 Bugs Unlimited, LLC and Wendy S. Brown
PO Box 1451
Crested Butte, CO 81224
bugsunlimitedllc ª gmail
affiliated with
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL or LBNL)
Bugs Unlimited, LLC is a small business I formed in 1990 for contract work in field biology. Most of the time I do research in the Upper Gunnison Basin of Colorado, especially in the Elk and West Elk Mountains :-)
Projects
- Bugs Unlimited - Aquatic Entomology and Field Science consulting.
Lately I do research with the East River Watershed Function Scientific Focus Area, a program organized by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBL) :-) Going back into history ;-) I've worked with private landowners, The Coal Creek Watershed Coalition, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado Natural Areas Program, many scientists at RMBL and other clients. 1990-2024.
- The Aquatic Insects of Gunnison County, Colorado http://www.gunnisoninsects.org 1993-2024
- Water chemistry and climate modeling in the East River catchment. With Ken Williams, Rosemary Carroll, Nick Bouskill, Tetsu Tokunaga, Jiamin Wan, Matthias Sprenger, Li Li, Wei Zhi, Ruby Ghosh, Heidi Steltzer, Nick Sutfin and a number of other collaborators. 2014-2024
- Last five years of publications below. Complete list ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7237-1797
- Wan,J; Tokunaga,TK; Beutler,CA; Newman,AW; Dong,W; Bill,M; Brown,WS; Henderson,AN; Tran,AP and Williams,KH 2024 Hydrological control of rock carbon fluxes from shale weathering. Nature Water, pp.1-15. PDF
- Johnson,K; Christensen,J; Gardner,WP; Sprenger,M; Li,L; Williams,KH; Carroll,RW; Thiros,N; Brown,W; Beutler,C and Newman,A 2024 Shifting groundwater fluxes in bedrock fractures: Evidence from stream water radon and water isotopes. Journal of Hydrology, p.131202. PDF
- Sprenger,M; Carroll,RW; Marchetti,D; Bern,C; Beria,H; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C and Williams,KH 2024 Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(7), pp.1711-1723. PDF
- Berkelhammer,M; Page,GF; Zurek,F; Still,C; Carbone,MS; Talavera,W; Hildebrand,L; Byron,J; Inthabandith,K; Kucinski,A; Carter,M; Fossa,K; Brown,W; Carroll,RWH; Simonpietri,A; Worsham,M; Breckheimer,I; Ryken,A; Maxwell,R; Gochis,D; Raleigh,M; Small,E and Williams,KH 2024 Canopy structure modulates the sensitivity of subalpine forest stands to interannual snowpack and precipitation variability. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 29 pp.701-718. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-701-2025 PDF
- Bouskill,NJ; Newcomer,M; Carroll,RWH; Beutler,C; Bill,M; Brown,WS; Conrad,M; Dong,WS; Falco,N; Maavara,T and Newman,A 2024 A Tale of two catchments: Causality analysis and isotope systematics reveal mountainous watershed traits that regulate the retention and release of nitrogen. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(3), p.e2023JG007532. PDF
- Tokunaga,TK; Tran,AP; Wan,J; Dong,W; Newman,AW; Beutler,CA; Brown,WS; Henderson,AN and Williams,KH 2022 Quantifying subsurface flow and solute transport in a snowmelt-recharged hillslope with multiyear water balance. Water Resources Research, p.e2022WR032902. http://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032902 PDF
- Carroll,RW Deems,J Maxwell,R Sprenger,M Brown,W Newman,A Beutler,C Bill,M Hubbard,SS and Williams,KH 2022 Variability in observed stable water isotopes in snowpack across a mountainous watershed in Colorado. Hydrological Processes, 36(8), p.e14653. PDF
- Carroll,RW; Deems,J; Sprenger,M; Maxwell,R; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C and Williams,KH 2022 Modeling snow dynamics and stable water isotopes across mountain landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2022GL098780. html
- Fox,PM; Carrero,S; Anderson,C; Dewey,C; Keiluweit,M; Conrad,M; Naughton,HR; Fendorf,S; Carroll,R; Dafflon,B; and Malenda-Lawrence,H; Dwivedi,D; Gilbert,B; Christensen,JN; Boye,K; Beutler,C; Brown,W; Newman,A; Versteeg,R; Williams,KH; Nico,PS 2022 Sulfur biogeochemical cycling and redox dynamics in a shale-dominated mountainous watershed. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), p.e2021JG006769. PDF
- Sprenger,M; Carroll,RW; Dennedy-Frank,J; Siirila-Woodburn,ER; Newcomer,ME; Brown,W; Newman,A; Beutler,C; Bill,M; Hubbard,SS; and Williams,KH 2022 Variability of snow and rainfall partitioning into evapotranspiration and summer runoff across nine mountainous catchments. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2022GL099324. html
 Wan,J; Tokunaga,T; Brown,W; Newman,AM; Dong,W; Bill,M; Beutler,CA; Henderson,AN; Harvey-Costello,N; Conrad,ME; Bouskill,NJ; Hubbard,SS and Williams,KH 2021 Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions. Nature Geoscience 14(4)217-224. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00717-0 Data PDF
- Zhi,W; Williams,KH; Carroll,RW; Brown,W; Dong,W; Kerins,D. and Li,L 2020 Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed. Communications Earth & Environment, 1(1) 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00039-w PDF
- Mexican Cut Nature Preserve - Does a range shifting species alter ecosystem function phenology? With Amanda Klemmer, Hamish Greig, Jared Balik, Elliot Johnston, Howard Whiteman, Scott Thomas and students at RMBL. 2021-2022.
- GLORIA - GLobal Observation Research Initiative in Alpine environments. 2010-2018
- Alpine Treeline Warming Experiment during Fall 2012 and 2013. Recent article and abstract.
- Field research on stream insects with Barbara Peckarsky, Kara Cromwell, Maruxa Alvarez, Brad Taylor, Maria Alp and friends studying streams at RMBL. 1986-2013
- Spider Survey with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
- Mix of field research at RMBL. See list of acknowledgments. 1985-2024
- I'm interested in the effects of Mining on Aquatic Insects.
- Studied buffer zones around wetlands (original, under construction version). Commented about wetlands on Snodgrass mountain at Mt Crested Butte Planning commission meetings. 1998-1999
- Mexican Cut Nature Preserve aquatic insects with Scott Wissinger (Allegheny College), Howard Whiteman and students at RMBL. 1991-1998
- B.S. in Forest Resource Management, Minor in Geology. University of Montana. Graduated with honors :-)
 Wendy, Scott and Howard after a long day of measuring salamanders, Mexican Cut Nature Preserve. October 2021
 Weighing snowpit samples. April, 2017
 Jon enjoying the day digging on Snodgrass mountain. April, 2017
 Sowing tree seeds in a blizzard on Niwot Ridge, Colorado. Oct 2013
 Friends on Treasury Mountain :-) July 2012
 Mencia, the newest member of our team :-) July 2012
 Rock snot, Didymo or formally Didymosphenia geminata coating the rocks in Copper Creek. This was in June of 2012, the nuisance algae continued to grow all season. Interestingly, D. geminata has always been present in the Upper East River Valley. Numbers used to be low until it started blooming about 10 years ago.
 Intrepid Carrie collecting Baetis nymphs near the Emerald Lake snowfield. July 2011
 Kathy working on the GLORIA project in 2010. I worked on the weather station in the background.
 An underwater view of one of our Summer 2010 experiments.
 My friends and colleagues Brad Taylor, Angus McIntosh, Bobbi Peckarsky and Jen Moslemi on a ridge near Gothic in July 2007.
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