Since the beginning of June, I have been working with a landscape ecologist at the University of Nevada, Reno on a project studying riparian forest establishment along three rivers in Nevada, the Truckee, Carson and Walker Rivers. The research is funded by a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) grant and supported by the Great Basin Institute at UNR.
The research consists of lots of field time in sunny Nevada and just as much lab time analyzing collected samples. I am learning about dendrochronology, tree species and the river systems in Nevada's desert and getting a taste of what a graduate research project could look like. My project is a three river comparison and hopes to provide management recommendations for interested agencies.
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