The following is a list of ongoing and current projects that use ERSAC facilities. If you have any questions about any of the projects contact one of the investigators or see the project web page.

Upper Great Lakes Regional Earth Sciences Applications Center

Principal Investigator: Marvin Bauer
Co-investigators: Thomas Burk, Patrick Brezonik, Alan Ek, Paul Bolstad, Steve Daley Laursen
Sponsor: NASA
http://resac.gis.umn.edu

TerraSIP: A Spatial Information Partnership for Land Managers

Principal Investigator: Thomas Burk
Co-investigators: Marvin Bauer, Paul Bolstad, Steve Daley Laursen, Shashi Shekhar
Sponsor: NASA
http://terrasip.gis.umn.edu/

Integrating Satellite Remote Sensing into Forest Inventory and Management

Principal Investigator: Marvin Bauer
Co-investigators: Thomas Burk, Alan Ek, Paul Bolstad
Sponsor: NASA
http://eforest.gis.umn.edu

Prototyping a GIS for Wildlife Refuge Management Planning

Principal Investigator: Thomas Burk
Co-investigators: Paul Bolstad
Sponsor: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
http://gis.umn.edu/fws

Regional Lake Water Quality Assessment

Principal Investigator: Patrick Brezonik
Co-investigators: Marvin Bauer, Dwight Brown
Sponsor: Metropolitan Council

Cumulative Impacts of Development on Minnesota Lakes

Principal Investigator: Patrick Brezonik
Co-investigators: Marvin Bauer, James Perry
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Tiger Conservation and Priority Areas for Ecological Restoration: A Landscape Approach

Principal Investigator: David Smith
Co-investigators: Sean Ahearn, Anup Joshi, Mahendra Shrestha, Bhim Gurung
Sponsor: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
http://www.consbio.umn.edu/savetiger/

Assessing the Status of Tigers in the Western Forest Complex of Thailand and Developing a Landscape Scale Management Plan

Principal Investigator: David Smith
Co-investigators: Dr. Schwann Tunhikorn, Dr. Sean Ahearn, Mr. Sompon Tanhan, Mr. Tongchai Charuppat, Dr. Suwit Ongsomwang
Sponsor: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
http://www.consbio.umn.edu/savetiger/

Community-based Monitoring and Conservation of Tigers in Cambodia?s Most Important Tiger Conservation Units: Cardamom Mountains and South of Sre Pok

Principal Investigator: David Smith
Co-investigators: Sun Hean, Hunter Weiler, Kristin Knowell, Frank Momberg
Sponsor: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
http://www.consbio.umn.edu/savetiger/

ForNet: Enhanced Access for Forest Management

Principal Investigator: Thomas Burk
Co-investigators: Marvin Bauer, William Befort (Minnesota DNR), Steven Daley Laursen
Sponsor: NASA
http://www.gis.umn.edu/fornet

Erosion Impacts on the Cannon Valley Big Woods

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Co-investigators: Edward Nater
Sponsor: Legislative Commission on Minnsota Resources

Updating Outmoded Soil Surveys: Application of Innovative Technologies

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources/Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

Development of an On-Line Education Module for Use of Soil Surveys

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Univeristy of Minnesota, Technology Enhanced Learning Grant
http://gis.umn.edu/soils/

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Metro GIS

Principal Investigator: Will Craig
Co-investigators: Jay Bell, David Pitt
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey

Statewide Digital Soils Database - Phase I: Cost-effective Methods of Correct Spatial Displacement Errors in Soil Survey Map Bases

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources/Board of Water and Soil Resources
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/slal/maple_syrup.html

Sediment Production Estimates for the Wild Rice River Watershed

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Co-investigators: Edward Nater
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey

Assessment of Agricultural Land Productivity for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Twin Cities Metropolitan Council

Minnesota Wet Soils Monitoring Project

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service

WetWeb - An Online Guide to Minnesota Wetlands

Principal Investigator: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources

The Chequamegon Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (CHEAS)

Principal Investigator: Kenneth Davis
Co-investigators: Paul Bolstad, John Baker, and others
Sponsor: National Institute for Global Environmental Change, DOE, NOAA, NASA, and NSF
http://solum.soils.umn.edu/research/abl

Minnesota River Basin Agricultural Resources and Research

Principal Investigator: David Mulla
Co-investigators: B. Wilson, Jay Bell
Sponsor: EPA / NSF / Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/research/mn-river

Red River of the North in Minnesota

Principal Investigator: David Mulla
Co-investigators: Jay Bell, Jim Anderson
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/research/redriver

Southeastern Minnesota's Mississippi River Drainage Area

Principal Investigator: David Mulla
Co-investigators: Jay Bell, Jim Anderson
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Agriculture
http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/research/seminn

Stream Bank Sediment in the Blue Earth River

Principal Investigator: David Mulla
Co-investigators: Jay Bell
Sponsor: MN Corn Research and Promotion Council

Historic Land-Use in the Lake Pepin Basin

Principal Investigator: David Mulla
Co-investigators: Jay Bell
Sponsor: Metropolitan Council

Development of a Weed Management Decision Support Strategy for Soybean Production

Principal Investigator: G. Johnson
Co-investigators: D. Wyse, Jay Bell

St. Croix Perception Study

Principal Investigator: David Pitt
Sponsor:Minnesota-Wisconsin Boundary Area Commission
http://gis.umn.edu/~dpitt/stcroix.html

Satellites, Silicon, and Stone: Spatial Information and Greek Archaeology

Principal Investigator: Frederik Cooper
Co-investigators: Todd Brenningmeyer, Caitlin Downey
Sponsor: Minnesota Archaeological Researches in the Western Peloponnese
http://clvl.cla.umn.edu/marwp/MOREA/geo/geoinf.html

Assessment of Impact of Climate Changes in the 21st Century on Forests of the Great Lakes Region

Principal Investigator: Margaret Davis
Co-investigators: Karen Walker, Shinya Sugita
Sponsor: Environmental Protection Agency

Modeling Holocene Vegetation and Climate in the Great Lakes Region

Principal Investigator: Shinya Sugita
Co-investigators:Katherine Klink, Margaret Davis, Martin Sykes, Colin Prentice
Sponsor: National Science Foundation