Hi there,
My name is Shelby Burgess and I am a fisheries biologist living and working in the greater Seattle area. My work over the years has focused on evaluation of salmon and their habitat. I currently work at Cramer Fish Sciences where my work includes large scale habitat assessments, restoration monitoring, and mapping of natural resources to help resource and land managers make informed decisions for restoration, management, and development planning. I am passionate about the conservation of natural resources and the conservation and restoration of salmon.
When I’m not working, I spend as much of my free time outdoors as possible. I am lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest and get to enjoy the mountains through running, backcountry skiing, mountain biking, backpacking, and mushroom hunting.
I am currently pursuing a GIS Graduate Certificate at OSU to improve my abilities to apply GIS techniques to assessing natural systems and answering questions related to their management.
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CV/Resume
Education
Oregon State University E-campus 2020-Present
Geographic Information Science Graduate Certificate
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI December 2013
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – High Honors B.S.
Program in the Environment – Wildlife Conservation and Biology B.S.
Semester Abroad: University of New Hampshire EcoQuest Whakatiwai, New Zealand Winter 2012
University of Michigan Biological Station Pellston, MI Summer 2011
Selected Publications and Reports
Hall, J., S. Burgess, and K. Ross. 2020. Progress Report: Mapping Methods, Preliminary Results, and Review. Memorandum to the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program, Olympia, Washington.
Roni, P., C. Clark, M. Krall, S. Burgess, and K. Ross. 2020. Bonneville Power Administration action effectiveness monitoring program – 2019 annual report. Report to Bonneville Power Administration, Project Number 2016-001-00, Portland, Oregon.
Hall, J., K. Ross., D. Arterburn, M. Krall, S. Burgess, and P. Roni. 2019. Chinook salmon progress report: A summary of Chinook salmon habitat Common Indicators. Report to the Puget Sound Partnership, Tacoma, Washington. In review.
Clark, C., P. Roni, and S. Burgess. 2019. Response of juvenile salmonids to large wood placement in Columbia River tributaries. Hydrobologia 842(1):173-190.
Burgess, S., K. Ross, C. Clark, M. Krall, D. Arterburn, and J. Hall. 2019. Lower mainstem Nooksack River salmon habitat assessment. Final Report to Whatcom County Public Works Department, Bellingham, WA.
Hall, J. E., K. Ceder, S. Burgess, D. Arterburn, C. Clark, K. Ross, and P. Roni. 2019. Upper Wenatchee pilot project: aquatic habitat assessment and restoration strategy. Final Report to the United States Forest Service, Wenatchee River Ranger District, Leavenworth, WA.
Roni, P., C. Clark, M. Krall, S. Burgess, and K. Ross. 2019. Bonneville Power Administration Action Effectiveness Monitoring Program – 2018 Annual Report. Project Number 2016-001-00. Report to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon.
Roni, R., T. De Boer, C. Clark, and S. Burgess. 2018. Spring Chinook egg-to-fry survival in the Twisp river basin. Final Report to Douglas County Public Utility District, East Wenatchee, Washington.
Clark, C., S. Ball, S. Burgess, A. G. Hansen, and D. A. Beauchamp. 2016. Growth, distribution, and abundance of pelagic fishes in Lake Washington: March, August and October 2016. Final report to Seattle Public Utilities. Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Report #WACFWRU-17-01.
Burgess, S., E. W. Jackson, L. Schwarzman, N. Gezon, and J. T. Lehman. 2015. Improved estimates of calanoid copepod biomass in the St. Lawrence Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 41: 484-491.
Dethier, M. N., A. Brown, S. Burgess, M. E. Eisenlord, A. W. E. Galloway, J. Kimber, A. T. Lowe, C. M. O’Neil, W. R. Raymond, E. A. Sosik, and D. O. Duggins. 2014. Degrading detritus: Changes in food quality of aging kelp tissue varies with species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 460:72-79.
Selected Presentations
Burgess, and J. Hall. 2020. Puget Sound Tidal Wetland Barrier Removal Planning Project (PRISM 18-2250P). Oral Presentation, Pacific Marine & Estuarine Partnership Barriers to Tidal Connectivity Symposium, Virtual, October 28th, 2020.
Burgess, J. Hall, and K. Ross. 2020. Puget Sound Tidal Wetland Barrier Removal Planning Project, PRISM 18-2250P, WRCO 2019a. Oral Webinar, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office and Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program Tidal Barrier partners, Issaquah, Washington, February 5, 2020.
Clark, C., S. Burgess, and P. Roni. 2019. Effectiveness monitoring of riparian plantings in the interior Columbia Basin streams. Oral Presentation, 2019 Washington-British Columbia Chapter American Fisheries Society Annual Conference, Bremerton, Washington. April 8-11, 2019.
Burgess, S., M. Eisenlord, A. W. E. Galloway, and M. N. Dethier. 2013. Food choices and values for a benthic herbivore, Idotea wosnesenskii. Poster presentation, 2013 Society of Integrated and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. January 3-7, 2013.
