STARMAP
YEAR 2
N. Scott Urquhart
STARMAP Director
Department of Statistics
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1877
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STARMAP FUNDING
Space-Time Aquatic Resources Modeling and Analysis Program
The work reported here today was developed under the STAR
Research Assistance Agreement CR-829095 awarded by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to Colorado
State University. This presentation has not been formally
reviewed by EPA. The views expressed here are solely those
of presenters and STARMAP, the Program they represent.
EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services
mentioned in these presentation.
This research is funded by
U.S.EPA – Science To Achieve
Results (STAR) Program
Cooperative
# CR - 829095
Agreement
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TODAY’S
COMMENTS ABOUT STARMAP
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Background Comments
Research
Extension/Outreach/Cooperation
Training
Outputs
Recruiting
Learning Materials
Plans for this year
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BACKGROUND COMMENTS
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conference is jointly sponsored by
DAMARS – Oregon State University
STARMAP – Colorado State University
It serves two purposes
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Communication vehicle for participants between the
programs
Information/update for our Science Advisory
Committee (SAC)
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Jay Ver Hoef, Steve Thompson and Barry Nussbaum
 Noel Cressie couldn’t make this meeting, but remains
interested and involved
 They are likely to ask pointed questions - don’t be surprised!
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PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR:
RESEARCH
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PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR:
RESEARCH: INTEGRATION
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PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR:
COOPERATION/OUTREACH
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Cooperation
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EMAP
EPA Regions 8, 9, & 10
Other cooperators
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Atlantic Coast Ecological Indicators Consortium (ACE InC)
Ken Reckhow, NC WRRI & Duke
Tribal Science Council which advises EPA’s ORD
The governing RFA stated:
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“ … to develop and extend the expertise on design and
analysis to States and Tribes.”
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Learning materials – to be discussed at the end of this intro
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PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR:
TRAINING
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Governing RAF states
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“… cadre of graduates would be developed who would
have the expertise and experience in survey design and
analysis needed to fill a gap in the expertise required to
successfully monitor the condition of the Nation’s
aquatic resources.”
Students & early career professionals
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Students
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One PhD + 3 Masters completed
5 PhD, 4 stat + 1 landscape ecology active; 1 MS;
others interested
Early career faculty - 7
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PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR:
TRAINING: CONTINUED
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Field experience
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Visits to other EPA facilities
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Several + ongoing
All toured past EMAP sites near here, yestrerday
All will have a tour of WED/EMAP Tuesday afternoon
Theobald & Poston interacted with personnel at
Region 8 recently
Gitelman will comment about her
interactions with Ken Reckhow later today.
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OUTPUTS
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Relevant statistical research in the form of
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The Generalized Randomized Tessellation
Sampling
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Publications
Worked examples in the “Case studies” part of the
learning materials
Implemented correctly in ARCView
Prediction of probability of perennialness of
stream traces
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Add to sampling procedure by end of Program
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RECRUITING
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Post-doctoral fellows
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Limited success – will continue efforts
One coming in December
May share up to 3 with other programs in the FrontRange area of Colorado
Urquhart will be active in recruiting next year
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Students for the CSU statistics graduate program
Will attend AP courses to recruit undergraduates into
statistics major
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Such an effort at NC State has improved in-state applicants to
graduate program
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LEARNING MATERIALS
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PLANS FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
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Project 1 - continue present work
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Project 2 – continue developments
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Emphasize small area (local) estimation
Project 3 - complete GRTS sampling in GIS
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Expand design for spatial modeling
Apply tools to develop indicators
Regional species richness
Outreach – continue development of cooperation
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Case studies
Continue implementation & testing
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