Miriam Tsalyuk, frequent GIF-er, wins an award from the Nature Conservancy!
Friday, February 10, 2012 at 1:27PM Miriam Tsalyuk, who works with Wayne Getz, and who has been a GIF graduate student, was awarded this week the Oren Pollak Research Award from the Nature Conservancy. The grant aims to promote research on Grasslands restoration, management and conservation in California and Oregon. Miriam's project aims to develop satellite imagery-based measures to monitor residual dry matter (RDM) on rangeland conservation easements in California. RDM is a measure for moderate grazing pressure and ecosystem health, which is enforced as part of many easement conditions. Currently, RDM monitoring is expensive and time consuming. The successful outcome of this project will contribute considerably to efficient monitoring of grasslands in California". Hers was the only project to be awarded in California this year! Congrats Miriam!