Events

Defense Presentation Title: Quantifying on-farm reservoir dynamics: an Earth observation and hydrological modeling approach Advisor: Dr. Mirela G. Tulbure, Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources Abstract: On-farm reservoirs (OFRs) are artificial water bodies that enable farmers to store water during the rainy season to support irrigation activities during…

Long-Term Outcomes of Recognizing Indigenous Property Rights to Water Summary: Restoring natural resource access for Indigenous groups has become a recent policy focus. We combine satellite data and robust difference-in-difference methods to estimate the causal effect of water right settlements on Native American reservations in the western United States over 1974-2012. Settlements increase agricultural land…