Shannon Claeson is a freshwater ecologist with the Forest Service PNW Research Station in Wenatchee, WA. Her research includes riparian-aquatic interactions, invertebrate community ecology, disturbance and restoration ecology, and primary succession in streams. Shannon appreciates the landscape diversity, elevational gradient, and beauty of the PNW. She enjoys being active outside on dirt, water, and snow; but she is also happy to sit on the couch and read when the weather is uncooperative. Shannon has been a member of SFS since 2004.