DCISE Annual Report 2016-2017
CULVERT MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR
AMPHIBIAN CONNECTIVITY
Funding Source:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Investigators:
Matthew Aiello-Lammens, John Cronin
Synopsis:
This project will develop an adaptive management plan
for prioritizing culvert maintenance actions to enhance
connectivity of amphibian habitat and survival of amphibian
species, and manage drainage during precipitation events.
The principal investigator, along with ESS students, will assess
small culverts, identifying those that most greatly reduce road-
associated mortality and are most important for facilitating
run-off.
REAL-TIME WATER MONITORING
Funding Source:
Turner Foundation, General Electric
Investigator:
John Cronin
Synopsis:
Working with Matt Ganis of Pace's Seidenberg School of
Computer Science and Information Systems (CSIS) and Bruce
Bachenheimer of Pace's Lubin School of Business, the team
is developing a pilot program to train students in the use
and operation of real-time water monitoring technology,
beginning with Choate Pond as a test site. General Electric
donated 10 real-time monitoring platforms, each capable of
streaming data and collecting water samples. In addition, the
Turner Construction Company Foundation made a donation
of $24,000 to DCISE in support of the program. Delivery of the
equipment is expected in the beginning of November 2017.
The stations will be deployed in key locations for collecting
river and watershed data. The plan is to develop a course
with Seidenberg and Lubin that will combine STEM training,
research and application development.
14
ESS student interns
measuring culverts.
