PUBLIC PROJECTS
Virginia NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant 2020
Structure From Motion DEMs in the Smith Creek Watershed
This project is currently ongoing. WSI geoscience and GIS specialists have completed initial fieldwork and are currently processing drone photogrammetry for high-resolution DEM's of three sites on Virginia's Smith Creek.
PA DEP Growing Greener 2018-2020
Phase 3 WIP: Legacy Sediment, Dam Removal and Threats to Water Quality in Lancaster County
This grant-funded project is currently ongoing.
Pennsylvania NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant 2: 2018-2020
Expansion of historic dam, erosion, and legacy sediment mapping to six additional counties, more precise BMP targeting, and canopy height and density mapping.
This grant-funded project is currently ongoing. Click the images below to explore figures in the carousel viewer.
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USDA NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant 1: 2016-2018
Legacy sediment terrace and erosion mapping and watershed-scale BMP targeting in Lancaster County, PA.
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The Water Science Institute thanks NRCS, the Steinman Foundation, and National Science Foundation grants 1451586 and 1451562 for their financial support of this study.