Carmen Tubbesing,^1,* Christopher Strohm,^2,** Sandra J. DeBano,^3,***,**** Natalie Gonzalez,^4,***** Chiho Kimoto,^5,****** Robert V. Taylor<sup>6,*******

1</sup>1Biology Department Brown University Providence, RI 02912
²2Biology Department Mercyhurst College Erie, PA 16546
³3Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Hermiston Agricultural Research and Ex
⁴4Biology Department Texas State University San Marcos, TX 78666
⁵5Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331
⁶6The Nature Conservancy Enterprise, OR 97828

^*Carmen Tubbesing is a biological technician with Nature's Capital, an Ecological Assessment Services company based in Boise, Idaho. She recently graduated from Brown University with a B.S. in Biology. Carmen plans to pursue graduate work in forest ecology after exploring a variety of field work.
^**Christopher (Chris) Strohm is a graduate student in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky. Chris received a B.S. in Biology from Mercyhurst College. His research interests are focused in plant-insect interactions including the impacts of invasive species on insect communities and the conservation of native plants and insects.
^***Corresponding author: sandy.debano@ oregonstate.edu: 541-567-6337 Ext. 116
^****Sandra (Sandy) DeBano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University's Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center in northeastern Oregon. Sandy's research interests focus on invertebrate-mediated ecosystem services including pollination, food web provisioning, and decomposition. She works primarily in grasslands, riparian areas, and agroecosystems.
^*****Natalie Gonzalez received a B.S. in Biology at Texas State University. Her interests include wildlife conservation and pollination. She is an accountant for the Revenue Department at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in Austin, Texas. Natalie is a member of the Sierra Club and volunteers for Austin Wildlife Rescue.
^******Chiho Kimoto is a Faculty Research Assistant at Oregon State University's Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center in northeastern Oregon. Chiho received a B.S. in Environmental Science and a M.S. in Wildlife at Oregon State University. Her research interests center on the ecology and identification of native bees in natural and managed systems.
^*******Robert V. (Rob) Taylor is the Northeast Oregon Regional Ecologist for The Nature Conservancy. Rob conducts and coordinates inventory, monitoring, and research efforts in support of the Conservancy's conservation and restoration work on the Zumwalt Prairie. Rob completed his undergraduate degree at St. John's University and received a Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico.