Resource Conservation and Climate Change

SERDP and ESTCP’s Resource Conservation and Climate Change program area supports the development of the science, technologies, and methods needed to sustainably manage DoD’s installation infrastructure.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Whale Monitoring Using the United States Navy Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS)

Project Information
Project ID: RC-48
SERDP Oct 1998

Vehicle Dynamics Monitoring and Tracking System: Monitoring Mission Impacts in Support of Installation Land Management

Project Information
Project ID: RC-200815
Principal Investigator: Mr. Daniel Koch, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL
ESTCP May 2012

Validation and Integration of Networked Avian Radars

Project Information
Project ID: RC-200723
Principal Investigator: Mrs. Marissa Brand, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
ESTCP Aug 2011

Validation and Development of a Certification Program for Using K9s to Survey Desert Tortoises

Project Information
Project ID: RC-200609
Principal Investigator: Dr. Russell Harmon, US Army Research Office
ESTCP Aug 2011

Using Remote Sensing to Detect and Monitor Change on Military Lands

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1098
Principal Investigator: Mr. Randall Karalus, U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center
SERDP Oct 2001

Understanding the Role of Typhoons, Fire, and Climate on the Vegetation Dynamics of Tropical Dry Forests: Looking to the Past to Develop Future Management Solutions

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1644
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Apr 2010

Trading Habitat Patches for the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: Incorporating the Role of Landscape Structure and Uncertainty in Decision Making

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1469
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Jones, Michigan State University
SERDP Jun 2007

Toxicological Effects of Smokes and Obscurants on Aquatic Threatened and Endangered Species

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1332
Principal Investigator: Dr. Donald Cropek, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Nov 2008

Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive Resources

Project Information
Project ID: RC-507
Principal Investigator: Dr. Keturah Reinbold, USA CERL
SERDP Oct 1999

Thermal Spray Removal of Lead-Based Paint

Project Information
Project ID: RC-199607
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ashok Kumar, U. S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center
ESTCP Jun 1999

The Identification of Military Installations as Important Migratory Bird Stopover Sites and the Development of Bird Migration Forecast Models: A Radar Ornithology Approach

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1439
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Fischer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
SERDP Aug 2012

The Evolving Urban Community and Military Installations: A Dynamic Spatial Decision Support System for Sustainable Military Communities

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1257
Principal Investigator: Dr. James Westervelt, U.S. Army ERDC-CERL
SERDP Jan 2007

The Effects of Aircraft Overflights on Birds of Prey

Project Information
Project ID: RC-89
SERDP Oct 1997

System Chemistry to Control Potential Environmental and Safety Hazards of Recycled Concrete Aggregate with Lead-Based Paint (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1549
Principal Investigator: Mr. Stephen Cosper, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC/CERL)
SERDP Jan 2010

Structural Integrity Assessment Using Laser-Measured Surface Vibration

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1655
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Bucaro, Naval Research Lab
SERDP Apr 2009

Strategic Natural Resource Management Methodology

Project Information
Project ID: RC-373
Principal Investigator: Ms. Pamela Sydelko, Argonne National Lab
SERDP Jul 1999

Spatially-Explicit Assessments of Genetic Biodiversity and Dispersal in Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) for Evaluation of Habitat Fragmentation at DoD Sites

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1470
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Theodorakis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
SERDP Oct 2008

Sequestering Lead in Paint by Utilizing Deconstructed Masonry Materials as Recycled Aggregate in Concrete

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1548
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kejin Wang, Iowa State University
SERDP May 2008

SERDP Ecosystem Management Project (SEMP)

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1114
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lee Mulkey, Mulkey Consultants
SERDP Apr 2009

Riparian Ecosystem Management at Military Installations: Determination of Impacts and Restoration and Enhancement Strategies

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1186
Principal Investigator: Dr. Patrick Mulholland, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
SERDP Jun 2009

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