Krista Slemmons, Doctoral Student in Ecology and Environmental Science Receives Prestigious Park Service Grant

Posted May 17, 2011

Doctor of Philosophy student in Ecology and Environmental Science, Krista Slemmons is one of 11 nationwide recipients of the 2011 National Park Service George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship.  Slemmons will use the $12,372 grant to investigate how climate-induced changes in alpine glaciers alter phytoplankton communities and lake habitats in Glacier National Park, which is located in northwest Montana. In the first year of the grant, she will examine historical aerial photos of glaciers from the park’s archive to identify lakes in watersheds that have lost glaciers. In July 2012, Slemmons will spend 10 days in the park taking lake sediment core samples and looking at the changes in algae over time to determine if algal changes are related to the loss of glaciers.  For more on this story, click here.