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.

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Project Title Start Date

Regulating Services as Measures of Ecological Resilience on DoD Lands

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201114
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Angermeier, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
ESTCP Mar 2011

Predictive Tools to Manage Altered Fire Regimes Caused by Plant Invasions in the Mojave Desert

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1723
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janelle Downs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
SERDP Mar 2010

Predicting, Measuring, and Monitoring Aquatic Invertebrate Biodiversity on Dryland Military Bases

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2203
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Lytle, Oregon State University
SERDP Mar 2012

Patterns and Processes: Monitoring and Understanding Plant Diversity in Frequently Burned Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Landscapes

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2243
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
SERDP Mar 2012

Operational-Scale Demonstration of Propagation Protocols and Comparative Demographic Monitoring for (Re-)Introducing Five Southeastern Endangered and At-Risk Plants

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201201
Principal Investigator: Mr. Matthew Hohmann, US Army Corps of Engineers
ESTCP Mar 2012

Odontocete Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2154
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Read, Duke University Marine Lab
SERDP Mar 2011

New Tools for Estimating and Managing Local/Regional Air Quality Impacts of Prescribed Burns

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1648
Principal Investigator: Dr. Wayne Miller, University of California, Riverside
SERDP Jun 2008

Multi-Scale Approach to Understanding Source-Sink Dynamics of Amphibians

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2155
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Semlitsch, University of Missouri
SERDP Mar 2011

Monitoring Species of Concern Using Noninvasive Genetic Sampling and Capture-Recapture Methods

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201205
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lisette Waits, University of Idaho
ESTCP Mar 2012

Modeling the Carbon Implications of Ecologically Based Forest Management

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2118
Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew Hurteau, School of Forest Resources, Pennsylvania State University
SERDP Jan 2011

Methods for Assessment of Species Richness and Occupancy across Space, Time, Taxonomic Groups, and Ecoregions

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2202
Principal Investigator: Dr. Erica Fleishman, University of California, Davis
SERDP Mar 2012

Measuring Hydrologic and Ecological Functioning of Vernal Pool Wetlands

Project Information
Project ID: RC-200923
Principal Investigator: Ms. Kirsten Christopherson, Travis Installation Support Team Lead Environmental Center of Excellence (ECOE)
ESTCP May 2009

Measurement and Modeling of Fugitive Dust from Off-Road DoD Activities

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1767
Principal Investigator: Dr. Larry Wagner, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
SERDP Jul 2010

Managing Declining Pine Stands for the Restoration of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Habitat

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1474
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joan Walker, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
SERDP Apr 2006

Integrating Predictive Modeling in DoD Cultural Resource Compliance

Project Information
Project ID: RC-200720
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Green, USAF, HQ Air Combat Command
ESTCP Jan 2007

Integrated Spatial Models of Non-Native Plant Invasion, Fire Risk, and Wildlife Habitat to Support Conservation on Military Lands in the Arid Southwest

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1722
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brett Dickson, Northern Arizona University
SERDP Oct 2009

Integrated Measurement of Naval Sonar Operations and Precise Cetacean Locations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201304
Principal Investigator: Mr. David Moretti, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
ESTCP Jan 2013

Improved Understanding of Permafrost Controls on Hydrology in Interior Alaska by Integration of Ground-Based Geophysical Permafrost Characterization and Numerical Modeling

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2111
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michelle Walvoord, U.S. Geological Survey
SERDP Mar 2011

Implementation of a Multi-Objective Decision Support Tool for Ecosystem Services at Department of Defense Installations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201115
Principal Investigator: Mr. Pieter Booth, Exponent
ESTCP Mar 2011

Impacts of Changing Climate on Pacific Island-Based Defense Installations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2336
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey Donnelly, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Jan 2013

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