The Goal

Thank you for visiting my blog, Trophic Cascades in the Pacific NW!

I am a conservation biology student at the University of Washington, and the reasons for this blog are twofold:

1)  It is part of a final project in the current conservation biology class I am taking, and
2) It is meant to act as an educational tool for any interested readers living in the Pacific Northwest, in the hopes that it will provide them with a better understanding of what a trophic cascade is, how a cascade may come about, and the ways we as people may affect it.

In no way am I an expert in the field of conservation, or in trophic cascades specifically.  I do not know everything there is to know about these topics, but they are of great interest to me.  If I am to join the ranks of scientists conducting field research (fingers crossed), I would like to do so in the conservation field.  This blog is my attempt to share my interests with all of you.

Again, thank you for visiting.  I hope that what you find here piques your interest in the biological goings-on in our beautiful part of the world here, the PNW.

C. Cardinal