Winter 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

6 FIRST FLIGHT: ENGAGING NOVICE BIRDWATCHERS WITH MERLIN BIRD ID Summer Delehanty, Human-centered Design & Engineering ‘25

14 HIGH ADAPTABILITY, LIMITED OCCUPANCY: MAPPING HABITAT FOR NON-NATIVE RED FOX IN WA Chris Steinbronn, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management ‘27

17 ALONE IN THE SHALLOWS: FORAGING DYNAMICS OF GREAT BLUE HERONS IN FALSE BAY Alice Vimal, Marine Biology ‘26

20 SEAWEED TO SOIL: AN EXPLORATION OF SUGAR KELP AS A COMPOSTING SUPPLEMENT Mathilda Myerhoff, Environmental Studies & Anthropology ‘26

22 MONITORING FOREST HEALTH IN POINT DEFIANCE STATE PARK, WA Nelson Pham, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management ‘27

25 BREWERS WITHOUT BORDERS: HOW HOPS SHAPE WASHINGTON’S ENVIRONMENT AND BELGIUM’S ECONOMY Orion De Smet, Environmental Studies ‘26, Adlai Knutson, Envrionmental Studies ‘26, and Emily Sanders, Economics ‘26

28 FROGS AND FRONDS: EVALUATING THE HEALTH OF WETLANDS ON BAINBRIDGE ISLAND Jake Levin, Marine Biology ‘26

32 RIGHTS FOR RESIDENTS: PROTECTING SOUTHERN RESIDENT ORCAS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Alexa Lavinder, Earth and Space Sciences ‘26

35 REMOTE SENSING: ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR SCIENTISTS AND GLOBAL POWER DYNAMICS Sage Mailhiot, Environmental Science & Terrestrial Resource Management, ‘26 and Ryan Luvera, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Marine Biology, ‘26

38 BEYOND BANS: RETHINKING CHEMICAL REGULATION IN THE AGE OF PFAS Kate Allhusen, Marine Biology ‘26 and Sophie Garrote, Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management ‘26

40 FRICTIONS BETWEEN GREEN ENERGY AND TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY Phoebe Berghout, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Envir Science & Terrestrial Resource Mgt ‘26, and Ashley Ingalsbe, Environmental Studies ‘26

43 PERSONAL IMPACT VS CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY: PUSHING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ONTO THE CONSUMER Jack Carter, Biology ‘26, and Ben Kuhl, Marine Biology ‘26

45 THE LAST FRONTIER FOR SALE: ENERGY, POWER, AND THE FUTURE OF ALASKA Cate Miggins, Environmental Studies ‘26, and Anne Marie Zink, Marine Biology ‘28

47 ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF A GREENER FUTURE Callie Murakami, Aquatic & Fishery Sciences ‘26, and Alberto Castagnoli, Environmental Engineering ‘26

49 FLOODING RESILIENCE: MITIGATION VERSUS RECOVERY IN WESTERN WASHINGTON Synnove Price-Huish, Law Societies & Justice, Community Environment & Planning ‘26, and Xander Smith, Environmental Science & Resource Management ‘26