18. - Research-Driven Educational Initiatives to Improve Watershed Health
Date: Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Location: MW170
Chair(s): Erin Argyilan, Laurie Eberhardt, Julie Peller
Educational partnerships to study, protect and embrace the health of a local watershed
Julie Peller, Valparaiso University; Erin Argyilan, Indiana University Northwest, Department of Geosciences; Laurie Eberhardt, Valparaiso University; Carrie Sanidas, Portage Township Schools
Cooperating to monitor the impacts of terrestrial restoration on associated headwater streams
Laurie Eberhardt, Valparaiso University; Laura Barghusen, Openlands; Eric Bird, Shirley Heinze Land Trust; Sidney Noble, Valparaiso University
Microplastics and macroinvertebrates: leveraging student ingenuity for research discovery
Maria Kubalewski, Valparaiso University; Laurie Eberhardt, Valparaiso University; Julie Peller, Valparaiso University
Bridging the data gap in Conservation Authorities using Citizen Science
Debbie Balika, Kawartha Conservation; Andrea Kirkwood, University of Ontario Institute of Technology