Example of preliminary results from the Marion County Park and Lake User Survey.

Ten students – from seven different majors and four colleges – successfully completed the NRES capstone course in Fall 2020.  Students were mentored by Dr. Trisha Moore (Biological & Agricultural Engineering) and NRES Graduate Fellow Amariah Fischer (Geography & Geospatial Sciences).

Students worked on two different projects including “Marion County Park and Lake Citizen Science Project” and “Studying Potential Effects of Changing Climate and Changing Land Cover on Marion County Lake.”  Project reports and scientific poster presentations can be viewed and downloaded from the NRES website.

Congratulations to students Luis Avalos (Park Management & Conservation), Shannon Bellamy (Biosystems Engineering), Katlynn Brock (Park Management & Conservation), Alexandra Clark (Agronomy), MacKenzie Cline (Biological Systems Engineering), Trevor Hampton (Civil Engineering), Abigail Mason (Regional & Community Planning), Hunter Mussetter (Philosophy), Logan Romero (Geography & Geospatial Sciences), Aaron Stewart (Park Management & Conservation).