• Carbon in forest and ag soils

• Soil and sediment phosphorus along Lake Champlain stream corridors

• Brush Brook Research Site (central Vermont)

•  Lye Brook Wilderness Area study watershed (Southeast Vermont)

• Northeastern Research Ecosystem Cooperative sponsored cross-site studies  (funded through the Northern States Research Cooperative)

• Nitrification and stream nitrate export

• Calcium mineralogy and availability
  

• Long-term forest soil monitoring (200-year study, volunteers needed!)

• Soil manganese oxides

Current funded projects:

Ross, D.S.  Quantifying Carbon Pools, Sequestration Potential, and Reactivity in Vermont Soils.  USDA Hatch.  $45,000, 10/1/08-9/30/11.

Ross, D.S. and E.O. Young.  Soil phosphorus landscape variability and soil mapping in a stream corridor of the Northern Lake Champlain watershed.  Vermont Water Center (USGS) and VT Agency of Natural Resources.  $48,052, 3/1/2008-2/28/2009.

Ross, D.S. and S. Wilmot. Soil carbon and other quality indicators in managed northern forests. Northern States Research Cooperative, Theme 1. $99,442, 8/1/2007-7/30/2009.

Ross, D.S. and S.B. Bailey.  Determining forest soil calcium supplies: a reconciled chemical and mineralogical approach Northern States Research Cooperative.  7/1/2006-6/30/2009.

Smaller ones:

Wemple, B.C., D.S. Ross and J.B. Shanley.  Enhancing the Mt. Mansfield paired-watershed study through detailed field measurements and infrastructure development.  Linthilac Foundation.  9/1/06-8/31/08.

Ross, D.S.  Analysis of Long-term Forest Soils Monitoring at Mt. Mansfield and Lye Brook Wilderness Area.  Vermont Monitoring Cooperative. $5,000, 1/1/09-12/31/09.