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YEAR 1: FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL ADVERTISE TO FILL THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE FELLOW POSITIONS AT SKC IF SUITABLE CANDIDATES APPLY. ASSUMING (PER THE BUDGET) A SUITABLE CANDIDATE IS LOCATED EARLY IN YEAR 1, FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL ADVISE AND WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FELLOW TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE COURSEWORK PREPARATORY TO RESEARCH, AND DEVELOP A PRELIMINARY RESEARCH PROPOSAL TO EXECUTE A LIMITED SUMMER SEASON RESEARCH PROJECT IN THE MIDDLE FORK FLATHEAD RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES IN YEAR 1. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL SECURE NECESSARY PERMITS AND LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONDUCTING FIELD RESEARCH WITHIN NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARIES. LIMITED FIELD STUDIES IN SUMMER OF YEAR 1 WILL INCLUDE 1) IDENTIFYING SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURES AND LOCATION OF SITES OF GROUNDWATER UPWELLING AND EMERGENCE AT THE ALLUVIAL COVERGENCE ZONE OF SELECTED GLACIER-FED TRIBUTARIES WITH THE MIDDLE FORK FLATHEAD RIVER, AND 2) INSTALLATION OF RECORDING THERMOGRAPHS AT SELECTED SITES TO MEASURE DIURNAL AND SUMMER SEASON VARIATION IN WATER TEMPERATURE, IN WELLS AND AT PARTICULAR AT POINTS OF GROUNDWATER EMERGENCE. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL COMMUNICATE WITH FLATHEAD BIOLOGICAL STATION PERSONNEL TO SECURE A COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT TO SHARE SELECTED NYACK SITE WELL DATA AND FLATHEAD LAKE TEMPERATURE DATA. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON AND THE FELLOW(S) WILL COLLABORATE WITH CU PROJECT PERSONNEL TO DEFINE ANALYTIC APPROACHES AND THE FORMAT FOR DATA AND DELIVERY OF MAP AND THERMAL DATA THAT CAN BEST INFORM AND SUPPORT CU GROUNDWATER MODELING EFFORTS. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL PLAN, COORDINATE, AND DIRECT A JOINT, 3-DAY SKC-CU WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN EARLY SUMMER OF YEAR 1. SKC AND CU PERSONNEL WILL COORDINATE THE INVITATION LIST, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO INCLUDE (FOR AT LEAST ONE DAY OF THE WORKSHOP) INTERESTED SPECIALISTS FROM THE CONFEDERATED SALISH AND KOOTENAI TRIBES, THE USGS, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FLATHEAD LAKE BIOLOGICAL STATION. THE GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP ARE BOTH PROFESSIONAL OUTREACH, AND CLOSE COLLABORATION AMONG PROJECT PERSONNEL IN DESIGN AND COORDINATION OF MODELING AND FIELD RESEARCH. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP THE CURRICULUM AND GET COLLEGE APPROVAL FOR A NEW COURSE IN GLACIAL AND GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY, TO BE OFFERED BOTH FOR UPPER-DIVISION UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT SKC. YEAR 2: FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL RECRUIT AND HIRE A SECOND SKC FELLOW BY EARLY IN YEAR 2. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SKC FELLOWS, WILL CO-TEACH A NEW COURSE IN GLACIAL AND GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY, OFFERED DURING YEAR 2 FOR BOTH FOR UPPER-DIVISION UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT SKC. WE PLAN TO ENGAGE CU PERSONNEL IN INSTRUCTION VIA REMOTE LECTURES. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON, AND BOTH SKC FELLOWS WILL MEET WITH CU PROJECT PERSONNEL AT CU IN LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER TO COORDINATE FIELD AND MODELING WORK, AND PLAN A COMPREHENSIVE FIELD RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE TRACING IN THE MIDDLE FORK FLATHEAD RIVER DURING THE SECOND SUMMER FIELD SEASON. IN SUMMER OF YEAR 2, FRISSELL AND JOHNSON AND THE TWO FELLOWS WILL COLLABORATE TO INSTALL AND LATER RETRIEVE RECORDING THERMAL INSTRUMENTATION OF WELLS AND GROUNDWATER UPWELLING SITES IN AND NEAR THE MIDDLE FORK FLATHEAD RIVER AND SELECTED GLACIALLY-FED TRIBUTARIES. FRISSELL AND JOHNSON WILL OVERSEE THE FELLOWS IN UPLOADING, ORGANIZATION, SHARING, AND ARCHIVING OF THE FIELD DATA, AS WELL AS ANALYSIS OF THOSE DATA IN RELATION TO AND CLOSE COORDINATION WITH CUÂ S GROUNDWATER MODELING EFFORTS. YEAR 3: FRISSELL AND JOHNSON AND FELLOW 2 WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE CU PERSONNEL GRADUATE IN INFORMING MODEL DEVELOPMENT WITH AVAILABLE FIELD DATA, INCLUDING THERMAL DATA FROM THE FIELD STUDY AND AVAILABLE TIME SERIES FROM DOWN-RIVER LOCATIONS. FRISSELL (AND THE SKC GRADUATE FELLOW, WHILE OR WHEN AVAILABLE) WILL COLLABORATE WITH CU PROJECT PERSONNEL ON ANALYSIS AND DATA SUMMARIZATION AND VISUALIZATION, AND THE PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND PREPA
Salish Kootenai College, Inc.
Project Grant 2325368
$185.9k 9/17/24