Boyd EvisonDecember 11, 2009
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Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott and Grand Teton Association Executive Director Jan Lynch announce that applications are available for the 2010 Boyd Evison Graduate Research Fellowship. Supported by donations to the Grand Teton Association (GTA), the Evison Fellowship provides whole or substantial support for new graduate studies that increase public awareness of the importance of science to parks, and of parks to science. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for research of the intangible and disappearing attributes of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and public or private lands surrounding the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA).
Proposals for the Evison Fellowship are encouraged to focus on new research studies or surveys; they may include studies which have not yet begun, or which have been initiated within the past year but are not fully funded. Emphasis areas may include topics such as: natural soundscapes; air and water; lesser-known ecosystem elements (plants, fish, insects, amphibians, fungi, snails, bacteria; geologic or other processes); and social science related to public understanding of natural resources and their use or management.
Fellowships average $5000-$10,000 per project, and may include housing at Grand Teton. In addition to a summary report or publication, students will be expected to provide one or more educational products to facilitate information transfer beyond the scientific audience, such as a presentation to resource managers, a public seminar, CD, or non-technical article.
Recent recipients of the Boyd Evison Fellowship include: Nicholas Dowie (2009, University of Wyoming) who is studying the symbiotic relationship between three organisms in Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks: conifer trees, pinedrops, and a non-photosynthetic fungus that associates with conifers to obtain carbon; Emilene Ostlind (2008, University of Wyoming) who is writing a series of nonfiction essays about the pronghorn antelope herd that summers in Grand Teton and winters in the Upper Green River Basin as a means to promote designation of a national migration corridor for their protection; and Lyman Persico (2007, University of New Mexico) who is using his award to continue research in stream response to environmental change in the western United States, including the long-term effects that beavers and drought have placed on streams in the GYA.
In 2005, Grand Teton National Park and the Grand Teton Natural History Association collaborated to begin a new graduate research fellowship in memory of Boyd Evison, who died in October 2002. Evison retired in 1994 from an exemplary 42-year career with the National Park Service (NPS) in which he rose from being a park ranger and resource manager to superintendent and regional director in parks from Alaska to the Rocky Mountains. Evison was one of the greatest and most influential managers of the modern NPS. During his long career, he demonstrated leadership in conservation, environmental education, and expanding scientific knowledge to help shape wise management decisions and maintain native resources. After retiring from government service, Evison became the executive director of the Grand Teton Natural History Association, Grand Teton’s principle interpretive and educational partner. In 2007 for their 70th anniversary, the Grand Teton Natural History Association was renamed Grand Teton Association.
Applications for the 2010 Boyd Evison Fellowship must be postmarked by February 12, 2010; the recipient will be announced on April 15, 2010.
For further information or to request an application, write to Boyd Evison Graduate Fellowship, Grand Teton Association, P.O. Box 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012. Applicants may also phone Jan Lynch, executive director of the Grand Teton Association, at 307.739.3406, or call Grand Teton National Park Chief of Science and Resource Management Sue Consolo Murphy at 307.739.3481.
09-108
Grand Teton National Park Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott and Grand Teton Association Executive Director Jan Lynch announce that applications are available for the 2010 Boyd Evison Graduate Research Fellowship. Supported by donations to the Grand Teton Association (GTA), the Evison Fellowship provides whole or substantial support for new graduate studies that increase public awareness of the importance of science to parks, and of parks to science. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals for research of the intangible and disappearing attributes of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, and public or private lands surrounding the Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA).
Proposals for the Evison Fellowship are encouraged to focus on new research studies or surveys; they may include studies which have not yet begun, or which have been initiated within the past year but are not fully funded. Emphasis areas may include topics such as: natural soundscapes; air and water; lesser-known ecosystem elements (plants, fish, insects, amphibians, fungi, snails, bacteria; geologic or other processes); and social science related to public understanding of natural resources and their use or management.
Fellowships average $5000-$10,000 per project, and may include housing at Grand Teton. In addition to a summary report or publication, students will be expected to provide one or more educational products to facilitate information transfer beyond the scientific audience, such as a presentation to resource managers, a public seminar, CD, or non-technical article.
Recent recipients of the Boyd Evison Fellowship include: Nicholas Dowie (2009, University of Wyoming) who is studying the symbiotic relationship between three organisms in Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks: conifer trees, pinedrops, and a non-photosynthetic fungus that associates with conifers to obtain carbon; Emilene Ostlind (2008, University of Wyoming) who is writing a series of nonfiction essays about the pronghorn antelope herd that summers in Grand Teton and winters in the Upper Green River Basin as a means to promote designation of a national migration corridor for their protection; and Lyman Persico (2007, University of New Mexico) who is using his award to continue research in stream response to environmental change in the western United States, including the long-term effects that beavers and drought have placed on streams in the GYA.
In 2005, Grand Teton National Park and the Grand Teton Natural History Association collaborated to begin a new graduate research fellowship in memory of Boyd Evison, who died in October 2002. Evison retired in 1994 from an exemplary 42-year career with the National Park Service (NPS) in which he rose from being a park ranger and resource manager to superintendent and regional director in parks from Alaska to the Rocky Mountains. Evison was one of the greatest and most influential managers of the modern NPS. During his long career, he demonstrated leadership in conservation, environmental education, and expanding scientific knowledge to help shape wise management decisions and maintain native resources. After retiring from government service, Evison became the executive director of the Grand Teton Natural History Association, Grand Teton’s principle interpretive and educational partner. In 2007 for their 70th anniversary, the Grand Teton Natural History Association was renamed Grand Teton Association.
Applications for the 2010 Boyd Evison Fellowship must be postmarked by February 12, 2010; the recipient will be announced on April 15, 2010.
For further information or to request an application, write to Boyd Evison Graduate Fellowship, Grand Teton Association, P.O. Box 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012. Applicants may also phone Jan Lynch, executive director of the Grand Teton Association, at 307.739.3406, or call Grand Teton National Park Chief of Science and Resource Management Sue Consolo Murphy at 307.739.3481.
