Principal Investigator

Lisa Tanh

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

Maldives Climate (Fall 2022)

Team: Aidan Harvey (Project Lead), Daniel Lopez, Mitch Porter, Derek Chin

Summary: Global sea level rise as a result of climate change continues to pose a critical threat to coastal ecosystems and populations. The archipelagic country of the Maldives is of...

Principal Investigator

Caroline Williams

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

Shoshone River Water Resources (Fall 2022)

Team: Robyn Holmes (Project Lead), Will Campbell, Cassie Ferrante, Nelson Lemnyuy

Summary: In 2016, a routine repair operation at the Willwood Dam released tons of built-up sediment into the Shoshone River, polluting the river and negatively impacting the ecosystem...

Principal Investigator

Sarah Payne

Capacity Building Type
DEVELOP

Yellowstone Ecological Forecasting II (Fall 2022)

Team: Vanessa Bailey (Project Lead), Ryan Brinton, Samantha Snowden, Aliza White

Summary: Aspen stands in Yellowstone National Park have been indirectly affected by the removal and reintroduction of wolves in 1926 and 1995, respectively. The National Park Service has...

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...