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Dr. Megan K. Walsh
Professor
Department of Geography
Resource Management Program

Mailing Address: 
    Department of Geography
    Central Washington University
    400 E. University Way
    Ellensburg, WA 98926
Office: Dean Hall 308 
Phone: (509) 963-3699 
Email: megan.walsh@cwu.edu

Education
Ph.D. (U. of Oregon, 2008)
M.S. (U. of Utah, 2002)
B.S. (U. of Denver, 1999)- Minors: Geography and French
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I am a biogeographer and paleoecologist interested in the late Quaternary environments of western North America and Central America, specifically the role of fire on the landscape. I use high-resolution macroscopic charcoal and pollen analysis to reconstruct past changes in fire activity and vegetation and evaluate their relationship with climatic variability and human activity. I mostly work with sediment cores from lakes and wetlands, but I also work with archaeological sediments. I have done field work in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, and most recently Belize. I currently have research projects going in the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area (north-central Washington), Mt. Rainier National Park, the Willamette Valley, the Cascades of Oregon, and southern Belize. Click on the link below to find out more about these projects!

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