Students in Dr. Byrne's soils class visited the ORIDE experiment site to collect soil samples for lab analysis. It was a great field trip! Check out the photos below for more information.
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Dr. Byrne and other OIT professors were recognized in a press release on recent research funding received.
Dr. Byrne has been recognized by the Ecological Society of America as a 2016 Education Scholar. See a blog post on the ESA website here.
Kristen Kaczynski and I are collaborating on an exciting new project that is part of the International Drought Experiment. We completed construction this week on our first set of plots near Gerber Reservoir, OR.
This summer OIT Environmental Science undergraduates Morgaine, Chloe, and Aaron will be working on several research projects. We started field work on Monday in unseasonably cold weather! Here we are setting up a demographic study for Applegate's milkvetch at the local airport.
The Klamath County Library, Oregon State University Extension, and the Klamath County Museum is hosting an afternoon of lectures that are free and open to the public! Find more information here. Dr. Byrne will be giving a talk around 3 pm on climate change in rangelands.
Dr. Byrne teaches BIO 313, botany, spring term in even numbered years. We are lucky to have access to many unique botanical areas within a few hours of Klamath Falls. The course has six hours of lab each week, so we often visit local sites during one lab each week, but on our overnight field trip we visit more distant sites. In southwest Oregon we visit fens and serpentine areas, then continue west to the Coast Range, and visit the redwoods as well. See the slideshow below for a few photos from the overnight field trip this past weekend. A few photos from recent botany field trips... This weekend, nearly 25 lichenologists from Washington to California gathered in Klamath Falls for a three-day workshop hosted by Northwest Lichenologists. Dr Byrne hosted the workshop on the OIT campus. It was great to see so many lichen enthusiasts in the biology lab!
One free spot will be given to a continuing student in an upcoming lichen workshop hosted by Northwest Lichenologists at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, OR
Who: Dr. T. Esslinger, Porfessor Emeritus, North Dakota State University, hosted by Northwest Lichenologists What: 3 day foliose lichen workshop, including field trip to Lava Beds National Monument Where: Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR, and Lava Beds National Monument, CA When: Friday April 1-Sunday April 3 Who is eligible for funding? Any undergraduate or graduate student that is currently enrolled in a 2- or 4- year academic institution. Funding will cover cost of attendance, but student is responsible for their own transportation to and from Klamath Falls, and lodging, if applicable. Student may be able to stay at Dr. Byrne’s house if they are coming from out of town- if they prefer this option, please mention it in your application. How to apply: email a one page statement of interest, including your academic background, experience with lichens, and how you would benefit from attending this workshop to Dr. Kerry Byrne (Kerry.Byrne@oit.edu). Statement must be received no later than Friday, 3/25 at 5 pm. Student will be notified no later than Monday, 3/28 if they have been chosen to attend. Questions? Visit the Northwest Lichenologists website or email Dr. Kerry Byrne for additional information. |
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