As watershed hydrologists, we care a lot about precipitation, especially when it reaches the land surface (or the vegetation just above it). Precipitation is the dominant input to our water balances and a major driver of streamflow and water table responses. Because precipitation is so important, we need to spend …
What did I do in the past year? Let’s make a go at counting. One NSF proposal funded and going. Read about the STORMS project, in which we’re trying to connect stormwater decision making to hydrologic and ecologic outcomes at the watershed scale. Two papers published, both open access. Read …
Congratulations to Catherine Ruhm, who defended her MS thesis in Geology in mid-November. Catherine took on a complicated and intensive project on the soils and hydrology of abandoned mine lands in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, collecting absolutely critical baseline data on the properties of five sites which had been mined …
The Watershed Hydrology Lab will be at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in early November. Graduate student Catherine Ruhm will be giving a talk in the session on “Geology and Hydrology of Your Public Lands: Understanding and Managing America’s Geologic Heritage, Active Processes, Geohazards, Energy Development, and Mineral …
The Watershed Hydrology Lab will be at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in early November. Anne will be giving a talk in the session on “Human Alterations of Landscape Connectivity” on Sunday, November 4th from 10:55-11:10 am. The session (which she’s also co-convening) at the Indiana Convention Center …
The Watershed Hydrology Lab will be at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in early November. Graduate student Jeff Timmons will be giving a poster in the Hydrogeology session on Sunday, November 4th. Come visit him at booth 162 in the poster hall and learn about the isotopic landscape …
Two Graduate Assistantships to study urban streams We are seeking two graduate assistants for an NSF-funded collaborative project aimed at understanding how stormwater management decisions translate to hydrologic and environmental outcomes in urban streams in Cleveland (Ohio) and Denver (Colorado). These funded graduate student researchers will join an interdisciplinary team …
Garrett Blauch defended his MS thesis on “Abundance, Mobility, and Geomorphic Effects of Large Wood in Urban Streams” on June 19, 2018. He then won 3rd place in the University Council on Water Resources conference poster competition less than two weeks later. Garrett spent hundreds of hours in 11 stream …
I’m pleased to announce that I’m leading a new multi-institution NSF-funded project investigating how stormwater decision making translates to environmental outcomes at the watershed scale. I’m collaborating with Aditi Bhaskar (Colorado State University), Kelly Turner (UCLA), and Dave Costello (Kent State University) on the project we’ve christened STORMS, for STream …
Laura Sugano successfully defended her MS thesis on April 2, 2018 and is all set for graduation next week. Laura’s thesis “Comparing Bioretention Cell and Green Roof Performance in Parma, OH” was the culmination of three years of work at the Cleveland Metroparks’ Watershed Stewardship Center, an innovative research and …