Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Dr. Matthew T Farr

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Email: farrm@uw.edu
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Education

  • Ph D Michigan State University 2021
  • BS Purdue University 2014
Research Publications Publication Date
Brusa JL, MT Farr, J Evenson, E Silverman, B Murphie, TA Cyra, H Tschaekofske, KA Spragens, and SJ Converse. 2024. Correcting for measurement errors in a long-term aerial survey with auxiliary photographic data. Ecosphere 15:e4961. August 2024
Project Completion Date
Integrating community science data with long-term aerial surveys to understand seasonal and long-term shifts in marine bird use of Puget Sound January 2026
Maximizing the value of Salish Sea aerial surveys for sea duck management June 2024
Monitoring Tufted Puffins in the United States December 2023
Evaluating sea duck detectability in the Puget Sound winter ambient monitoring program May 2023
Presentations Presentation Date
Farr, M.T., Spragens, K.A., Evenson, J.R., Murphie, B.L., Hamer, M.D., and Converse, S.J. (2022) A spatiotemporal model to estimate annual growth rates and overwintering distribution of sea ducks in the Salish Sea. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference. Spokane, WA. November 6th, 2022. November 2022
Farr MT, B Gardner, LS Petracca, PJ Hodum, RSA Kaler, SF Pearson, HM Renner, and SJ Converse. 2024. Optimizing range-wide monitoring strategy for Tufted Puffins. Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA; 20-24 February 2024. February 2024