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Tim Whitesel

Educational Background: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, 1990, University of Rhode Island; M.S., Zoology, 1987, University of Rhode Island; B.A., Philosophy, 1985, State University of New York at Fredonia; B.S., Biology, 1983, State University of New York at Fredonia

From 1991-2001, Tim worked for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. In that capacity he has served as the program leader for native trout studies, the coordinator for endangered species activities, and as a supervisory biologist for studies on threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead. His work has focused on basic research with salmonids. Tim has designed and implemented studies of bull trout genetics, life history, habitat needs and limiting factors in eastern Oregon as well as projects to evaluate movements and habitat requirements of westslope cutthroat trout. He has coordinated activities for the state of Oregon that were associated with fish species listed, both federally and by the State of Oregon, as endangered or threatened. He has also designed, implemented and conducted projects to evaluate chinook salmon and steelhead trout compensation, supplementation, and recovery efforts. These programs focused on the use of hatcheries and revolved around traditional production projects, projects to supplement natural populations, and captive broodstock projects. Tim currently has faculty status through the Department of Organismal Biology at Portland State University and has held faculty status at Eastern Oregon University and Stockton State College (NJ).

Since moving to the Columbia River Fisheries Program Office, Tim has served as the team leader for the Conservation Assessment Section. His work focuses on the development and assessment of programs for conservation, monitoring and evaluation, specifically for listed species. Tim is currently involved in recovery planning, primarily focused on bull trout and Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead as well as on issues regarding the relationship between resident and anadromous forms of O. mykiss.

Selected publications:

• McGree M, T.A. Whitesel, J. Stone. In Press. Larval metamorphosis of individual Pacific lamprey reared in captivity. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

• Homel, K., P. Budy, M.E. Pfrender, T.A. Whitesel, K. Mock. 2008. Evaluating genetic structure among resident and migratory forms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in northeast Oregon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. In Press.

• Stone, J., M. McGree, T.A. Whitesel. 2006. Detection of uncured visible implant elastomer tags in larval Pacific lampreys. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 26:142-146.

• Tattam, I.A., T.A. Whitesel, Y. Pan. 2003. Scale Pattern Analysis of Selected Scale Characteristics and the First Annulus for Distinguishing Wild and Hatchery Steelhead in the Hood River, Oregon. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 23(3): 856-868.

• Keefe, M., T.A. Whitesel and P. Angelone. 2000. Induced mortality and sublethal injuries in embryonic brook trout from pulsed DC electroshocking. North American Journal of Fisheries Management. 20: 320-327.

• Whitesel, T.A., R.W. Carmichael, M.W. Flesher, and D.L. Eddy. 1998. Summer steelhead in the Imnaha River basin, Oregon. In, Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Status Review Symposium (D. Herrig, ed.); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Boise. p. 32-42.

• Keefe, M., T.A. Whitesel and H.E. Winn. 1992. Learned predator avoidance behavior and a two-level system for chemosensory recognition of predatory fishes in juvenile brook trout. In, Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, VI (R.L. Doty and D.D. Muller-Schwarze, eds.), Plenum Press, New York. p. 375-381.

To contact Tim, please call 360.604.2500 or email timothy_whitesel@fws.gov.