Graduate Students Study Restoration of Wetland Ecosystems

Three graduate students in the University of Vermont (UVM) Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources are studying forest restoration in riparian, or wetland and stream, ecosystems. Master’s student Stever Bartlett studies invasive reed canary grass management in restored riparian ecosystems, and Master’s student Kate Longfield examines the role of government trust in farmers willingness to participate in government-run riparian restoration programs. Both work with Dr. Kris Stepenuck. PhD candidate Stephen Peters-Collaer works with Dr. Bill Keeton to investigate the value of downed wood in streams in storing carbon in old growth forest ecosystems.

Hear from each researcher in the newly released October episode of the Restoration Roundup podcast Graduate Student Research Roundtable. Learn what brought each student to their respective research topics, what interesting preliminary results they are finding that can inform forest restoration practitioners, and what is next for their work.

Listen to this podcast and many others on Lake Champlain Sea Grant's Watershed Forestry Partnership Restoration Roundup Podcast webpage or find the episode on most podcast streaming platforms.

This podcast was produced by Alison Adams, Watershed Forestry Coordinator with UVM Extension and Lake Champlain Sea Grant, and Cate Kreider, a UVM undergraduate student majoring in environmental sciences and minoring in reporting and documentary story-telling.

The Restoration Roundup podcast, released on the last Wednesday of each month, is supported by NEIWPCC and the Lake Champlain Basin Program.