July is coming to a close, as is my time in Williamsburg for the summer. Over the past month, I have really been focusing on finding a quantitative pattern of agricultural field drainage. After going through the GIS steps on my chosen fields to find flow accumulation, I graphed the results using Kaleidagraph. After graphing…
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Jul
29
Out of the Computer Lab and Into the Field!
Jun
18
Software Speedbumps
The month of June seems to have flown by, and I’ve managed to accomplish quite a few of the preliminary steps for my thesis. Since I am using GIS to look at the effectiveness of riparian buffers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, I’ve read MANY papers getting into the nitty gritty technicalities of GIS software. …
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May
12
Riparian Buffer Bypassing and its Negative Effects on the Chesapeake Bay
Hello everyone! My name is Sarah Young, and I am a Geology and Environmental Science Double Major here at the College. My Honors Thesis project that I will be working on this summer and next year revolves around the problems associated with agricultural runoff bypassing riparian buffers, allowing excess nutrients into the already unhealthy Chesapeake…
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