NY State Hudson River Estuary Program
WRI’s competitive grants program is operated jointly with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River Estuary Program (HREP). The primary objective of this program is to bring innovative science to watershed planning, management, and policy. WRI encourages proposals that support the strategic goals of the HREP since it provides significant funding to this WRI grants program. WRI is most interested in supporting research to assist management and outreach in Benefits 1 (Clean Water), and 2 (Resilient Communities) of the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda, although research needs in all Benefits are eligible. Previous projects that have been awarded can be accessed through the links on the left.
If you have a research project that you think would be of interest to the Hudson River Estuary Program, or want to make WRI aware of your expertise for consideration in future funding calls, please contact us at nyswri [at] cornell.edu.
Projects by Year
- Integrating social and ecological processes to advance aquatic connectivity restoration in the Hudson River watershed
- Equitable Green Infrastructure Planning in NY: Assessing the state of knowledge and best practices to facilitate collaborative learning
Zbigniew Grabowski, The New School - Mid-Hudson Young Environmental Scientist Project in Local Watershed Ecology (MH-YES)- Year 5
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute - Examining Student Connections to the Ocean
Meghan E. Marrero, Mercy College - Learning to Manage Oyster Population Connectivity by Studying When, Where, and What Oyster Larvae Settle
Matthew Hare, Cornell University - Promoting Hudson River Water Literacy and Sustainable Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management through Passive Acoustics
Alex Flecker, Cornell University - Advancing and Expanding Design for Climate-resilient Communities in New York State
Josh Cerra, Cornell University - Aquatic Connectivity and Ecosystem Services Restoration Through Removal and Monitoring of Outdated Dams and Barriers
Patrick Sullivan, Cornell University - Black Dirt Futures: Green Infrastructure Scenarios for the Southern Wallkill
Anne Weber, Cornell University - Equity in Flood Insurance Access in a Changing National Flood Insurance Program
Jack Zinda, Cornell University
- The Institute Discovering Environmental Scientists (TIDES) 2021 Program
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute - Rural landscapes as infrastructure
Anne Weber, Cornell University - Culvert analysis
Ben Houston, Groundpoint Engineering - Hudson tributary dam removal
Pat Sullivan, Cornell University - Ecoacoustics as an emerging approach for understanding anthropogenic change in the Hudson River Estuary
Alex Flecker & Aaron Rice, Cornell University - Comparative frameworks of flood risk awareness, adaptation, & mitigation in Troy & Kingston
Jack Zinda, Global Development - Design for climate-resilient Hudson River communities
Josh Cerra, Cornell University - Development of a rapid, user-friendly bacterial health monitoring tool to assist urban oyster restoration
Elizabeth Suter, Molloy College - Evolutionary restoration of fishes following barrier removal in New York
Alex Flecker, Cornell University - Water Ways: New York City youth's water consumption behaviors and perceptions
Jerel Ezell, Cornell University - Ghost Dam Identification
Brian Rahm, WRI - Mid-Hudson Young Environmental Scientist Project in local watershed ecology (MH-YES) Year 4
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute - Carbon emissions and sequestration in open-water wetlands
Meredith Holgerson, Cornell University
- Norrie Point Environmental Center Interpretive Plan 2020
Maija Niemisto (WRI), Chris Bowser (WRI) and Emily Nestlerode (Wolf Tree Design) - Design for Climate-resilient Hudson River Communities
Joshua F. Cerra, Cornell University - Culvert Model Program 2020: Final Report
Benjamin H. Houston, GroudPoint Engineering, PLLC - Understanding Flood Risk Perception, Response, and Flood Insurance Practices in Troy & Kingston
John Zinda, Cornell University - Hudson Tributary Dam Removal
Pat Sullivan, Jeremy Dietrich, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. For more information on this work, please check our Barrier Removal & Mitigation Program page. - Norrie Point Design Studio
Rhonda Gilmore, Cornell University - Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Dutchess, Ulster, Rockland, Rensselaer, and Columbia-Greene counties - Mid-Hudson Young Environmental Scientist Project in Urban Stream Ecology (MH- YES) Year 3
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute - Eliminating the "Barrier" to Estuary Education: Connecting Students to their Estuary by Studying the Effect of Stream Barriers and Water Quality on American Eel Populations
Kerryanne Donohue, Manhattan College - Underwater Soundscapes as Sentinels of Ecosystem Health and as Tools for Biodiversity Education in the Hudson River Estuary
Alex Flecker & Aaron Rice, Cornell University - Wild Oyster Broodstock in the Hudson River - Building a Baseline Understanding of Connectivity and Restoration Potential by Measuring and Mapping Annual Recruitment
Matthew Hare, Cornell University - The Trophic State is Dynamic: Seasonal Patterns of Nutrient Controls on Phytoplankton in Lakes across New York State
David Richardson, SUNY New Paltz
- Establishing Baseline and Comparative Frameworks of Flood Risk Awareness, Adaptation, & Mitigation in Troy & Kingston (Phase III)
Robin Blakely-Armitage, David Kay, Lindy Williams, John Zinda & Sarah Alexander; Department of Global Development, Cornell University - Mapping Flood Insurance Claims with Hydrologic and Social Demographic Predictors via Machine Learning: Re-evaluating Riverine Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Knighton, J. et al., 2020. Journal of Environmental Management, 272, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111051 - Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties - Design for Climate-Resilient Hudson River Communities
Joshua F. Cerra, Cornell University - Scenic Resource Protection Guide for the Hudson River Valley
George Frantz, Cornell University - Barriers to Oyster Recovery in Hudson River Estuary
Matthew Hare, Cornell University. For full report, click here. - Identifying and Prioritizing Undersized and Poorly Passable Culverts for Assessing Organism Passage and Flooding potential Under Different Storm Scenarios
Todd Walter, Cornell University. For more information on this work, please check our Barrier Removal & Mitigation Program page. - Hudson Tributary Dam Removal
Pat Sullivan, Jeremy Dietrich, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University. For more information on this work, please check our Barrier Removal & Mitigation Program page. - Governing U.S. Flood Risk under Climate Change: Examining an emerging flood-risk network in New York State’s Hudson Valley region
Clifton Staples, NYS Water Resources Institute - Mid-Hudson Young Environmental Scientist Project in Urban Stream Ecology (MH-YES) Year 2
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies - Ghost Dams: A New Inventory of Potential Barriers to Aquatic Connectivity
Brian Buchanan, NYS Water Resources Institute. Contact NYSWRI for more information. - Road Salt Delivery Mechanisms and Water Quality Impacts in the Hudson River Watershed
Katherine Meierdiercks, Sienna College - Validation and Application of qPCR-MST of Fecal Contamination in the Mohawk River Watershed
Carolyn Rodak, SUNY Polytechnic Institute - Mapping needed and existing vegetative buffers to reduce nutrient loads
Ted Endreny, SUNY ESF
- 2018 WRI Summary Report
WRI Research, Outreach, and Education - 2018 Summary - Communicating results of a 2016-2017 micropollutant monitoring campaign to stakeholders in the Hudson River Estuary
Damian Helbling, Cornell University - Public Participation in Dam Removal Action: A Cultural-Historical-Environmental Assessment in the Hudson River estuary
Karin Limburg, SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. Please direct inquires to the researcher. - Hudson Tributary Dam Removal
Patrick Sullivan, Cornell University. For more information on this work, please check our Barrier Removal & Mitigation Program page. - Assessing stakeholder perceptions and facilitating collaboration in the Pocantico River Watershed
Michael Finewood, Pace University - Support for Land Use/Environmental Planning Field Workshop (2018)
George Frantz, Cornell University - Mid-Hudson Young Environmental Scientist Project in Urban Stream Ecology (MH- YES)
Alan Berkowitz, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies - Identifying and Prioritizing Undersized and Poorly Passable Culverts for Assessing Organism Passage and Flooding Potential Under Different Storm Scenarios
Todd Walter, Cornell University. For more information on this work, please check our Barrier Removal & Mitigation Program page. - Effect of climate change on nutrient limitation and algal blooms in headwater lakes of the Hudson River
David Richardson, SUNY New Paltz - Mapping Water Infrastructure in the Hudson Valley
Greg Yetman, Columbia University. For more information on this work, please contact WRI or the researchers directly. - Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Ulster Counties - Design for Climate-resilient Hudson River Communities
Josh Cerra, Cornell University. For more information please see our Climate-adaptive Design page - The Socioeconomic Implications of Changing Flood Risk in the Hudson/Mohawk Watersheds (2018)
The Community and Regional Development Institute, Cornell University - Scoping Green Infrastructure in Troy
Brian Davis, Cornell University. For the full report, please contact WRI or the researcher directly. - Sustainable oyster restoration requires oyster reproduction: Variation in reproduction across Hudson/Raritan Estuary environments
- Matthew Hare, Cornell University
- 2017 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning – 2017 Summary. - Design for Climate-resilient Hudson River Communities
jfc299 [at] cornell.edu (Josh Cerra), Cornell University. - Linking land use and climate dynamics to ecological responses of amphibians and reptiles within New York State watersheds: An integrative approach using citizen science
James Gibbs, SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. For more on this project, visit the NY Herp Atlas. - Hudson Estuary Watershed Resiliency Project
Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Rockland Counties. - Community engagement through water quality monitoring along the Mohawk River 2017: Year three of a longitudinal study
Neil Law, SUNY Cobleskill. For more information please contact the researcher directly. - Using multivariate analysis and USGS stream gage data to improve source tracking of micropollutants in the Hudson River Estuary
deh262 [at] cornell.edu (Damian Helbling), Cornell University. For a publication based on this work, read here. - Bacterial and viral source tracking in the Pocantico and Sparkill watersheds
bernadette.connors [at] dc.edu (Bernadette Connors), Dominican College. For more information please contact the researcher directly. - Tracking Molecular Transformations of Organic Matter in Water Treatment Processes
la31 [at] cornell.edu (Ludmilla Aristilde), Cornell University. For more information please contact the researcher directly. - Geospatial assessment of riparian zones: A case study in the Hudson River Estuary – Stockport Creek Watershed
Lindi Quackenbush, SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. - Identifying sources of pollution and risks of waterborne pathogens in the Hudson River Watershed
rer26 [at] cornell.edu (Ruth Richardson), Cornell University. For more information please contact the researcher directly. - Assessing the effectiveness of green infrastructure (2017)
Emily Vail, Cornell University. - Quantification and Source Identification of Microplastic Pollution in the Hudson River
Lisa Watkins, Cornell University. - Hudson Estuary Accessibility Project
nch8 [at] cornell.edu (Nordica Holochuck) and lhc62 [at] cornell.edu (LaWanda Cook), Cornell University. For more information please contact the researchers directly. - Support for Land Use/Environmental Planning Field Workshop
George Frantz, Cornell University. - The Socioeconomic Implications of Changing Flood Risk in the Hudson/Mohawk Watersheds
The Community and Regional Development Institute, Cornell University. - Hudson Tributary Dam Removal
Patrick Sullivan, Cornell University. For more information please contact the researcher directly.
- 2016 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning – year 5. - Tributaries and sewage outfalls: Identifying the relative contribution of sources of micropollutants in the Hudson River Estuary
deh262 [at] cornell.edu (Damian Helbling), Cornell University. Report available upon request. - Tracking Molecular Transformations of Organic Matter in Water Treatment Processes
la31 [at] cornell.edu (Ludmilla Aristilde), Cornell University. For more information on results of this project, please contact the researcher. - Septic systems and surface water quality
rer26 [at] cornell.edu (Ruth Richardson), Cornell University. - Assessing the effectiveness of green infrastructure
Emily Vail, Cornell University. - Mohawk River Water Quality: Risk Evaluation of Combined Sewer Overflow and Runoff Events
rodakc [at] sunyit.edu (Carolyn Rodak), SUNY IT. - Detection and characterization of microplastics in Hudson valley surface waters
Lisa Watkins, Cornell University. - The Importance of Field Trips and Cultural Awareness in Education: A Case Study at the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB)
kruen [at] sarahlawrence.edu (Kathleen Ruen), Sarah Lawrence College. Read their article, "The Best Field Trip Ever: An Artistic and Scientific Analysis of the Value of Field Trips to an Environmental Center." You can also see their project report at the following link. - Culvert assessment and modeling to aid aquatic organism passage and flood mitigation
kt428 [at] cornell.edu (Karin Teuffer), Cornell University - Empirical Validation of the Use of Genetic Tags to Determine the Population Origin of Acoustically Tagged Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River and Coastwide
Isaac.Wirgin [at] nyumc.org (Isaac Wirgin), New York University Medical Center. - Public Education and Outreach on Watershed and Flood Resiliency in the Hudson River Estuary
Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Orange Counties. For a summary of outreach: - Prediction of Sediment Remobilized by Removal of an Aged Dam in the Hudson River Watershed
wwu [at] clarkson.edu (Weiming Wu), Clarkson University. To learn more, watch a short video. Contact Brian Rahm (WRI) or Weiming Wu (Clarkson University) for the full report, or click on the following link for a summary: - Land Use/Environmental Planning Field Workshop Activities, Fall 2016 Semester
grf4 [at] cornell.edu (George Frantz), Department of City & Regional Planning, Cornell University. - Hudson Estuary Accessibility Project
nch8 [at] cornell.edu (Nordica Holochuck) and lhc62 [at] cornell.edu (LaWanda Cook), Cornell University. - Design for Climate-resilient Hudson River Communities
jfc299 [at] cornell.edu (Josh Cerra), Cornell University. Report available upon request. - Green Infrastructure Scenarios for communities in Troy
brd63 [at] cornell.edu (Brian Davis), Cornell University
- 2015 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning – year 4. - Software system for downloading, organizing, and analyzing online reviews of water-centric recreation areas in the Hudson River watershed
nagesh [at] cornell.edu (Srinagesh Gavirneni), Cornell University. See here for a Research & Policy Brief related to this project - Seasonal variability of projected future climate and its impact on the freshwater discharge to the Hudson River and water residence time of the Hudson estuary
howarth [at] cornell.edu (Robert Howarth), Cornell University - The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA): Structure and Effects
rrg24 [at] cornell.edu (Richard Geddes), Cornell University. - Using citizen science to map Hudson Valley waterways for violacein-producing microbes
bjude [at] bard.edu (Brooke Jude), Bard College. To learn more, download this presentation, or click on the following link to read the written report. - Target and suspect screening for micropollutants in the Hudson River Estuary during a single recreational season
deh262 [at] cornell.edu (Damian Helbling), Cornell University. - Temporal changes in spawning of the signature fishes of the Hudson River Estuary
klimburg [at] esf.edu (Karin Limburg), SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. For more information please contact the researcher directly. - Septic systems, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions
Todd Walter, Cornell University. Report available upon request. - Assessment of the effectiveness of green infrastructure at improving water quality and reducing flooding at the watershed-scale
kmeierdiercks [at] siena.edu (Katherine Meierdiercks), Siena College - Coupling in-ditch studies and modelling to understand the landscape - wide nitrogen transport and denitrification (N2, N2O) potential of roadside ditch networks across catchments
rls11 [at] cornell.edu (Rebecca Schneider) & rmm3 [at] cornell.edu (Roxanne Marino), Cornell University. - Analysis of biodiversity in the Sparkill Creek Watershed as a course-based service learning undergraduate experience that will enhance STEM based applications
bernadette.connors [at] dc.edu (Bernadette Connors), Dominican College. To learn more, see here for a report on the riparian vegetation restoration aspect of the project, or click on the following link to read the aquatic microbial diversity report. - Determining Peak Flow Under Different Scenarios and Assessing Organism Passage Potential: Identifying and Prioritizing Undersized and Poorly Passable Culverts
Todd Walter, atd2 [at] cornell.edu (Art DeGaetano), Cornell University. - The Importance of Field trips and cultural awareness in education: a case study at the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB)
kruen [at] sarahlawrence.edu (Kathleen Ruen), Sarah Lawrence College. To learn more, watch this short video on the grant program, or click on the following link to read the written report. - Assessment of sediment properties in the impoundment of an aged dam in the Hudson River Watershed
wwu [at] clarkson.edu (Weiming Wu), Clarkson University. To learn more, watch this short video on the assessment, or click on the following link to read the written report. - Public Education and Outreach on Watershed and Flood Resiliency in the Hudson River Estuar
Elizabeth LoGiudice, Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Orange Counties. - Design for climate-resilient Hudson River communities
jfc299 [at] cornell.edu (Joshua Cerra), Cornell University. - Visualizing landscape change: public space and CSO's in the Hudson river watershed
brd63 [at] cornell.edu (Brian Davis), Cornell University.
- 2014 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning – year 3. - Visualizing landscape change: social space and CSO's in the Hudson river watershed
brd63 [at] cornell.edu (Brian Davis), Cornell University. - Road ditches in the suburban landscape: potential hotspots for nutrient transport and cycling
Todd Walter, Cornell University. To learn more, watch this short video on road ditch research, or click on the following link to read the written report. - Septic systems, water quality, and greenhouse gas emission
Todd Walter, Cornell University. To learn more refer to this peer-reviewed publication. - Roadside ditches: Source or filter of greenhouse gases?
rls11 [at] cornell.edu (Rebecca Schneider) & Roxanne Marino, Cornell University. - Results of a survey on ditch management by town highway staff.
- Determining Peak Flow Under Different Scenarios and Identifying Undersized Culverts
Todd Walter, Cornell University. - The themes surrounding the Hudson River: A content analysis of newspapers along the Hudson
c.scherer [at] cornell.edu (Clifford Scherer), Cornell University - Flood Resilience Education in the Hudson River Estuary: Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation
Shorna Allred, Cornell University. - Using high frequency lake data and fish population analyses to inform management and outreach in the Sky Lakes, Shawangunk Ridge, eastern New York
David Richardson, SUNY New Paltz. - Public Education and Outreach on Watershed and Flood Resiliency in the Hudson River Estuary
Elizabeth LoGiudice, Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, and Orange Counties. - Identifying sinkholes and manure management setbacks Using LiDAR and aerial photography
Paul Richards, SUNY Brockport. - To access project products, see an index maps of Albany County, and see these detailed maps of ground features at the field scale.
- To learn more, watch this short video on mapping sinkholes, or click on the following link to read the written report.
- Planning and Implementing Green Infrastructure to Improve Watershed Resiliency in the Saw Mill Brook Watershed and Village of New Paltz
Kathleen (KT) Tobin and David Richardson, SUNY New Paltz. - Watershed-scale evaluation of stormwater management practices through geospatial, field, and modeling analyses
Katherine Meierdiercks, Siena College. To learn more, watch this short video on this evaluation, or click on the following link to read the written report. - Assessing Flood Risk in a Changing Climate in the Mohawk and Hudson River Basins
Stephen Shaw, SUNY -ESF. - NY State and smart growth: Policy triangulation, coherence, tensions
dlk2 [at] cornell.edu (David Kay), Cornell University. See here for a Research & Policy Brief related to this project, or for a more in-depth report, - Sources of water and solutes exported by forested headwaters during stormflows
Christine Goodale, Cornell University. - Computerized content analysis of online reviews of water-centric entertainment areas
nagesh [at] cornell.edu (Srinagesh Gaverneni), Cornell University. - Further development and application of a planning support system for managing change in water infrastructure systems in Hudson River municipalities
kpd23 [at] cornell.edu (Kieran Donaghy), Cornell University.
- 2013 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning – year 2. - Integrating Climate Change Messages into K-12 Estuary Lesson Plans
Katherine Bunting-Howarth, NY Sea Grant. - Determining Peak Flow Under Different Scenarios and Identifying Undersized Culverts
Todd Walter, Cornell University. - A protoype planning support system for managing change in water infrastructure systems in Hudson River and Mohawk River municipalities
Kieran Donaghy, Cornell University. - Flood Resilience Education in the Hudson River Estuary: Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation
Shorna Allred, Cornell University. CaRDI Brief: Community Adaptation to Flooding in a Changing Climate. - Hydraulic fracturing and Brook Trout habitat in the Marcellus Shale region: Effects of infrastructure development
William Fisher, Cornell University. - Assessing Flood Risk in a Changing Climate in the Mohawk and Hudson River Basins
Stephen Shaw, SUNY-ESF. - Greenhouse gas production as pollution trade-off in New York wetlands and source water streams
pgvidon [at] esf.edu (Philippe Vidon), SUNY Environmental Science & Forestry. - Public Education and Outreach on Watershed and Flood Resiliency in the Hudson River Estuary
Elizabeth LoGiudice, Cornell Cooperative Extension: collaboration across Columbia and Greene, Dutchess, Orange, and Putnam Counties. - Crude oil railroad transport: community risk perception and emergency preparation in the Hudson River Valley
smc23 [at] cornell.edu (Susan Christopherson) and Irene Hung, Cornell University. - Implementing Green Infrastructure to Improve Watershed Resiliency in the Saw Mill Brook Watershed and Village of New Paltz
Kathleen (KT) Tobin and David Richardson, SUNY New Paltz. K-12 Green Infrastructure Curriculum. - How small is too small: scale economies in NYS water utilities
rrg24 [at] cornell.edu (Richard Geddes), Cornell University. - Spatial analysis of boil water advisories issued during an extreme weather event in the Hudson River Watershed, USA
Sridhar Vedachalam, Cornell University. - Smart growth and water and sewer infrastructure in New York State
dlk2 [at] cornell.edu (David Kay), Cornell University. - Report 1 - SGPIPA and smart growth in New York State: overview
- Report 2 - Implementation of SGPIPA through the CWSRF and DWSRF
- Report 3 - Economic development funding and NY’s Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act
- Report 4 - SGPIPA and New York’s Local Governments
- Report 5 - Empire State Development, the Western New York Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Plant and NY’s Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act
- Physical Demonstrations of Stream Dynamics Appropriate for Tributaries of the Hudson River Estuary
Edwin (Todd) Cowen and Deborah Grantham, Cornell University. - Video 1a: Stream Behavior: Energy (HD).
- Video 1b: Stream Behavior: Energy (SD).
- Video 2a: Stream Behavior: Upstream/Downstream Effects (HD).
- Video 2b: Stream Behavior: Upstream/Downstream Effects (SD).
- Video 3a: Stream Behavior: Dredging (HD).
- Video 3b: Stream Behavior: Dredging (SD).
- Building enterprise around NY's water resources
mm462 [at] cornell.edu (Mark Milstein), Cornell University. - Green infrastructure, water quality, and GHG emissions
Todd Walter, Cornell University. - Current and potential methane production for electricity from NY State wastewater treatment plants
peterwoodbury [at] cornell.edu (Peter Woodbury), Cornell University.
- 2012 WRI Summary Report
Water resource infrastructure in New York: assessment, management, & planning - Hydraulic fracturing and Brook Trout habitat in the Marcellus Shale region
William Fisher, Cornell University. - Geospatial analysis as a tool for identifying critical land use and infrastructure impacts on regional environmental water quality
Peter Woodbury, Cornell University. - Green infrastructure, water quality, and GHG emissions
Todd Walter, Cornell University. - Innovative approaches to making a business case for water resource management
Mark Milstein, Cornell University. - Hudson water and sewer smart growth infrastructure
David Kay, Cornell University. - Planning for expanded industrial activity in and around the Port of Albany: The environmental challenges of increased industrial opportunity
Susan Christopherson, Cornell University. - Wetland mitigation of infill development: an evaluation of green infrastructure effectiveness in a near-urban setting
Mary Ann Cunningham, Vassar College. - Digitizing a 70-year record of land use change in New York State watersheds to examine the effectiveness of non-structural landscape modification on flood control
Steven Shaw, SUNY-ESF. - Land use leadership alliance training program: Integrating watershed protection into land use decisions
Tiffany Zezula, Pace University.