game before coming to Oregon State University. He taught Limnology in the Department from 1966 to 1973 and served as major professor for graduate students in limnology, stream ecology, and aquaculture.
Professionals in natural resource ecology and management throughout the Pacific Northwest and the nation frequently comment on Jack’s influence, inspiration, and guidance in their lives. Mark Hutton, one of Jack’s graduate students and employee at OreAqua, noted
“The hundreds of students and co-workers that Jack inspired are a timeless celebration of his life.” Jack’s science, ideas, and spirit are deeply woven into the fabric of natural resource ecology and watershed management in the Pacific Northwest.
At the time of his death, Jack and his son Peter were working on a project called the Watershed
Legacy. Peter is hoping to make this project a legacy for Jack and is working with Ecotrust and others to make it a reality. Watershed Legacy would bring people together to volunteer their time, talents, and/or money to creatively explore new directions in watershed management, a process that became Jack’s passion in recent years. Contact Peter Donaldson, Creative
Director for Watershed Legacy
(pdonaldson@qwest.net), for more information or to volunteer assistance. Tax-deductible contributions for establishing the Watershed Legacy Education Initiative in memory of the guiding spirit of Jack Donaldson can be sent to Ecotrust, 1200 Northwest Naito Parkway,
Suite 470, Portland, OR 97209. Checks made out to
Ecotrust should be designated “Watershed Legacy” on the memo line.
Jack Donaldson was a leader in the Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, one of the early leaders in the
International Biological Program, developer of
OreAqua, Director of the Oregon Department of Fish
& Wildlife, and leader of the Columbia Basin Fish and
Wildlife Authority. He was an eloquent and visionary leader in the Pacific Northwest. With all the current attention to salmon carcasses and their role in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, it is notable that his research on nutrient cycling from sockeye carcasses in
Lake Illiamna pioneered this field. In 1971 he asked this naive Tennessee boy to come to Oregon to study the role of carcasses in stream ecosystems under the IBP
Program at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. We will miss his wisdom and infectious smile.
Stan Gregory
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What a blast! Dynamite ditching demonstration, February 28, 1942. Participants, all from the Class of ‘42 unless noted, include Austin Hamer, Harve Ronne ‘41, Cecil Whitmore ‘38, Don Barber, Don Vogtman,
Virgil Lyon, Bob Mace, Wayne Young, Lee Kuhn, and Don Dickey.
This distinquished group gathered at the Oregon Wildlife Federation meeting in Corvallis, January 1970.
From the left, George Eicher ‘41, Bill Morse ‘40, Prof. Dimick, Bob Mace ‘42, Bob Holloway ‘38,
Phil Schneider ‘40, Dave Luman ‘48, and (in part) Andy Landforce ‘42.
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