Bollig Presents at Research Symposium

Last week, GSS Analyst (and SMUMN alum) Madalyn Bollig presented at the Missouri River Institute Research Symposium, hosted by the Missouri River Institute and the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. Madalyn shared her Masters thesis research on the Ecological Changes of the Lower Niobrara River Valley and Lewis and Clark Lake Delta, from Past to Present. Her research had special emphasis on using GIS, remote sensing and field methods to analyze the riparian ecosystem changes in response to sedimentation fluctuations due to flooding events on the Niobrara (NE) and Missouri Rivers. While at the symposium, Madalyn also had the opportunity to present a poster on our work at GSS and to network/market on our behalf. Many of our partner agencies were in attendance, such as the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as students. It was a day packed full of research, ecosystem, and wildlife updates on the longest river in the U.S.