AUWRC Collaboration with the AU Department of Theater & Dance In September of 2024 the AUWRC was invited to partner with the AU Department of Theater and Dance for their showing of "Wellesley Girl", a show that explores the resilience of a Massachusetts community...
Meet Daniel Gragson, WRC’s Stream Management Technician
Tell us about your background and what brought you to work with the AUWRC? I’ve got degrees in fisheries and aquatic sciences now, but that wasn’t always what I thought I’d be doing. When I first started my undergrad at UGA in 2016, I thought I was going to be an...
Meet Dr. Katelyn Lawson
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF CROP, SOIL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Tell us about your background and current position. I’m originally from Brunswick, Maine but decided to move south to Auburn University for college. I received both my...
Black Warrior River
The Locust Fork River, Tributary to Black Warrior River. Photo Credit: Ginger Perkins, Friends of the Locust Fork River Photo Contest. Written By: Laura Cooley, Rachel McGuire, Emily Ward, and Sydney Zinner The Black Warrior River, the primary tributary of the...
Meet Emily Ward, Summer Intern!
WE SAT DOWN WITH EMILY WARD TO LEARN ABOUT HER EXPERIENCEEmily representing the AU Water Resources Center at the Russell County Farmers MarketTell us about your background and what brought you to work with the AUWRC? I began working with water in 2018 when I was in...
Alabama River Basin
Written By: Laura Cooley, Jera Dills, Rachel McGuire and Sydney Zinner The Alabama River is considered the heart river of the state. The Alabama is the state’s longest river, flowing for 315 miles and draining 22,800 square miles (11% of the state via 18 counties)....
Meet Dr. Jose G. Vasconcelos
PROFESSOR OF WATER RESOURCES IN AUBURN UNIVERSITY'S CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTTell us about your background and current position. I was born in Brasilia, Brazil. I started my work in water resources via my undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering...