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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...
Principal Investigator
Sarah Payne
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
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...
Principal Investigator
Scott Cunningham
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
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...
Principal Investigator
Scott Cunningham
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
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...
Principal Investigator
Ryan Hammock
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
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...
Principal Investigator
Britnay Beaudry
Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP
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...