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Blogger: Abigail Lynch, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife and a CSIS member, blogs from Down Under -- she's in Australia to build a framework for her dissertation research. She's interested in developing a decision-support tool to regulate harvest management strategies for lake whitefish in a changing climate.
TasMANIA
July 31, 2011
I think one of the principal appeals of Tasmania to me is that it is such a diverse landscape in a very compact, accessible island form. Though I’m sure years and years of exploring would not do the island justice. I do feel as though I have been able to see quite a range of the treasures that Tasmania has to offer in a short amount of time and with a small area of coverage: Hobart (its botanical gardens and spectacular Salamanca Market), Mt Field National Park, the Tasman Peninsula, Mt. Wellington, wallabies, possums, an echidna, pademelon, dolphins, superb fairy wrens, black cockatoos, eastern and green rosellas (among other fantastically colorful birds that I cannot name). Just enough for a taste of the state; just enough to know that I need to come back to experience more.
Lynch's studies are supported by a William W. and Evelyn M. Taylor Endowed Fellowship for International Engagement in Coupled Human and Natural Systems, an International Studies and Programs Predissertation Award, an Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Summer Fellowship, a Graduate School Research Enhancement Award, and a travel award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
