New Awards—September 2011

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Beier, CM (PI), FNRM and Dovciak, M (Co-PI), EFB

Evaluating Impacts of Native Paraitoids on Sirex Noctilio in New York

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 26,961

Bevilacqua, E (PI), FNRM and Nyland, RD (Co-PI), FNRM

Modeling Ingrowth and Mortality in Managed Northern Hardwood Stands to Evaluate Sustainability in Forest Production

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 1,057

Boyer, GL (PI), CHE

Direct Mitigation of a Harmful Algal Bloom in Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario

Environmental Protection Agency

$ 397,147

Bujanovic, B (PI), PBE; Amidon, TE (Co-PI), PBE and Francis, RC (Co-PI), PBE

Value-Added Non-Carbohydrate Products form Hardwoods/Sugar Maple in the ESF Biorefinery

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 2,367

Cohen, J (PI), EFB

Piping Plover Flight Behaviors at Atlantic Coast Breeding Sites and Implications for Assessment of Risk from Wind Turbine Generators

US Fish and Wildlife Service

$ 295,000

Cohen, J (PI), EFB

A Twenty Year Perspective on the Effectiveness of Forest Protection for Conserving Avian Diversity

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 2,200

Daley, DJ (PI), ERE and Gilbert, PS (Co-PI), LA

Re-Development of Lyons Falls Pulp and Paper Site

Lewis County Development Corporation

$ 15,000

Dovciak, M (PI), FNRM; Im, J (Co-PI), ERE and Beier, CM (Co-PI), FNRM

Forest Change in the Adirondacks over 40 years of Multiple Stresses

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 27,001

Endreny, TA (PI), ERE and Kroll, CN (Co-PI), ERE

Enhancing iTree Spatial Simulation of Urban Water, Heat, and Pollution

USDA Forest Service

$ 125,000

Fierke, MK (PI), EFB and Parry, D (Co-PI), EFB

Evaluating Impacts of Native Paraitoids on Sirex Noctilio in New York

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 30,284

Gibbs, J (PI), EFB; Stella, J (Co-PI), FNRM; Schultz, KL (Co-PI), EFB and Leopold, DJ (Co-PI), EFB

Restoring Small, Ephemeral Wetlands in Forested Landscapes of New York State

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 27,157

Gibbs, JP (PI), EFB

Development of Protocol and Standard Operating Procedures for Acoustic, Camera and Organismal Monitoring of Phenology

US Geological Survey

$ 37,509

Im, J (PI), ERE; Dovciak, M (Co-PI), EFB; Beier, CM (Co-PI), FNRM and Quackenbush, LJ (Co-PI), ERE

Characterization of Montane Forest Ecosystems Using Advanced Remote Sensing Technology

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 25,529

Johnston, MT (PI), FNRM; Castello, JD (Co-PI), EFB and Teale, SA (Co-PI), EFB

Fresh Taste from a State pickle: An Alternate Perception of Beech Bark Disease

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 27,380

Kimmerer, RW (PI), EFB

Helping Forests Walk: Building Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation through Forest Stewardship in Haudenosaunee Communities

USDA Forest Service

$ 45,000

Kuehn, DM (PI), FNRM

Outreach and Education

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

$ 94,475

Leopold, DJ (PI), EFB

Control of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica var. japonica) on Leedy's Roseroot, a Federally Threatened Plant

US Fish and Wildlife Service

$ 69,902

Malmsheimer, RW (PI), FNRM and Germain, RJ (Co-PI), FNRM

Local Government Ordinances Effect on Traditional Forest Products and Bio-Products Supplies in New York

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 21,454

McNulty,SA (PI), EFB and Beier, CM (Co-PI), FNRM

Application of GIS to Resource Inventory for Unit Management Planning

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 135,522

Newman, DH (PI), FNRM

Conservation Easement Planning and Stewardship

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

$ 145,747

Newman, DH (PI), FNRM

Natural Resources Planning and Conversation Easements: Conservation Easement Stewardship

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

$ 167,868

Newman, DH (PI), FNRM

Natural Resources Planning

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

$ 175,009

Nomura, CT (PI), CHE

Biochemical Conversion of Forestry-derived Feedstocks to Biodiesel

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 27,133

Stehman, SV (PI), FNRM

MODIS Burned Area Maintenance, Improvement and Validation

University of Maryland

$ 29,146

Stipanovic, AJ (PI), CHE and Nomura, C (Co-PI), CHE

Use of Synergistic Pretreatment Technologies to Produce Fermentable Sugars from Forest Biomass

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 24,700

Webster, FX (PI), CHE

Synthesis of a Mosquito Oviposition Deterrent

North Carolina State University

$ 15,000

Yanai, RD (PI), FNRM and Horton, TR (Co-PI), EFB

Sustainable Nutrient Supply After Forest Harvest: Characterizing the Fungal Link from Soils to Roots

USDA Cooperative State Research Service, McIntire-Stennis

$ 24,002