U of S Hydrology Student wins Award in Newfoundland
At the Joint Congress of the Canadian Geophysical Union, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, American Meteorological Society and Eastern Snow Conference, Gro Lilbaek of the Centre for Hydrology won the Campbell Scientific Award which was awarded by the ESC Research Committee to the paper demonstrating innovative technical expertise in data collection resulting in a superior oral or poster paper. Gro’s paper was titled ‘Meltwater Ion Enrichment Caused by Basal Ice Formation’ and was presented as an oral paper. Congratulations Gro for excellence in research!
Student receives award
Kimberely Janzen, MSc student at Centre for Hydrology, is the recipient of this year’s Fred Heal Graduate Award for the Saskatchewan River Basin, from the College of Engineering.
Congratulations Kim on your efforts!
IP3 is being launched
The research network IP3 is having its first meeting in Saskatoon October 19-20, 2006.
Beaver Dams Create Healthy Downstream Ecosystems
AGU Release No. 06-19
Beavers, long known for their beneficial effects on the environment near their dams, are also critical to maintaining healthy ecosystems downstream. Researchers have found that ponds created by beaver dams raised downstream groundwater levels in the Colorado River valley, keeping soil water levels high and providing moisture to plants in the otherwise dry valley bottom.
Cherie Westbrook of Colorado State University and colleagues there and at the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Collins, Colorado, conducted a three-year study in Rocky Mountain National Park, examining valley ecosystems downstream in the Colorado River. They noted that water diverted by beaver dams is forced out of the natural stream channel and spreads across and down the valley for hundreds of meters [yards]. In addition, dams built on the river changed the direction of groundwater flow in the valley. The changes caused water to infiltrate the river banks and flow underground toward the sides of the valley, instead of down the center of the valle … more.
Read more here at Science Daily and Denver Post.
Students win awards at CGU
Geography students did remarkably well in winning student awards at this year’s Canadian Geophysical Union annual meeting (May 14-17, 2006).
Students recieve Deans Scholarship
Congratulation to Kim Janzen (MSc student) and Chris DeBeer (PhD student) for recieving the Deans Scholarhip.
Seminars
When interesting hydrology seminars will be held at the Centre for Hydrology they will be posted here.