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I am an Independent Scientist specializing in spatial analytical tools. I am both an ecologist and geomorphologist interested in landscape changes, watershed science and Pacific salmon. It remains a challenge to understand how river systems, consisting of interconnected people, landscapes, and fish respond to current and future climate change. This uncertainty of climate impacts challenges communities, policy makers, and decision-makers that are involved with salmon conservation. With my research, I hope to provide some insight into these topics.
I have conducted fieldwork in the Skeena Watershed, northwest British Columbia. I worked in various positions with First Nation communities, BC Ministry Staff, and NGOs. I completed a PhD at Simon Fraser University in the Salmon Watersheds Lab, a MSc at the University of Victoria in Physical Geography. My past work focuses on how climate change will cause glaciers to retreat, how that will change rivers, and how Pacific salmon may respond. Want to get in touch? Email me: karapitman[at]gmail.com |
News
May, 2020: New coverage by Salmon-net of our Glacier retreat and salmon habitat paper, published in BioScience!
May, 2020: New paper led by Will Atlas, Landscape and biophysical controls of lake productivity to inform evalutaion of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations in data-limited regions, was published in Limnology and Oceanography! See here.
March, 2020: Our new paper was published in Bioscience, that synthesizes the effects glacier retreat will have on salmon and their habitat. Exciting!
March 11, 2020: "Retreating ice has huge implications for salmon - including the need to proactively protect emerging salmon habitat." Wild Salmon Center wrote up a great piece covering our recent paper. See here.
March 10, 2020: "Glacier retreat good news and bad news for Pacific salmon species". Our recent paper was covered in the Vancouver Sun. See here.
Apr 17, 2019: "When the glaciers disappear, those species will go extinct". Our work (and others) was written about in a beautiful photo essay by the New York Times! See here.
May, 2020: New paper led by Will Atlas, Landscape and biophysical controls of lake productivity to inform evalutaion of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations in data-limited regions, was published in Limnology and Oceanography! See here.
March, 2020: Our new paper was published in Bioscience, that synthesizes the effects glacier retreat will have on salmon and their habitat. Exciting!
March 11, 2020: "Retreating ice has huge implications for salmon - including the need to proactively protect emerging salmon habitat." Wild Salmon Center wrote up a great piece covering our recent paper. See here.
March 10, 2020: "Glacier retreat good news and bad news for Pacific salmon species". Our recent paper was covered in the Vancouver Sun. See here.
Apr 17, 2019: "When the glaciers disappear, those species will go extinct". Our work (and others) was written about in a beautiful photo essay by the New York Times! See here.
