Contact Info

Rankin Science Building
Boone, NC
28608
(828) 262-3000
FAX: (828) 262-3067

Department Chair:
Dr. Jim Young
youngje@appstate.edu


Administrative Inquiries:
brownkv@appstate.edu
Program Inquiries:
dehusst@appstate.edu

RESEARCH

Dr. Gabrielle Katz conducts ongoing research on the relationship between riparian vegetation characteristics (e.g., species composition, vegetation structure) and hydrologic conditions (e.g., groundwater levels, streamflow) on the San Pedro River in southeastern Arizona. The goal of this project is to elucidate basic biohydrology relationships in this desert riparian system, and to apply this understanding to riparian ecosystem restoration. She collects field data at two riparian restoration properties operated by The Nature Conservancy, and at reference sites throughout the lower San Pedro River basin. More information on Dr. Katz's research is available on her faculty webpage.

	Upper Left: Dr. Katz sampling streamside herbaceous vegetation at a reference site on the San Pedro River. Upper Right: Students collecting data on riparian vegetation volume at a restoration site on the San Pedro River. Lower Left: View of the Sonoran Desert uplands, and the San Pedro River Valley, near San Manuel, Arizona.