Marcus Ward“Probability of Tree Survival after wildfire in an interior pine forest of northern California…Martin W. Ritchie and other researchers at the Black Mountain Experimental Forest (BMEF) analyze the survivability of trees in the…May 1, 2021May 1, 2021
Marcus Ward“Effects of Thinning and Prescribed Fire on Wildfire Severity” By Carl N. SkinnerCarl N. Skinner and his team examine the effect of controlled burns and thinning on the Cone fire that burned in September of 2002. The…Apr 21, 2021Apr 21, 2021
Marcus WardReviving Expertise in a Populist Age By Zach Graves and M. Anthony MillsThis thought-provoking piece is both disturbing and hopeful. As I read this article, I found myself asking: “how can this be true?” “How…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Marcus WardA Brief Lesson from the History of Botany: Case Study Abstract.In the scale of history, science is the most recent advancement in human thought. Science is the culmination of reasoning, observation…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
Marcus WardHow to Take Measurements of FishFisheries biologists use Relative Weight (Wr) to determine the growth of a given species of fish. To do this, one needs to take two key…Mar 18, 2021Mar 18, 2021
Marcus WardBarrowman’s “Why Data Is Never Raw” and Toulmin’s ModelIn “Why Data Is Never Raw” by Nick Barrowman, the idea that data are inherently objective is examined and scrutinized. Recently the phrase…Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021
Marcus WardWhen Science Leaps Before it LooksWhen I first read Daniel Searwitz’s “Saving Science,” I immediately thought of the combined effort to create an image of the M87 Super…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Marcus WardAldo Leopold’s “Thinking Like a Mountain”Aldo Leopold was an American forester and is considered the Father of Wildlife Biology. In “Think Like a Mountain,” Leopold penned one of…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Marcus WardHow to Set a Wildlife Camera Trap.Surveying techniques for wildlife have come a long way from the days of Capture, Mark, and Recapture. Camera traps are the most recent…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
