Building Resilience: Environmental Research and Policy in North Carolina
By Rose Houck Rose Houck is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Biology and Applied Data Science. For the past three semesters Rose has worked with the North Carolina Collaboratory as an Environmental Policy Intern. Applying Science to … Read more
As Managing Access to Clean Water Becomes More Complex, Falls Lake Offers Solutions
By Megan Doherty Megan Doherty is a project analyst with the UNC Environmental Finance Center. Megan graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2022 with a B.S. in Biology with minors in Environmental Sciences and Mandarin Chinese. Editor’s note: The UNC Falls … Read more
Evaluating the Benefits of Land Conservation on Water Quality in the Falls Lake Watershed
By Noa Meiri and Adriana Kirk Noa Meiri graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2022 with a B.S. in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Chemistry. Over the course of her undergraduate career, Noa engaged in multiple field ecology studies at … Read more
Natural Spaces in Urban Places and Their Contribution to Coastal Resilience
By Anne Smiley Anne Smiley is a doctoral student with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences in the Piehler lab. Her research focuses on ecosystem functions and coastal habitat. Growing up on the coast Growing up in the … Read more
UNC Study Taking a Closer Look at Jordan Lake
By Mike Piehler Mike Piehler is a professor at the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences and the Technical Lead for the UNC Nutrient Management Study. The UNC Nutrient Management Study is conducting a comprehensive assessment of the condition of Jordan … Read more
Financing Nutrient Management in the Jordan Lake Watershed
Post by Erin Riggs Erin Riggs is a Legal Advisor with the UNC Environmental Finance Center. In 2016, the NC legislature commissioned a six-year nutrient management study to be done through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), … Read more