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Principal Investigator
Paxton LaJoie
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Okefenokee Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Brianne Kendall (Project Lead), Kyle Steen, Hailey Schmidt, Laramie Plott
Summary: The Okefenokee Swamp is a vital ecosystem known for its protection of biodiversity, peatland carbon sinks, and recreational and economic opportunities for local residents. The swamp has experienced several wildfires since...
Principal Investigator
Tyler Pantle
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Padre Island Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Lisa Tanh (Project Lead), Yuhe Chang, Rachel Lazzaro, Cameron Reimer
Summary: Land loss along Padre Island National Seashore threatens the safety of the recreational beach for the general public and endangers wildlife habitats and nesting sites. Historically, the Army Corps of...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Jobos Bay Water Resources II (Spring 2022)
Team: Lily Oliver (Project Lead), Katherine Hahn, Rachael Barrows, Susan Jarvis
Summary: High-intensity storms and coastal development negatively impact the ecosystems of Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico, by causing reductions in mangrove forests and degradation of water quality. These changes compromise the...
Principal Investigator
Adriana Le Compte
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Delaware Basin Health and Air Quality (Spring 2022)
Team: Sean Cusick (Project Lead), Amber Schlessiger, Billy Henshaw, Perrin Krisko
Summary: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a precursor for secondary air pollutants, which are associated with decreased visibility, and decreased ecosystem and respiratory health. NO2 is a growing threat to...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Mississippi Embayment Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Lauren Mahoney (Project Lead), Brenna Hatch, Lauren Webster, Claire Villanueva-Weeks
Summary: The Memphis Sand Aquifer (MSA) is located in the Mississippi Embayment which extends 250,000 square kilometers across nine states. Groundwater recharge factors that influence the narrow recharge...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Gulf of Mexico Health & Air Quality (Spring 2022)
Team: Kate Howell (Project Lead), Ashley Fernando, Ephrata Yohannes, J. Kyle Bergerson
Summary: The extraction, production, and transportation of oil and gas is a leading contributor to anthropogenic methane emissions via activities such as flaring and...
Principal Investigator
Erica Carcelen
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Chile Disasters (Spring 2022)
Team: Maria De Los Santos (Project Lead), Cooper Campbell, Karen Alvarez, Hannah Ferriby
Summary: Wildfires in Chile in the last decade were the worst on record, destroying homes and livelihoods, polluting the air, and displacing whole towns. To predict locations where...
Principal Investigator
Brandy Nisbet-Wilcox
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Grand Valley Ecological Forecasting (Spring 2022)
Team: Garett Powers (Project Lead), Elizabeth Stone, Kolawole Arowoogun, Mitchell Tree
Summary: Drought, beetle infestation, and more frequent wildfires are changing the composition and distribution of the pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush ecosystems of the Grand Valley in western Colorado. Land managers must...
Principal Investigator
Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Arizona Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Margaret Jaenicke (Project Lead), Anne Britton, Abbi Brown, Liam Megraw
Summary: Pinyon-juniper woodlands (PJW) are a vital habitat and food source for several wildlife species and a source of both utility and cultural importance for Indigenous groups. In 2021...
Principal Investigator
Nicole Ramberg-Pihl
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
Maine Ecological Forecasting II (Spring 2022)
Team: Tony Bowman (Project Lead), Jonathan Falciani, Christopher Matechik, Kelsey Preslar
Summary: Major declines in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations have occurred alongside dam construction, shifting temperatures, and changing land use and land cover (LULC), restricting the last remaining...