Submissions from 2025
Tree-equity and Environmental Justice Discourses Among Urban Forestry Professionals in Portland: Current Impacts and Future Implications, Axcelle Deone Bell
Explaining the 2022 Record Low Great Salt Lake Volume, Siiri Bigalke, Paul C. Loikith, and Nicholas Siler
Predicting Post-Wildfire Stream Temperature and Turbidity: A Machine Learning Approach in Western US Watersheds, Junjie Chen and Heejun Chang
Bringing DEI to Nature Education: A Community Based, Culturally Specific Approach, Hanna Dornhofer
Lichen Diversity in Portland Metro Area, Nora Dunkirk
To What Degree is This Water an Issue? Using Environmental DNA to Assess a Thermal Passage Barrier on the Tualatin River, Hannah Ferguson
Integrative Approaches to Climate Resilience Planning: Application of a Plan Evaluation Framework, Maulsri Jha
Pumped Storage Hydropower in the United States: Emerging Importance, Environmental and Social Impacts, and Critical Considerations, Surabhi Karambelkar, Alida Cantor, Thien-Kim Bui, Bethani Turley, Maryalice Fischer, and Shannon Ames
Effects of Wetting Events on Mass Timber Surface Microbial Communities and VOC Emissions: Implications for Building Operation and Occupant Well-Being, Gwynne Á. Mhuireach, Susan Collins, Leslie Dietz, Patrick Finn Horve, Aurélie Laguerre, Dale Northcutt, Jason Stenson, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, Elliott Gall, and Mark Fretz
Foundational Ecology of Recently Established Invasive Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus): An Emerging Threat to Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana), Allison F. Monroe
Room 1: Increasing Engagement and Equity Through the PCC Ready Bag Project, Taryn Oakley
Using the Slow Ash Mortality Strategy as a Response to the Introduction of Emerald Ash Borer in Oregon, Emily Perkins and Max Ragozzino
Cultural Ecology in the Urban Landscape: Lessons from Ancestors, Gabe Sheoships
Northern Red-Legged Frog Use of a New Under-Road Crossing and Adjacent Upland Habitat, Alyson W. Yates and Catherine de Rivera
Submissions from 2024
“I Have One More Hour of Power and Many Miles of Communication to Go”: Lessons Learned from Community Research Interrupted by Climate Crises, Antonia R. Alvarez, Sherry Manning, and Teresa Dosdos Ruelas
Experimental and Modeled Assessment of Interventions to Reduce PM2.5 in a Residence during aWildfire Event, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos, H. E. Dillon, and Elliott T. Gall
Impacts of a Short-Interval Severe Fire on Forest Structure and Regeneration in a Temperate Andean Araucaria-Nothofagus Forest, Paola Arroyo-Vargas, Sebastian Busby, Thomas T. Veblen, Mauro E. Gonzalez, and Andres Holz
Looking at the Past to Change the Future: Showcasing Featured Collections, Building Communities, and Co-creating, Sherry Buchanan
Coastal Dune Plant Propagation, Gabriel E. Campbell, Roxy Olsson, Kathyrn Ketel, and Kristen Malacara
Geographies of Entitled Anger: Revanchist Populism in Brazil and Beyond, Ryan Centner and Mara Nogueira
Global Producer Responsibility for plastic pollution, Win Cowger, Kathryn A. Willis, Sybil Bullock, Jorge Emmanuel, Katie M. Erdle, Marcus Eriksen, Katie Conlon, and multiple additional authors
Flood Vulnerability in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Hue Hong Duong
Updated Occupancy and Abundance for Northwestern Pond Turtle and Western Painted Turtle in the Lower and Middle Willamette Watersheds, Laura Guderyahn
Why is the Oaks Bottom Reservoir So Dead and Brown? A Success Story of Purple Loosestrife Control, Laura Guderyahn
Limonene Enantiomeric Ratios from Anthropogenic and Biogenic Emission Sources, Shan Gu, Wentai Luo, Avisa Charmchi, Kevin J. McWhirter, Todd Rosenstiel, and James F. Pankow
Matching the Scales of Planning and Environmental Risk: an Evaluation of Community Wildfire Protection Plans in the Western US, Matthew Hamilton, Cody Evers, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Alan Ager
The Foodpunk City: Advancing Portland's Food Security Through a Shared Ideology of Adaptation & Resistance, Nickolas Hash
Power & Planning: A Critical Comparison of Tribal and Non-Tribal Wildfire Protection Plans, Christian J. Heisler
Climate and Extreme Weather Event Impacts on Administrators, Direct Care Staff, and Residents in Oregon Assisted Living, Residential Care, and Memory Care Communities, 2024, Dani Himes, Jacklyn Kohon, Madeline Fox, Laura Rodriguez, Sarah Dys, Diana Jacoby, and Paula Carder
Extreme Precipitation Climatology of the Contiguous U.S., Amy M. Johnson
Fostering Resilience: Community Radio and Disaster Communication in Odisha, India, Manas Kumar Kanjilal, Kanchan K. Malik, and Priya Kapoor
Provisioning the 21st Century City: Community and School Gardens as Food Centers, Charleen L. Kepner
Bipolar Ionization Did Not Reduce Airborne Bacteria in a Lecture Hall, David A. Kormos, Nishit J. Shetty, Elliott T. Gall, Aaron J. Prussin, Amy Pruden, and Linsey C. Marr
Vaux’s Swifts in Portland – 15 Years of Monitoring an Iconic Bird, Candace Larson, Joe Liebezeit, and Mary Coolidge
Climate Justice Issues, Urban Heat Island Effect, and Trees as the Solution in Portland, Oregon, Cleo Needham
Center for Lakes and Reservoirs Dreissena Mussel and Invasive Plant Survey Efforts, Ashley Newcomb
Eco-Efficient Coatings for Healthy Indoors: Ozone Deposition Velocities, Primary and Secondary Emissions, Alessandra Ranesi, Paulina Faria, M. Rosario Veiga, and Elliott T. Gall
Estimating Combined Effects of Climate Change and Land Cover Change on Water Regulation Services of Urban Wetlands in Valdivia, Chile, Jason Sauer, N. B. Grimm, Olga Barbosa, Elizabeth M. Cook, A. Mustafa, K. Kunkel, T. McPhearson, and A. Ballinger
How Reuse Rooms Can Reduce Waste On University and College Campuses, Zoe Slabodnik
Evaluating DIY Air Cleaner Variability and Potential for Post-Construction Emission of Aromatic Vocs During Wildfire Events, Brett W. Stinson, Amity L. Deters, and Elliott T. Gall
Developing and Testing Low-Cost Air Cleaners for Safer Spaces During Wildfires, Brett W. Stinson and Elliott T. Gall
Modelling Postfire Recovery of Snow Albedo and Forest Structure to Understand Drivers of Decades of Reduced Snow Water Storage and Advanced Snowmelt Timing, A. Surunis and K. E. Gleason
Investigating Removal as a Control Method for Trachemys scripta elegans and the Response of Chrysemys picta bellii, Jacob Daniel Swanson
Atmospheric Circulation, Climate Change, and Related Impacts Over the Western United States, Graham Patrick Taylor
Community Resilience in Portland Parkland Soils, Jason W. Triefenbach
eDNA Study of the Kellogg-Mt. Scott Watershed, Amy D. van Riessen
Using Disaster Surveys to Model Business Interruption, Maria Watson, Yu Xiao, and Jennifer Helgeson
The Sphere of Exposure: Centering User Experience in Community Science Air Monitoring, Marisa Westbrook, Valentina Serrano-Salomón, Jay Pecenka, Sumit Sankhyan, Aniya K. Hollo, Shelly L. Miller, and Esther Sullivan
Altered Disturbance Regimes and Novel Ecosystems: Understanding and Managing Ecosystem State Change in the Forest-Peatland Ecotone of Western Patagonia, Kyla Sara Zaret
Submissions from 2023
Postfire Effects and Regeneration Patterns in Araucaria-Nothofagus Forests in South-Central Chile, Paola A. Arroyo-Vargas
Assessing Three Decades of Urban Garden Bee Studies, Nicole Bell
Native Seed Germination Trials at the Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank, Gabriel E. Campbell, Roxy Olsson, April Hersey, Stephanie Meikle, and Kris Freitag
Climate Change Policies and Older Adults: An Analysis of States’ Climate Adaptation Plans, Bryant Carlson, Jacklyn N. Kohon, Paula Carder, Dani Himes, Eiji Toda, and Katsuya Tanaka
The Project‑Partnership Cycle: managing city‑university partnerships for urban sustainability and resilience transformations, Liliana Elizabeth Caughman, Fletcher Beaudoin, and Lauren Withycombe Keeler
Spatial Analysis of Streamflow Trends in Burned Watersheds across the western contiguous United States, Heejun Chang and Will B. Long
Urban sustainability Implementation and Indicators in the United States: A systematic review, Heejun Chang, Arun Pallathadka, and Idowu Ajibade
Reduced Fire Severity offers Near-term Buffer to climate-driven declines in conifer resilience across the western United States, Kimberly T. Davis, Marcos D. Robles, Kerry B. Kemp, Teresa Chapman, Philip E. Higuera, Kerry L. Metlen, Jamie L. Peeler, Andres Holz, and multiple additional authors
Lights, Camera, Climate Action: Investigating Emotional Responses to Climate Change Trailers (Documentary, Television, & Narrative Film), Erik Daniel Schell DeVore
Tiny Drifters Amidst Global Change: Examining Environmental Drivers, Trophic Impacts, and Management Strategies of Estuarine Plankton Communities in the Anthropocene, Taylor Nicole Dodrill
Uneven Distribution of Biodiversity is Shaped by Inequality and Racial Segregation in the Age of Digital Information, Diego Soto Ellis
Multicopter Drone Mass Distribution Impacts on Viability, Performance, and Sustainability, Miguel Figliozzi
Homelessness, Water Access, and Environmental Justice in an Urban Environment, Alicia Gamble
Participatory Mapping of Tree Equity, Preferences, and Environmental Justice in Portland, OR, Katharine Vezin Gregory
Wildfire Risk Governance from the bottom up: linking local planning processes in fragmented landscapes, Matthew Hamilton, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and Cody Evers
Proceedings of the 21st Annual Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium (2023), Lori Hennings
Why Didn’t the Salmon Cross the Road? Occurrence and Treatment of a Newly Discovered Tire Chemical, Katie A. Holzer
Creating a Resilient Regional Food System, Megan Horst, Meg Grzybowski, Carol Chang, Sonja McCormick, Malcolm Shabazz Hoover, Michelle Week, Kimberly Zueli, Stephanie Clark Haynes, Gloria Lee, and Jacobsen Valentine
Perspectives from Frontline Organizations in the Portland Metro Region On Addressing Food Insecurity During the Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Horst, Meg Grzybowski, and Huijun Tan
Indigenous Water Justice: Theory, Gaps, and Opportunities for Application, Ruby Howard
Cultivating Joy: Play, Rest, and Connection in Regenerative Cycles, Tim D. Howe
A West Coast Estuarine Case Study: A Novel, Predictive Approach to Monitor Estuarine Eutrophication, Vedant V. Janapaty
Drivers and Dynamics of Phytoplankton Communities and Harmful Algal Blooms in Mountain Lakes, Lara Stephanie Jansen
Exploring and Testing Wildfire Risk Decision-Making in the Face of Deep Uncertainty, Bart R. Johnson, Alan A. Ager, Cody Evers, David Hulse, Max Nielsen-Pincus, and John P. Bolte
Lightning-Ignited Wildfires in the Western United States: Ignition Precipitation and Associated Environmental Conditions, Dmitri Alexander Kalashnikov, John T. Abatzoglou, Paul Loikith, Nicholas J. Nauslar, Yianna Sotirios Bekris, and Deepti Singh
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) In Wildfire Smoke Accumulate On Indoor Materials and Create Post-Smoke Event Exposure Pathways, Aurélie Laguerre and Elliott T. Gall
Social Dimensions of Landscape Sustainability: Lessons from Diverse U.S. Cities, Kelli L. Larson
Climate Change Proposal: Coupling Equity and Scientific Rigor in Facing Global Warming, Rebecca McNicholas
Genetic Considerations for the Conservation of the Red Junglefowl, Courtney Lee McPheron
Leaving Kindergarten Well: First-grade Readiness in Outdoor Waldorf Kindergartens, Garry H. Oak
Earthbound in the Anthropocene: Spirituality, Collective Identity, and Participation in the Direct Action Climate Movement, David Alan Osborn
An Integrated Analysis of Urban Sustainability in Portland: Issues, Indicators, Stakeholders, and Geospatial Assessment, Arun Kumar Pallathadka
Race and Income as Predictors of Trust in Flood Mitigation Strategies, Wendy Nathaly Sangucho Loachamin
Dam Removal, Habitat Restoration, & Community Engagement on Kellogg Creek, Neil Schulman and Amy van Riessen
Collaborative Action in Informal Social Networks of Wildfire Managers in Northwestern Wyoming, Hannah Lynn Spencer
Contextualizing Patterns in Short-term Disaster Recoveries from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: household vulnerabilities, adaptive capacities, and change, Jeremy Spoon, Drew Gerkey, and Alisa Rai
Developing and Testing Low-Cost Air Cleaners for Safer Spaces During Wildfires, Brett William Stinson
How Are Oregon's Rural Indigenous Communities Overcoming Water Access Issues?, Tyren John Thompson
Exploring the Plausibility of Human Ecosystem Disruption Being the Cause for Increased Viral Prevalence, Andrew Ventura
Experimental Evaluations of the Impact of an Additive Oxidizing Electronic Air Cleaner on Particles and Gases, Yicheng Zeng, Aurélie Laguerre, Elliott T. Gall, Mohammad Heidarinejad, and Brent Stephens
Submissions from 2022
Introduction: Climate Change and Planned Retreat, Idowu Jola Ajibade and A. R. Siders
Heat, Wildfire and Energy Demand: An Examination of Residential Buildings and Community Equity, Chrissi Argyro Antonopoulos
Fire Effects on Diversity Patterns of the Understory Communities of Araucaria-Nothofagus Forests, Paola Arroyo-Vargas, Andres Holz, and Thomas T. Veblen
Feeling the Heat: Climate Change is Becoming a Big Factor in Business Decision-making, Risk Assessment, Candace Beeke, Sahan Dissanayake, Jennifer Price, and Moss Adams
Environmental Decision Support Systems as a Service: Demonstration on CE-QUAL-W2 Model, Yoav Bornstein, Ben Dayan, Amir Cahn, and Scott A. Wells
Spreading Information not Invasive Species: Oregon Invasive Species Council’s online information hub to inform, share, and collaborate, Nicole L. Brooks, Alexander Staunch, and Jalene Littlejohn
Climate Justice and Racial and Gender Equity: Creating and Promoting Featured Collections, Sherry Buchanan