Sarah Payne
Haiti Agriculture (Spring 2022)
Team: Kelli Roberts (Project Co-Lead), Taylor Simkins (Project Co-Lead), Ilan Bubb, Nohemi Huanca-Nunez
Summary: Haiti is one of the world’s most deforested and environmentally degraded countries. Over the past 30 years, the Haiti Reforestation Partnership (HRP) has provided resources, education, and...
Scott Cunningham
Grand Canyon Ecological Forecasting (Spring 2022)
Team: Scarlet Jackson (Project Lead), Michael Hitchner, Joe Miotke, Miriam Ritchie
Summary: Significant die-offs of the drought-tolerant species Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) and one-seeded juniper (Juniperus monosperma) have been observed throughout central and northern Arizona...
Scott Cunningham
Boulder County Disasters (Spring 2022)
Team: Sarah Hettema (Project Lead), Jennifer Rogers, Ibuki Sugiura, Erin Twaddell
Summary: In recent years, record-breaking wildfire activities in the western US illustrate the need for fire mitigation efforts, such as forest fuels reduction treatments. Forests serve as crucial carbon...
Ryan Hammock
Phoenix Climate (Spring 2022)
Team: Alison Bautista (Project Lead), Haley Stuckmeyer, Gloria Liu, Ben Schafermeyer
Summary: Phoenix, Arizona is the hottest city in the United States, with daytime summer temperatures consistently reaching upwards of 100°F. As these daytime temperatures continue to climb, heat-related illnesses and...
Britnay Beaudry
Vermont & New Hampshire Ecological Forecasting (Spring 2022)
Team: Seamore Zhu (Project Lead), Katie Caruso, Morgan Dean, Jacob Orser
Summary: The invasive, herbivorous insect Lymantria dispar is a major defoliator of hardwood trees in the northeastern United States. Established populations of L. dispar typically rest...
Britnay Beaudry, Hayley Pippin
ORCAA 2.0 Water Resources (Spring 2022)
Team: Tasos Tentoglou (Project Lead), Eleda Fernald, Adam Weingram, David Carrasco Rivera
Summary: Initially developed by the Belize & Honduras Water Resources I/II teams, the Optical Reef and Coastal Area Assessment tool (ORCAA) is a Google Earth Engine application...
Britnay Beaudry
California Agriculture (Spring 2022)
Team: Rachael Ross (Project Lead), Alex Posen, Shreya Suri, Stefanie Mendoza
Summary: California seeks to become a carbon neutral state by 2045. To track progress toward this goal, it is important to quantify the amount of carbon stored by various landcover types...
Adriana LeCompte
Tonle Sap Food Security & Agriculture III (Fall 2021)
Team: Joey Lindsay (Project Lead), Keida Gaba, Lindsay Harmon, Susan Jarvis
Summary: Tonlé Sap Lake, located in Cambodia, Southeast Asia, is one of the most productive inland fisheries in the world. With the unique reverse flow...
Charlie Devine (Project Co-lead)
The Belize Barrier Reef is a biodiverse marine ecosystem and the largest coral reef system in the western hemisphere. The reef also provides ecosystem services in the form of fisheries and tourism and is estimated to be responsible for 12...
Vanessa Valenti
The Great Lakes Basin is one of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystems. The Basin harbors over 200,000 acres of wetlands that provide a variety of environmental, ecological, and recreational functions to over 30 million people in the region. Some of...