Colorado Parks and Wildlife
2300 S. Townsend Ave.
Montrose, CO 81401
Phone: (970) 252-6037
Email: zachary.hooley-underwood@state.co.us

Education

• M.S., Zoology and Physiology — University of Wyoming, 2015
• B.S., Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology — Colorado State University, 2011

Current or Recent Positions

• Aquatic Research Scientist — Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2021-Present
• Research Associate — Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 2019-2021
• Fisheries Technician — Colorado Parks and Wildlife, 2016-2019

Current or Recent Research Projects

• Protecting tributary-spawning native suckers from hybridization with non-native suckers through mechanical exclusion
• Evaluating tributary selection and fidelity by Bluehead Sucker, Flannelmouth Sucker, and Roundtail Chub
• Refining the known distribution of Bluehead Sucker, Flannelmouth Sucker, and Roundtail Chub in Colorado

Areas of Interest/Expertise

• Native, non-game fish research and conservation
• Colorado River basin native fishes - ecology, behavior, and management
• Identifying fish movement patterns using complementary studies and technologies
• Assessing fish population distribution and function

Selected Publications

Z. E. Hooley-Underwood, Summer B. Stevens, Nicholas R. Salinas, and Kevin G. Thompson. 2019. An intermittent stream supports extensive spawning of large-river native fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148:426-441.

Z. E. Hooley-Underwood, Elizabeth G. Mandeville, Paul Gerrity, Joe Deromedi, Kevin Johnson, and Annika W. Walters. 2018. Combining genetic, isotopic and field data to better describe the influence of dams and diversions on burbot movement in the Wind River Drainage, Wyoming. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 147: 606-620.

Z. E. Hooley-Underwood, Summer B. Stevens, Kevin G. Thompson. 2017. Short-term passive integrated transponder tag retention in wild populations of bluehead and flannelmouth suckers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37: 582-586.

David R. Stewart, Z. E. Underwood, Frank. J. Rahel, Annika W. Walters. 2017. The effectiveness of surrogate taxa to conserve freshwater biodiversity. Conservation Biology. doi:10.1111/cobi.12967

Z. E. Underwood, Elizabeth Mandeville, Annika Walters. 2016. Population connectivity and genetic structure of burbot populations in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Hydrobiologia 765: 329-342.

Z. E. Underwood, Christopher A. Myrick, Robert I. Compton. 2014. Comparative swimming performance of five Catostomus species and roundtail chub. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34: 753-763.

Christopher A. Myrick, Z. E. Underwood, Kristoph D. Kinzli. 2013. Supporting undergraduate education with realistic laboratory exercises and research experience. Fisheries 38:160-168.