
News from Huxley on the Peninsula
(From left to right:) Chris DeSisto, Shea McDonald, Dwight Barry, and Erin Drake in front of their poster "Untangling Climate and Wildlfire Influences from Snow Measurements on the Deer Park, WA, Snow Course," presented April 15, 2008 at the 76th Annual Western Snow Conference. This conference is the main annual meeting for snow scientists and streamflow forecasters for the western United States, Canada, and Mexico. Chris, Shea, and Erin are Huxley on the Peninsula research science students working with Dwight under a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant awarded jointly to Peninsula College and Western Washington University by the National Science Foundation. (More information and applications for next year's REU program can be found at www.pc.ctc.edu/coe/elwha.htm).