Staff Member
Zach Ahrens
Master's
Biography
Zach earned his BS from the University of Wisconsin and thereafter became enamored of the Colorado Plateau. Zach works to conserve native fishes with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.. Zach is interested in adapting natural resource management to the changing climate and other anthropogenic stressors.
Project Title: Unintended fragmentation: fish community impacts and conservation implications of the Piute Farms Waterfall on the San Juan River.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Pennock CA, Ahrens ZT, McKinstry MC, Budy P, Gido KB. 2021. Trophic niches of native and nonnative fishes along a river-reservoir continuum. Scientific Reports 11:12140 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91730-1 | Download | June 2021 |
| Project | Completion Date |
|---|---|
| Unintended fragmentation: fish community impacts and conservation implications of the Piute Farms Waterfall on the San Juan River. | December 2020 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Ahrens, Z., P. Budy, G. Thiede and D. Weedop. 2019. Unintended fragmentation: fish community impacts and conservation implications of the Piute Farms Waterfall, San Juan River, UT. Oral presentation: Annual Meeting of the Utah Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Provo, Utah, 12 – 14 March 2018. | March 2019 |