REU--An Undergraduate Research Program on the Elwha Dam Removal and Restoration Project in Washington State

拆除华盛顿州埃尔瓦河上游的两座水坝，官方称之为鲑鱼恢复项目，将于2007年开始，这将大大改变生态系统，使鲑鱼重新进入上游河流。这将是最大的大坝拆除和栖息地恢复项目，并被列为国家公园系统第二个最紧迫的恢复优先事项。埃尔瓦大坝的拆除提出了前所未有的REU网站设置在半岛学院（PC）每年16名学生，以解决基本的生态问题，以前从未在这种情况下研究和规模，与营养和营养网，演替，水生和陆生栖息地，以及河流的野生鲑鱼流域内运行的过程。一个由来自PC、西华盛顿大学/赫胥黎环境学院（赫胥黎学院）、奥林匹克国家公园（ONP）、美国地质勘探局生物资源部（USGS BRD）、美国国家海洋和大气管理局渔业西北渔业科学中心（NWFSC）和下Elwha Klallam部落（Elwha部落）的科学家组成的联合会已经成立，以研究大坝拆除之前、期间和之后的分水岭。每年16名学生将与联盟导师合作，研究恢复管理方案，同时探索生态学，野生动物科学和恢复生态学的基本问题。学生将参与为期一年的课程（秋季至夏季），其中包括超过100小时的课程活动和400小时的埃尔瓦系统研究，并作为联盟的正式参与成员。这些研究项目将侧重于分析埃尔瓦生态系统全年的各种参数，确定人口分布和丰度变化的机制和指标;预测大坝拆除后这些人口的变化;并提供有关大坝拆除和恢复项目影响的信息，供世界各地使用。感兴趣的学生应联系布赖恩豪格博士，REU学生顾问（brianh@pcadmin.ctc.edu）或比尔伊顿博士，REU项目负责人（bille@pcadmin.ctc.edu）了解更多信息。有关信息也可在http://pc.ctc.edu/academics/artssciences/life_sciences/research.asp上查阅。

The removal of two dams on the upper Elwha River in Washington State, officially described as a salmon restoration project, will begin in 2007, and will change the ecosystem dramatically for re-entry of salmon into the upper river. It is to be the largest dam deconstruction and habitat restoration project conducted and is ranked as the second most urgent restoration priority by the National Park System. The removal of the Elwha dams presents an unprecedented REU Site setting at Peninsula College (PC) for 16 students per year to address fundamental ecological questions never before studied in this context and scale, associated with nutrients and trophic webs, succession, aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and fluvial processes operating within a wild salmon watershed. A consortium, consisting of scientists from PC, Western Washington University/Huxley College of the Environment (Huxley College), Olympic National Park (ONP), USGS Biological Resources Division (USGS BRD), NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal (Elwha Tribal) has been created to study the watershed before, during and after dam removal. Sixteen students per year will work with consortium mentors to investigate restoration management regimens while exploring fundamental questions in ecology, wildlife sciences, and restoration ecology. Students will be involved in a year-long course (Fall through Summer Quarter) that includes over 100 hours of course activities and 400 hours of research on the Elwha system, working as full participating members of the consortium. The research projects will focus on analysis of a variety of parameters in the Elwha ecosystems throughout the year, identifying mechanisms and indicators of changes in population distribution and abundance; predicting changes in these populations due to dam removal; and providing information on the effects of dam removal and restoration projects for use worldwide. Interested students should contact Dr. Brian Hauge, REU Student Advisor (brianh@pcadmin.ctc.edu) or Dr. Bill Eaton, REU Project leader (bille@pcadmin.ctc.edu) for more information. Information is also available at http://pc.ctc.edu/academics/artssciences/life_sciences/research.asp.