Dr. Donna Parrish

Education

• Ph D The Ohio State University 1988
• MS Murray State University 1984
• BS Southeast Missouri State University 1974

Biography

Donna is the Unit Leader of the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and Research Professor in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont.

Research Interests

Donna's areas of emphasis include restoration of native fishes, acoustical sampling, and bioenergetics.

Teaching Interests

Donna teaches the Ecology of Fishes and graduate seminar courses in alternating years.

Professional Society Service

• American Fisheries Society - 1st Vice President (September 2012 - September 2013)
• American Fisheries Society - Awards Committee (Chair) (September 2012 - September 2013)
• American Fisheries Society - Executive Director Succession Planning Committee (Chair) (September 2012 - September 2013)
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Research Publications

• White, G., J. Claussen, C. Moffitt, B. Norcross,
  and D. Parrish. 2013. Dr. J Frances Allen: Pioneer of Women in Fisheries 38:103-111 | Abstract |  Download  | 
• Butryn, R.S., D.L. Parrish, and D.M. Rizzo. 2013. Summer stream temperature metrics for predicting brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) distribution in streams. Hydrobiologia 703:47-57.
• Zale, A. V., D. L. Parrish, and T. M. Sutton, editors. 2012. Fisheries techniques, 3rd edition. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Current Projects

• Assessment of Stonecat (Noturus flavus) populations in the Missisquoi and LaPlatte rivers of Vermont
• Rainbow smelt and alewife in Lake Champlain
• Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon

Completed Projects

• Mudpuppies in Vermont: sampling methods and genetics

Courses

• Ecology of Fishes (2012)
• Graduate Student Seminar-On Becoming a Successful Scientist (2012)
• Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Science Seminar (2011)
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Vermont Other Professional Positions and Memberships

• Donna ParrishMember, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, USGS (February 2011 - February 2011)
• Donna ParrishMember, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey (April 2006 - April 2006)
• Donna ParrishMember, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey (September 2003 - September 2003)
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Vermont University Committees and Workgroups

• Donna ParrishFaculty Standards Committee, Rubenstein School, UVM (August 2012 - August 2015)
• Donna ParrishBusiness Advisory Committee, Rubsenstein School (August 2011 - August 2013)
• Donna ParrishMember, UVM President's Commission on the Status of Women (May 2008 - August 2010)
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Technical Publications

• Chellman, I.C., and D.L. Parrish. 2010. Developing methods for sampling mudpuppies in Vermont tributaries of Lake Champlain. Final Report. State Wildlife Grants Program, Vermont Fish and Wildlife, Waterbury.
• Parrish, D. L., M. E. Mather, and E. A. Marschall. 2009. Population modeling of Atlantic salmon in Vermont tributaries of the Connecticut River. Progress report to NMFS
• Parrish, D. L., M. E. Mather, and E. A. Marschall. 2008. Population modeling of Atlantic salmon in Vermont tributaries of the Connecticut River. Progress report to NMFS
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