Kasie Collins, an MS candidate in Environmental Conservation, will defend her thesis paper entitled, “Vernal Pool Vegetation and Soil Patterns along Hydrologic Gradients in Western Massachusetts” on August 27, 2013 at 10:00 am in Rm 312A, Holdsworth Hall. Her exam committee members are Timothy Randhir (chair), Scott Jackson, and Mickey Spokas. A copy of her thesis is available in Holdsworth 225.