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...

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...