Anne Gallagher Ernst

Associate Chair of Environmental Studies and Sciences  
Program Coordinator and Teaching Professor

Office: Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences
Phone: 518-580-5078
Email: agallagh@skidmore.edu

Education:

• M.S. 2001. Cornell University, Department of Natural Resources, Ithaca NY. Thesis: Disturbance effects on small headwater streams in upstate NY.
• B.S. 1993. Duke University, Biology, Durham NC.

Courses:

• ES 100 Environmental Concerns in Perspective
• ES 105 Field Studies in Environmental Science
• ES 227 Plastic Planet: The Promise and Perils of Polymers
• SSP 100 Plastic Fantastic?

Publications:

• Ernst, A.G., D.R. Warren, and B.P. Baldigo. 2012. Natural-channel-design stream restorations that changed geomorphology have little effect on macroinvertebrate communities in headwater streams.  Restoration Ecology 20: 532:540.
• Baldigo, B.P., A.G. Ernst, D.R. Warren, and S.J. Miller.  2010.  Variable responses of fish assemblages, habitat, and stability to natural-channel-design restoration in Catskill Mountain streams.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (TAFS) 139: 449-467.
• Ernst, A.G., B.P. Baldigo, C.I. Mulvihill, and M. Vian. 2010.  Effects of natural-channel-design restoration on habitat quality in Catskill Mountain streams, New York.  TAFS 139: 468-482.
• Warren, D.R., A.G. Ernst, and B.P. Baldigo.  2009.  Influence of spring floods on year-class strength of fall- and spring-spawning salmonids in Catskill Mountain streams. TAFS 138: 200-210.
• Baldigo, B.P., D.R. Warren, A.G. Ernst, and C.I. Mulvihill. 2008. Response of fish populations to natural-channel-design restoration in streams of the Catskill Mountains, NY.  North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28: 954-969.