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How volunteers and researchers at URI work together to better understand our environment

  • Jessica Minker

Across Rhode Island, volunteers are helping scientists answer big environmental questions, from tracking water quality in local ponds and streams to uncovering the secret lives of bobcats. These “community scientists” collect or analyze data that supports scientific research.  They include Veronica Berounsky and Elise Torello, whose time and commitment helped researchers at the University of […]

Iowa

Iowa groundwater monitoring expands to all 3rd District counties with federal funds

  • Cami Koons

ALLEMAN – Hydrologic monitoring stations that help researchers compile flood and drought information useful for farmers and communities will soon be deployed across all of southwestern Iowa, following funding announced Friday by U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn. The $500,000 in federal funding will add 18 hydrologic monitoring stations to Iowa’s existing monitor network, and help establish […]