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Volume 1, Issue 1 Greetings from the Director 2007-2008 Being a faculty member or student Program Coordinator and Lec- valuable learning opportunities for in environmental studies is not for turer, and Carol Goody as our ES our ES students and enhance the the faint of heart. As a global Administrative Assistant. environmental understanding of all Skidmore students as they live and population, we face seemingly As was the case in 2002 when we learn on a more environmentally- insurmountable environmental first implemented the ES major, friendly campus. issues – , water Skidmore students continue to be , , loss of the driving force in ES. While we In addition to our strides on cam- biodiversity, compromised agricul- began the ES major with one pus, we have strengthened bridges tural productivity, and more. I’m graduate in 2002 (Jenna Ringel- with the surrounding community often asked how I remain positive heim, see page 2), our declared through the Water Resources Ini- while absorbed in such daunting majors and minors now number tiative (see insert) and our en- challenges on a day to day basis. It over sixty. Our ES students’ ac- hanced efforts on internship place- certainly helps that I have a stereo- complishments during their time at ments. Our community partners typical Midwestern disposition; I Skidmore (see page 3) and in their provide valuable learning opportu- fall firmly at the friendly end of post-Skidmore life (page 4) are nities for students and faculty alike the personality spectrum, I tend to nothing short of remarkable. Most and are just as much a part of our view the world through a rosy set rewarding for me, however, is the ES Program as our campus con- of lenses, and yes, I am a bit ob- willingness of our current students stituents. sessed with tractors. While these and alums to give back to the ES So, counter to what many might traits are undoubtedly advanta- community at Skidmore. Our think, rather than a feeling of geous on particularly rough days, I alums return to talk with current hopelessness or negativism, most draw my real strength from the students, our older students mentor days I am awestruck by the poten- brilliant faculty, staff, students, our younger students, and all of tial of the future. I find it impossi- and community members who our students participate in events ble to join a conversation among compose our growing Environ- that help strengthen the ES pro- our students hanging out in our mental Studies (ES) program at gram. Skidmore College. new ES Social and Cultural Re- ES Students, Class of 2008 search and Resource Center or to The 40+ ES Affiliated Faculty sit among our collective ES Pro- members from across campus who gram community at our annual contribute courses, research ex- Capstone Event (see insert) and periences, and advice to the pro- feel anything other than excite- gram tirelessly challenge our stu- ment and hope. The future is in- dents to comprehensively analyze deed bright, and because of the complex environmental issues and hard work of many, our ES pro- to develop practical, yet innova- gram is positioned to make signifi- tive, solutions. These same faculty cant contributions to that future.

members help us build an environ- The growth of our ES program mentally-focused co-curricular -Karen Kellogg, Director of the would have been impossible with- program every year that infuses Environmental Studies Program campus discussions with addi- out strong institutional support. tional perspectives and engages The College administration, fac- ulty, and student body have helped

SKIDMORE COLLEGE our students more thoroughly in what it means to be an informed, usher in policies and initiatives responsible citizen in today’s that have strengthened the ES pro- world. Our growing core of faculty gram directly and created a cam- and staff in the ES program has pus climate marked by heightened environmental awareness. Most

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES provided critical stability to the program and an improved balance recently, the College hired Erica of disciplinary foundation and Fuller as our Campus Sustainabil- interdisciplinary immersion, which ity Coordinator, and Erica has is the hallmark of our new ES made Sustainable Skidmore a real- curriculum. In the last year we ity (see http://cms.skidmore.edu/ have hired Cathy Gibson as an /). The campus Assistant Professor in ES (see greening projects that are part of page 2), Kim Marsella as our ES Sustainable Skidmore provide

Inside This Issue: Page 2: Faculty and Alumni Profiles, Grants and Publications Page 3: Student Awards, Student Trips, Environmental Studies Environmental Events and Opportunities Page 4: Where Our Alumni Have Gone Insert: WRI News Faculty Profile: Cathy Gibson | Alumni Profile: Jenna Ringelheim

Dr. Cathy Gibson joined Skidmore as an assistant profes- Jenna Ringelheim graduated from sor of Environmental Studies in the Fall of 2007. Cathy earned Skidmore College in 2002 as our first her Ph.D. at the University of Georgia’s Institute of in Environmental Studies major. After 2004, and was a postdoctoral research associate at Northern graduating from Skidmore, Ringelheim Arizona University (in Flagstaff, AZ) and Rensselaer Polytech- worked for the Conservancy in nic Institute’s Darin Freshwater Institute (on Lake George, Idaho and then as an AmeriCorps NY) prior to joining Skidmore. member for the Johnson Creek Water- shed Council in Portland, Oregon, Cathy’s research focuses on how ecosystem processes are al- working on salmon restoration projects tered as a result of anthropogenic modifications to streams and throughout the city. She later received their surrounding watersheds. Her dissertation focused on link- a Masters Degree in Urban and Envi- ing urbanization to the “metabolism” of the Chattahoochee ronmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University. In 2007, River (draining much of Georgia, including Atlanta). Her work Ringelheim was recognized by the Environmental Leadership Pro- in Northern Arizona focused on the effects of dams (and dam gram as a New England Regional Fellow. This prestigious award is removal) on the functioning of Fossil Creek, a stream draining part of a program that aims to enhance the capacity of the environ- off the Mogollon Rim of the , and her research mental movement by supporting outstanding emerging leaders. on Lake George linked the fluctuations in water quality to the composition of the sub-watersheds that feed the lake. Ringelheim is currently the Executive Director of Wild Gift, (http://wildgift.org/) a small non-profit organization that gives ex- Since arriving at Skidmore three semesters ago, Cathy has ceptional leaders, ages 21 to 30, a compelling experience in deep taught Environmental Concerns in Perspective (ES100), be- wilderness. The environmental leadership action program is based come the lead instructor for Field Studies in Environmental in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the group supports participants for a full Science (ES105), twice co-directed the ES Capstone course, year as they launch self-designed projects that promote wilderness and developed two new 300-level ES courses: and the development of sustainable human communi- (ES351a) and Restoration Ecology (ES351b). She is develop- ties and lifestyles. ing a new 200-level course called Watershed Assessment: Dynamics “I like to be part of solutions, not a contributor to the world’s prob- and Integrity of Aquatic Systems. lems,” Ringelheim said, concerning her work efforts. “At the end She has also created a research pro- of the day, I feel like I am making a difference.” gram with study sites in the Kayade- Ringelheim is also the author of “Best Hikes with Dogs: Boston and rosseras watershed, Battenkill River Beyond,” which appeared in bookstores in August of 2008. Influ- (in Vermont), and the Shawangunk enced by environmental thought leaders such as Rachel Carson, Mountains (in southern New York). Michael Pollan, and Van Jones, Ringelheim recommends being In spite of all this work, Cathy’s creative, optimistic, and persistent in environmental careers. Above three-year old son still doesn’t “get” all, she matches her strong work ethic with a sense of humor: “I the watershed concept. guess you could say that I got to where I am now by working hard and having a lot of fun doing it!” Grants and Conference Publications

The Environmental Studies Program continues to Cathy Gibson and Joshua Ness, Assistant Professor of benefit from a number of large institutional grants. The Educa- & ES, attended the North American Benthological Soci- tional Foundation of America granted the program $140,000 in ety Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City and presented research done 2007 for “Campus Sustainability at Skidmore College,” resulting with Skidmore students. Seven students from Gibson’s Urban in the hiring of Erica Fuller as our full time campus Sustainabil- Ecology class presented at Skidmore’s Focus the Nation Poster ity Coordinator. In 2006, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Session. Karen Kellogg attended the National Environmental granted the program $300,000 for “Environmental Studies and Studies and Science Summit in Jonesboro, AR. Kellogg, along the Water Resources Initiative at Skidmore College.” The Ar- with students Ryan Bailey ‘09, Alicea Cock-Esteb ’09, Nadine thur Vining Davis Foundations granted the “Water Resources Dodge ’10, and Brad Nesbitt ’09, presented at the National Center Initiative” $200,300 in 2005. The Rathmann Family Foundation for Science and Civic Engagement, Science for New granted $80,000 in 2004 and $160,000 in 2002 for Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER), 2008 Wash- “Strengthening the Environmental Studies Program at Skidmore ington Symposium in Washington, D.C. Michael Ennis- College.” We could not have strengthened our ES Program McMillan, Dean of Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropol- without these generous contributions. We are extremely grateful ogy, and Kellogg co-authored presentations at the Society for Ap- to all of these organizations. plied in Memphis, TN and at the American Anthro- pological Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA.

Page 2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Student Awards

Our majors and minors have received several prestigious national tive research poster, “Friendship Is Wasted on Invasive Japanese fellowships and awards. Nadine Dodge, Class of 2010, received an Knotweed,” was selected from among 28 student poster presentations EPA Greater Research Opportunities Undergraduate Student Fellow- for a Best Student Poster Presentation Award at the Northeast Natural ship ($42,000). Ryan Bailey, Class of 2009, was one of 20 students Conference X, which took place on April 17–18, 2008. Their selected nationwide to participate in a Lewis & Clark Mellon Founda- paper was based on the WRI summer collaborative research project tion Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Initiative and received a they conducted with Assistant Professor of Biology and ES, Josh fellowship ($5,000). Nadine and Ryan are in the Social and Cultural Ness. Erin was also selected to participate in a Research Experience track. Sara Lacy, ES Minor, Class of 2008, was selected as a 2008 for Undergraduates involving biology and conservation of poison dart Sustainable Energy Fellow and invited to attend the Summer Energy frogs in Costa Rica for the summer of 2008, and Peter was chosen as a Fellowship to be held at Duke University. field assistant at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, studying high altitude streams. These positions are very competitive and their Erin Kenison ‘09 and Peter Leipzig-Scott ‘09’s collabora- success is a testament to the strength of our Natural Science track. Student Trips

In the winter and spring, Kim portion of ability project conceived of by Sue Van Hook. Marsella, Program Coordinator and Lecturer the Merck Sue acquired native oyster mushrooms from of the Environmental Studies Program, Forest Merck Forest and grew them as birch and Sue Van Hook, Senior Teaching Associ- Sugar- dowel spawn in her lab under ate of Biology, developed and offered two bush. sterile conditions. The group then brought the dowel spawn to Merck and inoculated recently exciting extracurricular field trips and activities for ES majors. cut birch logs from the forest. The goal of this project is to help breakdown the logs On March 1-2, 2008, ten non-senior ES ma- while creating a new sustainable harvest for jors and potential majors participated in our On Friday, May 2, 2008 ES faculty and the non-profit farm, while introducing our first winter overnight weekend trip to students spent a day at Merck Forest on students to new techniques. The project will Merck Forest. The students engaged in a another new project. Ten students and three be used for educational purposes and demon- fairly rigorous weekend of volunteer work faculty members worked with the Merck strations, and it will feature a sign acknowl- Forest Educational staff on a new sustain- helping to install new maple sugar taps in a edging Skidmore College. Events and Opportunities

Our Focus the Nation - Focus at Home Week,” a “Carpool to Skidmore” Whitney ’03 via live web cast. Approxi- listserv, and “The 2% Solution” discussion. mately 50 current students attended the panel campaign raised Skidmore (FTN-FS) where they learned about research opportuni- awareness on campus and throughout the In an effort to encourage local consumption of ties, graduate programs, Ph.D. programs, and surrounding community about climate food, the FTN-FS group helped organize a various career paths. change. FTN-FS was chaired by Sue Van local farmers’ market in Case Center that is Hook, Senior Teaching Associate of Biol- now the highlight of Fridays, and the group Opportunities for Current Students: ogy, with Kim Marsella, Program Coordina- brought in John Turenne, the president of Sus- Please visit the ES Home Page tor and Lecturer of the Environmental Stud- tainable Food Systems at Yale, to give a talk http://cms.skidmore.edu/environmental_studi ies Program, and Bob Turner, Associate entitled “The Sustainable Food Movement: es/index.cfm for links to the following oppor- Professor of Government and Interim Direc- Implications and Opportunities for College tunities or contact Kim Marsella: tor of the Environmental Studies Program, Dining,” [email protected] serving as committee members. -Internships, Jobs & Fellowships Patricia C. Wright, a MacArthur Award- The highlight of the event was a talk by Jeff -Graduate Schools winning behavioral anthropologist, gave a talk -Events Goodell, author of Big Coal, on the mining, on the challenges of conserving the world's -Sustainable Skidmore’s Eco-Rep Program politics, , and environmental im- tropical ecosystems. ES cosponsored her talk pacts of using coal as an energy source. ES along with the Departments of Anthropology Opportunities for Alumni: faculty and affiliated faculty also partici- and Biology. pated in two “Shades of Grey” events hosted In addition to the links above, you may also by the Honors Forum on global warming. Living the Liberal Arts: In October, the contact Career Services to become a job ES Program coordinated a “Living the Liberal shadow sponsor for ES students: Students in Cathy Gibson’s Urban Ecology Arts” Panel with five alumni, including Jona- http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/care class conducted a greenhouse gas emissions than DeCoste ’06, David Kahler ’02, Jenna er/jobshadow.htm and/or with Kim Marsella. inventory to determine a baseline of green- Ringelheim ’02, Alison Roffi ’04, and John Check out our ES Facebook page and house gas emissions for the college. FTN- Schott ’04, as well as an appearance by Josh LinkedIn Network, too! FS events also included a “Leave Your Car

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SKIDMORE COLLEGE Where Our Graduates Have Gone, 2002-2008 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM University of South Carolina: Masters in Advancing energy efficient Earth and Environmental Resource technologies Skidmore College Eco-Cycle: Zero Waste and 815 North Broadway Environmental Careers Organization: Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Research and Internship Positions Wildlife Biologist Contact: Conservation Internship with City of Lancaster Farmland Trust: Land Karen Kellogg, Director Boulder Parks and Recreation System Preservation Specialist [email protected] 518-580-5198 Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Field Moholoholo: Animal Rehabilitation Researcher Center in South Africa Cranberry Lake Biological Station in the San Francisco Estuary Institute: Please visit http://cms.skidmore.edu/environmental_studies/index.cfm western Adirondacks: researching Geomorphology Field Assistant White-throated Sparrows Saratoga Local Living Guide: Project Graduate and Ph.D. Programs EPA in San Francisco: Summer Legal Manager Intern Southwest Conservation Corps: Director Antioch University: M.A. Program in Glacier National Park: Herpetology of Operations Research with USGS The Trust for Public Land: Senior Project Bard Center for : Kauaii Endangered Bird Recovery Team Associate Graduate Program in Hawaii Union of Concerned Scientists: Climate Boston College School Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole: Program Assistant Colorado State University: M.S. in Geochemistry Research Assistant and Washington Rivers Conservancy: Watershed Science; Research TA for Outreach and Policy Coordinator Assistantship Marine Fish Conservation Network: Wild Gift: Executive Director Columbia University School of Office Manager/Research Assistant Educational Institutions International and Public Affairs: Marine Resources Center of the Marine Masters Program in Environmental Biological Laboratory: Internship Horace Mann School, Teacher: John Dorr Policy and Management on aquaculture development in Haiti Nature Lab Cornell University: Graduate Program in NYC Department of Parks and San Mateo Program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Recreation: Environmental Education Cornell University: Graduate Program in internship Environmental Engineering NYDEC: Ongoing paid internship Consulting Dartmouth College: Graduate Program ORISE Intern with the EPA American Hazard Control Group, Inc. Duke University: Ph.D. Program in Pinnacles National Monument: Wildlife ARCADIS : and Fluid Dynamics Management and Restoration Cleaning up hazardous waste sites Florida International University: Ph.D. Project Bow: Chimp Internship Brown and Caldwell: Environmental Program in ; work in Sentech, Inc. Research Analyst for EPA's Engineering the Bahamas on ecological restoration Energy Star program for new homes The Cadmus Group: Energy Efficiency of mangroves Smithsonian Environmental Research and work Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Center Clean Harbors: Field Chemist Germany: Masters in Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Clivus Multrum, Management Assistant: London School of Economics: Masters in Washington D.C.: Animal Behavior composting toilet company Administration Research Internship Industrial Economics, Inc. Tufts University: Masters in Urban and Techlaw, Inc: Junior level researcher, Ocean Conservancy: International Environmental Policy and Planning developing pollution remediation Coastal Cleanup Project Coordinator UC Berkeley: Graduate Program in projects The Peninsula Clarion, Kenai, Alaska: Environmental Science, Policy and Winter field assistant, studying the Acorn Environment and Education Reporter Management Woodpecker in Carmel, California Prosetta Corporation: Developing UC Davis: Animal Behavior Graduate Biological Pharmaceuticals Non-Profit Organizations Group Savci Environmental Technologies LLC: University of Arizona: Graduate Program AmeriCorps: Energy and water savings Junior Hydrogeologist in Environmental Engineering community projects TechniGraphics, Inc.: GIS Technician University of Michigan, School of AmeriCorps: Hunger relief and Wallace Roberts and Todd, LLC: Green Natural Resources and Environment: community garden projects building and landscape architecture M.S. Program in Sustainable Systems AmeriCorps: Johnson Creek Watershed WSP Environmental in San Francisco University of Montana: EVST Program, Council, salmon restoration Environmental Writing Anacostia Watershed Society: Government University of New Hampshire: M.A. Environmental Clean-up and Bureau of Land Management, El Centro, Program in Environmental Education Education in Washington, D.C. CA: Sensitive Plant Survey University of Pennsylvania: Masters of Conservation Strategy Fund, Santa Cruz: Bureau of Oceans and International Landscape Architecture Program Logging, watershed, aquaculture, and Environmental and Scientific Affairs: University of Plymouth, UK: Masters economic analysis Environmental Policy Division, Program in Conservation Biology Consortium for Energy Efficiency: Department of State Page 4 100% POST CONSUMER WASTE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2007 - 2008 Skidmore College Volume 1, Issue 1

The Water Resources Initia- tive (WRI) at Skidmore Col- lege brings together students, faculty and community partners to investigate our local water issues. Through courses and research, WRI helps us better understand the multiple per- spectives that influence how we interact with our water re- sources on both a local and global scale. Senior Capstone Projects Classes had ended, but seventeen of Skidmore’s seniors phorous levels in the water were not yet finished with their schoolwork. On Wednesday, source as a result of farm April 30, 2008, all of the graduating Environmental Studies ma- runoff and septic system jors gathered at Skidmore’s tenth annual Academic Festival to influx. present their final Capstone Projects to an audience of profes- sors, students, and Saratoga County community members. Meghan Lena, Angela These students all began their Environmental Studies experience Polletta, and Jessica Morten together in ES105: Field Studies in Environmental Science by focus- explained the implications ing on the Loughberry Lake watershed. At the end of their En- of storm water runoff, par- vironmental Studies careers at Skidmore, all of the Environ- ticularly as a non-point pol- Lauren Fletcher and Sieglinde Mueller mental Studies majors came back together in ES375: Case Studies lution source from con- teach students at a local elementary school in Environmental Sustainability, which led to their Capstone Pro- struction sites. Andy Hart about a watershed. jects. and Kate Stevens reflected Professor Bob Turner, 2007-2008 Acting Director of the Envi- on the drought of 1964 as a model for Saratoga Springs if the ronmental Studies program, opened the Capstone Event by ex- city were to have another water shortage. Both groups offered plaining the goals of the Water Resource Initiative, which aims solutions to these problems through environmental policy and to understand our water source through a variety of perspec- enforcement. Sophia Wiley examined prospects for smart tives. Through the WRI, Environmental Studies students focus growth in Malta, a town included in the watershed, and offered on the Saratoga Lake watershed as a laboratory connecting the the perspectives of local residents. natural world with the social world. Students also have opportu- The mood was lightened as Dante Petri kept the audience nities to partake in summer collaborative research with Skidmore laughing with his comical and witty explanation of septic sys- professors, and Environmental Studies majors are required to tem failure as a source of nutrient . He offered complete a Senior Capstone Project. These WRI goals help re- a solution for homeowners to prevent leach field failure by inforce, as Turner states, “the teacher-scholar model we epito- cleaning out their septic systems once every two years. Lauren mize at Skidmore College.” Fletcher and Sieglinde Mueller kept the mood upbeat as they Presentations at the event included projects by those students displayed their Watershed Education Guide for Saratoga Lake, who had completed either the Science Track or the Social/ designed for 3rd through 5th graders, and involved the audience Cultural Perspectives Track of the Environmental Studies pro- as they held their arms up in the air to model a watershed. gram. Projects from students who had completed the Science The event was concluded with a community discussion of ideas Track began with a discussion by Leah Wohl-Pollack, Whitney for future Senior Capstone Projects. Sophomores and juniors Eliot, and Noah Novotny about the addition of copper sulfate in the audience listened eagerly to the concluding remarks and to Loughberry Lake, which was examined through a sediment began thinking about their upcoming capstone experiences. core sample. This project flowed naturally into a project by Charles Gouin and Matthew Helterline discussing the bioac- Please visit http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/academics/wri/ cumulation of copper sulfate in different fish species, followed projects.htm to learn more about student projects. The ES by a project by Elizabeth Stoner and Elizabeth White exploring Program would like to thank Jenna Gersie ’10 for her help the impact of copper sulfate on the neurological and sensory compiling the information presented here and on the web systems of the fish. Eric Jenks examined the effects of phos- pages. Skidmore College

CONTACT INFO STANDARD MAIL Karen Kellogg Skidmore College [email protected] 815 North Broadway 518-580-5198 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

http://hudson2.skidmore.edu/academics/wri/projects.htm 2007 Summer Collaborative Research Projects During the summer of 2007, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations provided funding for six student- faculty collaborative research projects. Students participating in research projects spent ten weeks at Skidmore, working with professors, conducting research, and giving presentations to students, faculty, and community members. All projects focused on the water resources of Saratoga Springs; topics ranged from water quality to invasive species. Ryan Bailey ’09 worked with Bob Turner, Associate Professor of Government. The pair analyzed “Politics and Planning in Saratoga County” to assess how Malta and Stillwater may successfully balance growth with preserving open spaces. Erin Kenison ’09 and Peter Liepzig-Scott ’09 worked with Josh Ness, Assistant Professor of Biology, on a project entitled “Distribution and Ecology of Riparian Invaders in Kayaderosseras Creek and the Battenkill.” The group studied patterns of invasion of Japanese knotweed within the watershed. Nadine Dodge ’10 and Brad Nesbitt ’09 worked with Karen Kellogg, Director of the Environmental Studies Program, and Michael Ennis-McMillan, Associate Professor of Anthropology. The group’s project, “Crooked Waters: A History of Ripar- ian Conflict in the Kayaderosseras Watershed,” examined water conflicts, pollution control, and resource management of the watershed throughout the 19th century to demonstrate the prominent role of water in community development and debate. Lukiana Anka-Lufford ’10 worked with Judy Halstead, Professor of , studying “The Role of Optical Brighteners in the Detection of Local Anthropogenic Pollution.” The research team used the presence of optical brighteners in water sam- ples to detect leaking septic tanks and sewage systems. Alicea Cock-Esteb '09, Alexandra Furman '09, Judy Halstead, Professor of Chemistry, and Kim Marsella, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator and Lecturer, did a research project entitled “Water Quality Monitoring in the Kayaderosseras Creek and Saratoga Lake.” The group measured dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, pH, total phosphorous, phosphate, total nitrogen, nitrate, dissolved organic compounds, and total suspended solids for one lake and various tributaries throughout the Kayaderosseras Creek watershed. Hannah Phillips ’09 and Bob Jones, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics, researched “The Upper Hudson River as a Supplemental Drinking Water Source: Mapping Factors Affecting Water Quality Using Geographic Information Systems.” They analyzed regional geology, hydrology, zoning, patterns of development, and town comprehensive plans within the watershed to determine areas that are prone to development. Their data contributes to an analysis of the viability of the Upper Hudson River as a supplemental drinking water source for Saratoga Springs.

WRI is supported by several foundations and or- The faculty coordinators for WRI are: ganizations, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foun- Karen Kellogg, Director of WRI dation, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Judy Halstead, Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator Rathmann Family Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the Saratoga County Soil and Water Bob Turner, WRI Social and Cultural Research Conservation Committee, the Lake Lonely Improve- Coordinator ment District, and Lance Vetter. The contributions Kyle Nichols, WRI Environmental Science Research received from these supporters continues to provide Coordinator valuable support for WRI research and teaching and Cathy Gibson and Bob Turner served as advisors for have led to rich collaborations among students and the 2008 Senior Capstone Projects. faculty.