Benjamin Letcher

Benjamin Letcher is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and serves as Section Leader at the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center located in Turners Falls, MA. His primary affiliation combines academic and applied research roles.

Education:

• MS in Oceanography, University of Rhode Island (1990)
• PhD in Zoology, North Carolina State University (1994)

Research Focus:

• Population ecology, with emphasis on stream salmonid species
• Development and application of models for forecasting environmental change impacts on population persistence
• Integration of ecological modeling into natural resource management strategies

Labs/Teams: Active with the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center, focusing on anadromous fish ecology and conservation.