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Current Projects<\/h3>
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Sponsor:\u00a0<\/strong>USDA-NIFA<\/p>\n

Award Dates:\u00a0<\/strong>7\/1\/2017 - 6\/30\/2024<\/p>\n

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Participants<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Project Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Graham, Wendy Dimbero<\/p>\n

Project\u00a0Participants:\u00a0<\/strong>Adams, Damian; Athearn, Kevin R; Barrett, Charles Edward; Bartels, Wendy Lin; Borisova, Tatiana; Dukes, Michael D; Galindo, Sebastian; Hochmuth, Robert Conway; Kaplan, David A; Monroe,; Martha Carrie; Troy, Patrick A.<\/p>\n

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Goals and Objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The goal of the FACETS project is to ensure economic sustainability of agriculture and silviculture in N Florida and S Georgia while protecting water quantity, quality, and habitat in the UFA and the springs and rivers it feeds. We will achieve this goal by accomplishing the following objectives:<\/p>\n

1) Build a comprehensive modeling platform to predict farm\/forest- and regional-scale impacts of alternative land use and production practices on the water quantity, water quality, and economy of North Florida and South Georgia.<\/p>\n

2) Engage stakeholders to work together to explore economic-environmental tradeoffs among alternative climate, land use, technology, agricultural Best Management Practices, and policy scenarios to understand changes needed to achieve agricultural water security and environmental protection.<\/p>\n

3) Conduct innovative agricultural Best Management Practice (BMP) research and demonstration projects. Develop and deliver digital decision toolkits and training programs for diverse stakeholders to bring about preferred changes in agricultural production systems and incentive programs.<\/p>\n

Faculty members from the University of Florida, University of Georgia, Albany State University and Auburn University are participating in the Floridan Aquifer Collaborative Engagement for Sustainability (FACETS) project which is recognized by USDA NIFA as a Regional Center of Excellence.<\/p>\n

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Available Outputs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Photo by Jason Gulley<\/h6>\n

Sponsor:\u00a0<\/strong>National Science Foundation<\/p>\n

Award Dates:\u00a0<\/strong>2019- 2023<\/p>\n

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Participants<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Project Lead:\u00a0<\/strong>Jonathan Martin (University of Florida)
\nProject Participants:\u00a0<\/strong>Wendy Graham, Paloma Carton de Grammont (University of Florida), Pamela Sullivan (University of Kansas), Matt Covington (University of Arkansas), Laura Toran (Temple University), Jennnifer Macalady (Pennsylvania State University), James Heffernan (Duke University).\u00a0
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The Earth\u2019s Critical Zone, defined as the region from the tops of the trees to the bottom of the groundwater, provides life-sustaining resources including food production, water quality, and other ecosystem services.\u00a0 Over the last decade the National Science Foundation funded\u00a0Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) network<\/a>\u00a0has transformed our \u00a0understanding of how critical zone (CZ) processes regulate the production of these services. However, none of the CZOs within the network occur in landscapes underlain by carbonate bedrock (which cover about a quarter of Earth\u2019s land surface), limiting the development of a holistic understanding of CZ processes.<\/p>\n

This project creates a Carbonate Critical Zone Research Coordination network (RCN) that aims to integrate transdisciplinary investigators studying disparate carbonate-rich CZ\u2019s and foster collaboration among these investigators and existing CZO network participants. To do so the project will:<\/p>\n

(1) Compile available data and models stemming from current research to identify critical knowledge gaps and develop forward-looking research questions and testable hypotheses.<\/p>\n

(2) Convene workshops, in the field and at major disciplinary conferences.\u00a0 Three field workshops will occur in distinct carbonate regions that cross gradients of rock age, climate, and tectonism and will integrate across disciplinary boundaries.\u00a0 Two conference workshops will focus on specific disciplines associated with the particular conference (e.g., geological, hydrological, ecological) and will include special sessions and roundtable discussions across multiple carbonate CZs.<\/p>\n

(3) Build capacity in state of the art techniques used to study carbonate CZs within the broad CZ scientific community.<\/p>\n

(4) Use data compilation, workshop participation, and training to advance understanding of properties and processes across all CZs.<\/p>\n

Outcomes of this RCN will include improved understanding of how relative amounts of carbonate and silicate minerals may cause different CZ properties and processes between regions.\u00a0 Human capital will be developed through research collaborations created during workshops and through training.\u00a0 Participants will be recruited to project activities with a focus on diverse disciplinary expertise, research geographical area, career stage, and demographics.\u00a0 A special effort will be made to increase diversity of participants via members of the steering committee who have interests in expanding inclusivity and by outreach to sections of various major societies aimed at increasing inclusivity along with various smaller societies with primary missions of fostering diversity in STEM fields.\u00a0 Outcomes will be disseminated among the CZ research community through workshop reports, a series of three peer-reviewed papers, and the project website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n