Collaborators

Project Stream Restoration

A campus restoration project designed to improve the health and beauty of Mount Holyoke College’s aquatic ecosystems

• New England Environmental, Inc
• Scapes Builders
• Clean Water Action
• PLACE Alliance Northeast

Tidmarsh Project

Biogeochemical cycling and greenhouse gas emissions from natural, restored, retired, and actively farmed cranberry bogs

• Tidmarsh Farms, Inc.
• Living Observatory
• Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Division of Ecological Restoration
• University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Geosciences
• University of Massachusetts Amherst, Cranberry Station
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab

Springfield Urban Waters Restoration Partnership

Restoration-based education and urban stream restoration in neighboring urban areas

• ReGreen Springfield
• Massachusetts Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Division of Ecological Restoration
• Chicopee 4Rivers Watershed Council
• Springfield Museums
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Keep Springfield Beautiful
• USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
• Connecticut River Watershed Council
• Springfield Parks Department
• Springfield Conservation Commission
• Springfield Department of Public Works
• Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
• Friends of the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge
• The Springfield Renaissance School

Aging Wetlands

Effect of aging on soil characteristics and microbial-based functions in restored wetlands

• Partners for Fish and Wildlife, FWS

Restoration Methodology, Vegetative Composition, and Ecosystem Function

Long-term development and ecosystem functions of wetlands restored with different soil amendments

• Cornell Biological Field Station
• USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service Lehmann Lab, Cornell University
• Groffman Lab, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Upper Susquehanna Coalition

Biochar

The influence of biochar on wetland development and functions

• Groffman Lab, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Lehmann Lab, Cornell University

Soil Microbial Communities

Metagenomics of soil microbial communities in restored wetlands

• Andras Lab, Mount Holyoke College
• Alewell Lab, Univeristy of Basel
• Earth Microbiome Project

Off-Campus Student Internships

Students deepen their experience in restoration through off-campus opportunities

• Olympic National Park, National Park Service
• Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Mount Holyoke College Campus Community

Collaborating across campus environmental initiatives

• Miller Worley Center for the Environment
• Mount Holyoke College Environmental Studies