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Erika Espinosa-Ortiz

CREWS engineer shares her work via Junior Researcher outreach project

Engineer Erika Espinosa-Ortiz received a seed grant from Montana NSF EPSCoR in February and quickly jumped into sharing her work with students and teachers via a new outreach project called CREWS Junior Researcher (CREWS is the acronym for the current Track 1 project: The Consortium for Research on Environmental Water Systems).

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CREWS Field Notes: Judith River Watershed

This summer, researchers and students from the CREWS-Judith River Watershed team continued efforts to investigate nitrate processing in stream-riparian corridors through groundwater and surface water sampling.

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CREWS Field Notes: Powder River Basin

The CREWS-Powder River Basin team continued groundwater sampling efforts over this past summer

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CREWS Field Notes: The Big Diel

CREWS researchers and students working on the Upper Clark Fork River (UCFR) undertook the "Big Diel" this past July, a 48-hour sampling event that sought to characterize the diel cycle of nutrients and carbon dioxide alongside metals and arsenic in the UCFR.

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CREWS Graduate Students Present at Diving into Data Workshop

CREWS graduate students Riley Logan and Megan Moore presented their research at a Diving into Data workshop hosted by the Science Math Resource Center in February

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CREWS Project

CREWS Research Seed Award Program - 2019

The CREWS Research Seed Award Program is designed to fund innovative research related to water quality and build research capacity across Montana’s higher education institutions. Proposals are due November 15, 2019

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CREWS Sensor Testing

CREWS Research Seed Programs 2019: Research, Tribal Colleges, 2-4 Year Campuses

2019 CREWS competitive seed funding programs: research, tribal colleges, and 2-4 year campuses

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A volunteer takes a water sample on the Crow Reservation. MSU photo.

CREWS researchers and partners from MSU and LBHC awarded funding through USDA NIFA New Beginnings for Tribal Students Program

CREWS researchers from MSU and LBHC and partners receive a $500,000 award from the USDA NIFA New Beginnings for Tribal Students Program

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SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025. 

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