Joe Buckwalter

Reserach Interests: Joe is studying the effects of land use and conservation practices on stream fish communities, as well as the effects of livestock grazing on Bog Turtle wetland habitat. His MS research focused on long-term changes in the distribution of New River fishes. Before coming to Virginia Tech, Joe worked as a Habitat Biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, mapping the distribution of freshwater fishes across Alaska.