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Lessons learned using stream morphology and simple erosion control structures from the past decade that improve longevity and project performance. 

Wetland restoration is an important climate crisis tool because restoration is one of 21 recognized natural climate solutions capable of capturing up to 37% of excess atmospheric carbon. 

Think Like a Watershed, Act like a River: The Culture of Community Based River Restoration in the Arizona-Sonora, MX Binational Watersheds 

Joaquin Murrieta-Sladivar

Bill Zeedyk on Why the trilogy matters: Hydrology, Geomorphology & Ecology 

Bill Zeedyk from Zeedyk from Zeedyk Ecological Consulting speaking at the NCER conference. 

Joaquin Murrieta is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Master of Science in Natural Resources and Agricultural Economics and a PhD in Renewable Natural Resources. 

The before image of a before/after image of mule deer energy expenditure of mule deer before the addition of natural gas pads.

The after image of a before/after image of mule deer energy expenditure of mule deer before the addition of natural gas pads.

Texas tortoise being weighed at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park (PABNHP).

Ocelot caught on a night camera at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in Texas.

Location map of the Colorado Plateau ecoregion; ecoregion detail (A) with individual well sites identified by a black dot; Google Earth Pro aerial photography showing the footprint of oil and gas development at the landscape scale as small light colored patches (B); Google Earth Pro close-up of well pads and roads (C).

Dr Laura Norman receives the Outstand Alumnus Award from the University of Arizona.

The outstanding alumnus certificate from the University of Arizona which was awarded Laura Norman.

Human-Built Natural Infrastructure in Dryland Streams (NIDS) - Lessons from the “20-Year Crew” #BetheBeaver

A photograph of the sun setting in a desert of the Southwest of the United States.

When soil behaves like a liquid it can lose its ability to support structures. The soil can even flow down very gentle slopes, and erupt to the ground surface to form sand boils (“sand volcanoes”).

Study areas throughout the US in various agroecological zones. US study areas, named according to agroecological zones (AEZs) in which they are located. AEZs as defined by FAO (FAO, 2018). [Source: Aneece and Thenkabail, 2018].

Map of Syr Darya River Basin in Central Asia for GHISA project highlighting farms and crop types.

The DESIS and PRISMA Derived Spectral Library of Agricultural Crops in California was developed using 2020 DESIS and PRISMA data for almonds, corn, cotton, grapes, pistachios, rice, and tomatoes. For more details, see “New Generation Hyperspectral Sensors DESIS and PRISMA Provide Improved Agricultural Crop Classifications” (DOI: 10.14358/PERS.22-00039R2)

At the University of Arizona's Water Resources Reasearch Center's 2024 Annual Conference, Alma Anides-Morales, a student trainee in the USGS Pathways Internship Program, stands in front of her award-winning poster.

Norman with graduate students from the Academic Department of Earth Sciences at the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur (UABCS) teaching high school students from El Sargento at the “Caminos Del Agua” Water Festival  (photo by Alfredo Martinez, March 11, 2024).