We target students interested in Critical Zone processes, specifically those doing fieldwork requiring familiarity with water and carbon budgets as well as data/sample acquisition and analysis. Essentially a boot camp for environmental field scientists.

Characteristics: 3 credit course for upper division undergrads and graduate students

Fieldwork in Gibson Jack Creek, located in Pocatello, Idaho

Course is co-taught by ISU faculty:  --Dr. Ben Crosby (geomorphology),  --Dr. Sarah Godsey (hydrology),  --Dr. Kathleen Lohse (soils) and  --Dr. Keith Reinhardt (plant physiological ecology).

 *We focus on the tools necessary to do watershed-scale budgets of water and carbon

--a diverse array of sampling/measurement methodologies in topography, water, gasses and soils.

-data logger/sensor programming and deployment in aquatic, terrestrial and meteorological settings.

-basic tools for QA/QC, time series analysis and spatial statistics. 

-The course will enable students to do baseline monitoring and assessments as a either a research assistant, environmental consultant or employee within a state or federal agency.

For more information and online application materials visit http://geology.isu.edu/FieldMethods/