How lucky is that my favorite news source (The Onion) covers my favorite topic (Rivers)?

Secretary Of Interior Unveils Plans For New High-Speed Creek

just transferring my web stuff to UMass. Happy to be here. Such a go-getter for a mascot.

The Deerfield watershed: What are the enduring effects of Tropical Storm Irene, and can we predict the effects of the next big flood here?

I got to wear the silly hat and hood of a PhD! Kids loved the hood and hat too. And I couldn’t have done it without the support of love of my parents and Julia. THANKS!

I just packed one last sample for Pb-210 and Be-10 analysis for a little missing piece in my dissertation. I ran hundreds upon hundreds of these little samples of dirt over the last few years.

Very happy to see my paper on the Homestead Dam removal published in Geomorphology! Many thanks to co-authors, Frank and Carl, and to all the people who helped with field work, lab work, and completion of the paper.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.02.023

Predicting the type, location and magnitude of geomorphic responses to dam removal: Role of hydrologic and geomorphic constraints. John D. Gartner, Francis J. Magilligan, Carl E. Renshaw,

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.02.023

here is a photo from the first day of field work

here’s a recent photo of Franconia Notch from atop the Black Dike on Cannon Cliff