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Principal Investigator
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
IDAHO WILDFIRES (Summer 2022)
Team: Ford Freyberg (Project Lead), Carson Schuetze, Jessica Hiatt, Brenner Burkholder
Summary: Escalating severity and frequency of drought and wildfire call for effective and cost-efficient mitigation planning and monitoring protocols. The Palouse ecoregion, an agricultural epicenter in North-central Idaho, is of...
Principal Investigator
Caroline Williams
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Chesapeake Bay Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Katherine Hahn, Julia Atayi, Julia Portmann, Abigail Sgan
Summary: An increase in total suspended sediment (TSS) concentrations and turbidity have contributed to poor water quality in the Chesapeake Bay since the 1970s. Although turbidity and TSS have been...
Principal Investigator
Kathleen Lange
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Mato Grosso Agriculture (Summer 2022)
Team: Max Rock (Project Lead), Elijah Dalton, Aidan Harvey, Kate Reynolds
Summary: Ranked as the fourth largest food producer in the world, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse. Agricultural production at this scale warrants accurate crop monitoring and classification, however, this...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Bhutan Agriculture II (Summer 2022)
Team: Wangdrak Dorji (Project Co-Lead), Tenzin Wangmo (Project Co-Lead), Karma Dorjee, Sonam S Tshering
Summary: Agriculture is an essential sector in Bhutan, accounting for 19.2% of Bhutan’s GDP in 2020 while providing livelihoods for approximately 57% of the population. The...
Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Lake Champlain Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Laramie Plott, Ian Turner, Aaron Carr
Summary: Lake Champlain provides clean drinking water for 35% of the surrounding watershed and offers recreational opportunities to millions of tourists. However, current levels of cyanobacteria and phosphorus...
Mapping Long-Term Changes in the Hydroecology of the Slave River Delta Using NASA Earth Observations
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Great Slave Lake Water Resources (Summer 2022)
Team: Yuhe Chang (Project Lead), Virgil Alfred, Ethan McIntosh, Catherine Shea
Summary: Indigenous communities around the Great Slave Lake (GSL) in Canada’s Northwest Territories have observed long-term changes in water levels within the Slave River Delta (SRD), causing...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Delaware Basin Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022)
Team: Jack Mezger (Project Lead), Mark Bossinger, Gillian McNamara, Quinn Heiser
Summary: The Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, located in the Delaware Basin in the southwestern United States, observed both a decrease in precipitation and an increase...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Chile Wildfires (Summer 2022)
Team: Chris Matechik (Project Lead), Reuben Alter, Jennifer Ruiz, Stephen Sene
Summary: In recent years, Central Chile has experienced wildfires of increasing frequency and intensity, which threaten natural resources and communities. The Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) responds to wildfires caused by...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Oregon Wildfires (Summer 2022)
Team: Brenna Hatch (Project Lead), Kenya Creer, Jennifer Sobolewski, Nicole Roberts
Summary: Wildfire season in the western USA is starting earlier and gaining in intensity. The Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon began on July 6th, 2021, and burned over 1675 km2...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Lower Illinois River Valley Ecological Forecasting (Summer 2022)
Team: Vanessa Machuca (Project Lead), Dana Myers, Hannah Rigdon, Christiana Saldana
Summary: The Lower Illinois River Valley (LIRV) is home to some of the richest agricultural lands in the United States and its wetlands provide key ecosystem...